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takyon writes:This Brainless, Single-Celled Blob Can Make Complex 'Decisions'

barbara hudson writes:The Atlantic reports aging causes men to lose Y chromosomes.

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramQualcomm's new Snapdragon 865 is 25% faster, comes with mandatory 5G

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337How neural networks work—and why they've become a big business

upstart writes for SoyCow1337:Quantum computing's also-rans and their fatal flaws

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for carnyNew Linux Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hijack VPN Connections

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_fuschiaFCC tries to bury finding that Verizon and T-Mobile exaggerated 4G coverage

takyon writes:Huawei Preps Desktop PC Motherboards Featuring Up To 8 Core Kunpeng 920 ARM v8 CPUs

takyon writes:Rocket Lab tests key maneuver needed for reusability during 10th flight to space

takyon writes:In an interview with Tom's Hardware (adwalled), AMD's CTO Mark Papermaster has hinted that the 16 cores of the "mainstream" Ryzen 9 3950X CPU is not a stopping point for the company. Zen 3, Zen 4, or Zen 5 based Ryzen CPUs could feature up to 24 or 32 cores:

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stormwyrm writes:The RSA numbers are a set of numbers that are each the product of two large primes generated by RSA in 1991 as part of the RSA Factoring Challenge, to foster research in computational number theory and the practical challenges in factoring large numbers. While the Challenge was declared inactive in 2007 and RSA will no longer award prize money for it, researchers continue to try their hardware and software against the numbers. It has just been announced that a team including Fabrice Boudot, Pierrick Gaudry, Aurore Guillevic, Nadia Heninger, Emmanuel Thomé and Paul Zimmermann has just factored RSA-240, a 795-bit number, taking 900 core-years on a 2.1 GHz Intel Xeon Gold 6130 CPU. They also demonstrated the calculation of a 795-bit discrete logarithm on the same hardware. The previous records were for RSA-768 in 2009 and a 768-bit discrete logarithm in 2016. The speed improvements that led to this work were attributable more to algorithmic improvements than better hardware.

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:

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

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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

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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