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• Boris bikes are not good for the environment or our public health

  31-08-2018 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of vans used to ferry cycle hire scheme bikes between docking stations means that they do not cut carbon dioxide emissions, according to Cyrille Médard de Chardon from the University of Hull.
  
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• The Final Lock: UK Clamps Down On Digital ID To Access The Internet

  09-06-2026 00:12 via technocracy.news
  
  In my new book, The New Economics of Technocracy, I revealed that the final lock for Technocracy is Digital ID after Programmable Money and Asset Tokenization are in progress. All three are in lock-step in the UK. Google and Apple are driving the process in the UK with mandatory age verification. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.The Labour government in Britain is accelerating its assault on digital privacy under the well-worn banner of child protection. Fresh plans leaked to the press reveal minist
  
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• Flesh-eating parasite spreads to second US state as officials confirm thousands of people infected worldwide

  08-06-2026 23:59 via dailymail.com
  
  A potentially deadly parasite has crossed into another US state, attacking the flesh of its victims and potentially devastating the US food supply if it continues to spread.
  
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• Flesh-eating parasite spreads to second US state as officials race to contain growing threat

  08-06-2026 23:27 via dailymail.com
  
  A potentially deadly parasite has crossed into another US state, attacking the flesh of its victims and potentially devastating the US food supply if it continues to spread.
  
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• Major earthquake in the Gulf of America sends shockwaves to Florida

  08-06-2026 22:18 via dailymail.com
  
  A strong earthquake that hit in the Gulf of America on Monday sent shockwaves hundreds of miles away into Florida, where it was felt by thousands of people.
  
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• The seven eerie 'signs' researchers claim could prove a loved one is trying to contact you from the afterlife

  08-06-2026 21:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Researchers who interviewed thousands of people who claimed they were visited by dead loved ones revealed the telltale signs of a visitation from the afterlife.
  
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• Seven eerie signs a dead loved one is trying to contact you from the afterlife

  08-06-2026 20:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Researchers who interviewed thousands of people who claimed they were visited by dead loved ones revealed the telltale signs of a visitation from the afterlife.
  
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• Ransomware crims got a month-long head start on Check Point VPN 0-day that now has a fix

  08-06-2026 19:10 via theregister.com
  
  Check Point released an emergency fix on Monday for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting its Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access deployments - but attackers, including ransomware criminals, got a month-long head start. Attacks against the bug, tracked as CVE-2026-50751, began on May 7, according to Check Point VP of research Lotem Finkelstein, and picked up in early June. The security software vendor spotted suspicious activity and began investigating the zero-day on June 4,
  
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• Canonical sends Ubuntu into the AI agent era

  08-06-2026 18:34 via theregister.com
  
  UBUNTU SUMMIT Canonical is still experimenting with the format of the Ubuntu Summit series of free conferences, and its most recent instance, the 26.04 edition, was a primarily online event. There was a small in-person invited audience, which by our informal estimate was about half the size of the one at last October's edition. The event opened with a keynote from Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, and his opening sentence set the tone for much of what would follow: The agentic revolution will
  
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• ZTE Demonstrates Integrated AI, Connectivity and Digital Utility Technologies at TNB Energy Transition Conference

  08-06-2026 18:25 via theregister.com
  
  At the recent TNB Energy Transition Conference, ZTE showcased an integrated portfolio of digital utility, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and intelligent infrastructure technologies. The display highlighted how advanced connectivity and digitalization can support the evolving needs of modern power utilities while driving Malaysia's broader energy transition ambitions. The technologies presented by ZTE encompassed a broad range of digital utility and intelligent infrastructure solutions designed to
  
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• NASA's Secret: Moon astronauts will be rocking Prada underwear

  08-06-2026 18:21 via theregister.com
  
  The devil may wear Prada, but soon Moon-bound astronauts will be sporting unmentionables from the high-fashion brand. Okay, to be honest, Prada hasn’t actually designed haute-couture Italian astronaut underthings for casual rocket missions so much as its existing collaboration with Axiom Space has been expanded to include a base layer for the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), which the pair announced in 2024. One can’t be caught in an unfashionable Liquid Cooling and Ventil
  
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• Flesh-eating parasite cases rise as fears intensify over US outbreak

  08-06-2026 17:59 via dailymail.com
  
  US outbreak fears are intensifying after federal officials confirmed two new detections of the flesh-eating New World screwworm in the nation, increasing case to four.
  
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• Ransomware sends Illinois high school on an early summer vacation

  08-06-2026 17:46 via theregister.com
  
  An Illinois high school won't reopen until Wednesday at the earliest after suffering a ransomware attack on Sunday, June 7. Evanston Township High School (ETHS), located 14 miles north of Chicago, said it would be closed today and tomorrow, and that the closure also affected summer school, sports camps, and on-campus activities, which are all canceled. "Upon discovering the incident, we immediately activated our incident response procedures and engaged external cyber breach attorneys and cyberse
  
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• US outbreak fears intensify after flesh-eating parasite cases rise to FOUR

  08-06-2026 17:39 via dailymail.com
  
  US outbreak fears are intensifying after federal officials confirmed two new detections of the flesh-eating New World screwworm in the nation, increasing case to four.
  
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• NASA will announce the four astronauts flying aboard Artemis III TOMORROW - here are the likely candidates

  08-06-2026 17:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Just months after the success of Artemis II, NASA is poised to reveal its next generation of daring astronauts.
  
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• Amazon Leo's satellite homework is late, but FCC won't flunk it just yet

  08-06-2026 17:21 via theregister.com
  
  Amazon is set to miss its deadline to deploy half of its Leo satellite constellation by July 30, as required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The agency has, however, granted it a waiver of sorts – at the cost of priority status in spectrum licensing. The Bezos-founded behemoth got the go-ahead from the FCC for what was then known as Project Kuiper back in 2020. This was on the proviso that it had 50 percent of its planned constellation of 3,236 broadband satellites in orbit
  
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• Hurricane trackers monitor growing tropical threat in Gulf of America with possible US impacts

  08-06-2026 16:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Hurricane forecasters are monitoring the Gulf of America for a possible tropical system that could take shape in the coming days.
  
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• NHS prescribes half a million Copilot licenses for its paperwork headache

  08-06-2026 16:21 via theregister.com
  
  NHS England is handing Microsoft Copilot to more than half a million staff after a pilot claimed the AI assistant could claw back 43 minutes a day from administrative work. On Monday, NHS England announced plans to roll out Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff. Its confidence comes from a pilot involving 30,000 staff across 90 organizations, which the health service says saved users an average of 43 minutes a day on admin, working out to roughly five working weeks over the course of a
  
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• Inside NASA's $1 BILLION plan to destroy the ISS: As the latest leak sparks evacuation fears, experts reveal how the doomed space station will be destroyed in 2030

  08-06-2026 16:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Over 25 years since the first astronauts floated aboard the International Space Station, time is now running out for Earth's orbiting outpost.
  
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• GitHub nukes 70+ Microsoft repos, breaks CI/CD pipelines, following suspected worm infections

  08-06-2026 15:56 via theregister.com
  
  Microsoft’s GitHub has disabled over 70 repositories after they were reportedly compromised by a worm in the latest open source supply chain attack. The code shack took down 73 repos within the space of 105 seconds after its alarms were tripped on Friday, June 5, after detecting signs of the Miasma worm infecting its projects, according to StepSecurity’s co-founder and CTO, Ashish Kurmi. Users reported issues quickly on Friday, after visits to those repos all resulted in the same mes
  
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• The World Cup could be a superspreader event: Experts warn the tournament will have the 'perfect conditions' for infectious diseases - including Ebola, Covid-19, and STIs

  08-06-2026 15:07 via dailymail.com
  
  The influx of tourists could spark outbreaks of everything from Ebola to STIs, according to Dr Andres Henao at the University of Colorado Anschutz.
  
