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Submission + - American Factories Are Making Stuff Again as CEOs Take Production Out of China (bloomberg.com) 1

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: There has been a sense in financial circles that the fever among American executives to shorten supply lines and bring production back home would prove short-lived. As soon as the pandemic started to fade, so too would the fad, the thinking went.

And yet, two years in, not only is the trend still alive, it appears to be rapidly accelerating.

“This is just economics,” says one executive who made the move

Submission + - Coronal Mass Ejection Reaches Earth on Sunday Night (spaceweatherlive.com)

Submitted by PuddleBoy
PuddleBoy writes: "A very long duration C3.1 solar flare peaked yesterday [03.10.2022] at 20:55 UTC. ... A coronal mass ejection was launched into space and is highly likely to arrive at Earth.

"... The solar flare lasted for hours and launched an asymmetrical full halo coronal mass ejection into space. Most of the ejecta is heading north-west but a significant part of the plasma cloud is expected to arrive at our planet. The coronal mass ejection was launched at a speed of about 600km/s which is a fairly average speed. This puts the likely arrival time at Earth late on Sunday, 13 March."

Submission + - SPAM: India accidentally fires missile into Pakistan

Submitted by ami.one
ami.one writes: India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan on Wednesday, blaming the incident on a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance.

Delhi said it was "deeply regrettable" and expressed relief no one was killed.

Pakistan's military said a "high-speed flying object" had crashed near the eastern city of Mian Channu and its flight path had endangered passenger flights.

Both countries have nuclear weapons.

In a statement, India's defence ministry said: "On 9 March 2022, in the course of routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile. The Government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry."

Islamabad warned Delhi to "be mindful of the unpleasant consequences of such negligence" and to avoid a repeat. The object had been launched from Sirsa in Haryana state, it said.

Pakistan's air force said the missile travelled at Mach 3 — three times the speed of sound — at an altitude of 12,000m (40,000ft) and flew 124km (77 miles) in Pakistani airspace before crashing.

"The flight path of this object endangered many national and international passenger flights both in Indian and Pakistani airspace, as well as human life and property of ground," said Pakistani military spokesman Major-General Babar Iftikharon Thursday.

On Friday, Pakistan's foreign ministry said it had summoned India's chargé d'affaires to complain about the incident.

Pakistan also urged India to share the findings of its investigation into what happened.
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Submission + - Gaming-GPU powered telescope aims to solve enigmatic flashes from Universe (astron.nl)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Every day, thousands of "Fast Radio Bursts" appear in the sky, for a millisecond each. These must be enormous explosions billions of light years away, perhaps by neutron stars of black holes. To better understand these FRBs, ASTRON (the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) recently designed and built high-speed wide-field radio cameras on its highly sensitive radio telescope array in Westerbork. Since today, these cameras have new brains: the most powerful supercomputer in the Netherlands. It consists of 200 NVIDIA 1080 Ti GPU cards and searches through more data than the entire internet of its host country. Because it does this in real-time it will immediately alert astronomers and the public around the world of new detections.

Submission + - Chinese Smartphone Manufacturer OnePlus Annouces Credit Card Breach (theverge.com)

Submitted by sqorbit
sqorbit writes: OnePlus, a manufacturer of an inexpensive smartphone meant to compete with the iPhone, states that data from 40,000 customers credit card information was stolen while purchasing phones. Although only recently announcing the breach OnePlus states the the script stealing information had been running since November. It is not clear whether this was a remote attack or the attack happened from within the company. Credit purchases on the OnePlus site have been suspended and will remain that way while an investigation takes place.

Submission + - New Blood Test That Screens For Presence Of Cancer Already 70% Effective (bbc.com)

Submitted by dryriver
dryriver writes: Scientists have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine — a universal blood test for cancer. A team at Johns Hopkins University has trialled a method that detects eight common forms of the disease. Their vision is an annual test designed to catch cancer early and save lives. UK experts said it was "enormously exciting". However, one said more work was needed to assess the test's effectiveness at detecting early-stage cancers. Tumours release tiny traces of their mutated DNA and proteins they make into the bloodstream. The CancerSEEK test looks for mutations in 16 genes that regularly arise in cancer and eight proteins that are often released. It was trialled on 1,005 patients with cancers in the ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, oesophagus, colon, lung or breast that had not yet spread to other tissues. Overall, the test found 70% of the cancers. In some cases, the test also provided information about the tissue-of-origin of the cancer — a feat that has been difficult in past. Dr Cristian Tomasetti, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told the BBC: "This field of early detection is critical. "I think this can have an enormous impact on cancer mortality." The earlier a cancer is found, the greater the chance of being able to treat it. Five of the eight cancers investigated have no screening programmes for early detection. Pancreatic cancer has so few symptoms and is detected so late that four in five patients die in the year they are diagnosed. Finding tumours when they could still be surgically removed would be "a night and day difference" for survival, said Dr Tomasetti.

Submission + - You could soon be manufacturing your own drugs—thanks to 3D printing (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: Forget those long lines at the pharmacy: Someday soon, you might be making your own medicines at home. That’s because researchers have tailored a 3D printer to synthesize pharmaceuticals and other chemicals from simple, widely available starting compounds fed into a series of water bottle–size reactors. The work, they say, could digitize chemistry, allowing users to synthesize almost any compound anywhere in the world.

“It could become a milestone paper, a really seminal paper,” says Fraser Stoddart, a chemist and chemistry Nobel laureate at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who was not involved with the work. “This is one of those articles that has to make [people] sit up and take notice.”

Submission + - How would you explain Einstein's theories to a nine-year-old? 2

Submitted by SiggyRadiation
SiggyRadiation writes: A few days ago my 9 year old son asked me why Albert Einstein was so famous. I decided not just to start with the famous formula E=MC2, because that just seemed to be the easy way out.

So I tried to explain what mass is and energy. Then I asked him to try to explain gravity to me. The earth pulls at you because it has a lot of mass. But how come that the earth can influence your body, pull your feet to the ground, without actually toughing you? Why is it that one thing (the earth) can influence something else (you) without actually being connected? Isn’t that weird? Now Einstein figured out how energy, mass and gravity work and are related to each other. This is where our conversation ended.

Afterwards I thought: this might be a nice question to ask on Slashdot; how would I continue this discussion to explain it to him further? Of course, with the goal of further feeding his interest in physics.

Submission + - Beware new "can you hear me" telephone scam (cbsnews.com)

Submitted by Paul Fernhout
Paul Fernhout writes: CBS News informs us: "The "can you hear me" con is actually a variation on earlier scams aimed at getting the victim to say the word "yes" in a phone conversation. That affirmative response is recorded by the fraudster and used to authorize unwanted charges on a phone or utility bill or on a purloined credit card. ... If you do answer a call from an unfamiliar number, be skeptical of strangers asking questions that would normally elicit a "yes " response. The question doesn't have to be "can you hear me? " It could be "are you the lady of the house? "; "do you pay the household telephone bills?"; "are you the homeowner?"; or any number of similar yes/no questions. A reasonable response to any of these questions is: "Who are you, and why do you want to know?""

Submission + - Here's Where Google Hid the SSL Certificate Information That You May Need (vortex.com)

Submitted by Lauren Weinstein
Lauren Weinstein writes: Up to now for the stable version of Chrome, you simply clicked the little green padlock icon on an https: connection, clicked on the “Details” link that appeared, and a panel then opened that gave you that status, along with an obvious button to click for viewing the actual certificate data such as Organization, issuance and expiration dates, etc.

Suddenly, that “Details” link no longer is present. Seemingly, Google just doesn’t feel that “ordinary” users need to look at that data these days.

Submission + - Actor John Hurt dies at age 77

Submitted by necro81
necro81 writes: A fantastic chameleon of the stage and screen has died. Sir John Hurt passed away at age 77 today. Slashdot readers should recognize him as the first person to have a xenomorph burst from his chest in the original Alien (a scene he later parodied in Spaceballs . Others may recall he played the downtrodden protagonist Winston Smith in the film adaption of 1984 , then later played the tyrannical High Chancellor in V for Vendetta . Also: the titular character in The Elephant Man, Caligula in I, Claudius, Ollivander in the Harry Potter films and, more recently, Gilliam in Snowpiercer. But his career spanned decades and genres, and our world is a bit meeker and colorless without him.

Submission + - Tostitos Breathalyzer Bags Can Detect if You're Drunk—and They'll Even Cal (mashable.com) 1

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Now that we know who will be playing in the Super Bowl this year, everyone is gearing up for their parties. Without a doubt, 7-layer dips, pizza delivery, and beer will make appearances in homes across the country. But where the beer floweth and the excitement runs high, there is bound to be intoxication. That's where Tostitos comes in. At least this year.

The corn chip giant has developed a special bag, available for a limited time, that can detect if you've had too much to drink. Super Bowl Sunday usually sees a high rate of alcohol-related accidents and deaths. With the goal of preventing intoxicated football fans from driving after the big game, the all-black packaging changes if it detects trace levels of alcohol on your breath. If it does, a red steering wheel and the words "Don't Drink and Drive" appear on the bag. If no alcohol is detected, a green circle appears instead.

Mashable reports:

If it decides you've been drinking — regardless of how much — an image of a red steering wheel appears on the otherwise stark black bag along with a reminder not to drive and a code for a $10 Uber discount (valid only on Super Bowl Sunday). And if you've had so much to drink that the mere act of hailing an Uber becomes a difficult chore, the bag will even do that for you. The package is equipped with near-field communication technology that will automatically order a ride when tapped with a smartphone.

Submission + - Trump's Executive Order Eliminates Privacy Act Protections for Foreigners

Submitted by Kernel Kurtz
Kernel Kurtz writes: January 28 is supposed to be Data Privacy Day, so it seems fitting in an alternative sort of way that US President Trump just signed an executive order that eliminates Privacy Act protections for foreigners. As a non-American, I find it curious that the person who says he wants to bring jobs to America is simply confirming the post-Snowden belief that America is not a safe place to do business. Does anyone else see a conflict here?

Submission + - Android Circuit: Galaxy S8 Delayed, Pixel XL Fights iPhone 7 Plus, Donald Trump' (forbes.com)

Submitted by Linivera
Linivera writes: Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week’s Android Circuit includes Samsung delaying the Galaxy S8, Samsung's new screen design, details on the Note 7 battery fires, the leaked Nokia Heart, the iPhone 7 Plus vs the Google Pixel XL, the hoarding of the SnapDragon 835, Hugo Barra leaving Xiaomi, and Donald Trump's smartphone.

Submission + - So maybe this is just my ignorance??? 1

Submitted by Dave Barrineau
Dave Barrineau writes: I just tried to give Facebook some feed back, nothing bad at all just an enhancement where I found a post from a group I'd like to share. Tried to find a link where I could suggest an enhancement. I tried three times to post to a link and they booted me off the site and I had to log back in. Really?? I'm a Sr Software Engineer if I tried that with our testers id be looking for another job. Is this the way business is conducted now?? Maybe I didn't follow proper channels?? But none were clearly defined for someone that's drank 1/5 of Jack?? Seems like this should be easier. Dunno. Maybe I'm just as old dinosor.

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