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jb writes:A group of senior members of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) have launched a campaign to oppose what they describe as a corporate "hijack" of their society.Best coverage so far is in Innovation Aus:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramMathematicians prove that flash-memory 'fingerprints' of electronic devices are truly unique

An Anonymous Coward writes:After fish that survives on land is found, Georgia tells anglers: Kill them immediately

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AnonymousCowardMore Libra woes:EBay, Stripe and Mastercard drop out of Facebook’s Libra Association – TechCrunch

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canopic jug writes:Facebook vastly exaggerated the number of viewers it had on its video platform in order to lure producers away from competing platforms like YouTube.Facebook's exaggerations were off by 150% to 900% from the actual figures, and apparently knew it at the time. Facebook is proposing a settlement of a meager $40 million to avoid facing larger penalties. Fines or not, these exaggerations — or more precisely, lies — contributed to crippling or eliminating several video-oriented areas of activity.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramCurrent Time - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for tortured_old_manResearchers rediscover fast-acting German insecticide lost in the aftermath of WWII

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AnonymousCowardSmart TVs are data-collecting machines, new study shows

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AnonymousCowardThis story about a billion dollar scam to build an undersea Arctic cable is wild

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AnonymousCowardStratolaunch, which built the world's largest plane, is changing ownership

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AnonymousCowardBrydge sues Kickstarter for selling iPad keyboard it claims is a clone

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

martyb writes:50 Years After Internet Conception, Dark Side Stirs Fear:

upstart writes for Bytram:HOWTO make Linux run blazing fast (again) on Intel CPUs

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

martyb writes:I am inviting the editorial team to take a much-deserved "break" this weekend by using "weekend story spacing"[*] on Monday. This is a long holiday weekend in the United States in celebration of Columbus Day (or Indigenous Peoples' Day). As a result, sites tend to post fewer stories. And, of the stories that are posted, a larger fraction are "filler" stories or fluff pieces, if you will. This, in turn, makes it harder for the editorial staff to find stories of interest to post to SoylentNews.One of our editors is still on leave and the remaining staff has been stretched thin with his absence. Further, several of the editorial staff are facing real-life challenges that conspire to reduce the amount of time and energy that can be given to posting stories on SoylentNews. Do recall that all staff here are volunteers and what you see here is freely given of their own spare time.We generally try to post 14-15 stories per day on weekdays, and about 10 stories per day on weekends.Also, a reminder that Linode has informed us of some server maintenance they will need to perform. Except for a short while on IRC (Internet Relay Chat), any downtime should not be visible to the community. Linode reserves up to a two-hour window for their maintenance, but past experience has show that most prior maintenance is completed in less than 30 minutes and often as little as 10-15 minutes. See our earlier story Linode to Perform Maintenance; Several SoylentNews Servers Selected for Servicing for details. The first of our servers to be affected is sodium whose maintenance window starts: 2019-10-18 05:00 AM.We will keep you informed as things progress.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

martyb writes:I am inviting the editorial team to take a much-deserved break on Monday and am encouraging the editorial staff to maintain "weekend story spacing"[*] on Monday. This is a long holiday weekend in the United States in celebration of Columbus Day. As a result, sites tend to post fewer stories. And, of the stories that are posted, a larger fraction are "filler" stories or fluff pieces, if you will. This, in turn, makes it harder for the editorial staff to find stories of interest to post to SoylentNews. Separately, one of our editors is still on leave and the remaining staff has been stretched thin with his absence. Further, several of the editorial staff are facing real-life challenges that conspire to reduce the amount of time and energy that can be given to posting stories on SoylentNews. Do recall that all staff here are volunteers and what you see here is freely given of their own spare time.We generally try to post 14-15 stories per day on weekdays, and about 10 stories per day on weekends.Also, a reminder that Linode has informed us of some server maintenance they will need to perform. Except for a short while on IRC (Internet Relay Chat), any downtime should not be visible to the community. Linode reserves up to a two-hour window for their maintenance, but past experience has show that most prior maintenance is completed in less than 30 minutes and often as little as 10-15 minutes. See our earlier story Linode to Perform Maintenance; Several SoylentNews Servers Selected for Servicing for details. The first of our servers to be affected is sodium whose maintenance window starts: 2019-10-18 05:00 AM.We will keep you informed as things progress.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart wrote in with a submission, via IRC, for AnonymousCoward.Raspberry Pi 4 PCI Express: It actually works! USB3, SATA... GPUs?

"exec" writes:Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramNew compiler makes quantum computers two times faster

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://phys.org/news/2019-10-arsonists-snack-foods.html"Also, someone looking to start a fire who is carrying a can of petrol stands out. No one's going to look twice at someone with a bag of crisps, and the evidence destroys itself. This is especially helpful if someone is trying to make a deliberate fire look accidental. Criminals have presumably worked this out and told each other.""Crisps encourage fire—they feed it—because they are hugely calorific and fatty. As the video shows, a packet of crisps—either the potato ones or the puffy, maize or corn-based ones—can set a car seat on fire within 200 seconds. Plenty of time for someone to get away."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

jmichaelhudsondotnet writes:https://public-interest-tech.com/Mr. Schneier and friends have created a new website to promote a change to the socio-economic technical milieu we are currently facing.He suggests we need to have "public interest technologists" to help the situation.He writes:

upstart wrote in with a submission, via IRC, for Bytram.Crowdsourcing consumer loans can bolster business growth and reduce crime

upstart wrote in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow1337.Toyota's e-Palette will transport athletes during the 2020 Olympics

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramReview of 737 Max Certification Finds Fault With Boeing and F.A.A.

c0lo writes:Stadia (Google's next gen gaming console) will use AI to achieve negative latency in games

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramNew Tools & IP Accelerate Development of 5nm Arm 'Hercules' SoCs

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramAmerican intelligence follows British lead in warning of serious VPN vulnerabilities

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Get the popcorn.New blockchain-based music streaming service Audius is a copyright nightmare

martyb writes:Brain Protein Promotes Maintenance of Chronic Pain:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Unlike Blizzard, Epic Games says it won't ban players for political speech

Elon Musk and NASA Chief Get on Same Page, Vow to Complete Crew Dragonupstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramElon Musk and NASA chief get on same page, vow to complete Crew Dragon

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramEngineers solve 50-year-old puzzle in signal processing

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337After years of delays, NASA is finally poised to launch a satellite to better understand space weather

AnonTechie writes:The rise, fall and rise again of businesses

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramDonald Trump joins Twitch, Amazon's game-streaming service

Massive California Power Outage Triggers Chaos in Science Labsmartyb writes:Massive California Power Outage Triggers Chaos in Science Labs:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/09/winter-storm-aubrey-historic-snow-cold-forecast-central-us/3918343002/

I was recently introduced to Professor Paul Brians' web site at Washington State University (WSU). I know I've made many mistakes like these over the years, and would like to think that I have learned from those mistakes. Would that I could have learned them, then, without having to go through those experiences.So, with a sense of gratitude for what I've been taught and learned so far, and in hopes that it might afford a Soylentil a chance to avoid a red-face-inducing faux pas, I offer you examples of some Common Errors in English Usage:

martyb writes:Atari VCS Lead Architect Quits, Claims Six Months of Design Work Went Unpaid:

martyb writes:Nobel Honors Pioneers in Cosmology and Exoplanets

martyb writes:A Mob of Horny Tarantulas is Prowling San Francisco:

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

AnonTechie writes:

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.