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Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods - Enlarge / The newly described deposits (left) have their shapes highlig... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959934 #planetaryscience #originoflife #science #rovers #water #mars #nasa

Supreme Court denies Epic’s request to open up App Store payments during appeals - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto)

The Supreme Court We... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959938 #supremecourt #9thcircuit #applevepic #epicgames #appstore #fortnite #gaming #apple #tech

Hydrogen-powered planes almost ready for takeoff - Enlarge / Airbus will be testing hydrogen power on a commercial airline... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959634 #renewableenergy #sustainability #aircraft #aviation #hydrogen #science #green

Amazon won’t stop sending tortured woman unwanted boxes of shoes - Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg)

Amazon s... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959917 #uncategorized #policy

“Downfall” bug affects years of Intel CPUs, can leak encryption keys and more - Enlarge / An 8th-generation Intel Core desktop CPU, one of several CPU ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959890 #amdthreadripper #vulnerability #servercpus #intelcore #intelcpus #intelxeon #security #amdryzen #amdepyc #biz⁢ #intel #tech

Pentagon Launches AI Competition To Solicit Help Securing Computer Systems - DARPA, the Pentagon agency that funds moonshot technology innovations, is hosting ... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/185246/pentagon-launches-ai-competition-to-solicit-help-securing-computer-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

3D Print Your Own Seiko-Style “Magic Lever” Energy Harvester - Back in 1956, Seiko created their “magic lever” as an integral part of self-windin... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/09/3d-print-your-own-seiko-style-magic-lever-energy-harvester/ #energyharvesting #mechanicalenergy #selfwinding #greenhacks #magiclever #ratchet #seiko

Researchers discover algorithm to create shapes that roll down pre-determined paths - Lopsided solids promise applications in quantum mechanics and medicine Researchers have d... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/trajectoids_study/

Say hello to Downfall, another data-leaking security hole in several years of Intel chips - It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that the boffins are at it again Black Hat... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/google_intel_downfall/

Heart Attacks Are Rising in Young Adults - National Geographic: Research does show that heart attacks, also called myocardial... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/1532231/heart-attacks-are-rising-in-young-adults?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #science

Google is helping pilots route flights to create fewer contrails, which is better for the climate - A plane flying over Barcelona airport in March 2023. | Pho... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23825771/google-american-airlines-ai-flights-contrails-climate-change

Where have all the fitness bands gone? - A $50 fitness band like the Amazfit Band 7 is a rare sight... - https://www.theverge.com/23820207/fitness-bands-less-popular-wearables-smartwatches

Roblox is aiming for Westworld-like ease of design with generative AI tools - Illustration: The Verge

Roblox CEO David Baszucki ... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826070/roblox-generative-ai-westworld-playstation-switch

Getting AAA games working in Linux sometimes requires concealing your GPU - Enlarge / There are some energies you should not tap for sorcery, somet... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959896 #linuxgaming #intelarc #gaming #proton #intel #linux #gpus #xess

2023 Hackaday Prize: A Reinvented Solar Tracker - It probably goes without saying that solar panels need to be pointed at the sun fo... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/09/2023-hackaday-prize-a-reinvented-solar-tracker/ #2023hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #renewableenergy #solartracker #greenhacks #solarhacks #solarpanel

Verizon Raises Prices Again as Wireless Customer Growth Slows - Verizon Communications is raising prices on some existing wireless plans to help b... - https://slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/161217/verizon-raises-prices-again-as-wireless-customer-growth-slows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #verizon

Apple Can Keep App Store Rules for Now as Top Court Spurns Epic - The US Supreme Court let Apple keep its App Store payment rules in place for the t... - https://apple.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/1759221/apple-can-keep-app-store-rules-for-now-as-top-court-spurns-epic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #court

Rapid7 prepares to toss 18% of workforce to cut costs - Operating expenses almost as high as actual turnover in latest quarterly numbers Rapid7 i... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/rapid_7_redundancies/

San Francisco Balks at Expanding Driverless Car Services on City’s Roads - Local officials are worried that state regulators are too eager about a plan by the compa... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/technology/san-francisco-driverless-cars.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #driverlessandsemiautonomousvehicles #californiapublicutilitiescommission #trafficaccidentsandsafety #carservicesandliverycabs #cruisellc #waymo

Special Counsel Obtained Search Warrant for Trump’s Twitter Account - The warrant, obtained in January, adds a new dimension to the scope of the federal inquir... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/politics/trump-twitter-account-search-warrant.html #federalcriminalcaseagainsttrump(2020electioncase) #smithjack(attorney) #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia #twitter