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Submission + - A new life for old AM broadcast towers

Submitted by Esther Schindler
Esther Schindler writes: Video may have killed the radio star, but other media certainly make old AM radio towers superfluous. ...Maybe.

As once-loyal listeners tune away, most AM stations are barely holding onto life, slashing staff and budgets as deeply as they can while struggling to find a return to profitability. Once upon a time, having a broadcast license of any kind was like having a permit to print money. In today’s world, that's no longer true.

But, with 10,000 AM broadcast towers in the United States, stretching high into the sky, there may be an opportunity for wireless carriers who don't want to argue with community opposition from neighborhoods where residents don't want yet another cell tower. The amount of money an AM station owner can pocket by sharing its tower with a wireless partner varies widely, depending on the tower's location, height, and several other factors. But it's certainly more income — and a way to keep "old" technology from becoming obsolete.

Submission + - SPAM: 'Spooky Action' Has Been Demonstrated on a Massive Scale For The First Time

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: For the first time, scientists have managed to show quantum entanglement – which Einstein famously described as "spooky action at a distance" – happening between macroscopic objects, a major step forward in our understanding of quantum physics.

Quantum entanglement links particles in a way that they instantly affect each other, even over vast distances. On the surface, this powerful bond defies classical physics and, generally, our understanding of reality, which is why Einstein found it so spooky. But the phenomenon has since become a cornerstone of modern technology.

Still, up until now quantum entanglement has only been demonstrated to work at the smallest of scales, in systems based on light and atoms, for example.

Any attempt to increase the sizes has caused problems with stability, with the slightest of environmental disturbances breaking the connection.

But new research changes all of this, by demonstrating that this 'spooky action' can indeed be a reality between massive objects.

We're not talking massive in the black hole sense but in the macroscopic sense – two 15-micrometre-wide vibrating drum heads.

And the next step will be to test whether those vibrations are being teleported between the two objects.
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Submission + - Are there any non-evil email providers out there these days? 5

Submitted by Shane_Optima
Shane_Optima writes: I've just been locked out of my own Gmail account, yet again, on the basis of behavioral profiling. I'm not even sure I'll be able to get back in this time, since I had the audacity to move 300 miles *and* get a different phone number since the last time I logged in to that account. The last time this happened, I tried to prevent it from happening again with any of my accounts by setting security questions (which I normally give garbage answers to), only to discover that Gmail no longer supports them. What was Google's old unofficial motto, I swear it's on the tip of my tongue...

So anyway, I'm thinking it might be nice to be able to change ISPs, go a few weeks without checking the inbox, perhaps even use a VPN now and then without the default assumption being that I am a Chinese hacker. In short, I would prefer to use something utilizing a radical security model wherein possession of my password (randomized, and not used for anything else) is the only credential needed for accessing my email.

Are there any major web mail providers left that haven't embraced this godawful band-aid approach to security?

(I may not be a hard core anonymity nut, but I would also prefer to sign up for an email account without providing a driver's license photo / social security number / DNA sample.)

Submission + - My Initial Impressions of Google's New Gmail User Interface (vortex.com)

Submitted by Lauren Weinstein
Lauren Weinstein writes: Google launched general access to their first significant Gmail user interface (UI) redesign in many years today. It’s rolling out gradually — when it hits your account you’ll see a “Try the new Gmail” choice under the settings (“gear”) icon on the upper right of the page (you can also revert to the “classic” interface for now, via the same menu).

But you probably won’t need to revert. Google clearly didn’t want to screw up Gmail, and my initial impression is that they’ve succeeded by avoiding radical changes in the UI. I’ll bet that some casual Gmail users might not even immediately notice the differences.

Submission + - Largest Star Map Ever Drops Online, Thanks to the ESA (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by S810
S810 writes: The European Space Agency has released a treasure trove of data from its Gaia Spacecraft; totaling around 1.7 billion stars. This star map is the largest of it's kind to date. In addition to the star map, the data also contains motion and color data of 1.3 billion stars relative to the Sun.

From the article, the data also includes "...radial velocities, amount of dust, and surface temperatures of lots of stars, and a catalogue of over 14,000 Solar System objects, including asteroids."

Submission + - Incredible New Gif Shows Cosmic 'Snow' on the Surface of a Comet (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by Press2ToContinue
Press2ToContinue writes: What you’re looking at is the surface of the comet 67p/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which is orbited by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe. The photo comes from Rosetta’s OSIRIS, or Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System. The raw data was collected on June 1, 2016, and posted publicly on March 22 of this year.

Submission + - Amazon abets money laundering

Submitted by DavidHumus
DavidHumus writes: Need to launder some ill-gotten gains? Simply advertise someone else's book on Amazon but charge a substantial premium, then buy the book and pocket the clean money you receive as the seller.

This scam has prompted at least one author to give away his books for free: http://mebfaber.com/2018/04/18... .

Comment Re:It is reflecting the stock market of today? (Score 1) 154

by emaname (#56078329) Attached to: US Startups Don't Want To Go Public Anymore

You nailed it. I've been pitching that to anyone who will listen.

I worked for a medical device company that had exactly that operational philosophy. We grew from a small business that wasn't even ranked in terms of influence in the market and wound up being number one in two of the major areas for hospital equipment. We beat out competitors like HP, Siemens, and Spacelabs.

It was specifically due to that philosophy. The founders focused on taking care of the employees and the customers. And success followed. Pure and simple. When we had a good month, we celebrated. That was just one of the benefits that made the employees feel like they shared in the success. So we were seriously motivated to do our absolute best each and every month.

Then GE bought us and it was over.

Turns out Jack doesn't know jack.

Comment Self Interest (Score 1) 181

by emaname (#56064449) Attached to: Wells Fargo Hit With 'Unprecedented' Punishment Over Fake Accounts

Wells Fargo is ANOTHER example of why there needs to be regulation.

The economic concept of "self interest" can mutate easily into "greed". When that happens, destructive behaviors are the result.

To think we can have a marketplace without any oversight or regulation is at best naive; more likely wilfully ignorant.

Comment Re:This is a BS article.. (Score 2) 412

There is practically NO competition at the insurer/provider level. This has been remove from the system through regulatory capture and other techniques for a lot time now, and the price is being paid.

Brilliant! THANK YOU! And yes, I meant to use all caps for that.

Finally someone who understands what has happened to our government.

I'm tired of hearing the term "big government" or the claim that it's the source of all our problems. That is a distraction from the real cause which is big business which now essentially owns the government. That allows them to generate the influence to effect regulatory capture. This is why people have been saying "we are owned."

For me, the day "Citizens Divided" passed was the end of our democracy. And that should be the name of that crap rationalization of a legal concept. Calling it "united" was a slap in the face to all of America. That was the "owners" version of giving us a spoonful of sugar to help swallow the poison.

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