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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Four states warn unemployment benefits applicants about data leaks:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

An Anonymous Coward writes:[NB: Athlone is a town of over 20,000 located on the banks of the River Shannon in County Westmeath, Ireland. ]https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2020/05/18/4189375-video-athlone-mans-beehive-made-out-of-lego-/

looorg writes:PAC-MAN was first publicly tested on May 22, 1980 and — now at 40 years old — is middle-age today. Celebrate with his wife and offspring:https://www.pacman.com/en/:

aristarchus writes:Just a reminder of Amazing Astronomical Discoveries from Ancient Greece.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Virtual cybersecurity school teaches kids to fix security flaws and hunt down hackers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA's OSIRIS-REx Ready for Touchdown on Asteroid Bennu:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Uber lays off 3,000 people in second big round of cuts:

Nearly Half of Twitter Accounts Pushing to Reopen America May be BotsAnonTechie writes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Vigilante hackers target 'scammers' with ransomware, DDoS attacks:

aristarchus writes:Reported from the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii,

AnonTechie writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

martyb writes:AT&T slapped down for its '5G E' ads: You don't have a 5G network, so stop saying so, says watchdog:

martyb writes:Cosmic Rays May Have Left Indelible Imprint On Early Life, Stanford Physicist Says:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:New study estimates the odds of life and intelligence emerging beyond our planet:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Praying Mantises: More Deadly Than We Knew:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Extracting ROM constants from the 8087 math coprocessor's die:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Can you solve it? Sudoku as spectator sport is unlikely lockdown hit:

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: