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• Final Results of the MICROSCOPE Mission Confirms Einstein's Equivalence Principle

  15-10-2022 23:52 via science.slashdot.org
  Long-time Slashdot reader orsayman writes: Remember the MICROSCOPE satellite ? In 2017, based on its first results, scientists were able to confirm Einstein's equivalence principle (a key assumption in General Relativity) to unprecedented precision. Recently, they were able to improve precision by almost another order of magnitude by using all the data. Fortunately (or not) no violation of the principle was detected which could help physicists to improve their theories of quantum gravity. Appare
  
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• Elon Musk's Newest Venture: Selling a $100 Perfume

  15-10-2022 22:52 via idle.slashdot.org
  CNN reports:Elon Musk's latest internet jest has taken the form of a perfume with an unsavory scent: "Burnt Hair. "The tech mogul, entrepreneur and sometimes internet troll announced the launch of the product on Twitter on Tuesday, calling it "the finest fragrance on Earth." The perfume is apparently being sold on The Boring Company's website for $100 and will ship in the first quarter of 2023....
  The product is the successor to other Musk memes, like the $500 flamethrowers he sold in 2018 or th
  
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• Elon Musk Newest Venture: Selling a $100 Perfume

  15-10-2022 22:52 via idle.slashdot.org
  CNN reports:Elon Musk's latest internet jest has taken the form of a perfume with an unsavory scent: "Burnt Hair. "The tech mogul, entrepreneur and sometimes internet troll announced the launch of the product on Twitter on Tuesday, calling it "the finest fragrance on Earth." The perfume is apparently being sold on The Boring Company's website for $100 and will ship in the first quarter of 2023....
  The product is the successor to other Musk memes, like the $500 flamethrowers he sold in 2018 or th
  
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• Rats With (Part) Human Brains

  15-10-2022 21:34 via science.slashdot.org
  Long-time Slashdot reader mspohr shares a report from the Boston Globe's health-news site STAT:
  The scientist flicked on a laser, filling the rat's brain with blue light. The rodent, true to its past two weeks of training, scampered across its glass box to a tiny spout, where it was duly rewarded with a drink of water. From the outside, this would appear to be a pretty run-of-the-mill neuroscience experiment, except for the fact that the neurons directing the rat to its thirst-quenching reward d
  
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• Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' Prequel Ends Season One. What Did You Think?

  15-10-2022 20:34 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  Friday Amazon released the season finale for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. But Amazon's 8-episode first season "might have been best known for its extravagant price tag," jokes the Los Angeles Times. It ultimately cost $700 million — making it the most expensive TV show ever — and they note one viewer's assessment that "Visually, it's great. All the money in production shows..." (The Times' critic called it "visibly expensive.")
  But can you quantify whether the show is g
  
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• $3 Billion In Cryptocurrency Stolen This Year. So Far.

  15-10-2022 19:34 via yro.slashdot.org
  "Hackers are on a roll in 2022, stealing over $3 billion in cryptocurrency," writes Slashdot reader quonset (citing figures from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis). "And the year isn't over yet.
  "For comparison, in 2021, only $2.1 billion in crypto currency was stolen during the entire year."
  CBS News reports:
  A big chunk of that $3 billion, around $718 million, was taken this month in 11 different hacks, Chainalysis said in a series of tweets posted Wednesday. ctober is now the biggest mont
  
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• New 'Council for Responsible Social Media' Seeks Bipartisan Reforms

  15-10-2022 18:34 via yro.slashdot.org
  "Public officials in Washington for years have sparred along partisan lines over whether social media platforms take down too much or too little hate speech and misinformation," reports the Washington Post's politics/tech newsletter, The Technology 202.
  "A council launching this week aims to sidestep those disputes by proposing reforms that tackle issues of bipartisan concern, including children's safety and national security."
  The newly minted Council for Responsible Social Media, set up by the
  
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• Workers at a Second Apple Store Just Voted to Unionize

  15-10-2022 17:34 via apple.slashdot.org
  "Apple workers in Oklahoma City have voted to form the second-ever labor union at one of the company's US stores," reports CNN, "in the latest sign that organizing efforts are gaining traction inside and outside the tech and retail industries."In a preliminary tally by the National Labor Relations Board on Friday evening, 56 workers, or 64% of those casting ballots at the Penn Square Mall Apple store, voted to be represented the Communication Workers of America, and 32 voted against it. Turnout
  
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• Sweden's Incoming Cabinet Says New Reactors Will Be Built

  15-10-2022 16:34 via hardware.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Sweden's incoming government will ask state-run utility Vattenfall AB to add nuclear power stations as the economy becomes increasingly electrified. "New reactors will be built in Sweden," Ebba Busch, whose Christian Democrat party belongs to an alliance that won the most seats in last month's general election, said at a news conference Friday. The right-wing bloc is slated to become the Nordic nation's government in a parliamentary vote next w
  
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• Google Pixel 7 Series Only Support 64-bit Apps

  15-10-2022 15:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from XDA Developers: As it turns out, the Google Pixel 7 series appears to be the first set of Android smartphones that only support 64-bit applications. [Android expert Mishaal Rahman first reported the news.] Rahman later corrected himself to say that it's a 64-bit Zygote but a 32-bit and 64-bit userspace, not a 64-bit only build of Android 13 as initially reported. This certainly lends credence to the claim that the Google Pixel tablet may come with a 64-bi
  
