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We had two Soylentils write in about President Trump's posting on twitter an image of a failed Iranian attempt to launch a satellite. Analysts were stunned at the resolution and clarity of the picture since it appears to have been taken from a US Spy satellite. A commercial-quality image of the same site is shown in the article from Ars Technica and the difference is striking.President Trump Tweets Picture of Sensitive Satellite Photo of Iranian Launch Siteupstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Fnord666.President Trump tweets picture of sensitive satellite photo of Iranian launch site

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takyon writes:This Bizarre 5-Core Chip Could Be Intel's New Lakefield 3D Foveros CPU

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Collector unearths long-lost 8-bit Konami games, dumps them for emulation

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quietus writes:About a week ago, the 18th Space Control Squadron, US Air Force, relayed warning data to the European Space Agency.The data indicated that there was a non-negligible collision risk between ESA's Aeolus satellite and Starlink44, an active SpaceX satellite, at 11:02 UTC on Monday, 2 September.As days passed, the probability of collision continued to increase, and by Wednesday, August 28, ESA's Ops team decided to reach out to Starlink to discuss their options. Within a day, the Starlink team informed ESA that they had no plan to take action at that point. By Thursday evening, ESA's probability threshold for conducting an avoidance manoeuvre had been reached, and preparations were made to lift Aeolus 350 meter in orbit. By Sunday evening, chances of a collision had risen to 1 in 1000, and commands were sent to the Aeolus satellite, which triggered a total of 3 thruster burns on Monday morning, half an orbit before the potential collision. About half an hour after the collision prediction time, Aeolus contacted base, and normal measurement operations could continue.What the SpaceX satellite was doing in ESA's Aeolus orbit is not clear.ESA has taken the opportunity to point out that, given SpaceX plans to put up 20,000 of those things, handling monitoring and avoidance semi-manually, and by mail, is no longer practical.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

aristarchus writes:As reported at C|net, USB4 is ready to go.

takyon writes:Boris Johnson loses Parliamentary majority, faces Brexit showdown

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takyon writes:MIT Engineers Build 15,000-Transistor Carbon Nanotube RISC-V Chip

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramSpaceX Starship potential Mars landing sites uncovered in NASA images

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramBoeing readies 'astronaut' for likely October test launch

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramToshiba Memory picks up Lite-On SSD business in $165 million deal

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramThe postie who went off like a rocket

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takyon writes:"Legal Options Are a Better Way to Beat Piracy Than Enforcement"

martyb writes:At the time of this writing, the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center reports Eye of category 5 Dorian moving little while over Grand Bahama island. That page also contains several other views and forecasts of the storm.Though it no longer looks like Florida will get a "direct hit", the storm's currently-predicted run up the US Atlantic coast promises storm surges, very heavy rain with potential flooding, and of course high winds.For those who lie in the path of this beast, please accept my personal best wishes for you and your loved ones making it through safely.What sites have you found to be the most informative, timely, and useful? Special credit for those which are minimally sensationalistic. Any webcams to recommend? How are things in your area? What preparations are you making?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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canopic jug writes:OpenBSD developer, Gilles Chehade, debunks multiple myths regarding deployment of e-mail services. While it is some work to deploy and operate a mail service, it is not as hard as the large corporations would like people to believe. Gilles derives his knowledge from having built and worked with both proprietary and free and open source mail systems. He covers why it is feasible to consider running one.

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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/london-gatwick-drug-bust-cake-scli-intl/index.htmlBags of white powder seized as part of a "huge drugs bust" at London's Gatwick Airport actually contained vegan cake ingredients, the British Transport Police said.A member of staff at Purezza, a vegan restaurant with stores in London and Brighton, was transporting a suitcase filled with bags of cake mix when it was seized by police Wednesday afternoon.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes for Fnord666:Coin-mining malware jumps from ARM IoT gear to Intel servers

quietus writes:In March 2007, the EU set itself some ambitious climate targets.By 2020, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions should be 20 percent below 1990 levels, renewable energy should make up 20% of the energy mix, and the share of it in the transport sector should be up by 10 percent.A briefing [PDF] to the EU Parliament now shows those targets are about to be beaten, by a margin.GHG emissions, including those of air traffic, had already decreased 22 percent by 2017. The share of renewable energy sources had risen, by 2016, to 17%.Interestingly, the drop in GHG emission intensity, the ratio of GHG emissions to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), is even more pronounced. One euro in GDP, in 2017, compared to 315g carbon dioxide: half the level of 1990. Between 1990 and 2017, the combined GDP of the EU increased by 58% while total GHG emissions fell by 22%.The figures mentioned do not include GHG emissions through land use. According to the briefing, the EU's land absorbs more carbon than it emits; member states are bound by regulation to at least preserve this situation. Of the 28 member states, 25 now have developed climate change adaptation plans, including measures like using less water, adapting building regulations, building flood defenses, developing crops that cope better in drought conditions etcetera.For the period 2014-2020, the EU had vowed to spend at least 20% (€206 billion) of its budget to climate change measures. That target was already reached in 2017. For the 2021-2027 period, the European Commission proposed to increase that level to 25% of a €1134,6 billion overall budget.Under current trends, the EU's GHG emission levels will have dropped by 30% by 2030. The new target set by the European Commission, though, is a drop of at least 40 percent, while the share of renewable energy should be 32%. Combined with a 32% increase in overall energy efficiency, this should result in a 45% drop in GHG emissions. Parliament itself proposes an even more ambitious target of 55 percent GHG emission reductions by 2030.Under the 2011 Energy Roadmap, the 2050 target was a reduction of 80% in GHG emission levels compared to 1990. In November 2018, that target was changed to zero percent GHG emissions, through a socially fair transition in a cost-efficient manner.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Early hominin skull fills in "a major gap" in the fossil record

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718OpenAI has released the largest version yet of its fake-news-spewing AI

takyon writes:The first car painted with the world's "blackest black" is deeply unsettling

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canopic jug writes:Bruce Schneier has written a short piece over at Lawfare in response to ongoing calls to weaken encryption. Unlike during the cold war there is no longer a distinction between consumer grade encryption and military encryption. This is because customized encryption is both more expensive and less secure, because it is unique, non-standard, and untested.

takyon writes:A mandate to fly NASA's mission to Europa on a delayed rocket could cost an extra $1 billion

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Fresh images of HMS Terror shipwreck could clear up lingering mysteries

martyb writes:WordPress Sites Under Attack as Hacker Group tries to Create Rogue Admin Accounts":

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramVenmo's Public Transactions Policy Stirs Privacy Concerns

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upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow2718.Apple iPhones Hacked by Websites Exploiting Zero-Day Flaws

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rob_on_earth writes:https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/28/gimp_open_source_image_editor_forked_to_fix_problematic_name/(Emphasis in original. --Ed.)

martyb writes:Noted security researcher Bruce Schneier brings word of a recent paper noting deficiencies in the idea of a "trusted enclave" that will only run trustworthy code.From the abstract to the paper on arXiv: "Practical Enclave Malware with Intel SGX."