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China has begun using anal swabs to test those it considers to be at high risk of contracting Covid-19, state TV has reported.
Officials took anal swabs from residents of neighbourhoods with confirmed Covid-19 cases in Beijing last week, according to the state broadcaster CCTV, while those in designated quarantine facilities have also had the tests.
Small, localised outbreaks in recent weeks have resulted in multiple cities in northern China being sealed off from the rest of the country and prompted mass testing campaigns, which had mostly been conducted using throat and nose swabs.
The anal swabs method “can increase the detection rate of infected people” as traces of the virus linger longer in the anus than in the respiratory tract, Li Tongzeng, a senior doctor from Beijing’s Youan hospital, told CCTV.
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According to a cert note does the popular Linux server software dnsmasq have several security flaws. Dnsmasq is used to provide DNS, DHCP and TFTP services on networks. The types of attacks possible by these bugs range from cache poisoning to redirect users to alternative sites, to remote code execution due to a memory corruption.
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Joe2020 writes:
First was it origami with which Japan delighted space engineers and provided inspiration in the construction of satellites. Now Japan is aiming to use wood in space to reduce the impact of satellites on our atmosphere, which could mean the wood-working classes at school are going to pay off for space engineers, too.
As funny as it sounds at first, is it a much needed step. With tens of thousands of planned Low-Earth-Orbit satellites all destined to burn up in our atmosphere in the next decade is it important to preserve our environment as early as possible and not just after the pollution becomes visible.
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Hector Martin who put Linux on the PS4 now wants to port Linux to the new Apple M1 and he wants to do it with the help of crowd funding by making it his full-time job.
SoftPedia runs a story on this:
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Although it isn't quite as simple as it first sounds — it requires a high pressure before the material turns super-conductive — is this a very promising result and will help to study this phenomenon at room temperatures.
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Radar is back. Apparently could future mobile phones be integrating a radar system with a 2 cm resolution and a range of at least 5 m. It is thought to be useful for detecting finger and hand motion, heartbeat and a person's speed and position for example, but I'm sure Slashdot readers can think of a variety of other uses for it.
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Just when you think that the dog is man's best friend does this friendship get even better! So do firefighters in Corsica now train dogs to sniff-out the coronavirus according to a report on the BBC.
