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looorg writes:Ford apparently doesn't believe that you are watching enough ads as you drive. Better scanning options — previously envisioned to scan traffic signs to make your ride better and safer — are now being tested and patented to scan ads and billboards. Why? Apparently, they think that showing ads on more screens in your car is the future.Something... something... distractions in traffic ...Ford Patents Terrible Billboard Scanning Tech, Shows In-Car AdsAlso noted by Booga1 who sent in the same story and asks:What if businesses paid Ford to deliver ads when competitor's billboards were detected?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Yes, COVID-19 Can Cause Erectile Dysfunction:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:NASA Announces New Associate Administrator:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:'Pre-bunk' tactics reduce public susceptibility to COVID-19 conspiracies and falsehoods, study finds:

Study of Ancient Corals in Indonesia Reveals Slowest Earthquake Ever Recordedupstart writes in with an IRC submission:Study of ancient corals in Indonesia reveals slowest earthquake ever recorded: Study highlights missing factors or mismodelling in global risk assessments:

takyon writes:Pentagon considers using AI-controlled drones and robots in combat

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Amazon Managers Say They 'Hire to Fire' to Meet Internal Turnover Goal:

DECbot writes:For those of us that must run the bleeding edge on their boxes, it may be time to eat some humble pie and roll back to an early kernel to avoid a privilege escalation bug in the 5.11 and 5.12 kernels allowing arbitrary code to run as root.

mrpg writes:After careful study of the positioning of the two fossils, the researchers concluded that the belemnite was in the process of biting the crustacean, or perhaps the skin it was shedding. And while it was doing so, the belemnite was itself bitten by a larger predator—possibly an ancient shark.https://phys.org/news/2021-05-fossil-ancient-squid-crustacean-eaten.htmlJournal Reference:

Anti-aristarchus writes:From the Horse's mouth, at NASA, parting is such sweet sorrow.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Lessons learned from a simulated asteroid strike:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Feds back probe of understudied gut nervous system:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The Natural Brightness of the Night Sky: Analyzing 44 of the Darkest Places in the World:

martyb writes:Controlling Cholesterol in Microglia Alleviates Chronic Pain, Opioid-Free:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Researchers say they've uncovered a massive Facebook bot farm from the 2020 election:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:How companies are moving on from Cobol:

Eratosthenes sends us a link:NASA's Voyager 1 detects faint, monotone hum beyond our solar system:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Trade mag Autonomous Vehicle International reports that the Society of Automotive Engineers has updated the standard that backs up their now well-known levels of driving automation - 0 (none) to 5 (full) This fine link* includes a link to SAE where the 41 page updated standard can be downloaded for free: https://www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/news/adas/sae-refines-ad-and-adas-level-definitions.html

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:A Psychedelic Drug Passes a Big Test for PTSD Treatment:

[Besides the usual new release details on drivers and the like (see link), this release changes the default CPUTYPE for the i386 architecture to be 686 (instead of 486). Details are included below.--Ed.]upstart writes in with an IRC submission for boru:FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE released. Highlights: arm64 is now a tier 1 architecture. Lowlights: sparc64 support has been removed.The FreeBSD Project | FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE Release Notes:

Neanderthals Carb Loaded, Helping Grow Their Big Brainstakyon writes:Neanderthals carb loaded, helping grow their big brains

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://evoniuk.github.io/posts/pitfall.html

An Anonymous Coward writes:Terrifying picture shows man dangling 100 metre in the air after glass-bottomed bridge shatters:

takyon writes:NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Research results challenge a decades-old mechanism of how we hear sounds:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:'Living Fossil' Thought Extinct For 273 Million Years Found Thriving on Ocean Floor:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds:

martyb writes:Making the shift from blue to red for better LEDs:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Microsoft pulls Windows 10 AMD driver causing PCs not to boot:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:royal mail deliveries by drone trial:

takyon writes:TiVo will ditch Android TV HDMI streaming dongles in favor of integrating its software directly into smart TVs:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Building An Oxygen Concentrator: It Isn't Rocket Science:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:SciTechDaily:

Groundbreaking Cat Science Shows They Love to Sit in Illusory Boxes, Tooupstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Groundbreaking Cat Science Shows They Love to Sit in Illusory Boxes, Too:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Russia Produces First Batch Of Covid Vaccine For Animals:

takyon writes:Kentucky Derby Winner Fails Drug Test, Renewing Scrutiny For Trainer Bob Baffert

takyon writes:NASA criticizes China after rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean

takyon writes:SpaceX flies historic 10th mission of a Falcon 9 as Starlink constellation expands

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Insurer AXA halts ransomware crime reimbursement in France:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Google 'arguably violated' labor law when it fired employees involved in unionizing, says NLRB chief:

takyon writes:Cybersecurity Attack Shuts Down A Top U.S. Gasoline Pipeline

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hear the sounds of NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter whirring in flight:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:IBM 2nm chip breakthrough claims more power with less energy:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Green hydrogen electrolysers to be built in regional Australia with government backing - ABC News:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Killing machines: humble British hedgehog causes havoc in New Zealand:

looorg writes:Tokyo is Getting an E-Sports Gym:An E-sports gym is opening in Tokyo. They'll have computers, tutors (as a replacement for personal trainers?) and pros on staff to teach you how to play the games.I guess calling it a gym now instead of an "Internet cafe" is the next logical step after it became E-sports instead of just "playing computer games". Will the tutors yell at you like some kind of drill sergeant? L2P NOOB![Ed. Note: "esports GYM" is what is displayed in the window and on their monitors; reporting variously presents it as "E-Sports Gym", "Esports Gym", and "Esports gym". For the etymologists in our midst, see gym and gymnasium.]Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Ethereum passes $3,500, makes 27-year-old founder a billionaire:

takyon writes:Microwave oven runs Linux on Rockchip RK3308 for voice control

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Children make up 26% of new COVID-19 cases in Colorado:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:New solar and wind cheaper than 80% of existing coal in the US, report finds - PV Tech: