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Avoid cantaloupe unless you know its origins, CDC warns amid salmonella outbreak
  • The number of reported infections has nearly tripled in the two weeks since the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the outbreak, which appears to be linked to Malichita or Rudy brand cantaloupes.

    US and Canada

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    Chinese hackers steal chip designs from major Dutch semiconductor company
  • A hacker group with connections to China maintained unnoticed access to the computer network of the Eindhoven-based chip manufacturer NXP for over two years.

    Ooooof

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    Firefox lost users during “failed” Yahoo search deal, says Mozilla CEO
  • I'm surpsied (but obviously shouldn't be) that that many potential users would instantly bounce off Firefox instead of changing the default search engine.

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    Peru’s melting glaciers bring new harvests – and fears for the future
  • These "water paradoxes" where melting glaciers provide short term increased water availability is really setting these impoverished locations up for catastrophic failure

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    Monitor Alignment Alignment Chart
  • Nope. I'm a new convert and I love it. Laptop monitor to the left of the big landscape for random screens. It's fantastic

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    EGDF: Unity’s Install Fees Are a Sign of Looming Game Engine Market Failure
  • In the US the library of Congress has a video game preservation effort

    https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2012/09/yes-the-library-of-congress-has-video-games-an-interview-with-david-gibson/

    Library of Congress staff discussed its video game collection, the process of making a preservation copy of the data for long-term storage, the unique description challenges for video games and possible access solutions.

    https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8772/

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    What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?
  • I always understood tire deg to be microplastic/rubber not pm2.5. Brutal for the ecosystem around roadways and water bodies. Ultimately adding to the micro plastic pollution globally.

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  • www.404media.co The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in America for $15

    Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus. Hackers have found a way into that data supply chain, and are advertising access in group chats used by violent criminals who rob, assault, and shoot targets.

    > Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus. Hackers have found a way into that data supply chain, and are advertising access in group chats used by violent criminals who rob, assault, and shoot targets.

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    www.motorsportmagazine.com Alpine's F1 hopes look dim after 'suits' sacked Szafnauer

    Alpine has lost a capable F1 leader after sacking Otmar Szafnauer — and for no good reason, writes Matt Bishop

    > Alpine has lost a capable F1 leader after sacking Otmar Szafnauer — and for no good reason, writes Matt Bishop

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    www.reuters.com Canada’s nuclear drive picks up speed

    Canada’s plans to make nuclear power a central part of its decarbonization strategy are taking shape with major announcements around large nuclear builds, small modular reactors and medical isotopes.

    > The Federal Budget 2023, announced in March, showed strong support for nuclear power.

    > The budget offers a 15% refundable Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for clean electricity including nuclear and a 30% ITC for clean technology manufacturing (including nuclear energy equipment, and processing or recycling nuclear fuels).

    > The budget also explicitly backs nuclear power through a range of other initiatives, such as an extension of reduced tax rates, financing from the Canada Infrastructure Bank, cash for the regulatory authority, and half a billion dollars in SMR project investment.

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