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[20200604_025249 UTC: The nighttime launch was on time. First stage booster landed on the drone ship Just Read The Instructions making the fifth successful launch and recovery of this booster. (This also marks the second time that a SpaceX booster has had 5 successful launches). Satellite deployment was successful. The satellites will now use their solar arrays and ion thrusters to boost themselves to their intended orbit. The recovery ships Ms Tree and Ms Chief were in position to attempt to capture the payload fairings a few hours after launch. NB: SpaceX had its very first Falcon-9 launch 10 years ago on 2010-06-04. Well done, SpaceX!--martyb]martyb writes:It's been a mixed bag for SpaceX the past few days. They had a successful launch and docking of the Crew Demo 2. They also recovered the booster successfully when it landed on the autonomous drone "Of Course I Still Love You". On the other hand, a test fire of their Starship prototype SN4 (serial number 4) was not so hot. Strike that, it was too hot to handle and experience an extremely Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.So SpaceX is at it again with another launch planned for tonight; exactly one hour from when this story was released. This time sending up another batch of Starlink satellites:

martyb writes:'Black nitrogen': Researchers discover new high-pressure material and solve a puzzle of the periodic table:

[Speaking as the de-facto leader of SoylentNews, I know this community is very sensitive to self-promotional "Slashvertising" and similar. Since our inception, we've prided ourselves on listening to our community and taking those views into account. I've walked a bit of a fine line with that with my original content articles both recently and in the past. I do not want to be a rule unto myself so if this post ends up crossing that line, mention it in the comments and we'll take those lessons to heart. Also, we haven't had a community roundtable here at SN in quite a long time, so I'm going to schedule one go to live on Monday.][NB: Yes, "original content" articles are welcome here. If anyone is considering it, please try to keep them tech-related and provide supporting links. Also provide contact info (email address) so any issues or questions can be discussed as needed. --martyb]The simple fact is that in the last few weeks, the world, especially in the United States has become a very different place. Here in New York City, there's been constant protests and escalation between the police and protesters. In an era where drones are being used to track and monitor protesters, digital security is more important more than ever. I want to do my bit on trying to help people keep themselves safe and secure in these times.Normally, I try not to push self-promotion here, and I've made sure that my recent original content articles are not pushing that line. I mentioned in my last article that I host a weekly hacking show called HACK-ALT-NCOMMANDER, as part of DEFCON 201, the local DEF CON group for the New Jersey area. Usually, I cover some bit of retro-tech, random reverse engineering, and other random and strange things. Not today.This time, I've decided to cover these topics:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:How to make the food and water Mars-bound astronauts will need for their mission:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Twitter suspends hundreds over #DCBlackout hoax:

Phoenix666 writes:Could corporations control territory in space? Under new US rules, it might be possible:

takyon writes:Publishers Sue the Internet Archive Over its Open Library, Declare it a Pirate Site

martyb writes:Two lefties make a right—if you are a one-in-a-million garden snail:

Phoenix666 writes:Mass production of individualized products:

Phoenix666 writes:Astronomers capture a pulsar 'Powering Up':

Common Joe writes:Taking a brief step back from the usual politics and hard tech...

takyon writes:Atom-Thin Switches Could Route 5G and 6G Radio Signals

Phoenix666 writes:'Plastic-free' fashion is not as clean or green as it seems:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Phoenix666 writes:Colorado State University:

martyb writes:African-American George Floyd's death has led to marches, demonstrations, acts of violence, and looting across the USA and in other parts of the world. Emotions are running high. We will not attempt to accuse or defend anyone here. Just attempt to lay out the information we have and offer it up for the community to discuss. Many comments about this incident have been posted to unrelated stories on this site. This is, therefore, an attempt to provide one place on SoylentNews where people are encouraged to discuss it. So as to not derail other stories on the site, I kindly ask you focus those comments here.Wikipedia has a page about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd (permanent link to the page as it appeared at the time of writing):

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Orbital Use Fees Proposed As the Most Effective Way to Solve the Space Junk Problem:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Third European Service Module for Artemis Mission to Land Astronauts on the Moon:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Dangerous SHA-1 crypto function will die in SSH linking millions of computers:

martyb writes:A new theorem predicts that stationary black holes must have at least one light ring:

SomeGuy writes:Wired is reporting that Walmart employees have serious concerns about the effectiveness of the company's anti-shoplifting "AI" technology (reprint), including unnecessarily breaking COVID-19 related social distancing guidelines.

Phoenix666 writes:New stretchable, self-healing and illuminating electronic material for wearables and soft robots:

takyon writes:Russia's Elbrus 8CB Microarchitecture: 8-core VLIW on TSMC 28nm

Phoenix666 writes:Google Docs vs. Microsoft Word: Which works better for business?:

Phoenix666 writes:Plum pickings: ancient fruit ripe for modern plates:

Phoenix666 writes:Christo, the artist who wrapped the world, dies at 84:

Phoenix666 writes:Researchers control cattle microbiomes to reduce methane and greenhouse gases:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Tiny Three-Dimensional Chessboards Could Lead to "Paper Electronics":

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Antarctic ice sheets capable of retreating up to 50 meters per day:

JoeMerchant writes:

On what is becoming a running theme here on SoylentNews, we're reliving the early 90s, and picking up right where I left off from Windows for Workgroups, it was time to look at the 800-pound gorilla: Novell NetWare.Unlike early Mac, UNIX and Windows, I didn't actually have any personal experience with NetWare back in the day. Instead, my hands were first guided on a stream of my weekly show, HACK-ALT-NCOMMANDER, hosted as part of DEFCON 201, combined with a binge reading marathon of some very hefty manuals. In that vein, this is more of my impressions of what NetWare user and administration is like, especially compared to the tools of the day.Ultimately, I found NetWare a very strange experience, and there were a lot of pluses and minuses to cover, so as usual, here's the tl;dr video summary, followed by more in-depth write-up.If you haven't ABENDed your copy of server.exe, click below the fold to learn what all the hubbub was about!Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Check Point Unmasks Hacktivist Who Defaced Nearly 5000 Sites:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New York Teen Masterminds $23.8m Crypto Heist:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:US court grants permission to recover Marconi telegraph from Titanic wreckage:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for FatPhilCessna eCaravan becomes largest electric aircraft to fly:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

RandomFactor writes:Cornell professor of food science engineering Syed Rizvi and Michael E. Wagner, Ph.D. have received a patent on a process for producing Ice Cream instantly (within 3 seconds).

takyon writes:Waymo's robot minivans are ready to roll in the Bay Area for the first time since COVID-19 outbreak

takyon writes:135-year-long streak is over: US renewable sources topped coal in 2019

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA Supercomputers Power COVID-19 Research:

takyon writes:Microsoft 'to replace journalists with robots'

martyb writes:Astronomers detect biggest explosion in the history of the Universe - ICRAR

takyon writes:Border Patrol flies anti-terrorism drone over Minneapolis protestors

Phoenix666 writes:Al Jazeera:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Cisco security breach hits corporate servers that ran unpatched software:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Don't Update Your TI-83 or TI-84 Calculator's Firmware:

[20200530_203823 UTC: UPDATE: Launch was successful, all systems nominal, first stage successfully landed on the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You", and Ben and Doug are on their 19-hour flight to the ISS (International Space Station). Live coverage continues all the way through docking.]martyb writes:Today's the day— weather permitting, America is returning to space:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:It's not every day the NSA publicly warns of attacks by Kremlin hackers – so take this critical Exim flaw seriously: