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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:

Phoenix666 writes:Compound may magnetically outperform neodymium magnets:

Phoenix666 writes:Student debt may hurt chances at full-time employment:

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Phoenix666 writes:Where are stars made? NASA's Spitzer spies a hot spot:

Freeman writes:Your iPhone copy of Fortnite is about to become out of date [Updated]

Phoenix666 writes:Student research team develops hybrid rocket engine:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Military-spec filament produces stronger 3D-printed objects:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Solar Panels Are Starting to Die, Leaving Behind Toxic Trash:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Researchers develop flat lens a thousand times thinner than a human hair:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Transparent near-infrared light-emitting diodes:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/08/ars-readers-take-on-the-present-and-future-of-work/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Trump Is Petrified That Pro-Weed Forces Will Roast Him:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Soycow_Lover:US Air Force just demoed its first flying car, and it's excessive:

maxwell demon writes:Mozilla seems to be hell-bent on alienating users, as they did it again:

takyon writes:Russia Releases "Tsar Bomba" Test Footage Of The Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Blast Ever

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/judge-issues-restraining-order-protecting-unreal-engine-development-on-ios/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New Attack Lets Hackers Decrypt VoLTE Encryption to Spy on Phone Calls:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Popular iOS SDK Caught Spying on Billions of Users and Committing Ad Fraud:

Booga1 writes:The Hacker News is reporting an exploitable feature of Google Drive could allow an attacker to replace legitimate files with files of their choosing.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads more indoors at low humidity :

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Smartphones May Help Detect Diabetes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Pigs Grow New Liver in Lymph Nodes, Study Shows:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/china-trade-war-could-push-iphone-contractor-foxconn-to-build-in-mexico/