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upstart writes:Sony wants to help low-vision users enjoy photography by shining lasers in their eyes:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/20-years-later-second-life-is-launching-on-mobile/

upstart writes:Simple robots wander NYC asking for trash and recycling, and it's adorable:

upstart writes:Chances its Arm that maker community is looking for a fresh SBC:

upstart writes:The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the higher rate in 2020 and 2021:

upstart writes:For genetics, use scientifically relevant descriptions, not outdated social ideas:

upstart writes:A bruising, failed 16-month FCC nomination has left President Joe Biden with little time to staff up the agency before 2024:

guest reader writes:Getting To Zettascale Without Needing Multiple Nuclear Power Plants:

fliptop writes:The U.S. government database provided access to a treasure trove of sensitive data. "I can request information on anyone in the U.S.," one of the alleged hackers wrote:

hubie writes:Aztec farming calendar accurately tracked seasons, leap years:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/chinese-search-giant-launches-ai-chatbot-with-prerecorded-demo/

upstart writes:The hypothesis could help in the search for other Earthlike worlds:

upstart writes:Tiny data center makes for a comfortable swim:

upstart writes:Hopes to avoid paying up for crushing a rival while helping Huawei and ZTE to prosper:

upstart writes:JWST will help scientists investigate the troublesome dust budget surplus of the universe:

upstart writes:In high-risk contexts, a racing heart can make a formerly relaxed mouse nervous:

upstart writes:The US government looks poised to force tech companies to do more about security:

upstart writes:If you can detect any, it's too much:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/you-can-now-run-a-gpt-3-level-ai-model-on-your-laptop-phone-and-raspberry-pi/

hubie writes:Violence and warfare were widespread in many Neolithic communities across Northwest Europe:

upstart writes:This includes hydrogen fuel stations:

upstart writes:The Biden administration wants $27.2 billion for NASA's 2024 budget, with the space agency prioritizing Moon and Mars missions:

upstart writes:And not even a tentative date for a system go-live either:

upstart writes:The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble (09 Mar 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow:

upstart writes:Californian court has ruled that "gig" economy giants including Uber and Lyft can continue treating their workers as independent contractors:

upstart writes:A tough time for big tech workers continues:

upstart writes:After unusually low amounts of rain and snow this winter, the continent faces a severe water shortage:

upstart writes:After being laid off, many people are starting their own businesses as cloud pros for hire:

upstart writes:The STEM feed comes as TikTok faces increasing scrutiny:

guest reader writes:First demonstration of universal control of encoded spin qubits:

upstart writes:It'll allow researchers to develop a 'a mechanistic understanding of how the brain works':

guest reader writes:Hackaday has a story about a simple non-scientific calculator that packs an Alwinner A50 tablet SoC and the Android operating system:

upstart writes:FISA Oversight Board Member Says Americans Need More Privacy Protections As Congress Debates Section 702 Reauthorization:

upstart writes:The pioneering project cuts cement from the recipe and replaces it with industrial waste and carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere:

upstart writes:To check that atomic weapons work, scientists run simulations of explosions using high-energy lasers—and Russia is building the strongest one of all:

upstart writes:Resulting in the birth of several mice that were produced without mothers:

upstart writes:And scientists have only seen four percent of the data so far:

SSD Reliability is Only Slightly Better Than HDD, Backblaze Saysupstart writes:A surprising outcome for the first SSD-based AFR report:

hubie writes:Our brain has its own GPS and it helps us navigate by detecting the movements of the people around us:

upstart writes:Wildfire Smoke Eroded Ozone Layer By 10 Percent In 2020: Study:

upstart writes:IQE says collapse in smartphone sales may wipe one-third off revenue in first half of 2023:

guest reader writes:The Register has a story about a Python compiler called Codon that turns Python code into native machine code without a runtime performance hit.:

upstart writes:Millions of pieces of debris orbit the Earth, prompting scientists to call for a legally binding treaty to address our planet's mounting orbital trash problem:

Freeman writes:Last month, Volkswagen garnered plenty of bad publicity when it emerged that the company's connected car service refused to help track a stolen car—with a 2-year-old child still on board—until someone paid to reactivate the service. Now, the automaker says it's very sorry this happened, and it's making its connected vehicle emergency service free to most model-year 2020-2023 Volkswagens.

hubie writes:A new study suggests that too much – or too little – office noise has a negative effect on employee well-being. The sweet spot? About 50 decibels, comparable to moderate rain or birdsong.

upstart writes:Why Do Some Modern Computers Still Have Serial Ports?:

quietus writes:Last week, Denmark has stored the first volumes of carbon dioxide in an old oil and gas field in the Danish North Sea. The carbon dioxide sequestered comes from a chemical production plant (Ineos Oxide) in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium.Since 2010, Ineos Oxide has captured CO2 as a by-product from its ethylene oxide (plastics) production, cooled it down to a liquid, and resold the product to the food (fizzy drinks, beer) and agricultural (greenhouse cultivation) industry. Now, instead, part of this production was transported to Nini, a previously abandoned oil platform about 200 km in front of the Danish coast, and injected 1,800 meters deep.The test project, named Greensand, needs to prove that the process is possible, and safe. The modified transport vessel used, Aurora Storm, can only take 800 ton CO2 per traject; it will have to shuttle back and forth between Antwerp and Denmark about 20 times, enough for 15,000 ton, this year alone. The project will be upscaled to 1.5 million ton a year by 2025.By 2030, 8 million ton a year is planned, or about half the carbon dioxide emitted by Antwerp's chemical cluster, the largest in Europe. This, however, requires investments in new offshore infrastructure, and larger transport ships known as CO2 carriers.The Greensand project is racing behind another project though. That project is called Northern Lights, and aims to be able to store 1.5 million ton a year, by next year, 2024. Northern Lights is a partnership between Shell, Equinor and Total, and supported by Norway's government Langskip (Longship) CCS project.The EU has set a target of capturing and storing a minimum 300 million ton CO2 a year by 2050.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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hubie writes:A new measure can help scientists decide which estimation method to use when modeling a particular data problem:

upstart writes:Monday's collision avoidance maneuver steered the International Space Station away from a presumed Earth-imaging satellite launched in 2020: