Our Friend, starring Jason Segel and Dakota Johnson, arrives this week. …read more Source:: CNet

Catch season 2 of Biohackers this week. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s far from a done deal, but plans by European physicists to build a huge new gravitational wave observatory with a radical design received a boost last week. From a report: The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), which advises European governments on research priorities, added the $2.25 billion observatory, called the Einstein Telescope,…

Some of our favorite TVs are still on sale at Amazon and Best Buy. …read more Source:: CNet

Torvalds reckons ‘it might be mergeable for 5.14’ The Rust for Linux project, sponsored by Google, has advanced with use of a beta Rust compiler (as opposed to a nightly build), testing ARM and RISC-V architecture support, new Rust abstractions, and more.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals’ information online. From a report: A letter sent by an industry group that…

If you’re doing any serious automotive repairs, you’re probably going to need a set of jack stands. Don’t do any work without them! …read more Source:: CNet

Many of the holiday weekend Best Buy sales are still going strong. …read more Source:: CNet

Endurance22 will launch early next year with aim of locating and surveying wreck in the Weddell Sea. From a report: The location of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance has been one of the great maritime mysteries since the ship became trapped in ice and sank in 1915. Finding this symbol of the “heroic age” of polar…

It’s illegal The California Highway Patrol has issued a warning to motorists that, frankly, needn’t be said. Don’t whack a massive Starlink satellite dish to the hood of your car. It’s a bit illegal.… …read more Source:: TheRegister