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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Cosmic magnifying glasses yield independent measure of universe's expansion:

martyb writes:Whooping cough evolving into a superbug:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Hundreds of Millions of PCs Remain Vulnerable as Windows 7 Reaches End of Life:

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martyb writes:China reports 3rd death, nearly 140 new cases of coronavirus:

RandomFactor writes:The planet may be warming, but a recent study indicates that mankind is going the other direction.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:How green are dockless e-scooters?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:'Remarkable' Mathematical Proof Describes How to Solve Seemingly Impossible Computing Problem:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Sheffield-based company Viners has produced the "Assure" range, square-ended knives which are "shaped to reduce and prevent injuries, accidents and fatalities." With knife crimes in England and Wales at their highest in a decade, a 3% increase on last year and the highest level since 2009, this new knife is intended to not be used in crimes and only in the kitchen. While anti-stabbing messages have been left on fastfood containers and a crackdown on knife crime has been tried, for which included limiting the sale of knives, so far nothing has blunted the knife based problem.When have social problems been solved by technical solutions?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/technology/gary-starkweather-dead.html

The Mighty Buzzard writes:Well, crap. I have no idea why or when it happened but the Threshold setting when using Threaded-TOS appears to be non-functional at the moment. It's supposed to set the value below which a comment and any of its subcomments will be collapsed, unless a subcomment is over the Breakthrough value which should cause that comment only to be expanded. Right now it's functioning as if Threshold were set to 6. I never noticed it because I have both settings set to -1.I can't monkey with it right this second but I'll see if I can get it fixed some time this weekend. Just a hotfix patch to the live code not a full site update.Beats doing construction work in the rain I suppose.Update: Okay, I can't fix something that ain't broke and TOS is functioning as intended. I just forgot that Threshold applied only to top-level comments, all subcomment trees should be collapsed by default, and Breakthrough was the setting for subcomments to show up no matter what. This doesn't make sense to me but then I'm not the one who decided it should function like that and I don't use TOS. If you lot want it to function differently or want a new mode that's similar, drop your insipid inspired ideas here and if there's enough demand I'll put it on the todo list.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

RandomFactor writes:Flu shots are an annual annoyance with limited effectiveness (on average between 40 and 60 percent.) There is now hope to eliminate this annual ritual and provide more effective protection with a potential universal flu vaccine in clinical trials.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Galactic Settlement and the Fermi Paradox:

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martyb writes:Sticky situation inside blood vessels can worsen stroke damage:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Trump, Barr, and the FBI do not need Apple to unlock a terrorist's iPhones:

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RandomFactor writes:Engineers at the University of Colorodo, Boulder have demonstrated a novel building material that grows, has self repair capability, and sequesters carbon.

Phoenix666 writes:CNet:

Phoenix666 writes:CNet:

dx3bydt3 writes:Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it aims to:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Deep learning enables real-time imaging around corners:

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Phoenix666 writes:BBC:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:After nearly three years, Wikipedia is coming back online in Turkey:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:from the to-the-moon-Alice dept.SpaceX moon passenger Yusaku Maezawa has 20,000 applicants to be girlfriend he takes on journey:

Phoenix666 writes:Al Jazeera:

kazzie writes:News from the BBC

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Scientists unexpectedly witness wolf puppies play fetch:

c0lo writes:WSJ runs this story (alternative MSN same text)

canopic jug writes:The GNU/Linux-based smartphone, PinePhone, has begun shipping. It uses the same Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit System on a Chip (SOC) as the the Pine64 Single Board Computer (SBC) and thus it also runs mainstream GNU/Linux. The goal is to provide a hardware platform for a wider variety of Linux-on-Phone projects. Hardware availability is expected to be five years.Lilliputing: PinePhone Braveheart Linux smartphone begins shipping January 17th

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Worried About Swearing Too Much? Science Says You Shouldn't Be:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Researchers test hearing by looking at dilation of people's eyes:

Mozilla Lays Off 70 People as Non-search Revenue Fails to Materializeupstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Mozilla lays off 70 people as non-search revenue fails to materialize:

martyb writes:How to watch SpaceX show NASA the Crew Dragon capsule can escape if a launch goes wrong

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/comcast-accused-of-lying-about-its-prices-gets-away-with-1-3m-settlement/

canopic jug writes:The Insurance Journal is asking if the NotPetya Windows worm was an act of war. If so, that would change any potential obligations carried by insurance policies towards claimants, in this case Merck & Co. NotPetya took over Windows computers in 2017 but was apparently originally intended to target Ukrainian Windows computers. The rest of the Windows computers may have just been collateral damage.

Phoenix666 writes:New Atlas:

RandomFactor writes:University of Michigan researchers have determined that the class of proteins known as Sestrins mimic the effects of exercise in mice and flies.

c0lo writes:Guardian

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:What can we rid the world of, thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? Inequality? Yeah, but first: Third-party cookies – and classic user-agent strings:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Antibiotics could be promising treatment for form of dementia:

c0lo writes:BBC

c0lo writes:CNN

DannyB writes:Advertising Makes Us Unhappy

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Trump launches fresh attack on Apple over privacy: