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martyb writes:The month of August is winding to a close. Here are a few updates on site activity. If you are interested, please read on after the fold. Otherwise, a new story will be along shortly.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:FBI warns of an increase in online romance scams:

canopic jug writes:9to5Linux is reporting on the new version of Thunderbird which now supports OpenPGP by default:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Cells solved Henry VIII's infamous hedge maze by 'seeing around corners,' video shows:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Machines rival expert analysis of stored red blood cell quality: New ai strategies automate assessments of stored blood, remove human subjectivity:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Nine gigawatts of wind turbines were added last year in the US:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Risk of heart attacks halves in patients with diabetes in 15 years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Engineer admits he wiped 456 Cisco WebEx VMs from AWS after leaving the biz, derailed 16,000 Teams accounts:

[20200831_114056 UTC: Update: Fixed typo "Telsa". Unclear from context if typo in story submission was supposed to be Telstra (major Australian ISP) or Tesla the car, battery, and solar energy provider. Left it for you to choose. ☺ --martyb]An Anonymous Coward writes:Do you remember the scammers who would call you up to say your computer has a virus and only they can help? Well, they're back. This time scammers are telling people their NBN[*] speed needs to be tested so they can drain their bank accounts.

RandomFactor writes:According to research published in the Journal of Clinical Pychopharmacology a double-blind clinical trial has shown that microdoses of LSD are effective at reducing pain.

An Anonymous Coward writes:Remember the days of buying disks to play games on a console? Right. Like, yesterday. Sony is upping its game for digital delivery with the introduction of PS5 Digital Edition which is currently available to be pre-ordered by PSN members in good standing. This sets the PS5 apart from the other consoles from the last generation making it one step closer to having all games delivered by and available only from The Cloud.Interested? Register on-line to get your chance to pre-order. Pricing has not yet been announced.Does this mean rootkits will be distributed from The Cloud instead of by disk in the future?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Spit test promises to diagnose heart attacks in just 10 minutes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Apple won't let Facebook tell users about 30-percent Apple tax on events:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:A coffee and catnap keep you sharp on the nightshift, study suggests:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow69:US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning:

takyon writes:This AI Creates Detailed 3D Renderings from Thousands of Tourist Photos

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Photonics researchers report breakthrough in miniaturizing light-based chips:

RandomFactor writes:Bayreuth researchers develop new biomaterials from spider silk

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Google Says It Just Ran The First-Ever Quantum Simulation of a Chemical Reaction:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Tools behind Belarus internet censorship potentially revealed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Brave takes brave stand against Google's plan to turn websites into ad-blocker-thwarting Web Bundles:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Take a closer look at Elon Musk's Neuralink surgical robot – TechCrunch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Researchers develop a fast, accurate, low-cost COVID-19 test:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Mother transmitted COVID-19 to baby during pregnancy, UTSW physicians report:

Freeman writes:SpaceX satellites' effect on night sky can't be eliminated, astronomers say:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:After Buying DirecTV For $50 Billion In 2015, AT&T Now Seeks To Sell It For Under $20 Billion:

Phoenix666 writes:Practicing sustainability during a pandemic:

Phoenix666 writes:Low-cost, fly footpad-like adhesive structure capable of repeated attachment/detachment:

Phoenix666 writes:Russian tourist offered employee $1 million to cripple Tesla with malware:

takyon writes:Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced a number of node scaling details and technological advancements at its 2020 Technology Symposium:TSMC's first "5nm" node (N5) has a lower defect rate than its initial "7nm" node did at the same point in its development cycle (high volume manufacturing, which N5 is now in). This is due in part to increasing use of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV). "5nm" will represent 11% of TSMC's sub-"16nm" wafer production in 2020.TSMC's "3nm" node (N3) will continue to use FinFETs rather than gate-all-around (GAA) transistors, and is scheduled for volume production in mid-late 2022. Performance is expected to improve 10-15% at the same power (compared to N5), or power consumption will be reduced 25-30% for the same performance. Logic area density improvement will be 1.7x, but SRAM density will only increase by 1.2x, leading to a 1.27x overall density increase for chips that are 70% SRAM and 30% logic.Intel's EMIB (Embedded Die Interconnect Bridge) connects "chiplets" together without using a full silicon interposer. TSMC has its own version that it is calling Local Si Interconnect (LSI), and it will be combined with other packaging technologies. TSMC has demonstrated 12-layer stacking of chips using through silicon vias (TSVs), although cooling or doing anything useful with them could be somebody else's job.See also: TSMC Updates on Node Availability Beyond Logic: Analog, HV, Sensors, RF

Phoenix666 writes:Cashierless stores are popping up at gas stations, stadiums and even Dunkin':

Phoenix666 writes:Elon Musk to show off working brain-hacking device:

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:One Database to Rule Them All: The Invisible Content Cartel that Undermines the Freedom of Expression Online:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing: Building quantum computers underground or designing radiation-proof qubits may be needed, researchers find.:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Researchers identify mechanism underlying cancer cells' immune evasion:

Freeman writes:LG's battery-powered face mask will "make breathing effortless":

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/facebook-has-begun-ghosting-the-oculus-moniker-in-its-vr-division/

Phoenix666 writes:Scientists develop topological barcodes for folded molecules:

Freeman writes:iOS 14 privacy settings will tank ad targeting business, Facebook warns:

canopic jug writes:Software engineer, Debian developer, and recognized Free/Open Source Software innovator Daniel Pocock scratches the surface on the 2016 explusion of journalist, security researcher, and hacker Jacob Appelbaum from Debian. He asserts that the leadership in Debian at the time falsified evidence and hid conflicts of interest when dealing with the allegations against Appelbaum.

Phoenix666 writes: Majority of groundwater stores resilient to climate change:

Phoenix666 writes:School run: Cutting car use will take much more than educating children and parents:

Phoenix666 writes:World's biggest rooftop greenhouse opens in Montreal:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Bird deaths down 70 percent after painting wind turbine blades:

Phoenix666 writes:Bacteria could survive travel between Earth and Mars when forming aggregates:

Phoenix666 writes:Good animal welfare helps lab mice overcome bad things in life:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Code-execution bug in Pulse Secure VPN threatens patch laggards everywhere: