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aristarchus writes:Ars Technica has word from the most distant human artifact.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Root bacterium to fight Alzheimer's: Rhizolutin dissociates beta and tau aggregates:

NotSanguine writes:Wired has a piece by Tom Simonite that discusses an area of monopoly/monopsony which mostly gets ignored amid the discussions of FAANG's (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) anti-competitive activities.From the article:

c0lo writes:Picked from Google news, TASS writes (TASS - Russian News Agency)

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Russian Botnet Operator Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:McKesson says potential opioid settlement proposal raised to up to $21 billion:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Modified drones help scientists better predict volcanic eruptions:

Runaway1956 writes:Newly discovered Earth-like rogue planet might be smallest free floating world:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1957:Pixel 5 teardown shows how a metal phone supports wireless charging:

MrPlow writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Runaway1956.The US is one of the world’s biggest sources of plastic pollution:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:NASA objects to new megaconstellation, citing risk of "catastrophic collison":

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for boru:Hello Solar Cycle 25:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:New way of cooking rice removes arsenic and retains mineral nutrients, study shows:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Nylon finally takes its place as a piezoelectric textile:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Criss-crossing viruses give rise to peculiar hybrid variants:

MrPlow writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Runaway1956.Five-story building 'walks' to new home in China:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Researchers develop a high-power, portable terahertz laser:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica data scandal:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Dull-colored birds don't see the world like colorful birds do:

takyon and black6host submitted the same story, and takyon writes:Raspberry Pi Trading has announced the Raspberry Pi 400. The new model is essentially the guts of a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (with 4 GB of RAM) built into a keyboard. It still supports dual micro-HDMI display output, and GPIO pins are accessible. There is one less USB 2.0 port, and no 3.5mm audio jack. There are also no CSI and DSI connectors (used for camera and touchscreen products). The microSD card slot uses a push-push connector instead of the push-pull used by other Pi models, and it is recessed into the keyboard to keep it out of the way.The Pi 400 uses a newer "C0" revision of the Broadcom BCM2711 SoC (quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 CPU with VideoCore VI GPU), which presumably improves thermal performance, along with an internal aluminum backplate making contact with the SoC for passive cooling. This has allowed for the default clockspeed to be raised to 1.8 GHz (from 1.5 GHz), and the current maximum overclock of 2.147 GHz is likely achievable.At launch, there are variants with UK, US, German, French, Italian, and Spanish keyboard layouts, with Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese, and Japanese coming soon. Other colors may be available in the future. The price is $70, or $100 for a desktop kit with cables, a mouse, pre-installed microSD card, and a printed Beginner's Guide (now translated).Also at Tom's Hardware, The Verge, CNX Software, TechCrunch, and Hackaday.See also: Raspberry Pi 400 Keyboard PC Review and Benchmarks vs Raspberry Pi 4

c0lo writes:Ship linked to COVID-19 strain never before detected in NZ forced to anchor off Queensland coast

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Just cough into your phone, please... MIT lab thinks it can diagnose COVID-19 from the way you expectorate:

martyb writes:It has been a while since I've written a site summary, and I've been meaning to do so for a while now. So, I'm just going to get started and hope that will motivate my getting it done.As always, if this kind of story is not of interest to you, another story will be along before long.Otherwise, read on below the fold for what's been happening.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:In a first, researchers extract secret key used to encrypt Intel CPU code:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Asteroid samples successfully sealed in capsule to return to Earth, NASA says:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:An Extraordinarily Successful Anti-Piracy Campaign...Or Maybe Not * TorrentFreak:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Beware a New Google Drive Scam Landing in Inboxes:

Mojibake Tengu writes:Niamh Shackleton of UNILAD reports about a smart machine's tracking badly interfering with important human affairs:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2020/10/30/cyberlaw-clinic-and-eff-publish-guide-to-legal-risks-of-security-research/

Phoenix666 writes:Aged care isn't working, but we can create neighborhoods to support healthy ageing in place:

takyon writes:"Oh Jeeeesus": Drivers react to Tesla's full self-driving beta release

Phoenix666 writes:Graphene-based memory resistors show promise for brain-based computing:

Runaway1956 writes:Scientists repurpose MRI magnet for new discoveries:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Here's how giant pumpkins get so big:

Phoenix666 writes:Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste:

[NB: This is a developing story; the number of people dead and injured continues to increase.-Ed.]aristarchus writes:7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes In Aegean Sea; At Least 14 Dead In Turkey And Greece:

[NB: This is a developing story; the number of people dead and injured continues to increase.-Ed.]aristarchus writes:7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes In Aegean Sea; At Least 14 Dead In Turkey And Greece:

takyon writes:SiFive has announced a mini-ITX motherboard with its SiFive Freedom U740:

Phoenix666 writes:Researchers form ultra-strong coupling between photons and atoms:

Phoenix666 writes:Experiment uses smart city lighting to measure streetlight emissions:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hackers are on the hunt for Oracle servers vulnerable to potent exploit:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Spy agency ducks questions about 'back doors' in tech products:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Former James Bond actor Sean Connery dies aged 90: British media:

[Update; 2020-10-31 16:55:04 UTC: Google and DuckDuckGo still reveal the originally provided link on a search, but it has been removed from phys.org. It appears that it was an older story. Here is a link to the closest thing I could find on the story: https://www.wrl.unsw.edu.au/news/unsw-tube-fishway-team-succeeds-in-lifting-fish-above-8-m --martyb]Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

Phoenix666 writes:Denisovan DNA in the genome of early East Asians:

Phoenix666 writes:Researchers find new distinct species in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province:

Phoenix666 writes:Male fin whales surprise scientists by swapping songs:

Phoenix666 writes:FCA CEO Mike Manley confirms plans for electric Ram truck:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:NASA's Webb to examine objects in the graveyard of the solar system: