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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 soylent_brownLawmakers ask US intelligence to assess if TikTok is a security threat – TechCrunch

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

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_brownHackers are now selling 'Raccoon' data-stealing malware as a $200 monthly service

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956Here's what the people who claimed Google's quantum supremacy have to say about it

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_brownDisney Plus is stopping theaters screening Fox movies – and viewers will lose out

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramMan kept getting drunk without drinking. Docs found brewer's yeast in his guts

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_brownThe Dark Mode craze may do more harm than good – this is why

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_brownHow a Harvard class project changed barbecue

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramPentagon beams down $10bn JEDI contract to Microsoft: Windows giant beats off Bezos

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramNew measurement of Hubble constant adds to cosmic mystery

Discord 'Spidey Bot' Malware Is Stealing Usernames, Passwordsupstart writes:Submitted via IRC for soylent_greenDiscord 'Spidey Bot' Malware Is Stealing Usernames, Passwords

takyon writes:RED cancels Hydrogen phone project as founder Jim Jannard retires

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956Lotame unveils Cartographer, its new approach to tracking user identity – TechCrunch

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956Stewart Butterfield says Microsoft sees Slack as existential threat – TechCrunch

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramClass bias in hiring based on few seconds of speech

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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.

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for soylent_green.White House kicks infosec team to curb in IT office shakeup

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takyon writes:'Milestone' in polio eradication achieved

takyon writes:Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramTwitter plans to make policy changes to help combat deepfakes

martyb writes:Successful Biological Decontamination of an Aquifer:

An Anonymous Coward writes in with an interesting link to a story on Ken Shirriff's blog:http://www.righto.com/2019/10/how-special-register-groups-invaded.html

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martyb writes:Automating Satellite Collision Avoidance

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramThe secret of classic Belgian beers? Medieval super yeasts!

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramEmbattled Russian scientist sharpens plans to create gene-edited babies

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramNo 'Silver Bullet' Fix for Alexa, Google Smart Speaker Hacks

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramGrind Your Welds With Pride, If That's The Way You Do It

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bigmessowires.com/2016/06/04/db-19-resurrecting-an-obsolete-connector/

takyon writes:Jeff Bezos announces Blue Origin will form new industry team to return to the Moon

takyon writes:Scientists Create New, More Powerful Technique To Edit Genes

takyon writes:Scientists Create New, More Powerful Technique To Edit Genes

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martyb writes:Replacing Coal with Gas or Renewables Saves Billions of Gallons of Water:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/22/asia/china-jails-men-outsource-murder-plot-intl-hnk/index.html

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/robo-tank-army-picks-contenders-for-robotic-combat-vehicle-competition/:

RandomFactor writes:In an extremely rare reversal, the biotech company Biogen said that it will submit the experimental amyloid beta targeting drug aducanumab—which previously had its drug trial stopped as futile—to the Food and Drug Administration for approval.