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Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

cmdrklarg writes:Arecibo Observatory featured in James Bond film "Goldeneye" shut down:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Why movie theaters are in trouble after DOJ nixes 70-year-old case:

takyon writes:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on commercial products

takyon writes:Upcoming Samsung smartphones will use variable refresh rate displays to lower power consumption when static content is being displayed:

takyon writes:US Appeals Court Reverses Antitrust Ruling in FTC vs Qualcomm

takyon writes:Charter tries to convince FCC that broadband customers want data caps

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Highly efficient process makes seawater drinkable in 30 minutes:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Pen Test Partners: Boeing 747s receive critical software updates over 3.5" floppy disks:

c0lo writes:It's time to implement a 4-day workweek

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:HS that suspended teen who tweeted photo of hallway has 9 COVID-19 cases:

inertnet writes:'Bullying' Apple fights couple over pear logo

RandomFactor writes:Phys.org has the story on new research demonstrating an extremely small particle accelerator that uses lasers to generate terahertz frequency pulses of light to accelerate electrons.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The pandemic has changed how criminals hide their cash:

An Anonymous Coward write:With the latest long range Tesla rated at 402 miles, newcomer Lucid Air demos one of their cars going 450 miles in real-world driving. An additional 40 miles were driven after the Motor Trend witness called it a day.2021 Lucid Air First Ride Review: 450 Miles on One Charge!:Lucid engineering is located close to Tesla in the Bay Area and the article claims they employ 1200 people at this point--not a small effort. A clipping from the end of the story:

"exec" writes:The Perseid meteor shower of 2020 peaks tonight! Here's how to watch live.:

takyon writes:Russia's space leader blusters about Mars in the face of stiff budget cuts

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Soycow_Lover:Unique Bronze Age hoard found near Peebles by metal detector enthusiast:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New York Times CEO Mark Thompson says he expects the end of the physical newspaper in 20 years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:California Judge Rules Uber and Lyft to Immediately Classify Drivers as Employees:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The Forgotten Ones: HP Nanoprocessor:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The quest to liberate $300,000 of bitcoin from an old ZIP file:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:DoubleVerify says public domain apps used for CTV ad fraud – TechCrunch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Soycow_Lover:Nasa reveals findings from journey to mysterious world at the edge of solar system:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Soycow_Lover:Popular Pesticides are Killing Birds, Too:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Subsentient:Federal Reserve announces details of new 24x7x365 interbank settlement service with clearing functionality to support instant payments in the United States:

Phoenix666 writes:The Conversation:

Phoenix666 writes:BBC:

takyon writes:Recycling Electronic Waste to Make Hybrid Materials

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Mass hijacking spree takes over subreddits to promote Donald Trump:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Coronavirus clobbers Uber, leading to $1.8 billion quarterly loss:

takyon writes:The U.S. Air Force Space Force has awarded National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 contracts to the United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX:

"MrPlow" writes:Submitted via IRC for RandomFactor

"MrPlow" writes:Submitted via IRC for RandomFactor

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Humans Might Be So Sickly Because We Evolved to Avoid a Single Devastating Disease:

RandomFactor writes:Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are extremely short bursts of high energy radiation and typically originate hundreds of millions of light-years away. Now one has been detected for the first time from inside the milky way from a magnetar.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Snapdragon chip flaws put >1 billion Android phones at risk of data theft:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:Man wins $7 million in lottery after buying every single ticket:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Return of the zombie cicadas: Team unearths manipulative qualities of fungal-infected flyers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hacker Leaks Passwords For 900+ Enterprise Vpn Servers | Zdnet:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Social Movements Are Pushing Google Sheets to the Breaking Point:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New Windows Print Spooler Zero-Day Flaws Harken Back to Stuxnet:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:New Jersey prosecutors drop charges over tweeting a cop's photo [Updated]:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:HAWT Wind Turbine Is Mostly 3D Printed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Frog eats beetle, beetle escapes alive through frog's butt:

takyon writes:Huawei to stop making flagship chipsets as U.S. pressure bites, Chinese media say:

The Mighty Buzzard writes:Yeah, so, failure to babysit the db node that was scheduled for a reboot on the 5th resulted in a bit of database FUBAR that left us temporarily losing everything from then to now. Fortunately we had a backup less than six hours old, restored from it, and appear to be copacetic now. Except for the missing five hours and change.I'd usually make some sort of dumb joke here but it was already four hours past my bedtime when I found out about the problem. My brain is no work good anymore. Fill in whatever dad joke or snark about getting a do-over for a change strikes your fancy.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for guy_:England to revise DOWN its Covid-19 death toll by up to 10 percent after bizarre 'counting mishap':

mendax writes:Techdirt has a story that is quite disturbing on many levels:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Pupils who shared photos of packed corridor of maskless Georgia students suspended: