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soylent_yellow wrote in with a story which was the inspiration for:Brian Krebs has an interesting story about NCR barring both Mint and QuickBooks last month during a period of high account takeover activity.

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takyon writes:Samsung Confirms Custom CPU Development Cancellation

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MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurdLone Bitcoin Whale Likely Fueled 2017 Price Surge, Study Says:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Smugglers have found an easy way to get through the vertical steel tube Mexican border wall. From https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/smugglers-are-sawing-through-new-sections-of-trumps-border-wall/2019/11/01/25bf8ce0-fa72-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html

RandomFactor writes:Up until now, QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) required devices the size of a refrigerator or larger. Now researchers have developed a QKD chip a mere 3 millimeters in size.

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RandomFactor writes:A new, and controversial, law went into effect this week in Russia. 'The National Digital Economy Program" was

canopic jug writes:Back in 2014-2015, during the 69 session of the UN General Assembly, the ICT Strategy (A/69/517), was quietly approved. In it were provisions encouraging ICT collaboration and a mention of Free and Open Source Software. In line with these provisions a special open source software development lab has been established with locations in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Additional regions will be added. The labs, the United Nations Innovation Labs (UNTIL), are intended to accelerate society by addressing some of the needs assessed as being urgent.The head of UNTIL is in an interview which might be of more symbolic value than anything else. However, it is news that the labs are getting off the ground.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956A toe bone hints that Neandertals used eagle talons as jewelry

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956Google is worried an antitrust probe will reveal its secrets

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956Spider webs don't rot easily and scientists may have figured out why

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956GDPR Fines Haven't Rocked the Data Privacy World

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956Google exec suggests Elizabeth Warren is misguided and only big tech can prevent "the next Trump situation"

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramBecause Internet makes a linguist's case for l33t speak, other online-text fads

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956Waymo finally let a reporter ride in a fully driverless car

chrisM writes:Down in Timaru, New Zealand, a new LED street light outside a family home had some really bad effects on a resident. His father, an astronomer, did lighting tests over the next two years and made some interesting discoveries about blue light.https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/116865102/effects-of-led-streetlights-on-autistic-son-led-damien-mcnamara-on-dark-sky-campaignOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Airbnb bans 'party houses' after five die in Halloween shooting

RandomFactor writes:[Ed note: In Europe the clocks changed last weekend 26/27 Oct. And, as an aside, the EU is proposing scrapping the entire idea of changing clocks forwards/backwards which is receiving a lot of support.]Daylight Saving Time - innocently conceived by the notorious early riser Benjamin Franklin, was not instituted in the United States until 1918 (because the Germans did it two years earlier and were already up taking advantage of the extra hour of daylight, so the hyper-competitive USA just had to do it also), has a variety of downsides (more prevalent in the Spring) including - Disrupted Sleep, Car Crashes, Stress, Heart Problems, Disrupted internal Clocks, and a variety of negative effects related to these (Obesity, depression, reduced performance, reduced alertness, increased blood pressure, inflammation, harsher sentencing, etc. etc.)It is Fall however, and this Sunday is the better half of the DST coin where we gain an extra hour of sleep, and on Monday potentially smile briefly at our co-workers before staggering eerily towards the break room muttering cooofffeeeeeeee.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_yellowGovernment and military hit by WhatsApp hack

Submitted via IRC for soylent_yellowWoman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes

martyb writes:Capital One Fixes Systemwide Outage:

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MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurdHackers Unlock Any Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints In Just 20 Minutes

takyon writes:Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion

aristarchus writes:In a sort of a reversal of the problem that Clair Patterson had, wherein, as you will recall, his research was contaminated by environmental lead, originating in gasoline additives, researchers attempting delicate studies of very far away phenomena need shielding, namely lead, that is not contaminated by radioactivity.

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takyon writes:The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system – and we're going to court to prove it, says ACLU

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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50246324"The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.The measure details how the inquiry will move into a more public phase. It was not a vote on whether the president should be removed from office.This was the first test of support in the Democratic-controlled House for the impeachment process.The White House condemned the vote, which passed along party lines.Only two Democrats - representing districts that Mr Trump won handily in 2016 - voted against the resolution, along with all Republicans, for a total count of 232 in favour and 196 against."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_blueHackers hijacked the capital's surveillance cameras days before Trump's inauguration and said it was easy but they didn't cover their tracks

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RandomFactor writes:As Previously Reported: In the beginning of October, the essentially bankrupt Megabots Inc. put the giant robot Eagle One up for auction. fetching a winning bid of $170k U.S.Unfortunately the winning bid wasn't real. Nor were the bids immediately prior to it. Speculation is that they were from fans trying to help out by jacking up the bidding, so the robot remains unsold.Bad news for Megabots, but good news if you are in the market for a 15 ton two-story robot!Eagle Prime went back up on Ebay yesterday (this auction requires bidders email the seller for approval before bids will be accepted) and there are eight days remaining as of Halloween (Auction ends Nov 08, 17:30 PST), leaving us ample time to ponder that most profound question: retirement-or-giant-robot?Bidding has already started, with an anemic opening bid of $1. Musk has, of course, already been tagged in the discussion.There is no 'Buy It Now'Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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An Anonymous Coward writes:According to The Des Moines Register, the Coalfire penetration testers, Justin Wynn and Gary Demercurio, have had their charges reduced to Trespass (Iowa Code § 716.8(a)(1)) from the previous charges of third-degree burglary and Possession of Burglary Tools (Iowa Code § 713.7). This whole case may hinge on the penetration testers mistake in their authorization (if not actual authorization) to enter under Iowa Code § 701.6 or, as the model jury instructions put it:

takyon writes:Just take a look at the carnage on Notepad++'s GitHub: 'Free Uyghur' release sparks spam tsunami by pro-Chinese

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Electrospun fibers weave new medical innovations: Novel applications of a technology called coaxial electrospinning could improve contraceptive products and help patients with brain tumors

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$15 minimum wage didn't decimate the local economy, after allJoeMerchant writes in quoting MarketWatch.com which claims that the minimum wage has had a positive affect on the local economy:

takyon writes:Intel will launch Xeon server/HPC CPU chips on two different process nodes and with different core counts, in the same year:

takyon writes:All the new emoji in iOS 13.2