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hendrikboom writes:Researchers at the Cornell and the Technische Univerität Berlin and Cornell have studied the problem that more popular items get priority in search results, creating a positive feedback loop that unfairly deprecates other, equally valuable items.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Microsoft Put Off Fixing Zero Day for 2 Years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Covid-19 Data Will Once Again Be Collected by CDC, in Policy Reversal :

An Anonymous Coward writes:After Legal Win, What's Next for Magic Mushrooms?:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Japan Animation Leaders Unite for YouTube Initiative:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:China Is Approaching the Release of Digital Yuan by Expanding its Trials:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:AWS Cryptojacking Worm Spreads Through the Cloud:

takyon writes:TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over US ban

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:AT&T, T-Mobile fight speed tests that could prove their coverage maps wrong;:

An Anonymous Coward writes:http://www.righto.com/2020/08/reverse-engineering-8086s.html

An Anonymous Coward writes:The ‘Batman Effect’: How having an alter ego empowers you:

RandomFactor writes:On August 18th, Florida Keys' officials voted to allow the first test release of genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S.The target mosquito population (Aedes aegypti) spreads multiple diseases including yellow fever, dengue, zika and chikungunya and is difficult to control with traditional spraying.

takyon writes:DARPA 3DSoC CNFET project moves towards commercialisation phase

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Anti-Piracy Outfit Hires VPN Expert to Help Track Down The Pirate Bay * TorrentFreak:

martyb writes:Sea level rise quickens as Greenland ice sheet sheds record amount:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Did a journal retract your paper on homeopathy? Meet the journal that will publish your complaint:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Major quantum computational breakthrough is shaking up physics and maths:

martyb writes:Microsoft Flight Simulator's Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings And Anomalies From OpenStreetMap:

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: