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Mar 25, 2021Mar 2021

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Atomic clocks compared with astounding accuracy Three atomic clocks based on different atoms have been compared with record accuracy. The findings bring a redefinition of the second a step closer and aid the search for dark matter — an elusive ...
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News & Links
Mar 29, 2021Mar 2021

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Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code on Github The secrets of the Moderna vaccine are there for all to see, they run about two pages.
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Mar 30, 2021Mar 2021

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Scientists Get Closer To Redefining The Length Of A Second
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Mar 31, 2021Mar 2021

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A Cautionary Tale For China's Ambitious Chipmakers
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Mar 31, 2021Mar 2021

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Antimatter atoms can be precisely manipulated and cooled with lasers
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News & Links
Apr 1, 2021Apr 2021

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Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China: Tedros
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News & Links
Apr 1, 2021Apr 2021

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Amtrak unveils vision of expanded rail map Biden's infrastructure plan
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News & Links
Apr 1, 2021Apr 2021

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Supreme Court Lets F.C.C. Relax Limits on Media Ownership The justices said the commission had adequately considered whether easing rules on cross-ownership of radio and TV stations and newspapers would hurt female and minority ownership of media ...
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News & Links
Apr 2, 2021Apr 2021

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India's second wave hits the whole world through vaccine export curbs
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News & Links
Apr 3, 2021Apr 2021

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Uber ordered to pay $1.1m to blind passenger who was denied rides 14 times Arbitrator rebuffed the company’s position that it wasn’t liable for drivers’ behavior given their status as contractors
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News & Links
Apr 4, 2021Apr 2021

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Biden’s infrastructure plan aims to turbocharge U.S. shift from fossil fuels
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Posts
Apr 5, 2021Apr 2021

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Soviet TV version of Lord of the Rings rediscovered after 30 years Russian-language film posted on YouTube delights fans with its rudimentary sets and ludicrous special effects
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News & Links
Apr 8, 2021Apr 2021

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Amazon warns Texas: Don’t pass bill that would drive up wind power costs Bill would "directly assign" grid stability costs to renewable power providers.
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News & Links
Apr 9, 2021Apr 2021

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Critical Zoom vulnerability triggers remote code execution without user input
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Apr 12, 2021Apr 2021

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New electrical flaw grounds more than 60 737 MAXs, adding to Boeing’s woes
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News & Links
Apr 16, 2021Apr 2021

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins contract to develop spacecraft to land astronauts on the moon The company beat out Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Dynetics, a defense contractor
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News & Links
Apr 16, 2021Apr 2021

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Defense Department confirms leaked video of unidentified aerial phenomena is real
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General & Hellos
Apr 20, 2021Apr 2021

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Open source goes to Mars
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 23, 2021Apr 2021

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Apple must face lawsuit alleging that 'buying' media on iTunes is misleading
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News & Links
Apr 24, 2021Apr 2021

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SpaceX successfully launches astronauts with a re-used Dragon spacecraft for the first time
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Apr 25, 2021Apr 2021

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Mars helicopter achieves fastest, furthest flight yet
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News & Links
Apr 26, 2021Apr 2021

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China Censors ‘Nomadland’ Director Chloé Zhao’s Oscar Win After filmmaker becomes first Chinese woman to win top honor at Academy Awards, news disappears from search engines, social media and state outlets
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Health & Happiness
Apr 30, 2021Apr 2021

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Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza
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May 3, 2021May 2021

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The Slander Industry
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Oddities and Anomalies
May 4, 2021May 2021

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Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border
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News & Links
May 5, 2021May 2021

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Biden team may partner with private firms to monitor extremist chatter online
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News & Links
May 5, 2021May 2021

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Pandora says laboratory-made diamonds are forever
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News & Links
May 5, 2021May 2021

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College student sues Proctorio after source code copyright claim Lawyers claim Erik Johnson made fair use of Proctorio’s software code in a critical Twitter thread
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General & Hellos
May 5, 2021May 2021

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Signal tried to run a very honest ad campaign on Instagram. Facebook said no.
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General & Hellos
May 6, 2021May 2021

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Google will automatically enroll users in two-factor authentication soon Google hates passwords, so it's trying to replace them with two-factor authentication.
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News & Links
May 10, 2021May 2021

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FDA permits use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine in kids ages 12 to 15
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News & Links
May 14, 2021May 2021

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FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder’s Apple Account, Email Claims
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News & Links
May 19, 2021May 2021

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Colonial Pipeline CEO Tells Why He Paid Hackers a $4.4 Million Ransom Joseph Blount says he needed to quickly restore service after cyberattack threatened East Coast supply
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News & Links
May 20, 2021May 2021

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A Fungus Is Pushing Cicada Sex Into Hyperdrive And Leaving Them Dismembered
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Health & Happiness
May 31, 2021May 2021

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Nestlé document says majority of its food portfolio is unhealthy Internal company presentation acknowledges more than 60% of products do not meet ‘recognised definition of health’
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General & Hellos
Jun 1, 2021Jun 2021

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Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors Amazon's experiment wireless mesh networking turns users into guinea pigs.
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Politics
Jun 3, 2021Jun 2021

