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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:Bing disables “trending” feature after wildly inappropriate results:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:BCI system gives paralyzed man back his sense of touch with haptic feedback:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:The Hubble Space Telescope launched 30 years ago:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:'Deficiencies' that broke FCC commenting system in net neutrality fight detailed by GAO:

takyon writes:The FCC ratified Wi-Fi 6E this morning (Thursday April 23):

An Anonymous Coward writes:The silence of the owls describes an interesting new look at owl flight, and a recent attempt to figure out why they are so much quieter than other birds, and quieter than just about any other flying thing. Based on this paper, https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-fluid-010518-040436

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the Moon:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:Almost 8,000 could be affected by federal emergency loan data breach:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:Nintendo Confirms Breach of 160,000 Accounts:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for SoybullSource: Insects' Extreme Farming Methods Offer us Lessons to Learn and Oddities to Avoid:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:Devs might be able to write software on iPad and iPhone with Xcode:

MrPlow writes in with a submission, via IRC for Soybull.Source: Musk says SpaceX is 'fixing' brightness from satellites:

takyon writes:TSMC Has Started The Development of The 2nm Lithography Process

An Anonymous Coward writes:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for SoybullThe first frog fossil from Antarctica has been found:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Apple Pushes Back Against Zero-Day Exploit Claims:

martyb writes:Elon Musk says SpaceX Starlink satellite broadband beta testing starts in a few months:

An Anonymous Coward writes:GCC 10 gets security bug trap. And look what just fell into it: OpenSSL and a prod-of-death flaw in servers and apps

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Phoenix666 writes:Coronavirus: Scientists brand 5G claims 'complete rubbish':

martyb writes:European programmers take an extended lunch break as GitHub goes TITSUP* again:

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org:

Phoenix666 writes:CNet:

Phoenix666 writes:ScienceX:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:A critical iPhone and iPad bug that lurked for 8 years may be under active attack:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:A Jaw-Dropping Demo In Only 256 Bytes:

martyb writes:YouTube turns 15 today. Watch the first video it posted:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:People Are Making Bots to Snatch Whole Foods Delivery Order Time Slots:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:An SSD can resurrect your old Sega Saturn and Dreamcast consoles:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:We may have seen two asteroids annihilate each other in another solar system:

martyb writes:"Good Code Documents Itself" and Other Hilarious Jokes You Shouldn't Tell Yourself:I didn't notice this story when it appeared on Hackaday just over a year ago. I'm well aware this has all the hallmarks of devolving into an emacs vs vi battle. Yet, the story does raise some interesting points about the different kinds of comments. That some comments are worse than useless and others can have great value. Without further ado, here's the introduction:

AnonTechie writes:Worst CPUs:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:[Editor's Note: Some links require a log in to a Chinese site www.weibo.com]Huawei caught passing off DSLR photos as being taken with smartphones:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Soybull:Toxin-producing bacteria can make this newt deadly:

"Anonymous Cowherd" writes:https://www.siasat.com/irans-guard-says-it-launched-satellite-amid-us-tensions-1877783/:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Soybull:Dancing peacock spiders turned an arachnophobe into an arachnologist:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:US govt: Hacker used stolen AD credentials to ransom hospitals:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:The New Yorker adds co-op to its online crossword puzzles:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Soybull:FCC blasted for "shameful" ruling against cities and fire department:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:Fandango is buying Vudu's video service from Walmart:

[20200422_200816 UTC: Update: Launch was successful. The first-stage booster functioned nominally and successfully landed on a drone ship. The second stage successfully deployed the satellites at an altitude of approximately 250 km. The satellites will use on-board ion thrusters to raise their orbits up to a planned 550 km altitude. No word on this flight's fairing recovery attempt.--martyb]martyb writes:SpaceX returns to the launch pad, and there are a few things to watch for:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Soybull:Ancient recipes led scientists to a long-lost natural blue:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:'Right to repair' taken up by the ACCC in farmers' fight to fix their own tractors:

Phoenix666 writes:BBC:

takyon writes:AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 3 3100: New Low Cost Quad-Core Zen 2 Processors From $99

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:New Cloudflare tool can tell you if your ISP has deployed BGP fixes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:This Open-Source Program Deepfakes You During Zoom Meetings, in Real Time:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AnonymousCoward:Senate panel wants stricter oversight of Chinese telecoms:

takyon writes:Supreme Court rules non-unanimous jury verdicts unconstitutional