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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:State of Software Security v11:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:A Microsoft executive accidentally exposed one of the ugly truths of tech:

rigrig made a submission which was the genesis for this story.The Citizen Lab found that the iPhones of dozens of journalists were hacked using an invisible zero-day zero-click exploit in iMessage.The Great iPwn -- Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage 'Zero-Click' Exploit:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Google's antitrust case won't go to trial until Sept. 2023:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:What's the biggest group of animals ever recorded on Earth?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Swiss say Uber Eats must register as postal service provider:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Lockheed Martin to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4 billion - SpaceNews:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:GitHub removes its annoying cookie banners:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:New catalytic process turns plastic bags into adhesives:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:U.S. investigating 5 allergic reactions to Pfizer coronavirus vaccine - National:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Wearing someone else's face: Hyper-realistic masks to go on sale in Japan:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Plants can be larks or night owls just like us:

Snotnose writes:After giving a gentle introduction to how computers work at the hardware level, this article gives an interesting thought on the future of computing and how RISC-V fits into it.

takyon writes:Alien Hunters Discover Mysterious Signal from Proxima Centauri

acid andy writes:Human Made Materials Now Outweigh Earth's Entire Biomass

cosurgi writes: CERN announces new open data policy in support of open science:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Deadly centipede 'king' rules over a poison hellscape cave:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Water futures set to join likes of gold and oil and trade on Wall Street for first time ever:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Tech Hidden In Plain Sight: The Ballpoint Pen:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:An AI Co-Pilot Called 'ARTUµ' Just Took Command of A U-2's Sensor Systems On A Recon Mission:

Freeman writes:Battery prices have fallen 88 percent over the last decade:

coolgopher writes:China recovers Chang'e-5 moon samples after complex 23-day mission:

c0lo writes:States say federal government cutting COVID-19 vaccine allocations"

The year is winding to a close so I thought it would be a good opportunity to catch up on a few things:

hendrikboom writes:It seems that the language processing areas of the brain aren't much involved in reading computer code:

c0lo writes:Google staff demand exec step aside after ethicist's firing:

fliptop writes:Over at ACM.org Yegor Bugayenko reviews how companies benefit from open source:

DeathMonkey writes:

fliptop writes:Scientists demonstrate an innovative e-skin with touch and proximity-sensing capabilities without using dedicated touch sensors:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:Google reportedly could be hit with second antitrust lawsuit this week:

fliptop writes:In a press release, security firm Avast has said around 3 million people are affected worldwide:

fliptop writes:Raspberry Pi has launched a program for approved design partners to help businesses integrate Raspberry Pi into new products:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Antikythera Mechanism : British Horological Institute:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Qualcomm promises three years of Android updates for its entire SoC lineup:

takyon writes:Ampere Altra Performance Shows It Can Compete With - Or Even Outperform - AMD EPYC & Intel Xeon

takyon writes:Revealed: China suspected of spying on Americans via Caribbean phone networks

takyon writes:GTK 4.0 Toolkit Officially Released

Fnord666 writes:SpaceX Won "rural" FCC Funding in Surprising Places, Like Major Airports

Fnord666 writes:Senator Tries to Block Frontier's FCC Funding, Citing ISP's Various Failures

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:FTC Orders Amazon, YouTube, Discord, and 6 More to Explain What the Hell They're Doing With Your Data:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Sentencing Nears for Gamer Who DDoS'd PlayStation Network as a Minor:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Trucks with first COVID-19 vaccine in US get ready to roll:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Cyberpunk 2077 has involved months of crunch, despite past promises:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from air-gapped systems:

An Anonymous Coward writes:FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning:

An Anonymous Coward writes:NASA just opened "Astromaterials 3D" to let anyone see and study lunar rock samples and Antarctic meteorites. From a release:

t-3 writes:https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-03/coho-salmon-tire-chemical