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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

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takyon writes:An Army "hacker con" goes big: The return of AvengerCon

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666VW Golfs in Europe will communicate with wireless safety tech

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Someone paid $195,000 for a Pokemon card

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666UniCredit Suffers Third Breach Despite Investing Billions in Cybersecurity

takyon writes:AT&T will slash $3 billion off its capital investments next year

takyon writes:SiFive Announces First RISC-V OoO CPU Core: The U8-Series Processor IP

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Drop In Motor Converts Car To EV

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takyon writes:Something crashed into Earth and helped wipe out mammoths and other animals 13,000 years ago, study says

upstart writes for Fnord666:Pwn2Own Expands Into Industrial Control Systems Hacking

takyon writes:'Game changing' tuberculosis vaccine a step closer

stormwyrm writes:Former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker, who was known for prosecuting the legal case against Apple to get them to unlock the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, has published an extraordinary essay on Lawfare where he surprisingly argues rather for strong encryption without government back doors.From Schneier on Security:

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_blueLinus Torvalds: 'I'm not a programmer anymore'

Common Joe writes:I received an Email directly from GitLab. It's an apology from the CEO.

takyon writes:Block on GM rice 'has cost millions of lives and led to child blindness'

takyon writes:ESO Telescope Reveals What Could be the Smallest Dwarf Planet Yet in the Solar System

takyon writes:Google's .new shortcuts are coming to other websites, and you'll be able to register your own

takyon writes:'First Light' Achieved on an Experiment That Could Crack The Mystery of Dark Energy

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RandomFactor writes:Updated information on the Mars Insight Lander's Mole Mission.As previously reported, the burrowing instrument on the Mars Insight Lander dubbed the 'mole' ran into trouble back in February.Various efforts since, including most recently applying pressure to the instrument with the lander's arm scoop, were undertaken to help the little instrument out, and the most recent effort seemed to be succeeding. The lander managed another 3cm of progress! indicating that it had not encountered an impenetrable rock layer after all.Sadly for the little spade that should, over the weekend the NASA InSight team tweeted the following discouraging news:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666PHP Bug Allows RCE on NGINX Servers

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666New method promises advances in 3D printing, manufacturing and biomedical applications

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Uber sues Los Angeles to keep scooter location data private

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stormwyrm writes:The US Department of Justice managed to unravel an infamous dark web child-porn website, called "Welcome to Video", leading to the arrest of 337 people in 18 countries. They managed to do this not by breaking any encryption that was used but by tracing the Bitcoin transactions the site used for payment, and following the money. From CNN's report:

MostCynical writes:The Sydney Morning Herald reports that two Australian States now allow citizens to choose to have a licence issued in digital format and have it displayed on their smartphones.New South Wales citizens are now finally able to display their driver's licence on their phones and use it as a form of ID at licenced premises.

takyon writes:GlobalFoundries and TSMC Sign Broad Cross-Licensing Agreement, Dismiss Lawsuits

takyon writes:SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell has revealed that Starship can carry 400 Starlinks satellites into orbit, up from the 60 recently launched using a Falcon 9 rocket. The cost per launch may be negligible:

takyon writes:GlobalFoundries Teams Up with Singapore University for ReRAM Project

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