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• iOS 16 VPN Tunnels Leak Data, Even When Lockdown Mode Is Enabled

  15-10-2022 12:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  AmiMoJo shares a report from MacRumors: iOS 16 continues to leak data outside an active VPN tunnel, even when Lockdown mode is enabled, security researchers have discovered. Speaking to MacRumors, security researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry explained that iOS 16's approach to VPN traffic is the same whether Lockdown mode is enabled or not. The news is significant since iOS has a persistent, unresolved issue with leaking data outside an active VPN tunnel.According to a report from privacy
  
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• US Opts To Not Rebuild Renowned Puerto Rico Telescope

  15-10-2022 09:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world's largest until it collapsed nearly two years ago. The Associated Press reports: Instead, the agency issued a solicitation for the creation of a $5 million education center at the site that would promote programs and partnerships related to science, technology, engineering and math. It also seeks the implementation of a research and workforce developme
  
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• Lufthansa Changes Mind, Now Says Apple AirTags Are Allowed on Luggage

  15-10-2022 05:30 via mobile.slashdot.org
  Apple AirTags "are allowed on Lufthansa flights," Lufthansa announced this week — the opposite of their position last Sunday, remembers SFGate:
  The airline insisted the tech was "dangerous" and referred to International Civil Aviation Organization guidelines (set by the United Nations's specialized agency that recommends air transport policy) stipulating that baggage trackers are subject to the dangerous goods regulations. ["Furthermore, due to their transmission function, the trackers mus
  
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• Is a 'Software Engineer' An Engineer? Alberta Regulator Says No, Riling the Province's Tech Sector

  15-10-2022 04:02 via news.slashdot.org
  Alberta's engineering regulator is in a fight with the province's technology sector, insisting anyone with the title "software engineer" must hold a permit -- and pay fees for that right. The Globe and Mail reports: The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA), has asked a court to order one of the province's leading software companies, Octopusapp, known as Jobber, to stop using the term "engineer" in job titles and postings unless it gets a permit from the regu
  
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• Shein Owner Fined $1.9 Million For Failing To Notify 39 Million Users of Data Breach

  15-10-2022 03:25 via it.slashdot.org
  Zoetop, the firm that owns Shein and its sister brand Romwe, has been fined (PDF) $1.9 million by New York for failing to properly disclose a data breach from 2018. TechCrunch reports: A cybersecurity attack that originated in 2018 resulted in the theft of 39 million Shein account credentials, including those of more than 375,000 New York residents, according to the AG's announcement. An investigation by the AG's office found that Zoetop only contacted "a fraction" of the 39 million compromised
  
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• Apple Is Adding a Savings Account To Apple Card

  15-10-2022 02:45 via news.slashdot.org
  Soon, Apple Card users will be able to open a "new high-yield Savings account," Apple says. There's just one hitch: Apple won't say what interest rate it's offering. There's also no specific timeline for when consumers can access these savings accounts. The Verge reports: Apple has been moving into fintech with the Apple Card, which it partners with Goldman Sachs on. As one of its perks, card users get Daily Cash, Apple's special branding on the more mundane cashback rewards, on their purchases.
  
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• FDA Officially Declares a Shortage of Adderall

  15-10-2022 02:02 via science.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The FDA has confirmed the nation is experiencing a shortage of Adderall after many pharmacies around the country have been unable to fill prescriptions and keep up with demand. The drug, which is also known as mixed amphetamine salts, is used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. "We will continue to monitor supply and assist manufacturers with anything needed to resolve the shortage and will update our website with
  
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• Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Found Guilty of Fraud

  15-10-2022 01:20 via yro.slashdot.org
  Trevor Milton, the founder and former chairman and CEO of electric heavy truck maker Nikola, was found guilty in federal court on Friday of three of four counts of fraud relating to false statements he made to drive up the value of Nikola's stock. CNBC reports: Milton was charged with two counts of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud, all related to statements he made about Nikola's business while he was chairman and CEO of the company. Jurors found him guilty on one count of securitie
  
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• SpaceX Splashes Down NASA Astronauts, Completing Crew-4 Mission

  15-10-2022 00:40 via science.slashdot.org
  SpaceX returned its fourth operational crew mission from the International Space Station on Friday, with the quartet of astronauts splashing down in the company's capsule off the coast of Florida. CNBC reports: The company's Crew Dragon spacecraft "Freedom" undocked from the ISS at around noon ET to begin the trip back to Earth, with splashdown happening around 5 p.m. ET. "Welcome home -- thanks for flying SpaceX," the company's mission control told the crew shortly after landing. "Thank you for
  
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• Alaska Cancels Snow Crab Season As Estimated 1 Billion Crabs Disappear

  15-10-2022 00:00 via news.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: In a major blow to America's seafood industry, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has, for the first time in state history, canceled the winter snow crab season in the Bering Sea due to their falling numbers. While restaurant menus will suffer, scientists worry what the sudden population plunge means for the health of the Arctic ecosystem. An estimated one billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared in two years, state officials said. It mar
  
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