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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://gizmodo.com/google-says-its-achieved-quantum-supremacy-a-world-fir-1838299829

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/some-nasa-contractors-appear-to-be-trying-to-kill-the-lunar-gateway/

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49770369

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-9-3950x-delay-launch-third-gen-threadripper,40442.html

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://kdvr.com/2019/09/05/fort-collins-agrees-to-remove-topless-ban-from-public-code/

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

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666SFO: The typo that almost crashed a plane

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramResearchers alter mouse gut microbiomes by feeding good bacteria their preferred fibers

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/760317486/the-mysterious-death-of-the-hacker-who-turned-in-chelsea-manning

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramAlcohol-producing gut bacteria could cause liver damage even in people who don't drink

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718TFlower Ransomware - The Latest Attack Targeting Businesses

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718Investigating the self-attention mechanism behind BERT-based architectures

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/19/20869271/impossible-burger-foods-gelsons-markets-southern-california-meat-free-plant-based

Freeman submitted a story which became the inspiration for:AT&T Explores Parting Ways With DirecTV:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/amd-exec-tsmc-has-capacity-to-meet-epyc-rome-demand

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Hulu hackathon leads to eye-tracking controls for Roku

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Moog brings back its legendary Model 10 'compact' modular synth

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://spacenews.com/lunar-lander-failures-offer-a-warning-to-commercial-missions/

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.anandtech.com/show/14869/western-digital-announces-18-tb-eamr-hard-drive

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xw83b/the-navy-says-the-ufos-in-tom-delonges-videos-are-unidentified-aerial-phenomena

canopic jug writes:Back in May, writer Jun Wu told in her blog how Perl excels at text manipulation. She often uses it to tidy data sets, a necessity as data is often collected with variations and cleaning it up before use is a necessity. She goes through many one-liners which help make that easy.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718Using an optical tweezer array of laser-cooled molecules to observe ground state collisions

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow6430WSJ: Amazon changed search results to boost profits despite internal dissent

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramThe world has a third pole – and it's melting quickly

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow6430Lawsuit: AT&T signed customers up for DirecTV Now without their knowledge

"exec" writes:https://www.ft.com/content/23ab2f68-d957-11e9-8f9b-77216ebe1f17

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Billions of license plate scans are part of a private surveillance database

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718Amazon tests a one-tap review system for product feedback – TechCrunch

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramLastPass Fixes Bug That Leaks Credentials

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/17/facebook-enlists-ray-ban-maker-luxottica-to-make-orion-ar-glasses.html

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow2718Unexpected periodic flares may shed light on black hole accretion

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/17/20870140/big-bang-theory-hbo-max-streaming-exclusive-worth-billion-seinfeld-netflix-friends-the-office

aristarchus writes:Changes in technology often produce ethical quandaries that did not previously exist. The successful transplantation of human hearts lead some to re-define death as "brain-death", so as to allow removal of organs for transplants. Now we may be faced with similar need for new definitions and limitations, as tech moves into neural interfaces. The article is to be found at Vox.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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"exec" writes:https://qz.com/1705386/the-dfab-house-exhibit-opens-in-new-york-city/-- submitted from IRC

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718Analyzing poppies to make better drugs

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718AI neural network detects heart failure from single heartbeat: New AI neural network approach detects heart failure from a single heartbeat with 100% accuracy

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718Nerve-like 'optical lace' gives robots a human touch

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow3997

wirelessduck writes:https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/13/new-zealand-man-copywriter-clown-redundancy

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AzumaHazukiBone, not adrenaline, drives fight or flight response

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718

Update: DannyB adds: United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward SnowdenAn Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/edward-snowden-nsa-cbs-this-morning-interview-today-2019-09-16/