Non-IT News Thread
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2019 has seen the most measles cases in 20 years, CDC says
A dangerous comeback
Measles just hit a major milestone as it spreads across the country, infecting the most people since the year 2000, when public health officials declared the virus eliminated in the US. -
NASA’s InSight spacecraft detects its first possible ‘marsquake’ on the Red Planet
Sadly, it was smaller than what NASA needs
NASA’s InSight lander, which has been sitting on the surface of Mars since November, just detected its first possible quake on the Red Planet. -
North Korea summit: Putin says Kim 'needs guarantees'
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un needs international security guarantees if he is to end his nuclear programme.
Such guarantees would need to be offered within a multinational framework, he added, following talks near Vladivostok in Russia's far east.
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Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks wiped out
Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather.
The catastrophe occurred in 2016 in Antarctica's Weddell Sea.
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US election 2020: Joe Biden launches presidential bid, joining crowded field
Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has declared a presidential bid, putting an end to months of speculation.
In a video announcement, Mr Biden argued that the "core values of the nation... our very democracy, everything that has made America America, is at stake".
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Tenerife cave: Son leads police to bodies of mother and brother
A little German boy's testimony led Spanish police to the bodies of his mother and 10-year-old brother in a cave on the island of Tenerife.
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Egypt Coptic monks sentenced to death for killing bishop
Two former Coptic Christian monks have been sentenced to death in Egypt over the murder of a bishop last year, officials have confirmed.
Bishop Epiphanius, 64, was found dead in a pool of blood in July 2018 at a desert monastery north-west of Cairo.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet—pay more for faster speeds
Users "are willing to pay a premium" for 500Mbps or 1Gbps, AT&T CEO says.
AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet—pay more for faster speeds | Ars Technica.I think that's all fine and good until you start trying to put data caps on your users.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet—pay more for faster speeds
Users "are willing to pay a premium" for 500Mbps or 1Gbps, AT&T CEO says.
AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet—pay more for faster speeds | Ars Technica.I think that's all fine and good until you start trying to put data caps on your users.
Yeah, which you hit SO much faster now.
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Cautious rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine, which is 39% effective
The vaccine will be used in pilot programs in three countries, under careful watch.
Sometimes, a vaccine is a slam dunk. Take the 97.5-percent-effective Ebola vaccine, for instance, or the 97-percent-effective measles vaccine. -
Massachusetts offshore wind project gets green light at roughly 8.9 cents/kWh
The Vineyard Wind project will also commit $15 million to battery development.
Last May, Massachusetts chose companies representing a project called Vineyard Wind to negotiate long-term contracts for an 800 megawatt (MW) offshore wind project that would serve some 400,000 homes. -
Signature of changing fundamental constants may hide in copper block
Simple as using an interferometer to measure length change in block of material.
Once upon a time, I was involved in an abortive attempt to measure the variation of the fundamental constants. -
NSA reportedly recommends retiring phone surveillance program
Program that analyzed Americans' calls and texts has become too burdensome, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.
The National Security Agency has recommended the White House abandon a controversial program that collects and analyzes data on millions of Americans' domestic calls and texts, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
NSA reportedly recommends retiring phone surveillance program
Program that analyzed Americans' calls and texts has become too burdensome, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.
The National Security Agency has recommended the White House abandon a controversial program that collects and analyzes data on millions of Americans' domestic calls and texts, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.Because they are tired of only listening to grandparents and hipsters, presumably.
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Check out the first pics of the asteroid crater made by a Japanese spacecraft
Hayabusa2 found its explosive creation
In the first week of April, a Japanese spacecraft blasted a small crater into an asteroid more than 180 million miles from Earth — and now we’ve finally got the first images of its explosive handy work. -
Russia launches sub that will carry doomsday nuke drone torpedo
Giant sub 27 years in the making, Belogrod is the mother of all "special project" boats.
On April 23, 2019, a hulking submarine named the K-139 Belgorod was christened and launched from Severodvinsk, Russia. -
New type of plastic is a recycling dream
These plastics can easily be disassembled to chemical building blocks.
Recycling sounds great in principle (because it is), but a frustrating number of devils lurk in the details. -
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US economy grows faster than expected
The US economy grew much faster than expected in the first quarter of the year, helped by a jump in exports and by firms building up stocks of goods.
The economy expanded at an annualised pace of 3.2% in the January-to-March period, well above analysts' forecasts.
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Trump denies paying North Korea for Warmbier treatment
President Trump has denied paying North Korea money for the medical care of comatose US student Otto Warmbier.
Warmbier was jailed in North Korea in 2015 during an organised tour and died after being returned to the US in a coma after 17 months in detention.
