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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Are fitness trackers the future of healthcare?

DannyB writes:From ArsTechnica: Men hack electronic billboard, play porn on it

takyon writes:Microsoft's new custom Surface processors with AMD and Qualcomm: an inside look

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takyon writes:Microsoft Surface Duo Is a Foldable Device That Runs Android Apps and Can Make Calls

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramBrave new world: Simple changes in intensity of weather events 'could be lethal'

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramCould the female orgasm be a happy remnant of evolution?

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramTop web browsers 2019: Microsoft's browser share falls to record low

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramNo need to cut down red and processed meat, study says

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takyon writes:Intel's Cascade Lake-X CPU for High-End Desktops: 18 cores for Under $1000

canopic jug writes:Several researchers working for the International Monetary Fund's Finance and Development section have written about concrete economic benefits provided by whales and their role in sequestration of atmospheric carbon. They advocate mindset recognizing the important function of oceanic ecosystems and marine life from whales and seabirds to phytoplankton. Restoring the whale populations to their pre-industrial numbers would help noticeably in mitigating climate change.

martyb writes:Ransomware Incident to Cost Danish Company a Whopping $95 Million:

c0lo writes:Reuters, BBC report on the resignation of Rep congressman Chris Collins before the enquiry into insiders trading

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramAntibiotic-resistant bacteria spread by washing machine

martyb writes:Linux to get Kernel 'Lockdown' Feature:

DannyB writes:From TechDirt: Top Oracle Lawyer Attempting to Gaslight Entire Software Community: Insists APIs are Executable:

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Meet the makers of modular – TechCrunch

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Police raid "bulletproof" hosting company run out of former NATO bunker

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for FatPhilPlan to Crush Native Mosquito Population With Gene-Edited Strain Fails

AnonTechie writes:EPFL Researchers Invent Low-Cost Alternative to Bitcoin:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Logitech is buying Streamlabs for $89 million

What started it all:On 2019-08-24 13:02:01 UTC an accusation (https://soylentnews.org/meta/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=33244&page=1&cid=884682#commentwrap) was made that a journal entry "It would have been posted before 6 hours ago" (i.e. posted at approximately 2019-08-24 07:00:00 UTC) was deleted by a member of the staff at SoylentNews. The circumstances surrounding the making of the Journal Entry are elaborated upon in this comment. (https://soylentnews.org/meta/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=33244&page=1&cid=885191#commentwrap)I have been with this site since before it went live. Its founding principal has been the making available of a forum whereby the community can submit stories — and post comments — to predominantly tech-related items. Further, each logged-in user has been made available the ability to post entries to their Journal.As Editor-in-Chief I took this allegation seriously and performed an independent and in-depth investigation. My findings are presented below.Note: It is not lost on me the futility of trying to prove a negative. It is for good reason that the criminal justice system in the US is founded on the principle of "innocent until proven guilty." It is not up the the accused to vindicate themselves, but for the accuser to bring sufficient evidence to bring about conviction.NB: In the course of writing this, I discovered a bug in how the site displays wide elements contained in an ECODE element. It incorrectly wraps the text onto the next line (leading to a jumbled mess) when it should, instead, provide horizontal scroll bars. Please accept my apologies for its current appearance.Executive Summary:An in-depth investigation making use of: external resources, the UI presented by SoylentNews, and ad-hoc queries of the site database (DB) failed to locate a "smoking gun", i.e. found no clear proof that a Journal Entry was posted to the site and subsequently deleted by anyone other than an author.It is my estimation that the user submitted an entry, but the site failed to receive and save it correctly. In other words, the user tripped over some kind of bug be it in the site's code, communications between the user and the site, or something else.Recommendation: When a user completes making a Journal Entry and submits it to the site, the code should respond by using the newly-created journal parameters in conjunction with the normal journal-loading code to present the journal entry to the user as confirmation that the entry was properly received and saved. That is to say, affirmative feedback of receipt, storage, and accessibility of the entryRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Second SIM card attack can send texts and phone location data

takyon writes:SpaceX's "completed" Starship Mark 1 (Mk1) prototype was unveiled during an update presentation in Boca Chica, Texas on Saturday. The craft has two less-prominent aft fins instead of the three larger fins (acting as landing legs) seen in previous renderings, and two small fins on the nosecone. An upcoming 20 kilometer test flight of Mk1 will only use three sea level optimized Raptor engines, while the full version of Starship will use three sea level and three vacuum optimized Raptor engines. The dry mass of Starship will be higher than initially expected: about 100-120 tons instead of 85 tons (Mk1 is 200 tons). Payload to low Earth orbit (LEO) in fully reusable mode will start out near 100 tons but is expected to reach 150 tons.SpaceX is currently making one new Raptor engine every 8-10 days, but hopes to speed that up to one engine every day in Q1 2020. The process of building Starships will also speed up due to unspooling steel and using single seam welds (giant rings of steel will still be joined together, but without the plates seen in Mk1). A Starship Mk3 could be completed within 3 months, and a Starship Mk3, Mk4, or Mk5 (with the Super Heavy booster) could reach orbit within 6 months from today. It may not be possible to get a Starship to orbit by itself, but even if it could, it would be expendable and not worth it. Therefore, orbital tests will depend on the rate of Raptor engine production. Around 100 engines will need to have been made by the time of the first test. Super Heavy could use as few as 24 engines to complete a mission, but is more likely to use 31, or a maximum of 37 engines. The amount is configurable as needed.Elon Musk claimed that SpaceX could launch people on a Starship as early as next year, and that in-orbit refueling (called "orbital refilling" during the presentation) of Starship will be easier than docking with the International Space Station. The refueling process is necessary to get the full 100-150 tons of payload to the surface of the Moon, Mars, or other solar system destinations.Musk estimated that a small fleet of 10-20 Starships could launch about 1,000 to 10,000 times as much mass to orbit in a year than is currently launched with all of the world's rockets annually, including SpaceX's Falcon 9/Heavy.Also at NASASpaceFlight, Ars Technica, Space.com, and CBS.See also: r/SpaceX Starship Presentation Official Discussion & Updates Thread

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aristarchus writes:Among other places, at Vice.

JoeMerchant writes:Extreme policies lead to extreme outcomes.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow9427Google has booted 46 apps made by a big Chinese developer from its app store with no explanation

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