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• Astronauts return to ISS after sheltering during air leak repair attempt

  05-06-2026 23:35
  
  Russian attempt to repair tunnel area sparks safe-haven procedure for five other astronauts onboard.
  
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• A great white shark has been recorded underwater in the Mediterranean for the first time ever

  08-06-2026 11:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The footage is believed to be the first ever captured of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea in his natural habitat.
  
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• Super El Niño to be the strongest EVER recorded: New predictions suggest global sea temperatures could be 4˚C above average later this year

  08-06-2026 11:23 via dailymail.com
  
  The brewing super El Niño will likely be the strongest ever recorded, new predictions suggest.
  
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• History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system

  08-06-2026 11:15 via theregister.com
  
  INTERVIEW Gregory Kurtzer, CentOS's founder, tells the story of how the Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone was born of a small group of rebuild hackers and Linux fans who were angry that Red Hat Enterprise Linux had replaced Red Hat Linux and convinced they could do better. Back in 2003, Linux fans were ticked off at Red Hat because they were replacing the end-user-friendly Red Hat Linux with the business-oriented Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It was a smart move for Red Hat, but users were pisse
  
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• Great White Shark spotted in the Mediterranean for the first time ever

  08-06-2026 10:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The footage is believed to be the first ever captured of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea in his natural habitat.
  
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• Yes! It’s true! Windows 11 is an agentic platform.

  08-06-2026 10:30 via theregister.com
  
  OPINION In the time zone of the keynote, it's dystopia o'clock. These days, it always is. The fervent CEO prophet strolls around an empty stage, backlit by a giant altar of light on which they display their magic and impart visions of a future that address none of our fears, choosing instead to add to them. The format has as little variation as a church service, the whoops and cheers of the faithful as predictable as psalms. There are no industry awards for keynotes, even the most brazen hype ma
  
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• Consultant mistakenly deleted a ton of data – but reported it as a bug

  08-06-2026 08:30 via theregister.com
  
  WHO, ME? Is showing up for work every Monday a mistake? While you ponder that question, dive into a new installment of Who, Me? – The Register's weekly column that shares readers' stories of escaping their errors. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Evan," who wrote to us from the side of a pool while his kids had a swimming lesson! "I work in test automation as a consultant and for one client I had to record test evidence as video," he explained, adding that the client's test mana
  
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• Rare footage captured of Great White shark in Mediterranean Sea

  08-06-2026 08:09
  
  A volunteer diver has described shaking as he filmed his encounter with an endangered Great White shark between Tunisia and Sicily.
  
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• Our systems editor flew all the way to Taiwan and still couldn't get away from AI

  08-06-2026 01:00 via theregister.com
  
  KETTLE El Reg's systems editor Tobias Mann has been in Taipei for the past week getting the skinny on the hottest new chips, and what he's heard has been less about actual hardware announcements and more about how chipmakers are rushing to meet the demands of AI, other customers be damned.Tobias joins host Brandon Vigliarolo to discuss what he noticed at Computex 2026, how AI has taken over yet another industry event, and whether the world is going to have to adjust to new, more expensive hardwa
  
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• Small space living? No problem! Pans with DETACHABLE handles free up vital space in your kitchen cupboards

  07-06-2026 20:04 via dailymail.com
  
  The days of crowded drawers and scratched pots are a thing of the past, thanks to Cuisinart's new pan range.
  
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• They said their toothpaste was the best for my daughter... then I read the sickening claims

  07-06-2026 18:32 via dailymail.com
  
  As a mom who reads labels before buying anything for my daughter, I was stunned to learn that the toothpaste I trusted was hiding a problem that would alarm any parent.
  
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• Doctor reveals dark reason near-death experiences sending people to HELL are far more common than believed

  07-06-2026 16:46 via dailymail.com
  
  A doctor has revealed why more people who died may have traveled to the afterlife and failed to remember the shocking experience.
  
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• Revealed: The worst biscuits for DUNKING, according to science - and it's bad news for Gingernut fans

  07-06-2026 14:28 via dailymail.com
  
  For many Brits, a cup of tea just isn't complete without a delicious biscuit to dunk in it. But if your go-to is a Gingernut, Custard Cream, or Chocolate Digestive, we have bad news for you.
  
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• Residents' health fears over plan to burn more waste

  07-06-2026 14:07
  
  The Environment Agency has permitted for an extra 10% of waste to be burned at the Beddington incinerator.
  
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• Brit maritime agency heralds fresh global rules for crewless cargo ships

  07-06-2026 13:00 via theregister.com
  
  Britain’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) says it helped to develop a code of safety for future remotely operated and autonomous cargo ships. The executive body, responsible for maritime law and safety policy, represented the UK’s interests in working groups during development of the first non-mandatory International Code of Safety for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS Code). This code, set to be published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on July 1, is the
  
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• Gen Z are refusing to buy rounds at the pub to avoid hangovers - now scientists say it really works

  07-06-2026 12:54 via dailymail.com
  
  While buying a round of drinks is a long-standing British tradition, it seems many youngsters are evading the practice, and simply buying themselves drinks.
  
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• Home Office ditches legacy asylum database, keeps the spreadsheets

  07-06-2026 12:16 via theregister.com
  
  The UK's long-running asylum IT overhaul may finally have put the 25-year-old Case Information Database (CID) out to pasture, but Parliament says that officials are still relying on spreadsheets and disconnected systems to keep track of asylum cases. A new report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found asylum data remains scattered across multiple systems, making it difficult for officials to track cases, spot emerging backlogs, or understand where pressure is building across the wider sy
  
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• UK exam watchdog frets over smart specs turning GCSEs into Google searches

  07-06-2026 10:30 via theregister.com
  
  England's exams watchdog is warning that the next generation of school cheating may arrive not in a student's pocket, but perched on their face. In a new podcast, Ofqual chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham said advances in consumer technology are creating fresh headaches for exam authorities, with smart glasses, hidden earpieces, and other connected gadgets raising the prospect of increasingly sophisticated cheating during exams. "We shouldn't underestimate the challenge involved here," Bauckham sa
  
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• Ecologist calls for plastics ban in cemetery

  07-06-2026 09:17
  
  Alison Fure is asking the council to begin phasing out plastic decorative items, including flowers.
  
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• Village solar system model shows planets and stars

  07-06-2026 08:15
  
  How a Kent village created a scale model of the solar system to help people understand space.
  
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• Major hack on world's most popular cruise line exposes passports and personal information of 6 MILLION

  06-06-2026 21:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Millions of cruise passengers may have had their personal information exposed in a major cyberattack targeting the world's largest cruise operator.
  
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• Mystery of America's Nessie deepens as strange creature appears behind boat in chilling video

  06-06-2026 18:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Two filmmakers have discovered what appears to be the most convincing evidence for a mysterious lake-dwelling monster in Lake Champlain between Vermont and New York.
  
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• Meet the Muttley Crew of 'Underdogs' struggling to find homes due to their unusual appearances

  06-06-2026 10:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Dogs are often referred to as 'man's best friend'. But for 122 pups at the Dogs Trust, finding a loving family is proving to be tricky.
  
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• Spoilt children are more likely to grow up to become PSYCHOPATHS, study warns

  06-06-2026 10:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Many parents are guilty of spoiling their children - but doing so could turn them into psychopaths, a new study has warned.
  
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• Oxford Uni student data pwned yet again - this time via career platform breach

  06-06-2026 09:28 via theregister.com
  
  Oxford University students seeking work will be dismayed to learn that crooks have breached a second external platform provider for the university in as many months. The institution’s CareerConnect platform, provided by Group GTI, was the target of the intrusion, which exposed users’ full names and email addresses. Those who don’t use single sign-on (SSO) had their encrypted passwords leaked, too. CareerConnect forms part of Oxford University’s career services department,
  
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• Mountain path repairs 'first big work' since 1980s

  06-06-2026 08:13
  
  A helicopter is used to transport more than 100 tonnes of stone to the site at Helvellyn.
  
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• Start spreading the news: Datacenters may face one-year ban in NY

  06-06-2026 00:35 via theregister.com
  
  New York lawmakers have approved a bill imposing new labor, energy, environmental, and community-benefit requirements on datacenters, including a one-year moratorium on certain permits for facilities drawing 20 MW or more. The bill now heads to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for a signature. A spokesperson for the governor told the New York Post she would review the legislation, but gave no signal as to whether she would sign it. Hochul has previously said she hoped to leave regulating datacenter co
  
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• If you don't fall for these extortionists' calls, they'll show up with USB sticks

  05-06-2026 23:18 via theregister.com
  
  If they don't get you online, they'll try in person. A data-theft and extortion gang has targeted “dozens” of banks, law firms, and other professional services companies in the US from January through May, using fake help desk calls and other social-engineering techniques to gain access to corporate IT environments, according to Google’s Mandiant incident response team. And when those remote-deception methods don’t work, the criminals sometimes show up at victims’ p
  
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• Trump to meet AI leaders to discuss US investment in their companies

  05-06-2026 21:36
  
  The US president said on Friday he expects to meet the leaders of top AI companies next week.
  
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• Missing nuclear lab worker's daughter reveals disturbing twist in case as police discover body in the woods

  05-06-2026 20:44 via dailymail.com
  
  The daughter of a missing nuclear lab worker found dead in New Mexico is slamming what she is calling misleading lies shared by a private investigator hired to find her mother.
  
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