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Cometary impacts an unlikely pathway towards the origins of life on Earth

Posted by jnord on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @05:50AM
from the nature.com dept.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-74214-y

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France approves $11B tax based on content delivered to French subscribers

Posted by jnord on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:02AM
from the tomshardware.com dept.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/social-media/french-lawmakers-approve-usd11-2-billion-internet-tax-based-on-traffic-usage-costs-usd0-65-per-gigabyte-of-content-accessed-us-tech-giants-like-google-and-meta-face-new-levies-on-content-delivered-to-french-subscribers

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Anthropic to receive high 'junk' rating from credit agencies following IPO

Posted by jnord on Friday October 30, 2026 @07:08PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/anthropic-expected-to-receive-high-junk-rating-from-credit-agencies-following-ipo-report-says/

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Analysts find looming launch crisis is "more severe" than anticipated

Posted by jnord on Friday October 30, 2026 @07:07PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/analysts-find-looming-launch-crisis-is-more-severe-than-anticipated/

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Cohere says Alibaba's Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing

Posted by jnord on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:38PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/cohere-says-alibabas-qwen-model-tried-to-send-a-file-to-beijing/

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Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering

Posted by jnord on Friday October 23, 2026 @08:53PM
from the quantamagazine.org dept.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/malaria-parasite-caught-in-the-act-of-breaking-and-entering-20261023/

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DHS to test heat ray weapon for potential use at border

Posted by jnord on Thursday October 22, 2026 @04:18AM
from the cnn.com dept.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/heat-ray-weapon-dhs-pentagon

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Tech Journalist Robert X Cringely Has Died

Posted by jnord on Sunday October 18, 2026 @03:57AM
from the hillandwood.com dept.

https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Mark-Stephens?obId=49806651

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Can Monazite Help Secure the EV Magnet Supply Chain?

Posted by jnord on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:51PM
from the spectrum.ieee.org dept.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/monazite-rare-earth

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Has the AI Boom Impacted the U.S. Current Account?

Posted by jnord on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @08:37AM
from the libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org dept.

https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/has-the-ai-boom-impacted-the-u-s-current-account/

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Tech Workers Made ChatGPT Drive a Toyota Corolla

Posted by jnord on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @02:01AM
from the 404media.co dept.

https://www.404media.co/these-tech-workers-made-chatgpt-drive-a-toyota-corolla/

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Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial

Posted by jnord on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @08:23PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/most-powerful-obesity-drug-yet-people-lost-up-to-25-of-weight-in-trial/

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China broadens travel curbs to encompass family of top AI talent

Posted by jnord on Monday September 28, 2026 @07:46PM
from the business-standard.com dept.

https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-broadens-travel-curbs-to-encompass-family-of-top-ai-talent-126092801465_1.html

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There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before

Posted by jnord on Friday September 25, 2026 @06:32PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/theres-a-new-way-to-break-rsa-thats-faster-than-anything-weve-seen-before/

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No grades, no tests, no degree: Andreessen Horowitz launching builders' academy

Posted by jnord on Thursday September 24, 2026 @02:01AM
from the sfstandard.com dept.

https://sfstandard.com/2026/09/22/grades-tests-degree-andreessen-horowitz-launching-sf-academy-builders/

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NEC V20 CPU: A bit of pep for an XT

Posted by jnord on Monday September 21, 2026 @07:21AM
from the dfarq.homeip.net dept.

https://dfarq.homeip.net/nec-v20-cpu-a-bit-of-pep-for-an-xt/

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North Korean Hackers Posed as Recruiters. They Infected 30k Devices Worldwide

Posted by jnord on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:31AM
from the inc.com dept.

https://www.inc.com/kevin-haynes/north-korean-hackers-posed-as-recruiters-infected-30000-devices-worldwide/91408222

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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable

Posted by jnord on Saturday September 19, 2026 @07:22PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/19/ai-safety-conversations-have-gotten-unbelievable/

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Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin?

Posted by jnord on Friday September 18, 2026 @05:41AM
from the quantamagazine.org dept.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/where-does-the-quantum-world-end-and-ours-begin-20260917/

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Firefox 156 opens PDFs 45% faster, plus a few annoying bug fixes

Posted by jnord on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @06:27PM
from the pcworld.com dept.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3235795/firefox-156-opens-pdfs-45-percent-faster-plus-a-few-annoying-bug-fixes.html

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The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA's expectations

Posted by jnord on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @10:09PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/the-roman-telescope-has-enough-gas-for-22-years-double-nasas-expectations/

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For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit

Posted by jnord on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @01:17AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/for-the-first-time-the-us-military-confirms-it-has-deployed-weapons-in-orbit/

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Scientists Create a New Form of Ice at More Than 2000°C

Posted by jnord on Saturday September 12, 2026 @09:12PM
from the sciencealert.com dept.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-a-new-form-of-ice-at-more-than-2000-c

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Dark energy debunked? Cosmic acceleration may be an illusion

Posted by jnord on Thursday September 10, 2026 @04:25AM
from the sciencedaily.com dept.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260907201600.htm

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Teen Reading Slumps to Worst This Century Due to Surge in Screen Time

Posted by jnord on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:12PM
from the usnews.com dept.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-08/teen-reading-slumps-to-worst-this-century-due-to-surge-in-screen-time

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Feds accuse China of 'systematic' distillation of U.S. AI models

Posted by jnord on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:12PM
from the cyberscoop.com dept.

https://cyberscoop.com/us-accuses-chinese-ai-companies-distillation/

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Microsoft Plugs Nearly 1000 Security Holes

Posted by jnord on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:20PM
from the krebsonsecurity.com dept.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/microsoft-plugs-nearly-1000-security-holes/

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What Happened to Compuserve?

Posted by jnord on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @08:11AM
from the dfarq.homeip.net dept.

https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-compuserve/

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Are Central Banks Moving Out of Dollar Assets?

Posted by jnord on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @08:31PM
from the libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org dept.

https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/09/are-central-banks-moving-out-of-dollar-assets/

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BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors

Posted by jnord on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @08:40AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/well-executed-bgp-attack-uses-hijacked-ips-to-infect-real-networks/

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