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• Dylan Collins: Why is Ireland going for lowest age for digital consent? siliconrepublic.com/life/dylan-col…

  09-04-2018 09:06 via twitter.com
  Dylan Collins: Why is Ireland going for lowest age for digital consent? siliconrepublic.com/life/dylan-col…
  
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• macOS 27 beta boots Asahi Linux off Apple Silicon

  10-06-2026 17:36 via theregister.com
  
  macOS 27 may have dealt a blow to Intel Macs, but it has also caused headaches for Linux on Apple Silicon, according to the Asahi Linux team. Apple's next operating system debuted at WWDC this week and promptly landed as a beta, but the Asahi developers say the update has "changed how the boot picker and Startup Disk application detect valid OS boot volumes." The upshot is that the Asahi partition is no longer visible, which means no Linux booting on Apple Silicon for the time being. The advice
  
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• Hurricane trackers eye first tropical threat of 2026 in Gulf of America with possible US impacts

  10-06-2026 17:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The first storm warning for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has been issued after officials identified a disturbance brewing in the Gulf of America.
  
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• Millions told to 'stay out of the sun' as dangerous triple-digit heat scorches 14 states in just HOURS

  10-06-2026 17:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Warm and humid air is about to blanket the US and send temperatures into the danger zone from New York to California.
  
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• Vercel escapes contempt rap after admitting it botched FBI warrant response

  10-06-2026 16:39 via theregister.com
  
  Vercel will escape civil penalties over a contempt of court case brought by the US government, but has admitted wrongdoing and overhauled its data retention practices. The cloud hosting provider failed to comply in a timely manner with a federal search warrant issued in August 2025 at the FBI's request, sought in connection with an unidentified individual's Vercel account, which was deleted before the company acted on the warrant. At the heart of the legal issue was that the user's account was p
  
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• Hurricane trackers issue first threat warning as tropical disturbance brews in Gulf of America

  10-06-2026 16:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The first storm warning for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has been issued after officials identified a disturbance brewing in the Gulf of America.
  
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• Linux Lite 8.0 sheds Chrome, slims down, and finds its name fits better than ever

  10-06-2026 16:05 via theregister.com
  
  Linux Lite 8.0 is now available, rebuilt atop Ubuntu 26.04 and with its custom helper apps rewritten around GTK4. It arrives almost exactly two years after we looked at Linux Lite 7, itself two years after Linux Lite 6.0. The regularity of the release cycle is a sign of its maturity: the project is now 14 years old. Version 8 is based on Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon, but it eliminates the vexed question that many distros pose: which desktop to use. Linux Lite uses version 4.20 of the Xfce deskt
  
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• Are we on the brink of World War 3? Number of conflicts between states reaches its highest level since WWII, study warns

  10-06-2026 15:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The number of conflicts between states has reached its highest level since the end of World War II, an ominous study has revealed.
  
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• Brit workers waste nearly six hours a week 'botsitting'

  10-06-2026 15:32 via theregister.com
  
  Almost all UK workers now have to deal with AI, but few firms report big productivity gains because of all the time lost in hand-holding the systems and cleaning up their mistakes. So says a report by the Work AI Institute, a research arm of AI biz Glean Technologies. It claims there are productivity gains to be had from introducing AI-based tools, yet much of this is being negated by the amount of time employees waste making them work – a phenomenon it has christened "botsitting." The org
  
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• Apple quietly kills support for four popular devices owned by millions... is yours on the list?

  10-06-2026 15:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Apple has killed support for four popular devices owned by millions. However, some of the products are just a few years old.
  
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• GitHub pulls pin on npm's auto-run scripts

  10-06-2026 15:11 via theregister.com
  
  GitHub will change npm's defaults so the install command no longer runs scripts automatically, disabling a feature commonly exploited by malicious packages such as the notorious Shai-Hulud worm. Maintainer Leo Balter said: "Install-time lifecycle scripts are the single largest code-execution surface in the npm ecosystem. Every npm install runs scripts from every transitive dependency, so a single compromised package anywhere in your tree can execute arbitrary code on a developer machine or CI (c
  
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• NASA names crew for Artemis III lunar lander rehearsal

  10-06-2026 13:41 via theregister.com
  
  NASA has named the four astronauts set to fly the Artemis III mission in an announcement that raised as many questions as it answered. The quartet is comprised of a Space Shuttle veteran, Randy Bresnik, as commander, and the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano, whose helmet filled with water during an International Space Station (ISS) spacewalk. NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas will serve as mission specialists. In addition, NASA astronaut Bob Hines will serve as a backup crew me
  
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• Is your child a 'pizza lover' or a 'traybake enthusiast'? Scientists say children who eat school lunches fall into five distinct groups - and only 2% have a healthy diet

  10-06-2026 13:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Children who eat school lunches fall into five distinct groups - and only two per cent are healthy, according to a new study.
  
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• Ivanti tells Sentry customers to patch now as critical bugs hit 10.0 and 9.9

  10-06-2026 13:04 via theregister.com
  
  It's patch time for Ivanti customers again after the security shop disclosed another two critical vulnerabilities in one of its products. Both bugs affect Ivanti Sentry, a mobile gateway that forms part of its broader unified endpoint management platform. The first and worst of the two is CVE-2026-10520 (10.0), a max-severity vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute code with root privileges. Flaws that allow root-level code execution without authentication are abo
  
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• Brussels' datacenter efficiency scorecard may come with a credit warning

  10-06-2026 12:50 via theregister.com
  
  The European Union's proposed environmental rating system for datacenters could could carry significant credit implications for facility operators and their lenders when they are finally implemented. The European Commission published draft regulations in March proposing an A-to-G rating scale for datacenters based on energy and water efficiency. The system is intended to drive greater sustainability in an industry forecast to expand sharply over the next decade, fuelled by surging demand for AI
  
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• SpacemiT shows off usably quick RISC-V mini desktop

  10-06-2026 12:45 via theregister.com
  
  UBUNTU SUMMIT SpacemiT is demonstrating its impressive new K3 RISC-V SoC, a fairly hefty 16-core device – with a moderately hefty price. One of the few hardware vendors exhibiting at the recent Ubuntu Summit was SpacemiT. (The site is available in both Chinese and English – click the globe symbol at top right to switch between them.) The company’s product page for the Key Stone K3 chip has specs that look powerful: 16 CPU cores, divided between eight of SpacemiT’s own X10
  
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• Scooby Doo NOT get a Great Dane: Vets raise concerns new trailer featuring a real puppy will lead to a surge in desire for the huge breed that's prone to health risks

  10-06-2026 12:30 via dailymail.com
  
  A teaser clip for the new live-action Scooby-Doo: Origins series has sent fans into a frenzy. But vets have raised concerns that the new series will lead to a surge in demand for Great Danes.
  
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• Node4 CEO Neil Muller found dead at home after suspected stabbing

  10-06-2026 11:35 via theregister.com
  
  Neil Muller, newly appointed Group CEO of managed service provider Node4, has died after an alleged stabbing at his home. He was 54.Muller, a well-respected and long-serving figure in Britain's tech supply chain, was found with chest wounds at his residence in Claverdon, Warwickshire, in the early hours of June 7. Warwickshire Police said in a statement: "We received a report from ambulance services at 6.15am about a man in his 50s who required emergency medical care following a stab wound in hi
  
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• When you lost your virginity may impact how you AGE, study reveals

  10-06-2026 11:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Scientists from Shandong University surveyed almost 400,000 Brits about the age when they first had sex, and looked at their genetic predisposition to ageing outcomes.
  
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• Five-minute EV chargers are coming to Britain: BYD is installing 300 ultra-fast stations that can recharge electric cars in the same time it takes to fill a petrol car with fuel

  10-06-2026 11:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Hanging around dreary service stations waiting for your electric car to recharge could soon become a thing of the past, as five-minute chargers are coming to the UK.
  
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• France and Germany agree to disagree, ditch joint next-gen Euro fighter

  10-06-2026 10:30 via theregister.com
  
  One of Europe’s two major next-gen fighter aircraft programs has been hit hard by differences between France and Germany, the two main participants, leaving the UK-Italy-Japan's Tempest as the main contender. Reports say that the Future Combat Air System (FCAS, or Système de Combat Aérien du Futur – SCAF – in French) has been shelved by German Chancellor Merz and French President Macron. The program dates back to at least 2017, and was expected to produce a test f
  
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• Logitech knows when to fold 'em

  10-06-2026 09:01 via theregister.com
  
  Logitech has unveiled the Mobi Fold mouse – a portable, foldable pointing device that could easily double as a replacement for a chunkier desktop version. It's the first foldable for Logitech, although alternatives have long been available. When you unfold it, it resembles something like Microsoft's Surface Arc mouse. Clad in pleasing materials, the Mobi Fold is available in a variety of colors: Graphite, Lilac, and Off White. The Graphite version feels like it will be more hard-wearing, a
  
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• Last month was the second-hottest May on RECORD - with all the signs pointing to a Super El Niño in the 'coming months'

  10-06-2026 04:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Last month was the second-hottest May on record, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has revealed.
  
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• It's not just humans! DOGS are also right or left handed - here's how to find out which paw your pet prefers

  10-06-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  It's not just humans who are right or left-handed, as a study shows that some pooches have a preferred paw.
  
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• What, this old thing? Scientists 'make bag from T-Rex leather'

  10-06-2026 00:58 via dailymail.com
  
  For tomorrow, the world's first 'T-Rex leather' handbag, engineered from the prehistoric beast's DNA, is up for auction.
  
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• AI is making Patch Tuesday (kinda) fun again

  10-06-2026 00:49 via theregister.com
  
  Microsoft set a record with its June Patch Tuesday release, addressing 206 CVEs across its products and shipping fixes for them, with 38 deemed critical and the rest important. Three are listed as publicly known, but none (so far) have been exploited in the wild. We have no idea how many of these June bugs were uncovered using AI tools. Unlike last month’s patching event, when Redmond disclosed its agentic bug-hunting system found 16 of the 137 vulnerabilities, there’s no word on any
  
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• Does Google Want To Create a Two-Tier Internet Only Accessible To Those With ‘Approved’ Devices?

  10-06-2026 00:22 via technocracy.news
  
  You bet it does! Google is a mainstay and perpetrator of Technocracy in the first place. If it weren’t so, they wouldn’t push Technocracy.news to page 12 of search results. When Google dropped “Don’t be evil” from the front of its Code of Conduct in 2018, it apparently gave them license to do evil ever since. They don’t care if you catch on, either. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.Never mind Fancy Bear, or the NSO Group, the biggest threat to the open i
  
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• Salesforce cuts staff amid acquisition spree and $50 billion share buyback

  10-06-2026 00:01 via theregister.com
  
  Salesforce is undergoing another round of layoffs, its second this year, according to a filing with California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification office. The notice filed on Monday stated that 86 employees would be laid off from its Mission Street office in San Francisco on August 7. We're not sure if these were the only jobs cut, and Salesforce did not immediately respond to an email to its press office seeking comment. The company employed about 83,000 people globally as of
  
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• If your sex life is dead, you can blame Steve Jobs

  09-06-2026 22:49 via theregister.com
  
  If your phone is too compelling, your sex life might not be. American birth rates have been declining for nearly two decades now, and researchers believe they’ve identified a potential new culprit: The iPhone. That’s right: A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper examines AT&T mobile broadband coverage from the iPhone’s 2007 launch until the company lost carrier exclusivity in 2011. Comparing birth rates across counties and controlling for confounding factors,
  
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• NASA faces backlash after revealing four astronauts for key Artemis III moon mission

  09-06-2026 22:00 via dailymail.com
  
  NASA has unveiled the four astronauts chosen for a key moon mission, but the Artemis III crew selection has drawn criticism from the public.
  
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