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"janrinok" writes:A Virus in Koala DNA Stirs the Genetic Pot:

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AndyTheAbsurd submitted a link, via IRC, which became the inspiration for this story.Tech's Most Controversial Startup Now Makes Drone-Killing Robots:

Small Satellite Launcher Virgin Orbit Announces Plans to Send Tiny Vehicles to Marsupstart writes:Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit announces plans to send tiny vehicles to Mars, submitted by SoyCow137, andVirgin Orbit aims to launch world's first commercial Mars satellite mission submitted by Bytram

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Senators pressure Visa and Mastercard over work on Facebook's blockchain project

An Anonymous Coward writes:In Modern Australia Alcohol Buzzes Bees as seen around Parliament House where bees are dropping to the ground to sit out their boozy afternoon pollen skulling after being kicked out of the hive. High temperatures in Australia can cause nectar in flowers to ferment which affects bees collecting pollen for making honey. The drunkard bees are refused entry to the hive so the alcohol in their system doesn't affect the honey in the hive. Sadly, this has been known to kill the drunk bees with their corpses littering the grounds around the hallowed halls of Australian politics.I wonder if the government hits them with an alcohol tax.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337American Airlines says it will resume flights with Boeing's 737 Max jets in January

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramFather of Unix Ken Thompson checkmated as his old password has finally been cracked

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Amazon's Prime Video app disappears from the App Store [Updated] – TechCrunch

An Anonymous Coward writes:ANU shares knowledge on major breach into systems that exposed 19 years of staff and student records.

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JoeMerchant writes:I'm a driver for Uber and Lyft — here's exactly how much I make in one week on the job

upstart writes for SoyCow9088:Muhstik Ransomware Victim Hacks Back, Releases Decryption Keys

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Kitty Hawk's 'Heaviside' is an ultra-quiet electric flying machine

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramTesla produced a record-breaking 96,155 cars last quarter

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337FBI warns about attacks that bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA)

takyon writes:Saturn overtakes Jupiter as planet with most moons

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956Amazing Open Source Quadruped Capable Of Dynamic Motion

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow9088HildaCrypt Ransomware Developer Releases Decryption Keys

takyon writes:Exclusive: A Deeper Look at the PlayStation 5 (archive)

takyon writes:Raspberry Pi 4 Can Now Overclock to 2.147 GHz. Here's How.

An Anonymous Coward writes:A consultant working for the US broadband industry's lobbying group "Broadband for America" sent over 1 million comments to the FCC opposing net neutrality.Many of the names and email addresses in these comments are tied to a single data breach. Here's how Buzzfeed figured out what happened.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

An Anonymous Coward writes:How ICE Picks Its Targets in the Surveillance Age:

Walzmyn writes:Bloomberg, Endadget and the rest of the digital news world are reporting on Blizzard suspending a Hearthstone Pro for adding a pro-Hong Kong message at the end of his stream.From Bloomberg

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow9088Attackers exploit 0-day vulnerability that gives full control of Android phones

martyb writes:Monty Python at 50: a half-century of silly walks, edible props and dead parrots:

takyon writes:Samsung has developed the first 12-layer High Bandwidth Memory stacks:

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337How an iOS developer built an alternative App Store for the iPhone

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for carnyMillions Of Android Phones Are Vulnerable To Israeli Surveillance Dea...

martyb writes:Extreme Solar Storms may be More Frequent than Previously Thought:

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upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow1337.PayPal withdraws support for Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency

RandomFactor writes:According Gizmodo, the control room of the badly damaged (and entombed) Reactor 4 at Chernobyl is now open for tourists. This comes

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RandomFactor writes:China's Lander Successfully Grew Some Cotton Plants on the Moon. Fruit Flies and Potatoes Didn't Fare So Well"

upstart writes in with a submission via IRC, for SoyCow1337Single reaction mixture can produce all four RNA bases

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martyb writes:We have just learned that Linode, the provider of SoylentNews' server infrastructure, is planning a number of reboots.[TMB Note]: This shouldn't mean any downtime for anything user-facing except IRC. There will be a few minutes where the comment counts won't update on the front page but those aren't realtime anyway and a few minutes where subscription updates will be delayed until the server that processes them comes back up.

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow1337LAX bans Uber and Lyft from picking up passengers at the terminal