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Samsung Devices Allegedly Use Qihoo 360 Spyware to Phone Home to Chinatakyon writes:Samsung Phones Said to Come with Chinese "Spyware" Phoning Home

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Ditching coal in the US is saving lives, helping crops:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:US finally prohibits ISPs from charging for routers they don't provide:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Finding a new way to fight late-stage sepsis by boosting cells' antibacterial properties:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Moon lost its magnetic field 1B years ago after its 'internal dynamo' ended, study finds:

c0lo writes:The Verge, Techcrunch, and the BBC report on Sony unveiling a (EV, what else?) concept car at the CES tech show. From The Verge:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Unpatched US government website gets pwned by pro-Iran script kiddie:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Which is larger? Yours, or mine? Australia or the United States of America, that is. With the bushfires in Australia out of control incinerating large swathes of the country a map was produced to visually depict how widespread the fires are. For emphasis the map was overlaid on top of America to give people an idea of the scope of the problem Australia is dealing with. Americans responded with disbelief that Australia was just as large as the USA. People were also in shock over how large an area, measured by size of US states, are currently burning. Responses on social media show how shocked and dumbfounded people were learning this.

Phoenix666 writes:CNet:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Backdoors and Breaches incident response card game makes tabletop exercises fun:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:I spy, with my little satellite AI, something beginning with 'North American image-analysis code embargo':

martyb writes:Puerto Rican Natural Wonder, Punta Ventana, Collapses Amid 5.8 Magnitude Earthquake:

martyb writes:Jupiter is Flinging Comets Toward Earth:

takyon writes:AMD has announced its new Ryzen 4000-series mobile APUs for laptops, including 8-core parts for both 15W and 45W TDPs. The new chips all support up to 64 GB of LPDDR4X memory.At the 15W TDP, Ryzen 7 4800U has 8 "7nm" Zen 2 cores (16 threads), and 8 "7nm" Vega graphics compute units (CUs) which perform better than the 11 Vega CUs from the previous generation, due in part to a much higher 1750 MHz clock speed. There is also an 8c/8t/7CU Ryzen 7 4700U, 6c/12t/6CU Ryzen 5 4600U, 6c/6t/6CU Ryzen 5 4500U, and 4c/4t/5CU Ryzen 3 4300U.At the 45W TDP, Ryzen 7 4800H has 8c/16t at a 2.9 GHz base frequency (compared to 1.8 GHz for the 4800U), but only 7 graphics CUs. Ryzen 5 4600H has 6c/12t with 6 CUs, and the Ryzen 7 4800HS is identical to 4800H except for a lower TDP, and will be an ASUS exclusive chip for the first six months.At the low end, there are two new Zen-based 15W laptop chips, a 2 core, 4 thread Athlon Gold 3150U, and a 2 core, 2 thread Athlon Silver 3050U.AMD's 64-core Threadripper 3990X will be available on February 7th for $3,990, double the price of the 32-core TR 3970X. A 48-core version was not mentioned.AMD has launched Radeon RX 5700M and RX 5600M discrete GPUs for laptops to complement the RX 5500M that was previously launched. A mid-range Radeon RX 5600 XT desktop GPU was also announced.Also at cnet.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Wi-Fi 6E Moniker for 802.11ax in the 6 GHz Spectrum

RandomFactor writes:A new method, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, could allow NASA's James Webb telescope to detect oxygen molecules in exoplanet atmospheres (a potential indicator of life).

Coward, Anonymous writes:Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs, pronounced vixels) are high-power workhorses with applications from laser printing to LIDAR sensing. But their geometry, which consists of large alternating layers, presents fabrication difficulties, limiting the devices' output colors.In new research, scientists built An electrically pumped surface-emitting semiconductor green laser.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:A fast radio burst tracked down to a nearby galaxy:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxies: In many cases, black hole is in galaxy's outskirts:

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martyb writes:It brings me great pleasure to announce that — thanks to a few last-day-of-the-year subscriptions — SoylentNews has successfully reached its fund-raising goal for the second half of 2019! (Note: these amounts are unaudited and are, therefore, approximate.)During the period 2019-07-01 through 2019-12-31, we received a net total of $2036.33 (from gross receipts of $2121.64) on a goal of $2000.00!There were 71 paid subscriptions which ranged from $4.00 up to $200.00Here's a great big thank you to all who have subscribed to SoylentNews... every contribution is important!Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Bosch thinks its new lidar system is the breakthrough self-driving cars need:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:A malicious Chrome extension surreptitiously steals Ethereum keys and passwords:

martyb writes:[UPDATE (20200107_023514 UTC): Launch went off smoothly and on time. Booster landed safely on the drone ship. Second stage is in proper orbit and currently in coast phase leading up to satellite deployment.]With Monday night launch, SpaceX to become world's largest satellite operator:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:A quantum breakthrough brings a technique from astronomy to the nano-scale:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Novel dementia vaccine on track for human trials within two years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Climate change hope for hydrogen fuel:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Ransomware Attackers Offer Holiday Discounts and Greetings:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Atlantic and Pacific oscillations lost in the noise:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Clustering pattern of Azteca ant colonies may be due to a Turing mechanism:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Big Tech will push deeper into finance this year:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Popular U.S. Restaurant Owner Hit by Credit Card Stealing Malware:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:YouTube gives creators more control over copyright claim disputes with new update:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Sander Huijen has an interesting couple of posts detailing how he solved the dilemma of whether he closed the garage door when he left using an ESP32 and a Raspberry-Pi.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Python 2.7 Reaches End of Life After 20 Years of Development:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials: Using limited data, this automated system predicts a company's quarterly sales:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.troyhunt.com/promiscuous-cookies-and-their-impending-death-via-the-samesite-policy/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:DNA analysis revealed the identity of 19th century "Connecticut vampire":

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:A new map reveals radio waves from tens of thousands of galaxies:

RandomFactor writes:In a telemedicine case that would have been handled routinely on Earth, but a first for space medicine, an astronaut two months into a six month stint on the International Space Station was diagnosed and treated for a blood clot in the jugular vein.According to Dr. Maja Zaric, a cardiologist familiar with the case, "The size and proximity of the...clot to the heart could have easily put [the crew member] into harm's way."

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Aston Martin's rearview mirror shows three video feeds simultaneously: