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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

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:NASA's Asteroid Mission Completes Final Test Before Sampling Run - ExtremeTech:

takyon writes:Intel shared a number of product announcements at its Intel Architecture Day 2020, and later, at Hot Chips 2020.Intel's upcoming "Tiger Lake" mobile processors will improve performance with "Willow Cove" cores (a small IPC gain from "Sunny Cove", but higher clock speeds), and feature Intel Xe integrated graphics with up to 96 execution units. The chips use an upgraded "10nm" process Intel calls "10nm SuperFin", indicating improvements to the FinFET transistor technology. Intel claims this is the "largest single intranode enhancement in Intel history", with a 17-18% transistor performance jump from their original "10nm" node (and most elusive one?).Intel's Alder Lake hybrid/heterogeneous desktop CPUs are set to be released in 2021. These will use a big/small core configuration that first appeared in Intel's Lakefield, and is similar to ARM's big.LITTLE (which was redesigned for more flexibility as DynamIQ). Alder Lake will use big "Golden Cove" cores which are the successor to Sunny/Willow Cove, and "Gracemont" Atom cores. Leaks point to configurations topping out at "8+8" (8 big cores, 8 small cores).Intel plans to launch a high-performance discrete "Xe-HPG" GPU for gamers in 2021, but will use a third-party fab to build it. The GPUs will support real-time ray-tracing, like Nvidia and AMD's next-generation GPUs. Leaks indicate that TSMC will build the GPUs, using a "6nm" node.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.