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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Laser-Textured Metal Surfaces Kill Bacteria Faster:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Airbnb-asks-people-to-donate-money-to-hosts-15407730.php

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:How to spot 5 planets and the crescent moon without a telescope this weekend:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Emotet botnet surges back after months of absence:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:Mask company makes custom coverings that look like your face:

DECbot writes:Changes are coming to the Twitter API that should encourage new 3rd-party and bot development.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Replacing lithium with sodium in batteries:

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

DECbot writes:Michael Larabel writes in Phoronix about Microsoft's new open-source process monitor for Linux:

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takyon writes:Bright House Doesn't Directly Profit From Pirating Subscribers, Court Rules

Phoenix666 writes:Ancient DNA from Doggerland separates the U.K. from Europe:

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Phoenix666 writes:Social distancing is making public transport worse for the environment than cars – here's how to fix it:

Phoenix666 writes:Western Digital releases new 18TB, 20TB EAMR drives:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:VPN firm that claims zero logs policy leaks 20 million user logs:

Freeman writes:With morgues brimming, Texas and Arizona turn to refrigerator trucks:

Phoenix666 writes:Bacteria with Metal Diet Discovered in Dirty Glassware :

Phoenix666 writes:Lenovo brings AMD to its gaming laptops:

charon writes:This interview with the authors describes a fascinating book that gives facts about cosmology in a combined education and the challenges to the people who can't quite believe in the conclusions scientists draw. Looks neat.

Phoenix666 writes:CNet:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for boru.https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/07/nRF52-debug-resurrect/:

looorg writes:As a master thesis, one Cambridge student rebuilt a copy of the Cyclometer, the Polish Enigma-cracking machine.http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/enigma-code-breaking-machine-rebuilt-cambridge:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Spreading rock dust on farms could be a major climate action:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:MFAIranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Facial recognition linked to a second wrongful arrest by Detroit police:

An Anonymous Coward writes:I had an experience with an HTC Vive a couple of years ago, and I'm now considering getting the hardware required to do proper VR.

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, Do You Have Your Act Together?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Common FDA-approved drug may effectively neutralize virus that causes COVID-19:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Research brief: Researchers 3D print a working heart pump with real human cells:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Trump admin caves to Harvard and MIT, won’t deport online-only students:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Charter’s hidden “Broadcast TV” fee now adds $197 a year to cable bills:

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dluttrell writes:PATCH NOW - SIGRed - CVE-2020-1350 - Microsoft DNS Server Vulnerability:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Microsoft Outlook is crashing worldwide with 0xc0000005 errors, how to fix:

martyb writes:Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates—bitcoin scam hits Twitter in coordinated blitz:

takyon writes:Samsung is planning for the commercialization of 6G wireless technology around 2028-2030, with a peak data rate of 1,000 Gbps (1 Tbps) and a user experienced data rate ("minimum achievable data rate for a user in real network environment") of 1 Gbps (this is set at 100 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload in the case of 5G):

Mykl writes:Lego and Nintendo have teamed up to create a new NES Lego kit. The $US229 kit will let you build your very own Lego NES console and old CRT TV (with stand!). Even better, the kit has a mechanical winch that scrolls the game across the screen.From TFA:

takyon writes:DDR5 Memory Specification Released: Setting the Stage for DDR5-6400 And Beyond

Phoenix666 writes:Medical Xpress:

Phoenix666 writes:New Harvard vaccine technique coats red blood cells in nanoparticles :

takyon writes:AMD Announces Ryzen Threadripper Pro: Workstation Parts for OEMs Only

Phoenix666 writes:Cambridge study finds apathy, not depression, is an early sign of dementia :

LVDOVICVS writes:Grant Imahara, Host of 'MythBusters' and 'White Rabbit Project,' Dies at 49:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New technique to study superheavy elements: