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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275_:Mathematicians propose new way of using neural networks to work with noisy, high-dimensional data:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Locust swarms arrive in South Sudan, threatening more misery:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:Canadian Privacy Commissioners to Investigate Creepy Facial Recognition Firm Clearview AI:

Multiple Soylentils have written in to let us know about the death of Mike Hughes:"Mad" Mike Hughes Dies in Rocket CrashRandomFactor writes:Michael 'Mad Mike' Hughes, staunch flat Earth conspiracy theorist, launched himself into the skies above Barstow in San Bernardino county Saturday, February 22nd.He was attempting to reach an altitude of ~5000 feet (1,500 meters). Unfortunately his parachute did not open during descent causing him to plummet to his death.

RandomFactor writes:NASA engineers are preparing another tactic to get the troubled "mole" instrument on the Mars InSight lander burrowing into the regolith as intended.

takyon writes:2007 OR is now known as 225088 Gonggong, and its moon has been named Xiangliu:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Elon Musk's Boring Company Finishes First Tunnel for 155mph Vegas Loop:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:How Does Starlink Work Anyway?:

The Mighty Buzzard writes:Bleh. Apparently not caring what you do on other sites or even requiring any personal information isn't good enough for the state of Confusion^WCalifornia, so we have a shiny, new, temporary Privacy Policy posted on every page and linked at the top of the nav bar.If you feel like prettying the language, layout, or whatever up before I get around to it, feel free to do so and submit a pull request.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Pwns for sale: Scythe prepares a marketplace for sharing simulated hacks:

canopic jug submitted a story which was the inspiration for:Helsinki-based software developer, Henri Sivonen, has written a pair of blog posts about UTF-8; why it should be used and how to inform the user agent when it is used.The first blog post explains problems that can arise when UTF-8 is used without explicitly stating so. Here is a short selection from Why Supporting Unlabeled UTF-8 in HTML on the Web Would Be Problematic:

aristarchus writes:Quartz[Editor's Note: The page at the link doesn't work on some browsers, and all appear to require javascript to access.]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275_:Cyber-attack hits US Department of Defence agency:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275_:Chemists use mass spectrometry tools to determine age of fingerprints:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275_:Google parent pulls the plug on power-generating kite project:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Quantum interference observed in real time: Extreme UV-light spectroscopy technique:

martyb writes:Let there be 'circadian' light:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275:AT&T loses key ruling in class action over unlimited-data throttling:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275:Apple is considering letting users change default email, browser, music apps in iOS:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275_:RIP: Larry Tesler, inventor of copy & paste:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275:Kickstarter workers make history with unionization vote:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for CoolHand:Microsoft Defender ATP preview arrives for Linux distros -- iOS and Android versions to follow:

NPC-131072 writes:From Sciencemag

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/facebook-offers-to-pay-users-for-their-voice-recordings/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275_:Facebook owes $9B in taxes related to Ireland deal, IRS says:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275_:Growing crystals to generate random numbers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Fnord666:Hackers exploit critical vulnerability found in ~100,000 WordPress sites:

Phoenix666 writes:New Atlas:

"SoyCow4275" writes in with this story via IRC:Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

martyb writes in with the following story via IRC:Memory games: Eating well to remember:

"SoyCow1337" writes in with the following story via IRC:A new spin on 3D printing can produce an object in seconds:

martyb writes in with the following story via IRC:Sensory perception is not superficial brain work:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Booga1 writes:WJLA reports: Washington D.C. issued a record $1 billion in traffic and parking tickets in three years

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Findings from NASA's Juno update Jupiter water mystery:

martyb writes:Now Internet Society told to halt controversial .org sale... by its own advisory council: 'You misread the community mindset around dot-org':

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:$2.07bn? That's one Dell of a deal to offload infosec biz RSA:

martyb writes:Russia replaces two cosmonauts on next space station crew for 'medical reasons':

martyb writes:Late Fall May Be Best Time of Year to Try to Conceive:

martyb writes:Exposure to cleaning products in first 3 months of life can increase risk of childhood asthma:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275:US natural gas operator shuts down for 2 days after being infected by ransomware: