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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Researchers want to use Mega Man 2 to evaluate AI:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:I Tried Two New Upstart Social Networks. I Found ... Very Little.:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Why your cat is lousy at chess yet way smarter than even the most advanced AI:

An Anonymous Coward writes:You know the time of the year when it's all winding down, people are going on holidays, and there's not much left to do but clock people on for overtime coverage through the lazy holidays. Not so much for one intrepid IT worker who found a newly acquired company IT team had installed a database application into a Dropbox account which was failing due to lack of space. It doesn't end there, with the Dropbox being used as version control and the DEVs syncing the data locally for changes making updates extremely slow. This is a classic example of simple decisions landsliding into a complete cluster ferk.What's the worst you've dealt with right before the holidays?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Reports of patients' deaths linked to heart devices lurk below radar:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Judge blocks NYC's law limiting Uber drivers 'cruising' for new passengers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:DJI patents an off-road rover with a stabilized camera on top – TechCrunch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:New Gene-Edited Tomatoes Can Now Be Grown In Grape-Like Bouquets:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Today in Christmas miracles: a failed electric scooter company is getting bailed out:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Twitter bug used to match millions of user phone numbers – TechCrunch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Apple will start enforcing its Mac app security policy in February:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that gave them PTSD:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Huawei says its replacement for Google services will soon launch in India:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.codeblueprint.co.uk/2019/12/23/linux-preemption-latency-throughput.html

requerdanos writes:Voluntary DNA tests fall somewhere between "bad idea" and "danger, stay away" as documented pretty well here previously. It's not surprising that tech- and privacy- minded people might hold this position, but now that position is being echoed by the U.S. Pentagon.

barbara hudson writes:I know, yet another Boeing story. But it's like herpes — the gift that keeps on giving.The same day that Boeing CEO Muilenburg crashed and burned as Boeing CEO, the criminal investigation into Boeing heated up, with Boeing's test pilot hiring criminal lawyers and refusing to turn over documents to the Department of Justice under the 5th amendment, saying in effect that turning them over "may tend to incriminate him."

canopic jug writes:Paul Stamatiou has written a blog post about getting started with hardware security keys. He provides a short introductory guide as to why they are a good idea to use, what they are, and how to get started using them:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Amazon's Choice Products Aren't Always What They Claim to Be:

martyb writes:Greetings!To those of you who may be celebrating a holiday at this time of year, on behalf of the staff at SoylentNews, please accept my best wishes to you and those you hold dear.For Fun:With glee I am pleased to announce that @The Mighty Buzzard: has given a gift to all registered users on the site. These are good until 2019-12-26 00:10:00.Thank You!As the end of the year approaches, I extend my humble thanks to all of you who have subscribed to SoylentNews!As of this writing, we have received $1799.47 towards a goal of $2000.00 for the second half of the year. All funds received go directly to supporting the site: web hosting, domain name renewal, tax preparation, etc. Nobody has ever received any money for their work on SoylentNews. We are staffed entirely by volunteers who give of their free time to keep the site running and the story queue filled. By my estimate, we have probably passed the minimum funds received that are needed to support the site for this half of the year... but actually reaching the goal would give us a bit of a cushion against the unexpected. To those who have let their subscription lapse and to those who may have never subscribed before: please subscribe and help us meet our goal.Folding@Home:Rarely mentioned, but SoylentNews does have a folding@home team which recently surpassed one billion points earned and now holds 218th place in the entire world! Here are views of their progress individually and as a team. Their efforts contribute to helping medical research into Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and many forms of cancer, among other diseases.This Year So Far:The SoylentNews web site has been available 24 hours day, 7 days a week... except for a couple relatively brief unplanned outages. Further our IRC (Internet Relay Chat) has been available throughout this time, as well. (There may have been a brief downtime due to scheduled Linode maintenance on our servers.) Also, behind the scenes, all the supporting back-end stuff has been chugging along: web servers, databases, caches, E-Mail processing, and lots more. Those of you who have been with us since the start remember the frequent site crashes of those early days. Often several times per day! The rarity of site crashes, now, is a testament to the hard work of many people who gave of their time and expertise to make SoylentNews so stable, today.These are the folk who quietly mind the underpinnings of and automate everything so well you don't even know they are there and would likely feel embarrassed if attention were brouht to them. Please join me in thanking them, anyway!Some Numbers:The editorial staff at SoylentNews has posted 4,884 stories to SoylentNews since 2019-01-01. With a very conservative estimate of 5 minutes per story, that amounts to 407 hours' time. Put another way, that is 10 full-time person-weeks.Please join me in thanking the editors who have so generously given of their free time to make this happen!Thanks Again!Lastly, I am taking advantage of this opportunity to again thank everyone who offered their support during my recent health issue. I'm still a little wobbly typing with my left hand's pinky, but as things could have gone, I'll take this any day of the week, instead! It is my sincere hope that by sharing my experience, it may help someone else make a change in their life and avoid my experience or much worse.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Facebook removes accounts with AI-generated profile photos:

takyon writes:Universal Notifies Theaters 'Cats' Is Being Updated With "Improved Visual Effects"

takyon writes:Trump signs defense bill establishing U.S. Space Force: What comes next

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4408:No, Spotify, you shouldn't have sent mysterious USB drives to journalists – TechCrunch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Why I dislike what "quantum supremacy" is doing to computing research:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4408:Plenty of Fish app leaked profile data set to private – TechCrunch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:Video analytics paves way for smart cities:

takyon writes:SpaceX ships Starship hardware from Florida to Texas to speed up production

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Giant surveillance balloons are lurking at the edge of space:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Overspill of fat shown to cause Type 2 diabetes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:This startup claims its deepfakes will protect your privacy:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Smart Home Tech, Police, and Your Privacy: Year in Review 2019:

barbara hudson writes:CBC is reporting that Boeing's CEO is gone. While offially he resigned, there's little doubt he had much say in the matter.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:Apple could be exploring the idea of launching satellites.

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/08/crazy-90-percent-of-people-dont-know-how-to-use-ctrl-f/243840/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Boeing's failed Starliner mission strains 'reliability' pitch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:Bing's Top Search Results Contain an Alarming Amount of Disinformation:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:'Epilepsy demon' discovered on 2,700-year-old clay tablet in Iraq:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.matthewdean.com/bricklink-acquisition