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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:FDA expected to ban most flavored e-cigarette pods:

RandomFactor writes:The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), India's national space agency, has announced plans for a Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon. One of at least 25 missions ISRO plans for 2020.

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Mirrors have been an integral part of motor vehicles for over a century. The low tech solution has solved the major visibility issues involved with driving and now car makers think they can do one better using cameras instead of mirrors. This may be an improvement in large trucks where visibility using mirrors can be poor to the point that obstacles directly in front and behind the vehicle cannot be seen but for cars it may prove to be a theft opportunity.Best not to mount a mirror, or indeed a camera, directly in the line of fire of a neighboring car door in the parking lot. Maybe someone should tell them about the practicalities of life?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

szopin writes:People got used to pre-determined games where you had an easy-to-discern win condition; this is no longer the case. AI is all the rage now and you can play with your machine forever and ever on your phone:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2020/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Wyze Exposes User Data via Unsecured ElasticSearch Cluster:

RandomFactor writes:University of Cambridge researchers are hoping to launch technology that blocks online "hate speech" similar to how an antivirus program stops malicious code.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:US Coast Guard discloses Ryuk ransomware infection at maritime facility:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Polio eradication program faces hard choices as endgame strategy fails:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Over 100 Android Apps Used 'Soraka' Package to Perform Ad Fraud:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:Super-precise new CRISPR tool could tackle a plethora of genetic diseases:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Injecting the flu vaccine into a tumor gets the immune system to attack it:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Microsoft takes court action against fourth nation-state cybercrime group.:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Uber sues California to block gig-worker law going into effect this week:

martyb writes:CRISPR scientist who made gene-edited babies sentenced to 3 years in prison:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Waiting for Betelgeuse: what's up with the tempestuous star?:

takyon writes:A Miami lawyer's pants caught on fire during an arson trial. He's about to be suspended

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for chromas

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Micro-angelo? This 3D-printed 'David' is just one millimeter tall – TechCrunch:

martyb writes:UK Digital TV Platform Freeview blames weather for TV problems:

martyb writes:Tesla delivers its first 'Made in China' cars:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Ubisoft uses AI to teach a car to drive itself in a racing game:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Study helps explain why previous attempts to develop a staph vaccine have failed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:Have Your Science And Eat It: Scientific Research As Cakes:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Ryuk Ransomware Stops Encrypting Linux Folders:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Rwanda makes its own morphine while U.S. awash with opioids:

RandomFactor writes:SpaceX has launched both a real car (Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster), and what Wired refers to as the rocketry equivalent of a clown car into space.It was about a year ago that SpaceX launched

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://thenewstack.io/donald-knuths-2019-christmas-tree-lecture-explores-pi-in-the-art-of-computer-programming/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Huawei denies receiving billions in financial aid from Chinese government:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Earlier this month we covered a story where we quoted the following:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:One year in, NASA's Parker Probe returns clues to long-held mysteries about solar wind, sun's atmosphere- Technology News, Firstpost:

barbara hudson writes:From The Guardian: Russia has deployed world's first manoeuvrable hypersonic cruise missile.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Intel may be responding to AMD Ryzen with a hyperthreaded Core i3 processor (archive)

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Space and Astronomy in 2019: Unforgettable findings and events in space exploration, the universe- Technology News, Firstpost:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:A Programmer Lost A Game He Made As A Kid, Until Someone Streamed It On Twitch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Galactic cosmic ray model works without physics, and that is bad:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:The surprisingly complicated physics of why cats always land on their feet:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Driver training was reportedly too much of "a bottleneck" for Amazon:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/us-colleges-turning-students-phones-into-surveillance-devices-tracking-locations-of-hundreds-of-thou-2154310:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Bring the charging port to you:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Tencent details how its MOBA-playing AI system beats 99.81% of human opponents:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Google Chrome impacted by new Magellan 2.0 vulnerabilities:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Apollo Flight Controller 101: Every console explained:

takyon writes:The US officially raises the tobacco buying age to 21

takyon writes:NASA mission to track near Earth objects takes shape

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Russia claims it has successfully tested its own internet:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Amazon wants to patent technology that could identify shoppers by their hands: