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: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:
Mojibake Tengu writes:Craig Murray of Information Clearing House writes about his observation at Westminster Magistrates Court:http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52433.htm
RandomFactor writes:NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has announced that the space agency is planning to send a rover to the moon in 2022 to search for water ice.
upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramHow to spot a wormhole (if they exist): Physicists propose that perturbations in the orbit of stars near supermassive black holes could be used to detect wormholes
upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_brownSpaceX wants to land Starship on the Moon before 2022, then do cargo runs for 2024 human landing – TechCrunch
canopic jug writes:A few months ago, back in August, the Web passed a milestone in that less than half of Google searches result in even a single click onwards. In other words, the majority of searchers never left Google after seeing the results. That could be a warning that Google is transitioning from a search engine to more of a walled-garden. Or it could mean that the results aren't good any more and people move on to other engines after only a quick glance. If the former, where searches are no longer resulting in click through, then what should be the proper response from the Web at large?From: Less than Half of Google Searches Now Result in a Click:
upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramPutting the 'bang' in the Big Bang: Physicists simulate critical 'reheating' period that kickstarted the Big Bang in the universe's first fractions of a second
Discord 'Spidey Bot' Malware Is Stealing Usernames, Passwordsupstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_greenDiscord 'Spidey Bot' Malware Is Stealing Usernames, Passwords
RandomFactor writes:Phys.org reports "Special cells contribute to regenerate the heart in zebrafish" which describes a study that has uncovered particular heart cells in the Zebra fish that are marked by SOX10 gene expression and play an enhanced role in the fish's heart's regeneration capability.