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canopic jug writes:The European Parliament (EP) just voted 582 to 40 to require one standard for chargers for all mobile phones. The EP cited the goals of reducing both frustration and electronic waste. The next step would be for the European Commission to draft a law and vote on it in July. Currently most of the industry uses micro-USB and is slowly adopting USB-C, however there are also phones using other connectors.From the European Parliament resolution on a common charger for mobile radio equipment (2019/2983(RSP)):

upstart from IRC writes:Microsoft will now pay up to $20k for Xbox Live security exploits – TechCrunch:

upstart from IRC writes:How a $300 projector can fool Tesla's Autopilot:

Coward, Anonymous writes:In a change that will cause mixed reactions, UK research funding proposals no longer need "impact" statements.

canopic jug writes:DMA attacks have never really gone out of fashion and, contrary to popular belief, do not necessarily require physical access. DMA is a misfeature designed provide peripherals with direct, unconstrained, high-speed read-write access to the whole of a system's RAM. Firewire (IEEE-1394) and Thunderbolt are two of the more infamous avenues for attacks, but network cards and other peripherals can also have this capability. One example of abuse would for the peripheral to read and exfiltrate private encryption keys as they rest in memory.

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upstart from IRC writes:UPS is buying thousands of electric vans and teaming up with Waymo to accelerate the future of delivery:

upstart from IRC writes:FCC wants to fine one man almost $13 million for making 6,000 robocalls:

upstart from IRC writes:MoviePass is deader than ever as parent company officially files for bankruptcy:

Multiple Soylentils have submitted stories regarding the 2019-nCoV coronavirus which is believed to have originated in the city of Wuhan, China in December 2019. Rather than have a smattering of stories appear on the site, they have been gathered here in one story. Read on if you are interested; otherwise another story will be along presently.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart from IRC writes:Apple is officially done rebuilding its maps in the US:

An Anonymous Coward writes:UK set for Brexit, as PM promises 'new dawn'

canopic jug writes:MIDI, a standard for digital music since 1981, has been updated toMIDI 2.0. New MIDI 2.0 is not dependent on any particular hardware implementation such as USB or Ethernet. Some of the main goals of the new protocol are to provide higher resolution, more channels, and improved performance and expressiveness. Another change is a move from a byte stream to data packets.

An Anonymous Coward writes:Murphy's law has it that bad things will happen at the worst possible time. What could be worse than losing power at a hospital with patients on the tables? One Australian hospital now knows the answer after power was cut to the hospital leaving doctors to complete a surgery using a mobile phone for light. Medical staff had completed the minor surgery and were starting to put stitches in when the lights went out, just before 2:00pm. It goes to show what ingenuity can bring when a need calls for it.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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Based on an aristarchus submission:Source: Technology Review

upstart from IRC writes:Anyone with a camera and $5 can now have a license plate reader:

martyb writes:Who has noticed anything new at SoylentNews these past couple days?We have a new editor who has just come on board and has posted his first two stories to the site (one each for the previous two days).You may recall that I posted a request for help a little over two weeks ago. I am happy to report that we had a positive response to the request... and a new editor has been in training starting a few days later!Please join me in welcoming @spiraldancing: to his new role as an editor on staff. He is not new to the site as he created an account here a bit over 4 years ago. He worked his way through training on our development server. (Under the watchful eye and guidance of janrinok. JR not only walked SD through the mechanics of how to post a story, but also a goodly amount of what to be mindful of during the whole process. It is all too easy to make a mistake... which I can attest from personal experience!)I look forward to seeing him bring his perspective and input to our team.Welcome

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Solving a biological puzzle: How stress causes gray hair: Scientists uncover link between the nervous system and stem cells that regenerate pigment:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Parkinson's disease may start before birth: Stem cell study finds malfunctioning brain cells in patients who were diagnosed before age 50; researchers test potential new treatment:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/01/30/severe-perfect-100-microsoft-flaw-confirmed-this-is-a-cloud-security-nightmare/#7b5493dfb4a4

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Opioid dependence found to permanently change brains of rats:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Local water availability is permanently reduced after planting forests:

takyon writes:Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:An Open Source eReader That's Free of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now:

takyon writes:Atari has two Bay Area locations planned for its video game-themed hotels

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upstart from IRC writes:Facebook pays $550M to settle facial recognition privacy lawsuit:

canopic jug writes:As a followup to an earlier blog post at Ubuntu's blog about why those on Windows 7 should upgrade to Ubuntu, the same blog has a post about how to actually do it.

An Anonymous Coward writes:Climate change behind Africa's worst locust invasion in decades

JoeMerchant writes:Scientists Create "Strange Metal" Packed With Entangled Electrons:

JoeMerchant writes:Cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman argues that evolution has cloaked us in a perceptional virtual reality. For our own good.

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.pagetable.com/?p=406

takyon writes:Upcycle Windows 7

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Wave goodbye: DigitalOcean decimates workforce as co-founder reveals lack of profitability, leadership turmoil:

takyon writes:New 'CacheOut' attack targets Intel processors, with a fix arriving soon

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Current model for storing nuclear waste is incomplete: Study finds the materials -- glass, ceramics and stainless steel -- interact to accelerate corrosion:

martyb writes:Red Sea huge source of air pollution, greenhouse gases: study:

martyb writes:Astronaut craves salsa and surf after record 11 months aloft:

martyb writes:How do men and women store fat differently? Ask the fruit fly:

darkfeline writes:A new version of the venerable roguelike game NetHack has been released. This release is primarily a security release:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The Growing Threat to Free Speech Online:

Freeman writes:London to deploy live facial recognition to find wanted faces in a crowd:

hubie writes:According to LeoLabs, who monitor the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) environment, two satellites can potentially collide on January 29, at 23:39:35 UTC. The two satellites in question are the retired NASA Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and a 1960's-era gravity gradient stabilization satellite GGSE-4. According to the LeoLabs data, the two satellites are predicted to come within 15 to 30 meters of each other, well within the margin of error for these kind of calculations. LeoLabs predicted a 1/100 chance of a collision. None of the collision by-products, should a collision occur, would survive reentry to the ground, but it would add to the existing mess of orbital debris and it portends a potential future where although space is vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big, it is getting crowded faster than ever before.[Editor addition follows.]From the article:

martyb writes:Walnuts may slow cognitive decline in at-risk elderly:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Please Stop Sending Terrifying Alerts to My Cell Phone:

Freeman writes:Plague Inc. maker: Don't use our game for coronavirus modeling:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/01/27/coronavirus