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Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban 7 comments Going forward politicians will be treated more like everyone else
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jun 9, 2021Jun 2021

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Carbon Dioxide, Which Drives Climate Change, Reaches Highest Level In 4 Million Years
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jun 13, 2021Jun 2021

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Are your neuro-rights protected ?
'This is not science fiction,' say scientists pushing for 'neuro-rights' [reuters.com] [nri.ntc.columbia.edu]
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News & Links
Jun 19, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
A Pill to Treat Covid-19? The U.S. Is Betting on It.
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Health & Happiness
Jun 20, 2021Jun 2021

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The same mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help treat cancer
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jun 26, 2021Jun 2021

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Mars helicopter takes it to the limit with more groundbreaking flights
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Politics
Jul 1, 2021Jul 2021

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0 nations agree to support U.S. proposal for global minimum tax on corporations
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News & Links
Jul 2, 2021Jul 2021

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U.K. Will Stop Using Coal Power in Just Three Years A decade ago, 40 percent of the country’s electricity was generated with coal
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General & Hellos
Jul 15, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
What are FB users thinking ?
Facebook is ditching plans to make an interface that reads the brain The company's research into a consumer mind-reading device is over, for now. Some scientists said it was never possible anyway. [technologyreview.com]
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jul 16, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
NASA revives ailing Hubble Space Telescope with switch to backup computer
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News & Links
Jul 17, 2021Jul 2021

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MAGA World’s ‘Freedom Phone’ Actually Budget Chinese Phone
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jul 17, 2021Jul 2021

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Exploding stars may have assaulted ancient Earth
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COVID-19
Jul 17, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Huge study supporting ivermectin as Covid treatment withdrawn over ethical concerns The preprint endorsing ivermectin as a coronavirus therapy has been widely cited, but independent researchers find glaring discrepancies in the data ...
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News & Links
Jul 21, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jul 23, 2021Jul 2021

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Startup Claims Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries Form Energy’s iron-air batteries could have big ramifications for storing electricity on the power grid . . . Alternative
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General & Hellos
Jul 23, 2021Jul 2021

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A Defunct Video Hosting Site Is Flooding Normal Websites With Hardcore Porn Stories on major news sites like ‘The Washington Post,’ and ‘New York Magazine’ currently have porn embedded in them because of an site called Vidme.
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News & Links
Jul 26, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Facebook and tech giants to target attacker manifestos, far-right militias in database
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News & Links
Jul 27, 2021Jul 2021

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NASA taps SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch Jupiter moon mission Europa Clipper will investigate an icy world with a hidden ocean that might be favorable for life.
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News & Links
Jul 28, 2021Jul 2021

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YouTube Just Punished Brazil's President for Spreading Lies About COVID The move is the strongest yet from the social media giants to censor the outspoken, right-wing Jair Bolsonaro, who is already fighting back.
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Jul 30, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
A YouTuber bet a physicist $10,000 that a wind-powered vehicle could travel twice as fast as the wind itself — and won
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COVID-19
Jul 31, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Can the US gov't mandate vaccinations ?
On this day, the Supreme Court rules on vaccines and public health [constitutioncenter.org]
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Posts
Jul 31, 2021Jul 2021

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‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC document urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe The internal presentation shows that the agency thinks it is struggling to communicate on vaccine efficacy amid increased breakthrough ...
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News & Links
Jul 31, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Justice Department says Russians hacked federal prosecutors
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Health & Happiness
Aug 1, 2021Aug 2021

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Robotic police dogs: Useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?
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News & Links
Aug 2, 2021Aug 2021

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Russia disconnects from internet in tests as it bolsters security - RBC daily
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News & Links
Aug 3, 2021Aug 2021

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Can an AI can be considered an inventor ? Why/Not ?
Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings IP lawyer says decision is bad because the last thing we need is robot patent trolls [theregister.com]
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Aug 4, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Australian mathematician discovers applied geometry engraved on 3,700-year-old tablet Old Babylonian tablet likely used for surveying uses Pythagorean triples at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras
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Politics
Aug 5, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Why the internet in Cuba has become a US political hot potato After Havana shut down online access for 72 hours, the battle is on to keep the country connected
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General & Hellos
Aug 6, 2021Aug 2021

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Can you recycle a hard drive?
Google is quietly trying to find out Rare earth magnet recycling is about so much more than sustainable data centers. [grist.org]
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General & Hellos
Aug 8, 2021Aug 2021

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Screw You, Microsoft Edge
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Aug 10, 2021Aug 2021

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This Sweet White Flower Is Actually A Sneaky Carnivore, Scientists Discover
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News & Links
Aug 12, 2021Aug 2021

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The NYPD Had a Secret Fund for Surveillance Tools
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News & Links
Aug 21, 2021Aug 2021

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Gig workers -- Employees or Contractors ?
Court rules California gig worker initiative is unconstitutional [reuters.com]
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News & Links
Aug 22, 2021Aug 2021

