Phys.org: Theorists calculate upper limit for possible quantization of time. https://phys.org/news/2020-06-theorists-upper-limit-quantization.html
Scientific American: China Reaches New Milestone in Space-Based Quantum Communications. https://www.scientificamerican.com/...estone-in-space-based-quantum-communications/
ScienceAlert: New Maps Reveal The True Size And Shape of Earth's 'Lost' 8th Continent Zealandia. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scie...e-recently-discovered-8th-continent-zealandia
Ars Technica: Chinese bank requires foreign firm to install app with covert backdoor. https://arstechnica.com/information...ign-firm-to-install-app-with-covert-backdoor/
Tech used badly: https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1277727809096605697?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw==&refsrc=email
BGR: A grapefruit-sized black hole may be hiding in our solar system. https://bgr.com/2020/07/12/black-hole-in-our-solar-system-planet-nine/
The Conversation UK: Are the Earth's magnetic poles about to swap places? Strange anomaly gives reassuring clue. https://theconversation.com/are-the...-strange-anomaly-gives-reassuring-clue-142859
Tom's Hardware: Report: Nvidia Approached Arm About Acquisition. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/report-nvidia-approached-arm-about-acquisition
I lived around the corner from them, in Cambridge, saw strikes under the Japanese owners... Interesting...
Wccftech: Intel Confirms 10nm Alder Lake Desktop CPUs Launching in 2H 2021, 7nm Delayed Till 2023. https://wccftech.com/intel-alder-lake-10nm-desktop-cpus-2h-2021-launch-7nm-delayed-till-2023/ ExtremeTech: New Corning Gorilla Glass Victus Can Survive a 6-Foot Drop. https://www.extremetech.com/computi...victus-can-survive-a-6-foot-drop?source=opera CBS News: Scientists reveal first-ever photo of a solar system like ours. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientists-reveal-first-ever-photo-of-a-solar-system-like-ours/ Futurism: Thanks to COVID, the Earth's Surface Is Shaking 50 Percent Less. https://futurism.com/the-byte/covid-earth-shaking-less
HuffPost: Explosive UFO Report In NYT Mentions 'Off-World Vehicles Not Made On This Earth'. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ufo-off-world-vehicles_n_5f1a5815c5b6296fbf404a07?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001
CNET: NASA to send stadium-size balloon skyward to study the cosmos. https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-to-send-stadium-sized-balloon-to-study-the-cosmos/ The Verge: You can now boot a Windows 95 PC inside Minecraft and play Doom on it. https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/25/21338092/minecraft-windows-95-pc-doom-vm-computers-mod Ars Technica: Your next smartphone will be a lot harder to scratch. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...e-will-be-a-lot-harder-to-scratch/?comments=1 Yahoo Finance: Intel ‘Stunning Failure’ Heralds End of Era for U.S. Chip Sector. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-stunning-failure-heralds-end-030711424.html
My sons might like the second one... As for Intel: crazy and counterproductive quarterly pressure on Anglo-American business is not helping! They should be able to play long(er) term like in EU. If not - they have no one to blame but the USofA business "culture"....
Circuit Breaker: Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5 standard promises 50 percent charge in less than five minutes. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbre...e-5-standard-usb-c-pd-pps-battery-fast-phones Eurogamer.net: 25 years later, Nintendo fans have finally found Luigi in Super Mario 64. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...ns-have-finally-found-luigi-in-super-mario-64 BGR: Google might be ‘spying’ on you to find the next WhatsApp. https://bgr.com/2020/07/26/google-android-lockbox-data-collection-program-spies-mobile-app-usage/ 9to5Google: [Update: More info] WhatsApp begins testing multi-device logins, improved search, chat clearing, more. https://9to5google.com/2020/07/27/whatsapp-multi-device-testing/ pennlive.com: Peaks of two meteor showers to share the night sky this week, maybe some fireballs. https://www.pennlive.com/life/2020/...night-sky-this-week-maybe-some-fireballs.html Yahoo! Voices: Man, This New Picture of Saturn. https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-picture-saturn-195200707.html Gizmodo: Extreme Chernobyl Fungus Could Protect Astronauts From Deadly Radiation. https://gizmodo.com/extreme-chernobyl-fungus-could-protect-astronauts-from-1844518002 The Next Web: This AI tool can identify individual birds with 90% accuracy. https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/...n-identify-individual-birds-with-90-accuracy/
PhoneArena: Tipster claims Exynos 990 inside the Galaxy Note 20 will be as fast as its Snapdragon counterpart. https://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-Note-20-will-have-an-improved-Exynos-990_id126241 Android Police: Carl Pei says the OnePlus Nord is coming to the US — just maybe not the same Nord. https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/...oming-to-the-us-just-maybe-not-the-same-nord/ The Verge: Face masks are breaking facial recognition algorithms, says new government study. https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/28/21344751/facial-recognition-face-masks-accuracy-nist-study SlashGear: Surface Duo teasers from Microsoft execs suggest it’s almost here. https://www.slashgear.com/surface-duo-teasers-from-microsoft-execs-suggest-its-almost-here-26630702/
Forbes: ‘BootHole’ Secure Boot Threat Found In Most Every Linux Distro, Windows 8 And 10. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...untu-redhat-suse-debian-citrix-oracle-vmware/ Ars Technica: Google wants Samsung to kill Bixby, Galaxy App Store. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/google-wants-samsung-to-kill-bixby-galaxy-app-store/ Yahoo Finance: Exclusive: Arizona leads multi-state probe into older iPhones slowing, shutting down. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-arizona-leads-multi-state-191149196.html ZDNet: New tool detects shadow admin accounts in AWS and Azure environments. https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-tool-detects-shadow-admin-accounts-in-aws-and-azure-environments/ ScienceAlert: Scientists Have 'Woken Up' Microbes Trapped Under The Seafloor For 100 Million Years. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scie...pped-under-the-seafloor-for-100-million-years Phys.org: Steps toward room-temperature superconductivity. https://phys.org/news/2020-07-room-temperature-superconductivity.html Phys.org: Astrophysicists investigate the possibility of life below the surface of Mars. https://phys.org/news/2020-07-astrophysicists-possibility-life-surface-mars.html Phys.org: 'Quantum negativity' can power ultra-precise measurements. https://phys.org/news/2020-07-quantum-negativity-power-ultra-precise.html
https://www.researchgate.net/public...-2_replication_and_synergizes_with_remdesivir Abstract The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, is a global threat to human health. By in vitro screening and biochemical characterization, we identified the hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor simeprevir as an especially promising repurposable drug for treating COVID-19. We also revealed that simeprevir synergizes with the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) inhibitor remdesivir to suppress the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro. Our results provide preclinical rationale for the combination treatment of simeprevir and remdesivir for the pharmacological management of COVID- 19 patients. These guys are funded by the taxpayers and they immediately share their insights with the rest of the world... Unlike commercial buggers...