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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Major quantum computational breakthrough is shaking up physics and maths:

martyb writes:Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings And Anomalies From OpenStreetMap:

Freeman writes:Tesla stock reaches $2,000 amid soaring interest in EV companies:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:An AI just embarrassed the US Air Force in a virtual dogfight:

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

Phoenix666 writes:ArsTechnica:

Phoenix666 writes:CNet:

Phoenix666 writes:Al Jazeera:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:New BlackBerry Phone Planned by Third Party:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Super-dense lithium-sulfur battery gives electric plane a 230-mile range:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Adobe Lightroom iOS update permanently deleted users' photos:

Phoenix666 writes: 3-D printing 'greener' buildings using local soil:

Freeman writes:College contact-tracing app readily leaked personal data, report finds:

Freeman writes:Last-minute California ruling means Uber and Lyft won't shut down today:

Freeman writes:Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “franchise fees”:

Freeman and an Anonymous Coward wrote it with story submissions about a government-backed effort to create a custom iPod.The submissions, from Gizmodo and Ars Technica, are both sourced from: The Case of the Top Secret iPod. Like a good mystery story, it reads like a spy mystery thriller. It starts off with:

An Anonymous Coward writes:A 35-year-old bug in patch found in efforts to restore 29 year old 2.11BSD:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:FCC asks for more public input on whether to let Charter impose data caps:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Microsoft 365 apps to end Internet Explorer support next year:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make:

takyon writes:MRAM Tech Startup Says Its Device Solves DRAM's Row Hammer Vulnerability

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA Is Tracking a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field:

Phoenix666 writes:Wastewater grit may find use in "green" pothole filler:

Phoenix666 writes:Bacteria that "eat" only air found in cold deserts around the world:

Phoenix666 writes:Astronomers spot closest Earth-buzzing asteroid ever recorded :

Phoenix666 writes:This 'Cold Tube' can beat the summer heat without relying on air conditioning:

wirelessduck writes:President-for-life Xi Jinping Facing Massive Pushback From the CCP, Insider Claims

Phoenix666 writes:Scientists discover 30 new species in Galapagos depths:

Phoenix666 writes:North American cold-climate forests are already absorbing less carbon, study shows:

Phoenix666 writes:High-tech farmers sow seeds of revolution in Dubai desert:

takyon writes:Apple threatens to boot Epic—including Unreal Engine—off Mac and iOS

takyon writes:Hot Chips 2020: Marvell Details ThunderX3 CPUs - Up to 60 Cores Per Die, 96 Dual-Die in 2021

Phoenix666 writes:Electric car charging stations head to Love's Travel Stops across the US:

Phoenix666 writes:U.S. Army Report Describes North Korea's Cyber Warfare Capabilities:

Phoenix666 writes:Medical Xpress:

takyon writes:Rust Core Team + Mozilla To Create A Rust Foundation

takyon writes:Mandatory Socialization: Facebook Accounts To be Required for Oculus Headsets

RandomFactor writes:According to a study published August 18th in Nature Communications, a new gene therapy approach eliminates over 90% of latent herpes simplex 1 virus (HSV-1, also known as oral herpes) in animal models.

takyon writes:Alibaba Reports Their XT910 RISC-V Core To Be Faster Than An Arm Cortex-A73

Phoenix666 writes:ArsTechnica:

takyon writes:342 Transistors for Every Person In the World: Cerebras 2nd Gen Wafer Scale Engine Teased

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Targeted treatment for depression could benefit patients with psychosis:

martyb writes:No limit yet for carbon nanotube fibers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Ariane 5 Rocket Launches 3 Spacecraft Into Orbit From Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:British police to trial facial recognition system that detects your mood:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Secret Service bought location data pulled from common apps:

[20200818_144907 UTC: Update 1: Launch successful, Booster landing successful, Deployment of all 3 of Planet's SkySats successful. Starlink deployment due in about 10 minutes at approximately T+26:00.][20200818_150438 UTC: Starlink satellites deployment due shortly (had bad info on deployment time).][20200818_151940 UTC: Starlink satellite deployment successful at T+46:00. One fairing was successfully caught by "Ms Tree"; the other fairing made a soft landing in the water and is being retrieved by "Ms Chief".][Note: this story is in addition to our usually-scheduled stories; ignore it if you are not interested. --martyb]upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:This Twist on Schrödinger’s Cat Paradox Has Major Implications for Quantum Theory:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:New IBM POWER10 processor has transparent memory encryption for end-to-end security - Help Net Security:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/16/21371049/gpt3-hacker-news-ai-blog