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Hospitals and Insurers Didn’t Want You to See These Prices. Here’s Why. . . . Alternative source
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Health & Happiness
Aug 30, 2021Aug 2021

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Five Decades Later, Medicare Might Cover Dental Care . . . alternative source :
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News & Links
Sep 14, 2021Sep 2021

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Uber drivers are employees, not contractors, says Dutch court
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Sep 19, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Scientists created the world's whitest paint. It could eliminate the need for air conditioning.
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News & Links
Sep 24, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Is your Software up-to-date ?
It's not just you: Emergency software patches are on the rise [nbcnews.com]
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COVID-19
Sep 29, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
YouTube Will Remove Videos With Misinformation About Any Vaccine Rule change has caveats, but will zap big anti-vax channels Google unit has scrubbed over 130,000 Covid-19 vaccine videos
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General & Hellos
Sep 29, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Russia Threatens Retaliation After YouTube Deletes RT Germany Account RT Germany's YouTube account was deleted for spreading misinformation about covid-19.
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General & Hellos
Sep 29, 2021Sep 2021

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New Windows 11 install script bypasses TPM, system requirements
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News & Links
Oct 4, 2021Oct 2021

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The World Wants Greenland’s Minerals, but Greenlanders Are Wary . . . alternative source :
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News & Links
Oct 5, 2021Oct 2021

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Singapore passes foreign interference law allowing authorities to block internet content Experts have raised alarm the bill is a tool to crush dissent, with media watchdog saying it carries ‘the seeds of the worst totalitarian leanings’ ...
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News & Links
Oct 8, 2021Oct 2021

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Intel not considering UK chip factory after Brexit
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General & Hellos
Oct 17, 2021Oct 2021

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For Uber and Lyft, the Rideshare Bubble Bursts . . . alternative source :
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News & Links
Oct 17, 2021Oct 2021

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China surprises U.S. with hypersonic missile test, FT reports
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News & Links
Oct 18, 2021Oct 2021

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Facebook Says AI Will Clean Up the Platform. Its Own Engineers Have Doubts. AI has only minimal success in removing hate speech, violent images and other problem content, according to internal company reports . . . Alternate source : ...
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Oddities and Anomalies
Oct 18, 2021Oct 2021

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Meteorite crashes through ceiling and lands on woman’s bed
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Silly, Random & Fun
Oct 23, 2021Oct 2021

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Do you find math sexy ?
This math teacher puts calculus lessons on Pornhub [boingboing.net]
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Linux Users
Nov 2, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Has Linus 'won' ?
Microsoft's Edge browser for Linux is now available for all users It's 'Chredge' time for Linux: Microsoft's Edge browser is now generally available for a number of Linux distributions. [zdnet.com]
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General & Hellos
Nov 2, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Will you stop using Zoom ?
Zoom is testing showing ads to free users 4 comments They’ll appear in a browser page at the end of meetings [theverge.com]
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COVID-19
Nov 5, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Oxford Scientists Find Gene That Doubles Risk of Dying From Covid-19 Gene prevents the lungs from responding to the virus properly About 60% of people with South Asian ancestry have gene
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 7, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Star System With Right-Angled Planets Surprises Astronomers
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Nov 8, 2021Nov 2021

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Record number of new gravitational waves offers game-changing window into universe Scientists say 35 novel discoveries included a pair of massive black holes 145 times as heavy as the sun orbiting each other
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General & Hellos
Dec 1, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Over 300,000 Android users have downloaded these banking trojan malware apps, say security researchers Cybersecurity researchers at ThreatFabric detail how password-stealing Android banking trojans were disguised as QR code readers, fitness ...
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COVID-19
Dec 2, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Covid: Trigger of rare blood clots with AstraZeneca jab found by scientists
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News & Links
Dec 21, 2021Dec 2021

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US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s 1st year
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Environment, Ecology and Sustainability
Dec 22, 2021Dec 2021

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Controversial plan to drop poison on the Farallon Islands gets green light
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Dec 24, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
At long last, the world's most powerful space telescope is ready to launch Decades of tension, debate, and determination have led to this moment, as the James Webb Space Telescope begins its million-mile journey into deep space. ...
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Dec 25, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
Large ocean fossil discovered in Nevada could hold key to aquatic evolution
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General & Hellos
Dec 26, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by FearlessFly
X-ray analysis confirms forged date on Lincoln pardon of Civil War soldier Alas, the forged date can't be removed without damaging the document.
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Music, Movies & Books
Dec 31, 2021Dec 2021

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What’s the Best Book of the Past 125 Years?
What’s the Best Book of the Past 5 Years? We Asked Readers to Decide. [nytimes.] . . . Alternative source : [today.in-24.]
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Silly, Random & Fun
Jan 1, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by FearlessFly
Have you seen the first image from JWST ?
. . . first image [i2.wp.com]
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Music, Movies & Books
Jan 3, 2022Jan 2022

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David Bowie’s Estate Sells ‘Entire Body of Work’ in Massive Publishing Deal Warner Chappell acquires hundreds of musician’s songs. The Bowie estate previously aligned with Warner Music Group in 2013 to handle the singer’s recorded catalog...
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