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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy_:Crews vacuum 'murder hornets' out of Washington nest:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy_:Facebook May Face Federal, State Antitrust Charges as Soon as November:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy_:How to Clean Up Your Digital History:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy_:Russian Scientists discover 5,000-year-old skull of failed brain surgery patient in Crimea - World News , Firstpost:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy_:Boston Dynamics' dog-like robot spotted in Chernobyl:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow0495:Timekeeping theory combines quantum clocks and Einstein's relativity:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Judge again blocks Trump administration push to ban WeChat in the US:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Chemists develop new material for the separation of carbon dioxide from industrial waste gases:

MrPlow writes in with a submission, via IRC, for nutherguy_Facebook Aims to Muzzle NYU Research Into Its Political Ad Targeting:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1188:Palo Alto Networks threatens to sue security startup for comparison review, says it breaks software EULA:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Ireland to impose 5km travel limit in strict new Covid lockdown:

takyon writes:Liquid Lasers Challenge Fiber Lasers as the Basis of Future High-Energy Weapons

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Exercising one arm has twice the benefits:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:OSIRIS-REx overflows with asteroid samples after bagging bounty from Bennu:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:The deadly viruses that vanished without trace:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/does-paper-recycling-benefit-the-climate-it-depends/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Happiness and the evolution of brain size:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/10/tesla-made-331-million-profit-in-q3-2020/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Study finds most big open-source startups outside Bay Area, many European, and avoiding VC – TechCrunch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Simple software creates complex wooden joints:

An Anonymous Coward writes:General Motors subsidiary Cruise has just received permits to test self-driving cars in San Francisco, without safety drivers behind the wheel. https://www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/news/adas/cruise-gets-permit-to-test-driverless-vehicles-in-san-francisco.html

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Researcher uncovers evidence of earliest known dairy production in India:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Warm pasta helps hot, angry neutron stars cool down:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24872911

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow0495:California appeals court says Uber, Lyft drivers are employees, not contractors:

Runaway1956 writes:Monsanto loses case against French farmer

U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopolyupstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1188:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Victory! EFF Wins Appeal for Access to Wiretap Application Records:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:SSC's Tuatara is the fastest car in the world with 331mph top speed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:The closest black hole to Earth may not actually be a black hole after all:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Logs Seized From F-Secure's VPN Must Be Destroyed, Court Rules * TorrentFreak:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Adblockers installed 300,000 times are malicious and should be removed now:

An Anonymous Coward writes:YLE English reports on a camera trap which photographed a speeding model car on a highway.

An Anonymous Coward writes:James Randi, magician and sceptic, is no longer with us. I would hope he doesn't need an introduction.I don't know to what extent he influenced me directly, but it's certainly true that he was a precursor to many of the intellectuals I think are worth listening to.I think we need more people to stand up for the truth like he did.Also at The New York Times, NPR, NBC, and others.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Freeman writes:AT&T loses another 600,000 TV customers as it seeks buyer for DirecTV:

Halibut writes:There are various stories about Firefox not respecting user privacy. Some suggest certain settings to reduce the information Firefox sends out (such as this one from Mozilla). Over time, I have collected a lot of them into a user.js file. For those who do not know, a user.js file may be dropped into a Firefox profile directory as a convenient way to force certain settings every time Firefox starts up. This can reset changes made by the user during a previous session, but is also a convenient way to initialize desired settings in a fresh profile.In an IRC discussion, Martyb suggested I share the settings I have collected. Below is a sample user.js that I sometimes use as a template for disabling many potential privacy and/or security holes in Firefox. Some, like HTML pings, are probably features that most privacy-minded individuals do not want (and may not have even known about). Others, like disabling cookies and/or javascript, can break how sites work (sometimes, amusingly, they only break the advertisements). Others, like disabling tracker protection, are double-edged in that disabling them exposes you to being tracked by known trackers, while enabling them might cause Firefox to phone home to get updated lists of known trackers. The comments in the user.js point out some, but definitely not all, of the potential pitfalls. The settings are definitely not set the way everybody should use them, but having them listed out at least provides a convenient starting point. I highly recommend against dropping them directly into your main Firefox profile, as they may undo changes you have made for yourself. Instead, either try them in a fresh profile and copy over things that work for you, or research the settings and only copy over the ones you want that will not break your browser.Please share any information you may have on various settings in this file, or on any you feel are missing from this file. Also, if you have similar information for some other browsers, consider commenting on those, or perhaps submitting a story about settings for that browser.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Silicon Motion Launches PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Controllers

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for aristarchus:First NASA Osiris-Rex images show incredible touchdown on asteroid Bennu:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:PayPal to add cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping to its platform:

takyon writes:Quibi is dead, reports say

We had two Soylentils write in to tell us of promising research breakthroughs pertaining to neuropilin-1 and its part in COVID-19.Neuropilin-1 drives SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, finds breakthrough studyupstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Neuropilin-1 drives SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, finds breakthrough study:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-counters-mass-piracy-allegations-in-thothub-lawsuit-201019/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Voyager Spacecraft Detect an Increase in The Density of Space Outside The Solar System:

canopic jug writes:LinuxLinks has looked at 15 distros that were popular back in 2006 and looks at where they are now in 2020. These were the ones ranked in the top 15 back then by DistroWatch. The only ones still in the top 15 are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. Some others like CentOS, Slackware, and Gentoo are still active and have strong communities but no longer listed as high in DistroWatch's somewhat arbitrary ranking. Others, like several Ubuntu-based distros occupy the rest of the 2020 top 15.

OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Plead Guilty to Three Criminal ChargesRunaway1956 writes:OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead guilty to 3 criminal charges as part of an $8 billion-plus settlement

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Researchers provide most detailed and complete record yet of Earth's last magnetic reversal:

AnonTechie writes:25 moments in tech:

takyon writes:SpaceX Starlink partners with Microsoft Azure to deploy cloud computing anywhere:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:A Billion Tiny Pendulums Could Detect the Universe's Missing Mass:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:The Pirate Bay blocked in the Netherlands (but you can still access it):