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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/mercury-and-algal-blooms-poisoned-maya-reservoirs-at-tikal/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys:

Freeman writes:Microsoft’s “new approach” to retail stores: Closing them forever:

chromas writes:Zuckerberg once wanted to sanction Trump. Then Facebook wrote rules that accommodated him.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Employers can't afford to ax mature workers, say researchers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation In The Federal Workforce:

takyon writes:India bans TikTok, WeChat and dozens more Chinese apps

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians As Criminals:

chromas writes:Benefits Of Exercise Could Be Passed Through Breast Milk, Says New Study

NPC-131072 writes:From The Guardian:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/fcc-helps-charter-avoid-broadband-competition/

chromas writes:How hackers extorted $1.14m from a US university:

takyon writes:Security Expert Discovered Flaw in PS2 That Gives a Way to Play Any Game

takyon writes:EFF & Heavyweight Legal Team Will Defend Internet Archive's Digital Library Against Publishers

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Credit card skimmers are now being buried in image file metadata on e-commerce websites:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Linux:

[20200629_140251 UTC: Update 1: Encourage taking care of personal/local needs, first.]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Nationwide Facial Recognition Ban Proposed By Lawmakers:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:New polymer easily captures gold extracted from e-waste:

t-3 writes:http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20200622052207

takyon writes:Super-Earths discovered orbiting nearby red dwarf

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror, newest space junk:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Apple's iOS 14 beta added a feature that reveals each time an application copies text from the clipboard. A recent article in Ars Technica brought renewed focus to an issue we previously reported in February. This story includes a list of apps from the researcher's blog post.TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data:

An Anonymous Coward writes:http://www.righto.com/2020/06/die-shrink-how-intel-scaled-down-8086.html

RandomFactor writes:Researchers have developed a transgenic rice strain which lowers blood pressure in laboratory rats. Genes from unrelated organisms were artificially introduced into the rice to cause production of ten different blood pressure affecting peptides.

c0lo writes:yle.fi:

NotSanguine writes:John Brodkin over at Ars Technica is reporting on a House bill which would allocate USD$100 billion for high speed (100mb/sec or higher) fiber to the home (FTTH) infrastructure.The bill also addresses state laws blocking municipal and public/private broadband.From the article:

takyon writes:Outrage mounts over report Russia offered bounties to Afghanistan militants for killing US soldiers

takyon writes:Can you 3D print Damascus steel? Pretty much, yeah

RandomFactor writes:Australia's Science Agency "The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation" (CSIRO) is working on cotton plants that grow with an array of natural colors rather than the usual plain white, which requires environmentally problematic dying.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:FEMA Ordered $10.2 Million in COVID-19 Testing Kits It's Now Warning States Not to Use:

Graham, Cotton Introduce Yet Another Attempt to Torpedo Encryptionupstart writes in with an IRC submission:Graham, Cotton introduce yet another attempt to torpedo encryption:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:Sex addict claims hot female gamers caused him to injure his penis:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/chinese-bank-requires-foreign-firm-to-install-app-with-covert-backdoor/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/facebook-faces-advertiser-backlash-over-its-handling-of-racism-hate-speech/

chromas writes:Apple's New ARM-Based Macs Won't Support Windows Through Boot Camp:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Case for axion origin of dark matter gains traction:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA wants you to design a space toilet for missions to the moon:

t-3 writes:https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2020/06/26/free-speech-in-the-us-empire-is-as-illusory-as-free-range-eggs/

Phoenix666 writes:Quantum Entanglement Demonstrated Aboard Orbiting CubeSat:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/06/tesla-factory-workers-who-stayed-home-due-to-covid-fears-face-termination:

chromas writes:Talk about the fox guarding the hen house. Comcast to handle DNS-over-HTTPS for Firefox-using subscribers

Phoenix666 writes:Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over region for migrating striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon:

chromas writes:Guardzilla Shuts Down, Leaving Security Camera Customers Stranded:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:White House ordered NIH to cancel coronavirus research funding, Fauci says:

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martyb writes:At approximately 1200 UTC we experience a problem and the site was unavailable for about an hour. As I understand it, we had some connectivity issues. We are now in the process of investigating. Kudos to TheMightyBuzzard for his way-too-early-in-the-morning work to get us back up!Registered users will probably have to log back in again.Here's hoping this is the worst problem you have today!Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

martyb writes:700-km Brazil 'megaflash' sets lightning record: UN: