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Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine’, Dies At 80

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Ancient Slashdot reader wiredog writes: Tracy Kidder, author of “The Soul of a New Machine,” has died at the age of 80. “The Soul of a New Machine” is about the people who designed and built the Data General Nova, one of the 32 bit superminis that were released in the 1980’s just before the PC destroyed that industry. It was excerpted in The Atlantic. “I’m going to a commune in Vermont and will...

China Reviews $2 Billion Manus Sale To Meta As Founders Barred From Leaving Country

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Chinese authorities have barred two Manus executives from leaving the country while investigating whether Meta’s reported $2 billion acquisition of the Singapore-based AI startup violated foreign investment reporting rules. “Manus was founded in China but last year relocated its headquarters and core team to Singapore,” notes the Financial Times. “Meta acquired it for $2 billion at the end of...

Sperm get lost in space, Australian research into microgravity impacts suggests

Today at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an egg

Sperm in space are likely to get disoriented and lost while struggling to find their way to an egg, a new study has found.

When exposed to microgravity in experiments, sperm tumble around like an untethered astronaut, according to Adelaide University researchers.

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Researchers At CERN Transport Antiprotons By Truck In World-First Experiment

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Physics World: Researchers at the CERN particle-physics lab have successfully transported antiprotons in a lorry across the lab’s main site. The feat, the first of its kind, follows a similar test with protons in 2024. CERN says the achievement is “a huge leap” towards being able to transport antimatter between labs across Europe. […] To do so, in 2020...

Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying

Today at 15:32 PM, via Wired

US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN that connects to overseas servers can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.

Ancestor Honor: When Memory Becomes Medicine

Today at 14:12 PM, via Tech Financials

In many African homes, history does not live in books, but it lives in people. In stories told at family gatherings, in names passed down through generations, in quiet knowledge carried by elders about who we are, where we come from, and even the illnesses that seem to follow certain bloodlines. But what happens when […]

Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channel’s climate attacks

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Paul Marshall also challenged over his own ‘misleading’ statements and £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fund

The co-owner of GB News and “committed” Christian Sir Paul Marshall has been criticised by a group of church leaders over the TV channel’s attacks on climate science and action.

The hedge fund manager was also challenged over his own statements, which were called...

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