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takyon writes:Meet the Guy Behind the Libgen Torrent Seeding Movement

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for chromas.Egyptian Government Plans To Track The Movement Of 10 Million Vehicles With Low-Cost RFID Stickers:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for soylent_fuschia.FCC Says Wireless Carriers Lie About Coverage 40% of the Time

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

barbara hudson writes:The Guardian is reporting on the closest ever approach to the sun of any space probe.

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/huawei-sues-fcc-to-stop-ban-on-huawei-gear-in-us-funded-

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for chromas.The Future of Texting Is Far Too Easy to Hack

Samoa Shuts Down in Unprecedented Battle Against Measlesupstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Bytram.Samoa shuts down in unprecedented battle against measles

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Runaway1956.Hair Dyes and Straighteners Might Be a Breast Cancer Risk, Especially for Black Women, Study Finds

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Amazon AI generates medical records from patient-doctor conversations

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramBizarre space first: A tiny star was spotted consuming a giant planet four times its size

martyb writes:SpaceX scrubbed yesterday's scheduled launch attempt for CRS-19 (Commercial Resupply Mission) to the ISS (International Space Station) because of concerns about upper altitude winds.The backup launch window is scheduled for four hours from the time of this story today, at 12:29pm ET (17:29 UTC). Conditions look favorable with a forecast of 80% favorable winds.Ars Technica notes:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337[Update: In the first comment, a Soylentil cautioned against following the story's link. I investigated. Running with scripts disabled on Chrome on Android I got a blank page. On a laptop running Win7Pro x64, Opera 35 (with scripts disabled) displayed a blank page. Pale Moon 28.7.2 (running NoScript, uBlock Origin, and Adblock Latitude) the story displayed fine without being asked any questions. Using Lynx (a character mode browser) and denying all cookies also displayed the story just fine. With scripts disabled, IE11 also displayed the story just fine. YMMV. Out of an abundance of caution it has been put in a spoiler tag. --martyb]Lunaz is electrifying beautiful but unreliable classic cars

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Vulnerability in fully patched Android phones under active attack by bank thieves

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956_Scientists stumped by 18,000-year-old frozen 'dog'

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramAtlassian scrambles to fix zero-day security hole accidentally disclosed on Twitter

shortscreen writes:from a page entitled Wikipedia has Cancer

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for chromas.Building a better breast with eye-tracking technology

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow1337.Facebook built a chatbot to help employees deflect criticism over the holidays

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for chromas.Hubble spots two galaxies rubbing off on each other

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for chromasChina Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow1337.New Amazon tool simplifies delivery of containerized machine learning models – TechCrunch

jmichaelhudsondotnet writes:From http://domainincite.com/

takyon writes:Pablo Escobar's brother launches a $349 folding phone

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/star-trek-writer-d-c-fontana-dead-80-1203422727/

takyon writes:Plant-based burgers are "ultra-processed" like dog food, meat-backed ads say

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AzumaHazukiMozilla removes Avast and AVG extensions from add-on portal over snooping claims

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for chromasAffiliate Links Are Ruining Gadget Reviews - OneZero

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for chromasClick farms and buying traffic trickle into podcasts - Digiday

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956That time a monkey flew to the edge of space and then smashed into a destroyer

takyon writes:Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin relinquish control of Alphabet to CEO Sundar Pichai

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for chromas.Major Security Bug Called StrandHogg Discovered in All Android Versions

takyon writes:Developer faces prison time for giving blockchain talk in North Korea

Freeman writes:Google workers fired amid organization efforts file retaliation complaint:

mhajicek writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2019-12-world-artificial-neurons-chronic-diseases.html:

takyon writes:Amazon Announces Graviton2 SoC Along With New AWS Instances: 64-Core Arm With Large Performance Uplifts

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337AWS launches Braket, its quantum computing service – TechCrunch

martyb writes:Günter Born: Here's why the free upgrade from Win7 to Win10 still works

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Librem 5 backers have begun receiving their Linux phones

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Riot Games will pay $10 million in discrimination settlement

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for chromasInternet Society says opportunity to sell .org to private equity biz for $1.14bn came out of the blue. Wow, really?

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Homeland Security wants airport face scans for US citizens

martyb writes:SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch: How to Watch CRS-19 Mission to the Space Station

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramEFF warns of 'one-way mirror' of web surveillance by tech giants - led by Google

martyb writes:NASA (USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reports that India's Vikram Lander has been Found:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramJudge says class action over Apple's MacBook butterfly keyboards can continue

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Seems that Leonardo designed a 280 meter single-span bridge in response to a sultan's request. The configuration is a very flat arch, with wide "feet" at each end to spread the loads. Nothing in antiquity was remotely close to this in a single span, at that time bridges were built with circular arches with columns at each end (many columns sitting in the riverbed). While the shape of this bridge has been approximated with modern materials, this time the researchers wanted to determine if it could have been built with what was on site -- big, cut stone. Story is here, http://news.mit.edu/2019/leonardo-da-vinci-bridge-test-1010

RandomFactor writes:Free of Earth generated interference and orbiting Starlink satellites, the far side of the moon now has a space based telescope in a halo orbit taking observations.