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• Python JIT compiler project under threat after steering council says proper process wasn't followed

  08-06-2026 14:45 via theregister.com
  
  The Python steering council has surprised onlookers by asking for the suspension of new development on the JIT (just in time) compiler project from the main branch of the Python code repository, pending creation and acceptance of a new PEP (Python enhancement proposal) for the project. Bug and security fixes for existing JIT code in main will continue to be accepted, but if no PEP is submitted and approved within six months, the JIT code will be removed from main. The announcement is unexpected
  
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• NSO Group back in Meta's crosshairs after alleged WhatsApp targeting

  08-06-2026 14:10 via theregister.com
  
  Meta has asked a federal judge to hold Israeli spyware maker NSO Group in contempt of court after claiming it caught the surveillance vendor targeting WhatsApp users again despite a permanent injunction ordering it to stop. In a blog post on Monday, Meta said it had disrupted "NSO-linked social engineering attempts" after investigating reports from users. According to the company, the activity involved attempts to lure targets into clicking malicious links that redirected them to websites outsid
  
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• UK boffin bait lands 18 international researchers

  08-06-2026 13:30 via theregister.com
  
  Britain's much-heralded scheme to attract top scientific talent has managed to attract a total of 18 takers, the government has admitted. The Global Talent visa program was launched last summer following announcements from the EU and France that they intended to tempt scientists unhappy with their lot in Trump's America and elsewhere. But while the EU was putting up €500 million ($575 million) in funding for foreign eggheads, the UK could only stump up a dedicated pot of £54 million (
  
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• Uber's robotaxis arrive in the UK: Self-driving cars will be available in London this summer

  08-06-2026 13:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Designed in collaboration with Wayve, the robotaxi is an all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-e, equipped with surround cameras and radar.
  
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• Brit fraudsters using AI to doctor 'evidence' in motor insurance claims

  08-06-2026 12:48 via theregister.com
  
  UK insurer Aviva is receiving tens of thousands of reports from scammers looking to profit from claims embellished using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Aviva and its wider brand portfolio received an estimated 18,400 plus fraudulent claims in 2025, backed by doctored evidence includeding AI-generated car accident scenes, fake official documents, and fabricated images exaggerating damage. If approved, the sum of these claims would have amounted to £233 million ($310.3 million) across t
  
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• UK's answer to AI job fears is a bot to polish your CV

  08-06-2026 12:02 via theregister.com
  
  The UK government is about to unleash an AI-powered CV writer on jobseekers in the hope that the technology taking jobs can also help people to find them. Prime minister Keir Starmer used London Tech Week to announce a three-month trial of an "AI Work Assistant" that officials say will put "a job centre in your pocket," offering around-the-clock help with CV writing, applications, job searches, and career advice. The service is already live online, though the government would like users to keep
  
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• UK gov's answer to AI job fears: An AI bot to polish your CV

  08-06-2026 12:02 via theregister.com
  
  The UK government is about to unleash an AI-powered CV writer on jobseekers in the hope that the technology taking jobs can also help people to find them. Prime minister Keir Starmer used London Tech Week to announce a three-month trial of an "AI Work Assistant" that officials say will put "a job centre in your pocket," offering around-the-clock help with CV writing, applications, job searches, and career advice. The service is already live online, though the government would like users to keep
  
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• Department of Work and Pensions' answer to AI job fears is a bot to polish your CV

  08-06-2026 12:02 via theregister.com
  
  The UK government is about to unleash an AI-powered CV writer on jobseekers in the hope that the technology taking jobs can also help people to find them. Prime minister Keir Starmer used London Tech Week to announce a three-month trial of an "AI Work Assistant" that officials say will put "a job centre in your pocket," offering around-the-clock help with CV writing, applications, job searches, and career advice. The service is already live online, though the government would like users to keep
  
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• Great white shark is recorded underwater in the Mediterranean for the first time ever

  08-06-2026 11:44 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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