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RandomFactor writes:After two months of monitoring, a major encrypted criminal chat network in Europe has been shut down, resulting in over 800 arrests so far.

chromas writes:Microsoft to auto upgrade some business and education PCs to Chromium Edge in August

chromas writes:Consumer groups urge scrutiny of Google's Fitbit buyout in letter to antitrust regulators:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:You have to protect yourself.Light drinking may protect brain function:

Stock surge makes Tesla the world’s most valuable automakerFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/07/stock-surge-makes-tesla-the-worlds-most-valuable-automaker/:

takyon writes:Bizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earth

"exec" writes:Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes

takyon writes:Google Glass 3.0? Google acquires smart glasses maker North

martyb writes:WOW!On June 29th, I posted a story that shared our financial status and asked for the community's support. And did you ever! As noted in that story:

Freeman writes:Unscheduled fixes released for critical flaw in optional Windows codec

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/06/tesla-driver-blames-autopilot-for-crash-into-police-car/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/small-isps-stunned-by-fcc-move-to-ban-huawei-zte-gear-during-pandemic/

NPC-131072 writes:From TechCrunch

"exec" writes:https://phys.org/news/2020-07-quantum-fluctuations-jiggle-human-scale.html

chromas writes:Indices of health under our feet

chromas writes:Ten Years Of The Sun In One Hour – Nasa Releases Mesmerising Space Film:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for RandomFactor

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.iafrikan.com/2020/06/30/do-we-really-own-our-digital-possessions/

martyb writes:Mathematical noodling leads to new insights into an old fusion problem:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/foreign-adversaries-likely-to-exploit-critical-networking-bug-us-gov-says/

takyon writes:China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong

Phoenix666 writes:A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice:

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.