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‘Retro Games’ Announces A New Commodore 64

Long-time Slashdot reader cshamis tipped us off to this story in HotHardware: It is official, folks — Retro Games is releasing a full-size retro reboot of the original Commodore 64, called TheC64, on December 5… Of course, modern amenities abound for this reboot. TheC64 can connect to any modern TV via HDMI, to deliver “crisp […]

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Microsoft Claims Unauthorized Repairing of Its Devices Would Be a Security Risk

In comments submitted to America’s Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft says repairing its devices could jeopardize protections from the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security chip. “Don’t believe them,” argues a group of information security professionals who support the right to repair. Slashdot reader chicksdaddy quotes their report: The statement was submitted ahead of Nixing the Fix, […]

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German Scientists Say Spinach Should Be Banned In Sports

Thelasko quotes a surprising CNN story about spinach: A study released by Freie Universitat Berlin suggests that ecdysterone, a chemical found in the leafy green vegetable, has a similar effect to steroids and should be added to the list of substances banned in sport, CNN affiliate RTL reported. The researchers ran a study involving 46 […]

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Performance-Enhancing Bacteria Has a Symbiotic Relationship With Athletes

Long-time Slashdot reader tomhath shares some big bacteria news from Harvard Medical School: Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center determined Veillonella metabolizes lactic acid produced by exercise and converts it into propionate, a short chain fatty acid. The human body then utilizes that propionate to improve exercise capacity… “It creates this positive feedback loop. The host […]

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Trump Relaxes US Ban On Selling To Huawei In Surprise G20 Concession

hackingbear tipped us off to a breaking news story. CNN reports: US President Donald Trump has appeared to soften his tone on Chinese communications giant Huawei, suggesting that he would allow the company to once again purchase U.S. technology. Speaking at a press conference in Osaka, Saturday, Trump said that the U.S. sells a “tremendous […]

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Boeing Falsified Records of a New 787 That Leaked Fuel

Long-time Slashdot reader Freshly Exhumed quotes the CBC: Boeing staff falsified records for a 787 jet built for Air Canada which developed a fuel leak ten months into service in 2015. In a statement to CBC News, Boeing said it self-disclosed the problem to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration after Air Canada notified them of […]

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Tech Press Rushes To Cover New Linus Torvalds Mailing List Outburst

“Linux frontman Linus Torvalds thinks he’s ‘more self-aware’ these days and is ‘trying to be less forceful’ after his brief absence from directing Linux kernel developers because of his abusive language on the Linux kernel mailing list,” reports ZDNet. “But true to his word, he’s still not necessarily diplomatic in his communications with maintainers…” Torvalds’ […]

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The Slashdot Interview with FreeDOS founder Jim Hall

In honor of FreeDOS’s 25th birthday, project founder and coordinator Jim Hall agreed to answer the 10 best questions submitted by Slashdot readers. You asked and he answered! Read on for Jim’s interview. View source

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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes To Stand Trial In 2020

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the now-defunct biotech unicorn Theranos, will face trial in federal court next summer with penalties of up to 20 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines. Jury selection will begin July 28, 2020, according to U.S. District Judge Edward J. […]

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New Mac Malware Abuses Recently Disclosed Gatekeeper Zero-Day

puddingebola writes: In May, security researcher Filippo Cavallarin made public a vulnerability in macOS’s Gatekeeper. The vulnerability can allow an attacker to use a symlink and an NFS server to bypass Gatekeepers authentication and run malicious code. The malware has been named OSX/Linker and has been tied to the same group that operates the OSX/Surfbuyer […]

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