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• BBC builds 'holographic' TV to show the future of viewing

  23-09-2016 14:26
  
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• Tornado warning issued as powerful storms threaten 20 million in  Northeast

  28-07-2026 20:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Powerful storms are sweeping across the Northeast, prompting a tornado warning and putting more than 20 million people in harm's way.
  
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• Mysterious object in NASA Mars photo ignites theories of extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet

  28-07-2026 20:10 via dailymail.com
  
  A NASA image of Mars has sparked fresh claims of life on the Red Planet after Curiosity captured a mysterious object that some believe is evidence of an alien civilization.
  
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• Five states chosen as nuclear dumping grounds as Trump's leaked plan is revealed

  28-07-2026 20:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Leaked documents have revealed the Trump administration's plan to quadruple US nuclear power by 2050, and five states have already been chosen to host dump sites.
  
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• AI is storage’s biggest opportunity - and biggest threat

  28-07-2026 18:51 via theregister.com
  
  An AI revolution is sweeping through the IT storage world, providing a massively beneficial environment requiring more data to be stored and delivered to AI models and agents, more data to be protected, more data access governance and much better storage operating environments. The downside is that AI can run amok, with data mishaps and deliberate agent-enhanced attacks. We are using AI to make things better and need AI to prevent AI itself from making things worse. Forty-four months ago, when C
  
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• Leaked plan reveals Trump's bid for nuclear dumping grounds throughout the US

  28-07-2026 18:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Leaked documents have revealed the Trump administration's plan to quadruple US nuclear power by 2050, and five states have already been chosen to host dump sites.
  
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• Mysterious deaths of 14 elephants in Kenya prompts urgent inquiry

  28-07-2026 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the highest number of elephant deaths to be recorded in this area of southern Kenya in decades.
  
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• College prof hides prompt to catch AI cheaters, finds human nature is pretty much as we thought

  28-07-2026 18:20 via theregister.com
  
  Busted! A college professor who was tired of reading AI responses to essay questions. found a unique way to determine if his students were cheating. Sadly but not surprisingly,I'll of the 35 students who took the test fell right into his trap. Jason Gibson, who teaches history and African American studies at Alcorn State University in Mississippi, came up with a rather basic way to trick his students into handing in AI slop. In an essay prompt for a question about the industrial revolution, he b
  
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• DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses'

  28-07-2026 18:05 via theregister.com
  
  Ahead of DEF CON 2026 opening its doors in Las Vegas next week, conference organizers said they have imposed a ban on “Meta-style glasses with recording capabilities.” Statements made via its social media channels went on to say that no exceptions will be made for those using the devices with prescription lenses. “Be sure to pack non-violating eyewear if you need them,” DEF CON said, before directing delegates to the conference’s official photo policy. That policy h
  
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• Britain hopes £7.3M will help electric and hydrogen aircraft take off

  28-07-2026 17:55 via theregister.com
  
  The UK is stumping up a modest £7.3 million ($9.7 million) to develop the infrastructure needed for electric and hydrogen-powered flight. The Department for Transport (DfT) says the money will be shared among eight projects covering airport charging, hydrogen storage, and flight demonstrations. The funding forms part of a wider £43 million ($57 million) package for next-generation aviation technology, according to the DfT, although it remains small potatoes for potentially important
  
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• AI-found bugs aren't proving any easier to exploit despite the hype

  28-07-2026 17:26 via theregister.com
  
  Anthropic's Project Glasswing may have uncovered tens of thousands of potential security flaws, but new research suggests AI-assisted vulnerability discovery has yet to produce the wave of real-world attacks many expected. In research shared with The Register, VulnCheck analyzed 1,061 publicly attributed AI-assisted vulnerability discoveries from Anthropic's Project Glasswing and the Berkeley Vulnerability Research Initiative, then cross-referenced them against its Known Exploited Vulnerability
  
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• Urgent warning to Claude AI users as HUNDREDS of chats are found publicly available online - here's how to check if your private conversations are affected

  28-07-2026 17:08 via dailymail.com
  
  An urgent warning has been issued to Claude AI users after hundreds of private chats were found publicly available online.
  
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• E-bike handlebars are riddled with faecal matter, disgusting study reveals

  28-07-2026 16:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Experts from Initial Washroom Hygiene have revealed that e-bike handlebars are 'riddled' with germs.
  
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• Scientists uncover terrifying way 'ultimate apex predator' tears out sharks' livers

  28-07-2026 16:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Researchers believe massive ocean mammals are training themselves to kill sharks by attacking humans throughout the world.
  
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• Drone footage shows Wisconsin tornado damage

  28-07-2026 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No fatalities or injuries were immediately reported after an EF-2 tornado hit parts of the Midwest state.
  
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• Charity bank pulls online services over third-party software flaw

  28-07-2026 15:53 via theregister.com
  
  CAF Bank, which serves 14,000 charities, has suspended online banking as it fixes a vulnerability in how third-party software connects to its portal. The outage has left some organizations struggling to run payroll after being cut from their accounts. In a message to customers, seen by The Register, the Charities Aid Foundation-owned bank confirm online services had been unavailable since July 24 and will remain so until further notice. The bank's communications say the decision resulted from re
  
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• Charity bank pulls online services over security fears

  28-07-2026 15:53 via theregister.com
  
  CAF Bank, which serves 14,000 charities, has suspended online banking as it fixes a vulnerability in how third-party software connects to its portal. The outage has left some organizations struggling to run payroll after being cut from their accounts. In a message to customers, seen by The Register, the Charities Aid Foundation-owned bank confirm online services had been unavailable since July 24 and will remain so until further notice. The bank's communications say the decision resulted from re
  
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• Bank for charities pulls online services over security fears

  28-07-2026 15:53 via theregister.com
  
  CAF Bank, which serves 14,000 charities, has suspended online banking as it fixes a vulnerability in how third-party software connects to its portal. The outage has left some organizations struggling to run payroll after being cut from their accounts. In a message to customers, seen by The Register, the Charities Aid Foundation-owned bank confirm online services had been unavailable since July 24 and will remain so until further notice. The bank's communications say the decision resulted from re
  
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• Deep space dishes dodge devastation from Spanish wildfires

  28-07-2026 15:43 via theregister.com
  
  Radio antennas for the European Space Agency and NASA appear to have escaped the worst effects of wildfires in Spain, though NASA's site sustained some cable damage. Over the weekend, a NASA spokesperson confirmed there was "no significant structural damage observed to antennas or buildings" at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) despite fire ravaging the area. The spokesperson cautioned that "the situation remains dynamic" and additional inspections are required. A source with
  
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• Lime bike handlebars are riddled with faecal matter, disgusting study reveals

  28-07-2026 15:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Experts from Initial Washroom Hygiene have revealed that e-bike handlebars are 'riddled' with germs.
  
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• Hugging Face rebuilt a third of its infrastructure after OpenAI agents ran amok

  28-07-2026 15:11 via theregister.com
  
  Hugging Face rebuilt around a third of its infrastructure from clean images as part of a sizable cleanup effort following the OpenAI security mishap earlier this month. The revelation is among several additional details disclosed in a postmortem published Monday by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), with input from Hugging Face. It adds color to the picture painted by the two AI companies in recent weeks. According to the report, the Hugging Face team struggled to discern genuine rootkit code fr
  
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• What really happened when the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit Earth: Worldwide fires incinerated most animals within HOURS - before a global winter wiped out any survivors, study finds

  28-07-2026 15:03 via dailymail.com
  
  What really happened when the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago? Scientists from Purdue University claim to have settled the debate once and for all.
  
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• Uncle Sam needs you to fight for 6G leadership and security, lest Beijing get there first

  28-07-2026 14:49 via theregister.com
  
  America wants its allies to come together and help it lead the way in defining 6G communications standards, with security and resilience seen as key goals for next-generation networks. The latest effort to corral international work on 6G comes from the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which says it is pursuing the objectives of a December 2025 memo from President Trump on "Winning the 6G Race." That memo didn't identify who America is racing against, but it i
  
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• Scientists uncover terrifying way 'ultimate apex predator' hunts Jaws for its liver

  28-07-2026 14:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Researchers believe massive ocean mammals are training themselves to kill sharks by attacking humans throughout the world.
  
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• Look up this week! TWO meteor showers will peak on the same night - with up to 30 shooting stars every hour

  28-07-2026 14:28 via dailymail.com
  
  If you've always wanted to spot a shooting star, this week could be the perfect time to look up.
  
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• What is Jodrell Bank Observatory and what does it do?

  28-07-2026 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When Jodrell Bank Observatory was built, the site was seen as gamechanger for radio astronomy.
  
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• Too many AI agents can get in each other's way

  28-07-2026 14:00 via theregister.com
  
  Anthropic and OpenAI have both proposed the deployment of agent armies as a way to maximize the notional benefits of artificial intelligence systems. But the optimal agent workforce isn't necessarily the largest. Researchers affiliated with the NTT Research's Physics of Artificial Intelligence (PAI) Lab and Harvard University's Center for Brain Science (CBS) say there's a point at which enterprise AI agents get in each other's way. Back in 2024, OpenAI used the term "swarm" to describe multi-age
  
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• Scientists reveal why you're exhausted despite getting eight hours of sleep - 90 per cent of mid-lifers are sleep deprived

  28-07-2026 13:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Midlifers are getting less good quality sleep than ever before, with work-related stress playing a major role new research suggests.
  
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• Hyperscale, hypersensitive: US teacher cuffed for applauding datacenter critics

  28-07-2026 13:32 via theregister.com
  
  A Kansas physics teacher discovered that in at least one corner of America's AI buildout, applause can apparently earn you a trip to jail. According to local news reports, Lux Claridge, a 37-year-old physics teacher from Emporia, was arrested after applauding a speaker opposing zoning changes for a proposed hyperscale datacenter, turning what should have been an ordinary planning meeting into national news. The meeting was called to consider zoning changes for the proposed Flint Hills Digital Ca
  
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• 'I would be ashamed to have written any part of this': Odyssey translator BLASTS Christopher Nolan's blockbuster - and complains it lacks sex scenes

  28-07-2026 13:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Professor Emily Wilson has gutted Christopher Nolan's attempt to bring the ancient Greek epic to modern audiences.
  
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