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[Update 1; 2020-12-27 16:05:32 UTC: Added my conversation with TMB. Scroll down to view. Minor rewording of original story. --martyb]

Booga1 writes:Eurogamer reports: A month after launch, Assassin's Creed Valhalla starts selling XP boosts

c0lo writes:Toyota's game-changing solid-state battery en route for 2021 debut

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:The family with no fingerprints:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:More info is available about which college majors pay off, but students aren't using it:

canopic jug writes:Software developer Bert Hubert explores reverse engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate being rolled out. Pfizer claims to have used mRNA to encode instructions for producing the distinctive outer layer of protein coating the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:A Photograph With an Eight-Year Exposure Was Taken With a Beer Can:

c0lo writes:Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology - sources

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Putting on the pressure improves glass for fiber optics:

takyon writes:MediaTek leapfrogs Qualcomm as the world's largest smartphone chipset vendor thanks to huge growth in India and Latin America

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:The ACLU Is Suing For Info On The FBI's Encryption Breaking Capabilities:

[2020-12-25 22:18:22 UTC -- Corrected typo (with thanks to maxwell demon) --martyb]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Police Seize VPN Service Beloved by Cyber-criminals:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Google told scientists to use 'a positive tone' in AI research, documents show:

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c0lo writes:Stop the spread: no more plosive consonants (watch it)Picked from abc.net.au

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Video game revenues in 2020 set to top sports, movie industries:

fliptop writes:After spending years working behind the scenes to persuade regulators and law enforcement agencies in Washington DC, 30 states, and at least a dozen other countries, Oracle's efforts to rein in Google's search-and-advertising business are paying off:

AnonTechie writes:DeepMind's New AI Masters Games Without Even Being Taught the Rules: (Javascript required)

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Sex at Christmas tends to be off menu until fireworks at new year – study:

MostCynical writes:Boating Magazine has a story about the new Volvo Penta self-docking boat.

hendrikboom writes:Veracode has compared programming languages for incidence of vulnerabilities by collecting statistics on 130,000 applications they have scanned.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:YouTube's Copyright Filter Is Crushing Video Critique:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Let's Encrypt comes up with workaround for abandonware Android devices:

c0lo writes:Long Covid alarm as 21% report symptoms after five weeks

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Over-Engineered Bottle Opener Takes The Drudgery Out Of Drinking:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Firefox continues cracking down on tracking with cache partitioning:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:NASA says it will fly a Canadian to the Moon:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Linux 5.11 Drops AMD Zen Voltage/Current Reporting Over Lack Of Documentation - Phoronix:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Scientists say there was a huge, mysterious object in the early solar system:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Army long-range cannon gets direct hit on target 43 miles away:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:New Blue Whales Discovered After Scientists Hear Unknown Song:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Felony:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Free news sites step up pleas for consumers to disable adblocking software:

takyon writes:Russia's space chief is hopping mad over most recent US restrictions

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Major Computing Breakthrough: Copenhagen Researchers Can Now Achieve “Quantum Advantage”:

martyb writes:Diamonds are not just for jewelry anymore:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New SUPERNOVA backdoor found in SolarWinds cyberattack analysis:

An anonymous user writes:Exploring the potential of near-sensor and in-sensor computing systems:

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: