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Scientists Might Have Found Genetic Trigger for Parkinson's
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Water Fleas May Hold Key To Cleaner Environment And Better Human Health
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Reverse-Engineering the Classic MK4116 16-Kilobit DRAM Chip
owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2020/11/reverse-engineering-classic-mk4116-16.html
Diabetes-Treating Implant Produces Oxygen to Support Islet Cells
taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/medical/diabetes-implant-oxygen-islet-cells/
Americans Do Talk About Peace, Just Not The Same Way People Do In Other Countries
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Elon is Looking for a Few Good Test Subjects
looorg writes:https://neuralink.com/blog/first-clinical-trial-open-for-recruitment/Neuralink are looking for a few test subjects that have either ALS or are quadriplegics to test their wireless brain human interface. A device that will control a computer keyboard with only the users mind. Also they want to test out how good their robot is at surgery but that is perhaps less appealing.
Online Child Safety Law Blocked After Calif. Argued Face Scans Not That Invasive
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/online-child-safety-law-blocked-after-calif-argued-face-scans-not-that-invasive/
Microsoft AI Team Accidentally Leaks 38TB of Private Company Data
upstart writes:Microsoft AI team accidentally leaks 38TB of private company data:
Sandy Pentland on AI, Future Systems and Regulation
Alex "Sandy" Pentland[1] is somewhere near the top of the AI pantheon these days, here's his most recent talk, "Engineering Ecosystems with AI", given online on Friday 15 Sept., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m8EsEmZPYQ at the MIT Mobility Forum. In the intro it is mentioned that this was a dry run for Pentland's upcoming keynote to the U. S. National Academy of Sciences. From the YT summary,
Osiris-Rex: NASA Awaits Fiery Return of Asteroid Bennu Samples
"aristarchus" writes:Osiris-Rex: Nasa awaits fiery return of asteroid Bennu samples
Yelp Names and Shames Businesses Paying for 5-Star Reviews
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/yelp-names-and-shames-businesses-paying-for-5-star-reviews/
TSMC and Arizona in Discussions Over Bringing Advanced Chip Packaging Facility to the State
takyon writes:TSMC Reportedly Mulls Advanced Chip Packaging Facility in Arizona
EU Game Devs Ask Regulators to Look at Unity's “Anti-Competitive” Bundling
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/eu-game-devs-ask-regulators-to-look-at-unitys-anti-competitive-bundling/
Archaeologists Find 500-Year-Old Board Game Carved in Ruins of Polish Castle
taylorvich writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/archaeologists-find-500-year-old-board-game-carved-in-ruins-of-polish-castle/
Signal Adds Quantum-resistant Encryption to its E2EE Messaging Protocol
Signal Preps its Encryption Engine for the Quantum Doomsday Inevitabilityupstart writes:Signal preps its encryption engine for the quantum doomsday inevitability:
More Immutable Distribution Fun
sweettea writes:The All Systems Go! conference happened last week in Berlin, devoted to systemd / container / image-building topics. Several cool talks focused on immutable distributions: their usages and virtues, particularly NixOS. NixOS is the foremost immutable, reproducable, and atomically upgradable Linux distribution, and a powerful building block for building easily deployable services.Andreas Herrmann, the first Bazel community expert, talked about the value of a reproducible build of your software and the merits of using an immutable distribution like Nix to make your builds better. Xe Iaso's talk on writing your own NixOS modules for your own build dependencies to ensure your software is reproducable. Lots more talks, but mostly systemd-related: check out the list of talks and the recordings!
NASA's Parker Probe Flew Through a Massive Solar Eruption and Caught it all on Camera
cmdrklarg writes:https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-parker-probe-flew-through-a-massive-solar-eruption-and-caught-it-all-on-camera
New Categorization of Cells in Human Body Found
Strange Mathematical Pattern Found in The Cells of The Human Body
The Universe Caught Suppressing Cosmic Structure Growth
NotSanguine writes:The University of Michigan issued a press release concerning new research on the growth (or lack thereof) of large-scale structures in the universe.From the press release:
Societal Collapse is Underway and Museums Can be Unlikely Heroes, Suggests Expert
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AMD Launches Epyc 8004-Series 'Siena' CPUs: Up to 64 Zen 4C Cores
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Gene Required for Root Hair Growth, Nitrate Foraging Found in Grasses
upstart writes:Gene required for root hair growth, nitrate foraging found in grasses:
Powerful Nerf Blaster Aims to Fire 100 Darts Per Second
upstart writes:Powerful Nerf Blaster Aims To Fire 100 Darts Per Second:
Meeting Announcement: Governance Committee Meeting on Friday, September 22nd 2023 @ 20:30 UTC
Meeting Announcement: The next meeting of the SoylentNews governance committee is scheduled for Friday, September 22nd, 2023 at 20:30 UTC (1:30pm PDT, 4:30pm EDT) in #governance on SoylentNews IRC. Logs of the meeting will be available afterwards for review, and minutes will be published when available.The agenda for the upcoming meeting will also be published when available. Minutes and agenda, and other governance committee information are to be found on the SoylentNews Wiki at: https://wiki.staging.soylentnews.org/wiki/GovernanceYou, the community, are always welcome to observe and participate, and you're invited to the meeting.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.
