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2191.
Self-Watering Soil Could Transform Farming
A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants, potentially expanding the map of farmable land around the globe to previously inhospitable places and reducing water use in agriculture at a time of growing droughts.
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How to switch an old Windows laptop to Linux
If you’d rather have a Windows 7-like interface on your old computer, try installing Linux Mint.
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2193.
Scientists 3D print microscopic Star Trek spaceship that moves on its own
A team of physicists at a university in the Netherlands have 3D-printed a microscopic version of the USS Voyager, an Intrepid-class starship from Star Trek.
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Linux version of RansomEXX ransomware discovered
This marks the first time a major Windows ransomware strain has been ported to Linux to aid hackers in their targeted intrusions.
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Trump has told people he has no plans to concede even if his path to victory is blocked
Facing a disappearing pathway to victory, President Donald Trump offered little indication on Friday he was prepared to concede defeat, leading those around him to wonder who might be able to reckon with a leader who has given virtually no thought to leaving the White House.
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Apple will require privacy "nutrition labels" from developers starting December 8th
Apple debuted a collection of privacy features when it announced iOS 14, but the company’s privacy “nutrition label” concept did not arrive with the launch of the new operating system in September. Today, Apple announced that developers will be required to provide the information for those “labels” starting December 8th.
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World first: Dutch brewery burns iron as a clean, recyclable fuel
Many industries use heat-intensive processes that generally require the burning of fossil fuels, but a surprising green fuel alternative is emerging in the form of metal powders.
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Arm has launched a CPU monster that will get Intel and AMD very worried
Designed to power the next-gen always-on portables
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2199.
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil. His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots. Biden crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.
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The EU is about to announce new rules for Big Tech — and there’s not much they can do about it
The Digital Services Act, due to be presented in early December, is expected to overhaul the management of content on platforms like Google and Facebook.
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A mini-LED iPad Pro could launch as soon as the first quarter of 2021
Apple will reportedly launch a new iPad Pro with a mini-LED screen in the first quarter of next year with LG Display set to provide the part.
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Dell enables Linux hardware privacy controls
Do you want to make sure your webcam and microphone are off? Dell's adding code into Linux to support its hardware privacy controls.
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Bitcoin: $1bn address with Silk Road links 'being transferred'
The mysterious online wallet is said to be the world's fourth-richest Bitcoin address.
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Sony’s Breakthrough Spatial Reality Display
Owing to the rapid growth of technological advancement, no company is leaving scope for lagging behind. Sony is among those companies that are changing the way we think and is constantly progressing towards building innovations one after the other.
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AMC’s revenue plummets by more than 90 percent as theaters remain empty
AMC Theaters is still struggling to find its footing in the middle of the pandemic.
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Trump-loving pastor contracts COVID-19 after suggesting that prayer protects against the virus
In a video posted back in March during the early days of coronavirus lockdowns, right-wing pastor Rick Joyner claimed that the United States has one of the lowest coronavirus death rates in the world.
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Shell’s climate poll on Twitter backfires spectacularly
A climate poll on Twitter posted by Shell has backfired spectacularly, with the oil company accused of gaslighting the public. The survey, posted on Tuesday morning, asked: “What are you willing to change to help reduce emissions?”
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2208.
One Good Thing: Trump first president since Carter not to drag America into foreign wars
The good thing to come out of Donald Trump’s four years in power is that he has not sent America into war overseas, joining the Democrats’ Jimmy Carter as the only other president since 1950 to show such restraint.
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Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is...
It's important patients taking prescribed medicinal cannabis products are not unduly penalised. But it's equally important we minimise the chance drivers put themselves or other road users at risk.
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Linux Mint introduces its own take on the Chromium web browser
Mint's developers, with some new hardware, have taken on the job of compiling and releasing Mint's own version of the open-source Chromium web browser.
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What it's like to get locked out of Google indefinitely
"I'm angry at myself for not having even thought of the possibility I could lose my Google account with everything in it."
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After 20 years of service, the Space Station flies into an uncertain future
"We do have to think about the fact that 20 years is a long time."
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It's 2020. Why Do Printers Still Suck?
Decades of dealing with paper jams and overpriced ink cartridges are an effective recipe for high blood pressure.
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WhatsApp is now delivering roughly 100 billion messages a day
WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging app owned by Facebook, is now delivering roughly 100 billion messages a day, the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said at the quarterly earnings call Thursday.
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Sony is reportedly close to buying Crunchyroll for nearly $1 billion
Crunchyroll’s parent company, AT&T, is keen to sell.
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Mouth Bacteria Have Been Linked to Severe Forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The human body is a league of nations for an unfathomable variety of microbes, kept in check by complex relationships with our immune system and carefully crafted truces with each other.
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Ecotricity founder to grow diamonds 'made entirely from the sky'
UK millionaire Dale Vince says lab-grown gems will be ‘world’s first zero-impact’ diamonds
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2218.
Nissan Actively Discourages Battery Replacement on the Leaf, Upset Owner Claims
Being one of the early makers of all-electric vehicles, Nissan has had a fair share of issues with the Leaf, mostly regarding battery performance, battery degradation and battery replacement. It’s still struggling on that last count, according to one owner.
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2219.
Gray Wolves To Be Removed From Endangered Species List
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing federal protections for gray wolves in the contiguous U.S., saying the species' recovery is a success. Wildlife groups are promising to sue.
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2220.
Spy agency ducks questions about 'back doors' in tech products
The U.S. National Security Agency is rebuffing efforts by a leading Congressional critic to determine whether it is continuing to place so-called back doors into commercial technology products, in a controversial practice...
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