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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Galactic Settlement and the Fermi Paradox:

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martyb writes:Sticky situation inside blood vessels can worsen stroke damage:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow1337:Trump, Barr, and the FBI do not need Apple to unlock a terrorist's iPhones:

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RandomFactor writes:Engineers at the University of Colorodo, Boulder have demonstrated a novel building material that grows, has self repair capability, and sequesters carbon.

Phoenix666 writes:CNet:

Phoenix666 writes:CNet:

dx3bydt3 writes:Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it aims to:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Deep learning enables real-time imaging around corners:

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Phoenix666 writes:BBC:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:After nearly three years, Wikipedia is coming back online in Turkey:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:from the to-the-moon-Alice dept.SpaceX moon passenger Yusaku Maezawa has 20,000 applicants to be girlfriend he takes on journey:

Phoenix666 writes:Al Jazeera:

kazzie writes:News from the BBC

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Scientists unexpectedly witness wolf puppies play fetch:

c0lo writes:WSJ runs this story (alternative MSN same text)

canopic jug writes:The GNU/Linux-based smartphone, PinePhone, has begun shipping. It uses the same Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit System on a Chip (SOC) as the the Pine64 Single Board Computer (SBC) and thus it also runs mainstream GNU/Linux. The goal is to provide a hardware platform for a wider variety of Linux-on-Phone projects. Hardware availability is expected to be five years.Lilliputing: PinePhone Braveheart Linux smartphone begins shipping January 17th

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Worried About Swearing Too Much? Science Says You Shouldn't Be:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Researchers test hearing by looking at dilation of people's eyes:

Mozilla Lays Off 70 People as Non-search Revenue Fails to Materializeupstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Mozilla lays off 70 people as non-search revenue fails to materialize:

martyb writes:How to watch SpaceX show NASA the Crew Dragon capsule can escape if a launch goes wrong

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/comcast-accused-of-lying-about-its-prices-gets-away-with-1-3m-settlement/

canopic jug writes:The Insurance Journal is asking if the NotPetya Windows worm was an act of war. If so, that would change any potential obligations carried by insurance policies towards claimants, in this case Merck & Co. NotPetya took over Windows computers in 2017 but was apparently originally intended to target Ukrainian Windows computers. The rest of the Windows computers may have just been collateral damage.

Phoenix666 writes:New Atlas:

RandomFactor writes:University of Michigan researchers have determined that the class of proteins known as Sestrins mimic the effects of exercise in mice and flies.

c0lo writes:Guardian

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:What can we rid the world of, thinks Google... Poverty? Disease? Inequality? Yeah, but first: Third-party cookies – and classic user-agent strings:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Antibiotics could be promising treatment for form of dementia:

c0lo writes:BBC

c0lo writes:CNN

DannyB writes:Advertising Makes Us Unhappy

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Trump launches fresh attack on Apple over privacy:

c0lo writes:Gizmodo

canopic jug writes:The Paris Musées has published over 100k works under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license, ensuring that even the digital editions stay in the public domain. At the same time they have published an application programming interface (API) for use in searching and retrieving high-definition, royalty-free images and their metadata.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Sen. Ron Wyden calls for an investigation of the ad-blocking industry:

takyon writes:Lawrence Lessig sues New York Times over MIT and Jeffrey Epstein interview

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://themindunleashed.com/2019/10/ex-nasa-scientist-convinced-alien-life-was-found-on-mars-over-40-years-ago.html

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martyb writes:https://phys.org/news/2020-01-philippine-volcano-spews-lava-half-mile.html

martyb writes:An 'unknown' burst of gravitational waves just lit up Earth's detectors:

martyb writes:"Marshmallow Test" Redux: New Research Reveals Children Show Better Self-Control When They Depend on Each Other

martyb writes:Galaxy S20 Ultra to come with a whopping 16GB of RAM

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/amazon-asks-court-to-block-microsofts-10b-contract-with-us-defense-dept/:

takyon writes:Boeing: internal emails reveal chaos and incompetence at 737 Max factory

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/google-used-deep-learning-to-improve-short-term-weather-forecasts/: