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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Trump threatens to take US out of WHO entirely and stop all funding:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Beer rating app reveals homes and identities of spies and military bods, warns Bellingcat:

EasyJet Says Cyberattack Exposed Data of 9 Million Customersupstart writes in with an IRC submission:EasyJet says cyberattack exposed data of 9 million customers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:SD cards hop on the PCIe 4.0 bus to hit 4GB/s with version 8.0 of storage spec:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA's human spaceflight chief just resigned, and the timing couldn't be worse:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Bluetooth Bugs Allow Impersonation Attacks on Legions of Devices:

martyb writes:2 Dams Fail in Michigan, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate:

martyb writes:Scientists suffer headaches when penguin poop turns into 'truly intense' laughing gas:

DannyB writes:Cell-tower attacks by idiots who claim 5G spreads COVID-19 reportedly hit US:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallets Can Get Hacked Too:

BK writes:Alcohol-fuelled crime offenders may have to wear 'sobriety tags':

DannyB writes:Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10:Linux on Windows 10 gets a big boost and GPU acceleration

takyon writes:AMD to Support Zen 3 and Ryzen 4000 CPUs on B450 and X470 Motherboards

DannyB writes:Judge denies Shkreli's "delusional self-aggrandizing" plea to get out of jail

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:AG Barr seeks 'legislative solution' to make companies unlock phones:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Celiac disease linked to common chemical pollutants:

martyb writes:Research takes electrons for a spin in moving toward more efficient, higher density data:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The FBI Successfully Broke into a Gunman's iPhone, but Still Angry at Apple:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Corkscrew light promises higher optical-communication data rates:

Platelets exacerbate immune response: Clotting cells are also an important regulator of inflammation:

[20200519_114228 UTC: Updated to remove possible loss as my perceived implication of the original question.--martyb]martyb writes:If you were given $1,000 to play a game, would you accept a 50 percent chance to double your money or a 100 percent guarantee of gaining an additional $500?Implied in the question was that a 50% chance to double the $1,000 was also a 50% chance to lose all of the $1,000. Put that way, I'd take the 100% guarantee of gaining $500 more. Hmm. But why did I make that choice? What if I started with just $10? Or even $1? Would I choose differently? What if I started with $100,000 or even $1,000,000? Then what would my choice be — and why?That opening question was one of 17 hypotheticals posed when attempting to replicate 1979 foundational research on loss aversion and prospect theory.Global Study Confirms Influential Theory Behind Loss Aversion:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage:

takyon writes:TSMC reportedly stops taking orders from Huawei after new U.S. export controls

takyon writes:Apple Issued Warrant by FBI to Provide Access to iCloud Account for Sen. Richard Burr for Stock Sales Investigation

martyb writes:Crypto-Mining Campaign Hits European Supercomputers:

martyb writes:Report: Tesla plans to build a new car factory in Texas:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:'Mandrake' Android Spyware Remained Undetected for 4 Years:

For those who've been long-time readers of SoylentNews, it's not exactly a secret that I have a personal interest in retro computing and documenting the history and evolution of the Personal Computer. About three years ago, I ran a series of articles about restoring Xenix 2.2.3c, and I'm far overdue on writing a new one. For those who do programming work of any sort, you'll also be familiar with "Hello World", the first program most, if not all, programmers write in their careers.A sample hello world program might look like the following:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Microsoft Addresses 111 Bugs for May Patch Tuesday:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:COVID-19 Has Blown Away the Myth About 'First' and 'Third' World Competence:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for CoySow:Hank Investigates: Incorrectly Charged for EZPass Tolls:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:All your reaction GIFs now belong to Facebook, as it buys Giphy for $400M:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Man charged for shooting down drone:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:From iOS to SQL: The world's most incorrectly pronounced tech terms:

RandomFactor writes:Researchers lead by Gwendel Fève, a physicist at Sorbonne University in Paris, have discovered the first experimental evidence that certain quasi-particles are 'anyons', members of a third kingdom of particles that are not fermions or bosons.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

An Anonymous Coward writes:'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' Turns 120:

NickM writes:From the latest blog post of Derek Lowe :

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:New evidence shows giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the Moon's crust:

martyb writes:All About That Bass – Marble Machine X Keeps Growing:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Note: Dell has two models of the Alienware Area-51m. The Alienware Area-51m R1 was released in January of 2019. It is now announcing the Alienware Area-51m R2. Though both are upgradable, the upgrades are not interchangeable between these two releases.Alienware's Upgradeable Laptop Still Holds Tons of Promise, But Not at That Price:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow2736:U.S. Government Proposed Manipulating CDC Guidelines to Avoid Mask Shortages: Whistleblower:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Software developed by SMU stops ransomware attacks:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:New tool helps distinguish the cause of blood clots:

RandomFactor writes:The United Launch Alliance and the U.S. Space Force are targeting Sunday morning for launching the secretive reusable X-37B spaceplane back into orbit for a sixth mission.Watch live here (launch is scheduled for 9:14am Eastern time)The launch was originally planned for 8:24 AM EDT Saturday May 16th but was scrubbed due to weather.To date the space plane has spent a total of 2,865 days in orbit, with the longest mission running for 780 days and ending in October 27th, 2019. The details of the current mission are, as with previous missions, mostly undisclosed, however this mission has a notable difference:

takyon writes:NASA's 'Artemis Accords' set forth new and old rules for outer space cooperation

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for TurkeyWaddle:Medieval arrows caused injuries similar to gunshot wounds, study finds:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Powerful new AI technique detects and classifies galaxies in astronomy image data:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Geometry guided construction of earliest known temple, built 6,000 years before Stonehenge: