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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:New image shows Betelgeuse isn't dimming evenly:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Nuclear Fusion Power Without Regular Tokamaks Or Stellarators:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Charging into the mainstream: Volvo electrifies its first class-8 truck:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Computer-based weather forecast: New algorithm outperforms mainframe computer systems:

McGruber writes:Television station WSB-TV 2 in Atlanta, Georgia reports Metro city sues drug manufacturer over '97,500% price increase' for seizure medicine:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Using noise to enhance optical sensing:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

This story is a roundup of several virus stories that were submitted over the past few days. This is a changing story, so some of what is posted below may have changed since the time of their originally being published.What's in a name? One significant change is what the names are for everything. There is the question of what to call the actual virus and then what to call it when someone is infected.Virus: The virus by itself is now officially referred to as SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). It was formerly known as 2019-nCoV (2019 novel coronavirus).Disease: Those who have been infected by this virus are said to have a disease. The name of the disease iscoronavirus disease (COVID-19)which is also known as2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease.More details are available on Wikipedia.The six submitted stories are presented below.NIH Official Says Coronavirus 'on the Verge' of Becoming Global Pandemic Unless Containment Improvesupstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:NIH official says coronavirus 'on the verge' of becoming global pandemic unless containment becomes 'more successful':

martyb writes:New technologies, strategies expanding search for extraterrestrial life:

martyb writes:Facial expressions don't tell the whole story of emotion: Researchers warn of drawing too-quick conclusions about people's feelings:

takyon writes:2020 BX

takyon writes:Blizzard's cancelled 'StarCraft: Ghost' leaks in playable form

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

martyb writes:What happens to our online lives after we die?

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Normal resting heart rate appears to vary widely from person to person: Individual people's averages show long-term consistency, according to de-identified data from wearables worn by 92,457 people:

JoeMerchant writes:

An Anonymous Coward writes:‘That Evil Kind of Feeling’: The Inside Story of Black Sabbath’s Iconic Cover Art:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:This USB-C Charger's Chip Is More Powerful Than the Apollo 11 Flight Computer:

dw861 writes:The evening current events show As it Happens on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that American engineer Justine Haupt is the creator of a rotary-dial mobile phone.Listen to the full 5m39s radio interview or read a shortened transcript on-line.

takyon writes:Waterfox web browser sold to System1

martyb writes:Thank You!On the occasion of the site's sixth anniversary, I thought it fitting to mention some of the many ways that fellow Soylentils contribute to our community. This also seems like a good opportunity to mention some of the site's history, relate some staffing changes, mention other contributions by the SoylentNews community, and to wrap things up with some site statistics.Please accept our thanks:These thanks go out to all of you: my fellow members of the SoylentNews community.To the Anonymous Cowards who post comments to our site (be they inciteful or insightful). To our registered users who not only post comments, but are also the only members who can moderate comments. No matter how long you have been here; whether you have just arrived (Welcome!) or have been with us from the very start... Thank You!Speaking of which, thanks go to our staff who bludgeoned and duct-taped an ancient unmaintained open-sourced version of the code underpinning slashdot into some sort of basic functionality, and who have since made it the site you are enjoying today. Thanks, too, to our behind-the-scenes staff members, who keep the underlying services we depend on, running 24/7. Other staff members are more visible, like the editorial team who spend several hours every single day processing the stories that get posted to the site.And let's not forget the members of the community who purchase subscriptions and thereby fund the operations of this site. We do have real world expenses: paying for our servers, domain registrations, and paying a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) to do our taxes.Read on past the fold for all the rest!Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

martyb writes:Thank You!On the occasion of the site's sixth anniversary, I thought it fitting to mention some of the many ways that fellow Soylentils contribute to our community. This also seems like a good opportunity to mention some of the site's history, relate some staffing changes, mention other contributions by the SoylentNews community, and to wrap things up with some site statistics.Please accept our thanks:These thanks go out to all of you: my fellow members of the SoylentNews community.To the Anonymous Cowards who post comments to our site (be they inciteful or insightful). To our registered users who not only post comments, but are also the only members who can moderate comments. No matter how long you have been here; whether you have just arrived (Welcome!) or have been with us from the very start... Thank You!Speaking of which, thanks go to our staff who bludgeoned and duct-taped an ancient unmaintained open-sourced version of the code underpinning slashdot into some sort of basic functionality, and who have since made it the site you are enjoying today. Thanks, too, to our behind-the-scenes staff members, who keep the underlying services we depend on, running 24/7. Other staff members are more visible, like the editorial team who spend several hours every single day processing the stories that get posted to the site.And let's not forget the members of the community who purchase subscriptions and thereby fund the operations of this site. We do have real world expenses: paying for our servers, domain registrations, and paying a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) to do our taxes.Read on past the fold for all the rest!Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Amazon wins court injunction on controversial JEDI contract:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.itwire.com/open-source/linux-kernel-patch-maker-says-court-case-was-only-way-out.html

martyb writes in with an IRC submission:Automated system can rewrite outdated sentences in Wikipedia articles

martyb writes in with an IRC submission:Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes:

martyb writes:Preclinical Study Links Human Gene Variant to THC Reward:

Coward, Anonymous writes:According to Bloomberg:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Fires contained in hard-hit Australia state, but now floods threaten:

A weekly financial newsletter included this link, https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/50-cognitive-biases-to-be-aware-of-so-you-can-be-the-very-best-version-of-you/. A cute graphical "flash card" version of the same list is available at https://www.visualcapitalist.com/50-cognitive-biases-in-the-modern-world/ Each "card" includes a short example that I found helpful in understanding the definitions.Along with the ever-popular Dunning-Kruger Effect, the list had some eye openers for me. Here are the first ten. As a mental exercise, think about how many more you are aware of...before going to either of the links for a peek:

Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot (1990)martyb writes in with several IRC submissions:Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot (1990):

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martyb writes:Watch the winner of this year's 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/14/silly_police_infosec_parental_advice_poster/

DannyB writes:The US is charging Huawei with racketeering

Modern Machine Shop ran an interesting piece recently under the title, "Why Is It Okay to Fire a Customer?" https://www.mmsonline.com/blog/post/why-is-it-okay-to-fire-a-customer. Here are a few clippings for your interest:

Phoenix666 writes:Transparent human organs allow 3D maps at the cellular level:[Ed note: the organs being discussed "were obtained post mortem from Prof. Ingo Bechmann's lab at the University of Leipzig."]

Phoenix666 writes:Meet the community still obsessing over Mass Effect 2 10 years later:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cowardly_Anonymizer:US DOJ Calls Bitcoin Mixing 'a Crime' in Arrest of Software Developer - CoinDesk:

Phoenix666 writes:ArsTechnica:

martyb writes:New research finds Earth's oldest-known asteroid strike linked to 'big thaw' - News and Events:

martyb writes:Apple must pay store employees for bag-search time, court rules

Coward, Anonymous writes:Our solar system is thought to have begun billions of years ago as a protoplanetary disk. Over time, gravity caused this matter to clump together and eventually form planets. There is debate over the process and its duration, with previous studies suggesting several ten million years until the initially dry Earth was formed. Water was delivered at the end of this period.A new article in Science Advances (open) describes Iron isotope evidence for very rapid accretion and differentiation of the proto-Earth.

canopic jug writes:Debian developerJonathan Carter was recently given a MIPS64-based motherboard which he ran through its paces. The board has a Loongson processor which is intended for both general purpose and embedded processing.

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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story: