Rare earth elementary school — New mines are coming, but the potential for recycling is huge. Scott K. Johnson - Jul 21, 2020 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / China's Bayan Obo mine currently produces about half the world's supply of rare earth elements.Google EarthThe transition to electric vehicles and renewable sources of electricity, now gaining…
Image copyright EPA/Getty Images Image caption Amber Heard and Johnny Depp were at London's High Court for day 10 of the case Actor Johnny Depp "threatened to kill" ex-wife Amber Heard "many times", the US actress has claimed.She described a "three-day hostage situation" during which she claimed Mr Depp was on a "drug and alcohol…
A pox upon it — The work could offer helpful clues in developing an effective vaccine against COVID-19. Jennifer Ouellette - Jul 20, 2020 12:03 am UTC Enlarge / Researchers analyzed the genomes of virus fragments found on smallpox vaccination kits used during the Civil War. The kits are housed at the Mütter Museum of…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Portland's mayor said the presence of federal troops was leading to more violence The mayor of Portland in Oregon has renewed his call for federal troops to leave the US city, accusing them of abusive tactics against protesters."They are sharply escalating the situation," Mayor Ted Wheeler told CNN on Sunday.There…
come for the zfs, stay for the acls — ZFS features—with no command-line management. Jim Salter - Jul 19, 2020 1:00 pm UTC Earlier this week, network-storage vendor iXsystems announced the release of TrueNAS 12.0-BETA1, which will replace FreeNAS later in 2020. The major offering of the new TrueNAS Core—like FreeNAS before it—is a simplified,…
Image copyright Benjamin Wheeler Photographs from Princess Beatrice's wedding to property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have been released by Buckingham Palace.Two official pictures were sent out the day after their small ceremony at The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor.One shows the beaming couple leaving the chapel through its flower-covered archway.In the other they…
Light and flow — A combination of standard photovoltaics linked up with flow-battery tech. John Timmer - Jul 18, 2020 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Existing solar+battery solutions involve two separated pieces of hardware.The drop in battery prices is enabling battery integration with renewable systems in two contexts. In one, the battery serves as a…
Enlarge / An Ars-branded Yubikey.Steven KleinAlmost three years ago, Google introduced its Advanced Protection Program (APP), a security plan for high-risk users that requires hardware keys for account access and is arguably the industry's most effective way to stop account takeovers in their tracks. But until now there was a major flaw that held APP…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Barr is the latest US official to criticise China US Justice Secretary William Barr has accused Hollywood and US tech firms of "collaborating" with the Chinese government to do business there.Companies like Disney routinely agreed to censor films while Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Apple were "all too willing" to…
I'm pronouncing it "yammer" and you can't stop me — EAMR offers similar density gains to HAMR and MAMR, with less exotic tech. Jim Salter - Jul 16, 2020 10:45 am UTC Enlarge / This cutaway view of a Western Digital 18TB Gold drive shows off its nine platters and triple-stage actuators.Earlier this month, Western…
