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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The explosive physics of pooping penguins: they can shoot poo over four feet:

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

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Uncovered: 1,000 phrases that incorrectly trigger Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant:

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.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:MIT apologizes, permanently pulls offline huge dataset that taught AI systems to use racist, misogynistic slurs:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:Coronavirus US: People try microwaving library books amid virus fears:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://uproxx.com/life/diy-magic-mushrooms-uncle-ben/

takyon writes:Neural SuperSampling Is a Hardware Agnostic DLSS Alternative by Facebook

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Jupiter Just Sprouted a Brand New Spot:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:Ex-porn star's fans help remove X-rated videos:

takyon writes:British government and Bharti Global buy OneWeb, plan $1 billion investment to revive company

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:This scientist says he's built a jet engine that turns electricity directly into thrust:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Toward lasers powerful enough to investigate a new kind of physics:

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:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Fnord666:From Ars Technica:

aristarchus writes:New Zealand's ancient monster penguins had northern hemisphere doppelgangers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dish buys prepaid carrier Boost Mobile for $1.4 billion:

takyon writes:Crystal structure discovered almost 200 years ago could hold key to solar cell revolution (SD)

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:More than 75% of all vulnerabilities reside in indirect dependencies:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/study-flying-snakes-wiggle-mid-air-to-stabilize-themselves-while-gliding/

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.

chromas writes:Microsoft to auto upgrade some business and education PCs to Chromium Edge in August

chromas writes:Consumer groups urge scrutiny of Google's Fitbit buyout in letter to antitrust regulators:

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 automakerFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/07/stock-surge-makes-tesla-the-worlds-most-valuable-automaker/:

takyon writes:Bizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earth

"exec" writes:Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes

takyon writes:Google Glass 3.0? Google acquires smart glasses maker North

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:

Freeman writes:Unscheduled fixes released for critical flaw in optional Windows codec

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/06/tesla-driver-blames-autopilot-for-crash-into-police-car/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/small-isps-stunned-by-fcc-move-to-ban-huawei-zte-gear-during-pandemic/

NPC-131072 writes:From TechCrunch

"exec" writes:https://phys.org/news/2020-07-quantum-fluctuations-jiggle-human-scale.html

chromas writes:Indices of health under our feet

chromas writes:Ten Years Of The Sun In One Hour – Nasa Releases Mesmerising Space Film:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.iafrikan.com/2020/06/30/do-we-really-own-our-digital-possessions/

martyb writes:Mathematical noodling leads to new insights into an old fusion problem:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/foreign-adversaries-likely-to-exploit-critical-networking-bug-us-gov-says/

takyon writes:China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong

Phoenix666 writes:A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/mercury-and-algal-blooms-poisoned-maya-reservoirs-at-tikal/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys:

Freeman writes:Microsoft’s “new approach” to retail stores: Closing them forever:

chromas writes:Zuckerberg once wanted to sanction Trump. Then Facebook wrote rules that accommodated him.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Employers can't afford to ax mature workers, say researchers: