Thelasko shared Sandia’s report: Ducted fuel injection, developed by Chuck Mueller at Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility, is able to fine-tune the amount of diesel used in an engine to the point of eliminating between 50 and 100% of the soot… [H]e and his team, Christopher Nilsen, Drummond Biles and Nathan Harry, began experiments that have…

“An unprecedented investigation into disinformation on Facebook has hit turbulence over questions about how much data to release to outside researchers,” reports Fast Company, “curtailing efforts to stem one of social media’s most pernicious threats ahead of the 2020 elections.” Slashdot reader tedlistens writes: Social Science One, an unprecedented, Mark Zuckerberg-backed plan to open up…

How is it possible that a robot can sketch both better and worse than I can at the same time, and yet turn out an incredible work of art? Has 3D-scanning really come so far that a simple camera and motorized jig can have insane resolution? These are the kinds of questions that were running…

Not all credit cards have the same benefits. Some have more perks, if you’re willing to pay the price. Here are the best hidden credit card perks. …read more Source:: CNet

sciencehabit shares this article from Science magazine: The comet is an alien intruder from another star system. But 2I/Borisov, the second known interstellar visitor after far smaller ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017, looks remarkably like a normal comet from our own Solar System: an object a few kilometers across spewing carbon monoxide gas, water vapor, and…

Picking a new graphics AMD or Nvidia card can be overwhelming. We’ll help you get started with everything you need to know. …read more Source:: CNet

Down from $200, it’s now cheap enough to battle evil with an authentic light saber in your living room. …read more Source:: CNet

“Top domain name registrars NetworkSolutions.com, Register.com and Web.com are asking customers to reset their passwords after discovering an intrusion in August 2019 in which customer account information was accessed,” reports security researcher Brian Krebs: “On October 16, 2019, Web.com determined that a third-party gained unauthorized access to a limited number of its computer systems in…

Costco members can get the only discount we’ve been able to find for Apple’s latest earbuds. …read more Source:: CNet

“Guido van Rossum, the creator of the hugely popular Python programming language, is leaving cloud file storage firm Dropbox and heading into retirement,” reports ZDNet: That ends his six and half years with the company, which hired in him in 2013 because so much of its functionality was built on Python. And, after last year…