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Friday, July 31, 2020

8-Fold Circular Geometry Discovered in German Wheat Field.

  “I just find it fascinating because you cannot really explain how they happen. It is just a moment where you have something you can’t explain when these days everything always has to be explained, it’s a thing that pushes the limits of this ‘explainer model’  that we have.” — Rainer Bartesch, German visitor to …

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William English, Who Helped Build the Computer Mouse, Dies at 91


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Florida Teenager Is Charged as ‘Mastermind’ of Twitter Hack


By BY KATE CONGER AND NATHANIEL POPPER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Xh4uqp

Microsoft Said to Be in Talks to Buy TikTok, as Trump Weighs Curtailing App


By BY MIKE ISAAC AND ANA SWANSON from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3ffa42U

Amazon Wins Without Even Trying


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I Tried to Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible.


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Thursday, July 30, 2020

The Economy Is in Record Decline, but Not for the Tech Giants


By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI, KAREN WEISE, JACK NICAS AND MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/30eTE69

NASA’s Perseverance Spacecraft Has Launched for Mars!

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lifted off successfully today, July 30, 2020, at 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station near Orlando, Florida. By February 2021, Perseverance — with its Ingenuity helicopter and technology to look for evidence of life on Mars,  past and present — …

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Big Tech’s Backlash Is Just Starting


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Grilled by Lawmakers, Big Tech Turns Up the Gaslight


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‘This Is a New Phase’: Europe Shifts Tactics to Limit Tech’s Power


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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Lawmakers, United in Their Ire, Lash Out at Big Tech’s Leaders


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Here’s a tally of the C.E.O.s’ catchphrases. Follow along as we update it live.


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Democrats dig in with accusations of anticompetitive behavior.


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Watch live: Lawmakers resume questioning of executives.


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Republicans immediately raise bias concerns about platforms.


By BY DAVID MCCABE AND CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/30afS9u

Lawmaker: Americans should not ‘bow before the emperors of the online economy.’


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The C.E.O.s are testifying remotely, using Cisco’s Webex videoconferencing.


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Watch live: C.E.O.s begin to answer lawmaker questions.


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Big Tech’s rivals spoke out ahead of the hearing.


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Trump administration asks F.C.C. to narrow protections for tech companies.


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Commerce Department Asks F.C.C. to Narrow Protections for Web Platforms


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Don’t (only) blame Congress if this hearing goes off the rails.


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Coming up: The C.E.O.s will face lawmakers at 1 p.m. Eastern.


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What to expect from the hearing.


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Congress Doesn’t Get Big Tech. By Design.


By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3hGSwOC

The C.E.O.s will testify remotely, using Cisco’s Webex videoconferencing.


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Coming up: C.E.O.s face lawmakers


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Big Tech’s rivals are speaking out ahead of the hearing.


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Bezos gets his first experience in the hot seat.


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There are many investigations into the tech companies. Here’s where they all stand.


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Today’s hearing has echoes of Bill Gates, 22 years ago.


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Here’s what to expect from the hearing.


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How to Fight Against Big Tech’s Power


By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/39Oo1Ut

A Handbook to Today’s Tech Hearing


By BY JACK NICAS, DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI, KAREN WEISE AND MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3135WxY

Monday, July 27, 2020

Friday, July 24, 2020

Materials Retrieved from “Off-World Vehicles Not Made On This Earth.”

  There are UAP/UFO “materials we couldn’t make ourselves” from “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.” — Eric W. Davis, Ph.D., Astrophysicist, The Aerospace Corporation, in The New York Times, July 24, 2020       July 24, 2020  Albuquerque, New Mexico – The micron-layered metal above is one of the materials that astrophysicist …

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Digital Habits Are Hard to Break


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How a Tech-Funded Think Tank Influences Global Antitrust Regulators


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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Twitter Takedown Targets QAnon Accounts


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United Arab Emirates Has Launched Its First Mission to Mars. Next up: China Rover Followed by USA’s Perseverance.

  “It’s a very small target. It’s equivalent to an archer hitting a two-millimeter target, one kilometer away. So this is not for the faint of heart.” — Pete Withnell, Ph.D., Manager of the U.A.E. Mars mission and Program Manager, of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Louisville, Colorado.   …

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Beware the ‘But China’ Excuses


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Major Security Flaws Found in South Korea Quarantine App


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How Fake Reviews Hurt Us and Amazon

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