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The Explosive Physics of Pooping Penguins: They Can Shoot Poo Over Four Feet
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The explosive physics of pooping penguins: they can shoot poo over four feet:
Twitch, Reddit Crack Down on Trump-Linked Content as Industry Faces Reckoning
Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans `The_Donald' Subredditcaptain normal writes:Reddit has banned 2000 subreddits, including "The Donald" for hate speech.Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit
Uncovered: 1,000 Phrases that Incorrectly Trigger Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Uncovered: 1,000 phrases that incorrectly trigger Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant:
Coordinating Complex Behaviors Between Hundreds of Robots
Anonymous Cow Herd writes:If you fancy yourself as a systems administrator, perhaps you have had the opportunity to administer multiple machines, simultaneously. Perhaps you've had experience with interactions between multiple operating systems, or with struggles to keep multiple machines synchronized.Cluster administration is a special discipline. When administering a cluster, it is best to keep Sun Microsystem's motto, "The network is the computer", foremost in mind — a cluster IS a computer; it is a computer that is running a task that involves such complex and demanding processing tasks that the different processes that form this 'machine' run on separate-but-connected computers. Clusters are often distinguished by some sort of interconnection — networked file systems, shared memory and machine-spanning inter-process communications.Throughout this work one encounters issues related to parallelization, as some tasks can be done in parallel, and some cannot. The entire purpose of a cluster is to enable an otherwise sequential task to be worked on, where possible, in parallel, and it frequently involves additional programming and architectural design to allow this to happen in as close to real time as is possible.This brings us to robots. A robot is a cluster! When I grasped that, I fell in love with robots and I started looking for jobs involving robotics. The processing requirements involved in movement exceed the computing capacity of a single computer, and for this reason, it is common to have one computer dedicated to moving each appendage, dedicated computers for complex tasks like parsing visual input or controlling 'hands', and often yet another computer acting as the master kinesthetic controller over the entire 'infrastructure', in something approaching real time.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.
MIT Pulls Offline Huge Dataset That Taught AI Systems to Use Racist, Misogynistic Slurs
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:MIT apologizes, permanently pulls offline huge dataset that taught AI systems to use racist, misogynistic slurs:
Coronavirus US: People Try Microwaving Library Books Amid Virus Fears
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:Coronavirus US: People try microwaving library books amid virus fears:
Why DIY Magic Mushroom Growers are Gathering in an Uncle Ben’s Rice Subreddit
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://uproxx.com/life/diy-magic-mushrooms-uncle-ben/
Facebook Researchers Show Off Machine Learning-Based Upsampling Technique
takyon writes:Neural SuperSampling Is a Hardware Agnostic DLSS Alternative by Facebook
Jupiter Just Sprouted a Brand New Spot
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Jupiter Just Sprouted a Brand New Spot:
Ex-Porn Star's Fans Help Remove X-Rated Videos
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:Ex-porn star's fans help remove X-rated videos:
UK Government and Indian Mobile Operator Acquire OneWeb and its Broadband Satellites
takyon writes:British government and Bharti Global buy OneWeb, plan $1 billion investment to revive company
This Scientist Says He's Built a Jet Engine that Turns Electricity Directly Into Thrust
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:This scientist says he's built a jet engine that turns electricity directly into thrust:
Toward Lasers Powerful Enough to Investigate a New Kind of Physics
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Toward lasers powerful enough to investigate a new kind of physics:
Coronavirus Vaccine Update, June 29
NotSanguine writes:Derek Lowe over at Science has a roundup of the status of current (article published 29 June 2020) Coronavirus vaccine trials/research.This roundup of current vaccine research/trials includes information about many vaccine trials, broken down by vaccine types. These types include (quotes are all from TFA:
Are We Making Spacecraft Too Autonomous?
AnonTechie writes:
Heated Seats as a Service? BMW Wants to Sell Car Features on Demand
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Fnord666:From Ars Technica:
New Zealand's Ancient Monster Penguins Had Northern Hemisphere Doppelgangers
aristarchus writes:New Zealand's ancient monster penguins had northern hemisphere doppelgangers:
Dish Buys Prepaid Carrier Boost Mobile for $1.4 Billion
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dish buys prepaid carrier Boost Mobile for $1.4 billion:
A Piperidinium Salt Stabilizes Efficient Metal-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
takyon writes:Crystal structure discovered almost 200 years ago could hold key to solar cell revolution (SD)
More Than 75% of All Vulnerabilities Reside in Indirect Dependencies
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:More than 75% of all vulnerabilities reside in indirect dependencies:
Undulating Their Bodies Keeps Flying Snakes From Tumbling Out of Control
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/study-flying-snakes-wiggle-mid-air-to-stabilize-themselves-while-gliding/
Hundreds Arrested as 'EncroChat' Crime Chat Network Cracked
RandomFactor writes:After two months of monitoring, a major encrypted criminal chat network in Europe has been shut down, resulting in over 800 arrests so far.
Microsoft to Auto Upgrade Some Business and Education PCs to Chromium Edge in August
chromas writes:Microsoft to auto upgrade some business and education PCs to Chromium Edge in August
Consumer Groups Urge Scrutiny of Google's Fitbit Buyout in Letter to Antitrust Regulators
chromas writes:Consumer groups urge scrutiny of Google's Fitbit buyout in letter to antitrust regulators:
Light Drinking May Protect Brain Function
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:You have to protect yourself.Light drinking may protect brain function:
Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker
Stock surge makes Tesla the world’s most valuable automakerFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/07/stock-surge-makes-tesla-the-worlds-most-valuable-automaker/:
Possible Chthonian Exoplanet Discovered (Giant Rocky Planet)
takyon writes:Bizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earth
Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes
"exec" writes:Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes
Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North
takyon writes:Google Glass 3.0? Google acquires smart glasses maker North
SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You!
martyb writes:WOW!On June 29th, I posted a story that shared our financial status and asked for the community's support. And did you ever! As noted in that story:
Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates
Freeman writes:Unscheduled fixes released for critical flaw in optional Windows codec
Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/06/tesla-driver-blames-autopilot-for-crash-into-police-car/
Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/small-isps-stunned-by-fcc-move-to-ban-huawei-zte-gear-during-pandemic/
Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video
NPC-131072 writes:From TechCrunch
Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale
"exec" writes:https://phys.org/news/2020-07-quantum-fluctuations-jiggle-human-scale.html
Indices of Health Under Our Feet
chromas writes:Indices of health under our feet
Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – NASA Releases Mesmerising Space Film
chromas writes:Ten Years Of The Sun In One Hour – Nasa Releases Mesmerising Space Film:
'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices:
Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix
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We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.iafrikan.com/2020/06/30/do-we-really-own-our-digital-possessions/
Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem
martyb writes:Mathematical noodling leads to new insights into an old fusion problem:
Foreign Adversaries Likely to Exploit Critical Networking Bug, US Says
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/foreign-adversaries-likely-to-exploit-critical-networking-bug-us-gov-says/
China Passes Hong Kong Security Law
takyon writes:China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong
A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice
Phoenix666 writes:A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice:
Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/mercury-and-algal-blooms-poisoned-maya-reservoirs-at-tikal/
Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History:
A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys:
Microsoft's "New Approach" to Retail Stores: Closing Them Forever
Freeman writes:Microsoft’s “new approach” to retail stores: Closing them forever:
Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him.
chromas writes:Zuckerberg once wanted to sanction Trump. Then Facebook wrote rules that accommodated him.
Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Employers can't afford to ax mature workers, say researchers:
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