More people in the U.S. are seeking medical care for flu-like, but are testing negative for flu. That could suggest the spread of the new coronavirus is picking up steam in the U.S. Source: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-rise-in-flu-like-illness-us.html
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‘Mad Mike’ wasn’t trying to prove ‘flat Earth’ theory on ill-fated rocket launch
Following the tragic death of ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes, we revisit the real reasons why he launched himself into the air aboard his homemade steam rocket, knowing how risky the stunt was. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mad-mike-fatal-rocket-launch-flat-earth-theory.html
Radical Hydrogen-Boron Reactor Leapfrogs Current Nuclear Fusion Tech
HB11 Energy, a spin-out company originating at the University of New South Wales, claims its hydrogen-boron fusion technology is already working a billion times better than expected. Along with this announcement, the company also announced a swag of patents through Japan, China and the USA protecting its unique approach to fusion energy generation. New Atlas reports: The results of decades of…
SpaceX Successfully Launches a New Batch of Its Starlink Satellites
SpaceX on Monday successfully sent another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit but didn’t quite stick the landing of its Falcon 9 rocket. From a report: Elon Musk’s space company did achieve its primary objective of sending 60 more flying nodes for its nascent global broadband service into space, bringing the total number of Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit to nearly…
15-Year-Old Fights the FAA’s Anti-Model-Flying NPRM With Social Media
NewtonsLaw writes: The FAA has issued an NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) that would effectively see the end of the traditional hobby of flying RC planes, helicopters and drones. As well as mandating remote ID on store-bought products it would effectively (over time) outlaw scratch-built craft as well. This stands to have a hugely negative impact on those STEM/STEAM programs…
Tim Sweeney: Android is a Fake Open System, and iOS is Worse
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney opened a game event in Las Vegas today with a call to make the industry more open and liberate it from the monopolistic practices of platform owners such as Google and Apple. From a report: In a talk about his vision for games in the next decade, Sweeney alternated between criticizing all of the big players…
Company To Harvest Green Hydrogen From Underground Oil Fires
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: This month, on the frozen plains of Saskatchewan in Canada, workers began to inject steam and air into the Superb field, a layer of sand 700 meters down that holds 200 million barrels of thick, viscous oil. Their goal was not to pump out the oil, but to set it on fire — spurring…
Nvidia Launches Cloud Gaming Service GeForce Now for $5 Per Month
jowifi writes: NVIDIA officially launched its GeForce NOW earlier this week, making the streaming gaming service available to all with no waitlisting. It is advertising a free tier which allows 1-hour of game play at a session, and a premium tier that allows 6-hour sessions and preferred access to the streaming servers. The premium tier is being offered for a limited-time…
‘Rocket League’ To Drop Linux and Mac Support
Long-time Slashdot reader Motor writes: Rocket League — a very popular multiplayer game — will no longer “be patched” for Linux and the Mac after March — say the publisher, Psyonix… The publishers say it’s motivated by the need to support unspecified “new technologies”. Thanks Psyonix. The announcement says their final patch “will disable online functionality (such as in-game purchases) for…
Every Half-Life Game Is Now Free On Steam
With Half-Life: Alyx launching in March 2020, Valve is offering gamers the opportunity to play every Half-Life game on Steam for free. “This is basically a two-month-long trial; you won’t get to keep these games,” notes The Verge. “Every game is compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS (though all of these games are 32-bit apps, which means they don’t work on…