“Most Notorious” Illegal Shadow Library Sued by Textbook Publishers [Updated]
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/most-notorious-illegal-shadow-library-sued-by-textbook-publishers/
A Line at a Time: The Atari 2600, Now with S-Video
owl writes:https://nicole.express/2023/have-you-read-atari-today.html
Trial Finds MDMA Effective For PTSD, On Path To FDA Approval
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Project X Followup ('57 Chevy EV Conversion)
Sometime back I posted about Motor Trend (and prior hot rod magazines) converting their long time '57 Chevy project car to electric power. Now they have a followup article with lessons learned at https://www.motortrend.com/features/ev-conversion-classic-cars/ (had some trouble loading that page, found a copy at, https://archive.ph/l1o6H ).Their title is,
Time To Stuff Surveillance Gear In Your Pants
DannyB writes:Intelligence Community Feels It Might Be Time To Start Stuffing Surveillance Gear Into People's Pants
CERN Swaps Databases To Tackle Its Petabyte-A-Day Habit
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Novel Electrical Therapy Rebuilds Muscles Lost Through Natural Aging
upstart writes:Novel electrical therapy rebuilds muscles lost through natural aging:
Multispectral Imaging Shows Erased Evidence of Ancient Star Catalogue
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SpaceX Raptor Engine Passes Cold Test for Artemis Moon Mission
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Congratulations JR!
I *just* realized that an editor on SoylentNews, janrinok (AKA JR), has very recently attained a huge milestone on our site:8,000 stories!I can speak from personal experience that this represents a HUGE sacrifice of time and energy.He showed me the ropes in how to post a story.(There is FAR MORE than meets the eye to be an editor!)There was also the fact that in the early years of SoylentNews, he was simultaneously taking care of his severely ill wife.(She, sadly, passes away a few short years ago.)He endured some exceedingly heart-wrenching periods doing this.I have witnessed him posting stories even though he was beyond the point of exhaustion.So much so that his doctors *demanded* that he stop *everything* and take a break for many months.So it may not appear to be a huge milestone, please take my word for it. It is!Read more of this story at SoylentNews.
The Future of Linux: Exploring Immutable Distributions
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Unity Promises “Changes” to Install Fee Plans as Developer Fallout Continues
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/unity-promises-changes-to-install-fee-plans-as-developer-fallout-continues/
James Webb Captures the Stunning Outflows from an Infant Star
chromas writes:Digital Trends:
A Phone Call to Helpdesk was Likely all it Took to Hack MGM
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/a-phone-call-to-helpdesk-was-likely-all-it-took-to-hack-mgm/
Exploring the Lunar South Pole: Lessons from Chandrayaan-3
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Coca-Cola Embraces Controversial AI Image Generator With New “Y3000” Flavor
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/ai-hype-reaches-coca-cola-with-new-y3000-flavor-co-created-with-ai/
Scientist Shocks Peers By 'Tailoring' Climate Study
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Cheap LCD Uses USB Serial
Freeman writes:https://hackaday.com/2023/09/11/cheap-lcd-uses-usb-serial/
Probe Reveals Secret Israeli Spyware That Infects Via Ad
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California Sends Country' Strongest Right-To-Repair Bill To Governor's Desk - 7 Years Of Parts
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The Spectacular Downfall of a Common, Useless Cold Medicine
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/the-spectacular-downfall-of-a-common-useless-cold-medicine/
Tech Industry Leaders Endorse Regulating Artificial Intelligence at Rare Summit in Washington
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/private-ai-summit-with-senate-titans-of-tech-garners-controversy/
2023 Ig Nobel Prize Winners Announced
coolgopher writes:As reported in New Atlas and many other places, the 2023 Ig Nobel winners have been announced.The Ig Nobel Prize celebrates the most trivial and ridiculous things our best and brightest have studied. The 2023 award winners are now world-class experts that have advanced mankind's knowledge on big questions. Questions like "how much do horny anchovies influence ocean water mixing?" Or "if a group of people stand in the street looking upward, does the size of the group influence how many unrelated passers-by also decide to look up?" Or that old chestnut, "do we need toilets that analyze our excreta and identify us by taking photos of our anuses?"Just a couple of examples to raise the level of excitement...
Mistranslation of Newton’s First Law Discovered After Nearly 300 Years
upstart writes:Mistranslation Of Newton's First Law Discovered After Nearly 300 Years:
When Does Tackling Health Misinfo Become Govt Censorship?
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When Does Tackling Health Misinfo Become Govt Censorship?
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