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TIL of the Invention Secrecy Act. The government has a program in place which specifically deals with inventions that are deemed to be "threats to national security" (open thread for choice quotes). There are currently 6102 inventions under lock and key, some of which "pertain to energy generation".

submitted by Orangutan from en.wikipedia.org

TIL that Mythbusters got bullied out of airing an episode on how hackable and trackable RFID chips on credit cards are, when credit card companies threatened to boycott their TV network

submitted by magnora7 from gizmodo.com

Mozilla Firefox: "All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate signing cert"

submitted by sawboss from news.ycombinator.com

Google has actively scrubbed "Seth Rich" from its search suggestions

submitted by Orangutan from i.redd.it

Cable lobby seeks better reputation by dropping “cable” from its name

submitted by Farseli from arstechnica.com

Demon core - a 6.2-kilogram (14 lb) subcritical mass of plutonium measuring 89 millimetres (3.5 in) in diameter, which was involved in two criticality accidents

submitted by magnora7 from en.wikipedia.org

Macs are SLOWER than PCs. Here’s why.(LinusTechTips)

submitted by Optimus85 from youtube.com

Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware

submitted by Timmy from web.archive.org

MIT researchers are now 3D-printing glass

submitted by magnora7 from techcrunch.com

Elon Musk’s mystery Tesla buyout funder is Saudi Arabia

submitted by magnora7 from arstechnica.com

In a Direct Challenge to Their Employers, Tech Workers Begin to Organize

submitted by d3rr from kqed.org

It took seven miles to pull over a Tesla with a seemingly asleep driver

submitted by Mnemonic from arstechnica.com

Two years ago: Obama Successfully Gives The Internet Away To Multinational Global Entities • Now The End Begins

submitted by useless_aether from nowtheendbegins.com

Facebook shares slip after Instagram founders quit

submitted by magnora7 from reuters.com

US Senator has Proposed a Ban on Loot Boxes

submitted by Stankmango from bbc.co.uk

Recycling Is Broken

submitted by Vigte from earther.gizmodo.com

The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

submitted by magnora7 from youtube.com

GitHub banned us without notice — Is Microsoft the risk we didn’t consider?

submitted by Mnemonic from medium.com

The US chip industry starts to wake up to new competitive reality - The end of Moore's Law?

submitted by magnora7 from archive.is

Reddit Joins Social Media Collapse With Massive Leak Of User Data

submitted by magnora7 from amerika.org

What is to stop saidit from writing a bot to copy every submission from say reddit /r/technology into saidit?

submitted by grobean from self.technology

Antiwar Movement Spreads among Tech Workers

submitted by Mnemonic from blogs.scientificamerican.com

Elon Musk forced to step down as chairman of Tesla, remains CEO

submitted by Mnemonic from theverge.com

Tesla's Musk is sued for calling Thai cave rescuer paedophile {happening!!!}

submitted by Mnemonic from uk.reuters.com

Almost half of US cellphone calls will be scams by next year, says report

submitted by magnora7 from cnet.com

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