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• Fracking approval under consideration

  20-05-2016 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Councillors in North Yorkshire will consider whether to approve fracking in England for the first time since a ban on the technique was lifted in 2012.
  
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• Stay indoors advisories issued in six US states TODAY as wildfire carrying lung-penetrating toxins fills the air

  05-08-2026 20:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Dangerous toxins are spreading across parts of the US, bringing an invisible threat capable of reaching deep inside the human body.
  
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• Moment terrifying 'firenado' erupts as historic wildfires scorch 2 million acres across Pacific Northwest

  05-08-2026 19:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Stunning footage has captured the moment a massive 'firenado' formed. The Pacific Northwest is battling dozens of wildfires, which have burned millions of acres.
  
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• UFO disclosure movement's astonishing new Trump claims: Secret Oval Office meetings... Air Force One plan... and 'imminent' next move

  05-08-2026 19:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Key players in the fight for UFO disclosure are reportedly making their way to Washington amid claims that President Trump could reveal what the government knows.
  
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• IBM's agentic AI platform is under active attack - patch now

  05-08-2026 18:44 via theregister.com
  
  A critical vulnerability in IBM-owned, low-code AI builder Langflow lets unauthenticated attackers execute code remotely on vulnerable default deployments, potentially putting organizations running those instances at immediate risk. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added CVE-2026-9198 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after identifying evidence of active exploitation and urged organizations to apply the vendor's mitigation guidance as soon as po
  
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• 'Biblical' swarm of locusts sparks horror as they flood skies over Russia

  05-08-2026 18:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Millions of locusts are swallowing roads, darkening skies and tearing through farmland as drivers struggle to navigate the biblical invasion.
  
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• Watch the death of a STAR: Astronomers catch a supernova from the very first explosive moment

  05-08-2026 18:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Astronomers have captured the death of a star from the very first explosive moments of its demise.
  
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• Samsung and Mousterian move ahead with floating datacenter for Texas

  05-08-2026 17:47 via theregister.com
  
  Plans for floating datacenters in the US have advanced beyond the handshake stage, with Samsung Heavy Industries and Mousterian Corporation signing an engineering contract. Dallas-based Mousterian, which describes itself quaintly as "a developer of water-adjacent datacenter infrastructure," says the contract covers its first project, planned for deployment in Texas. The pair intend to deliver further bespoke moored bit barns for the US market, each delivering 50 MW of critical IT capacity. Under
  
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• Biblical swarm of locusts floods skies over Russia sparking fears God's plagues have returned

  05-08-2026 17:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Millions of locusts are swallowing roads, darkening skies and tearing through farmland as drivers struggle to navigate the biblical invasion.
  
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• Microsoft tells engineers to curb their token-burning enthusiasm

  05-08-2026 17:10 via theregister.com
  
  Concerned about cost, Microsoft is reportedly warning employees against wasteful AI use. In an email seen by 404 Media, Microsoft Executive Vice President Jay Parikh warned that individual divisions would be given targets and could face restrictions. "Tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for. I want all of us focused on maximizing outcomes that move the needle for our customers and our business," the email states. The Register asked Microsoft what it made of the report, and a spokesperson
  
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• Are YOU muscular? You're probably part Neanderthal! Study reveals how genes from the ancient species increase muscle mass in people today

  05-08-2026 17:02 via dailymail.com
  
  If you're lucky enough to be naturally muscular, scientists say it might be because you are part Neanderthal.
  
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• The sun as you've NEVER seen it: Scientists capture the highest resolution observations of our home star's surface

  05-08-2026 17:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Scientists have captured the highest-resolution images of the sun ever made, revealing astonishing new details.
  
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• Operationalize AI at scale with HPE and NVIDIA

  05-08-2026 17:00 via theregister.com
  
  While many organizations have AI projects underway at various stages of maturity, most are experiencing challenges scaling AI across their IT landscape. That is because many AI strategists have yet to work out how to build, operate, and extract value from their AI infrastructure. Without a formal, top-level plan for AI, key capabilities and requirements get lost, and the full value of AI is never realized. What is needed is a pre-integrated, full-stack environment that simplifies the deployment,
  
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• The Number Of Regular People Being Arrested For Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding

  05-08-2026 16:37 via technocracy.news
  
  This isn’t just about violations of Free Speech; it is about the complete trashing of the First Amendment and the right of citizens to protest and express their dissent.  Overzealous police plus cowardly city councils point out just how far we have been sucked down the rabbit hole. President Trump campaigned on restoring Free Speech, but his Administration has done just the opposite ever since. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.
  It takes a lot to get your typical white-bread American riled
  
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• SpaceX revenue rockets while AI spending burns billions

  05-08-2026 16:15 via theregister.com
  
  SpaceX beat revenue forecasts in its first results as a public company, but surging AI expenditure and another quarterly loss left investors unimpressed. In unrelated but appropriately-timed space news, a discarded SpaceX rocket body is believed to have struck the Moon this morning. SpaceX's figures show revenue rising sharply across its two main segments. For the quarter ended June 30, total revenue reached $7.8 billion, up from $4.7 billion in the previous quarter. Connectivity revenue increas
  
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• Plane crash that killed four civilians is blamed on experimental weapons test as official report reveals pilots' chilling final moments

  05-08-2026 16:01 via dailymail.com
  
  A US military training exercise has been linked to the deaths of four Americans in the nation's first known civilian fatalities involving electronic warfare.
  
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• London cops handed victim's new address and number to her stalker, watchdog says

  05-08-2026 15:30 via theregister.com
  
  The UK's data protection regulator has criticized London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) after its officers handed a victim's stalker details about her new phone number and home address, among other failures. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) today issued the MPS with an enforcement notice [PDF] and a reprimand over the two incidents, which occurred in 2024. Enforcement notices include specific steps offending organizations must take to meet their data protection duties under UK la
  
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• Experimental US weapon test blamed for crashing medical plane and killing four Americans

  05-08-2026 15:11 via dailymail.com
  
  A US military training exercise has been linked to the deaths of four Americans in the nation's first known civilian fatalities involving electronic warfare.
  
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• Cloud startup Volta claims $10B AI lab deal for Norway bit barn

  05-08-2026 15:04 via theregister.com
  
  An AI cloud startup with backing from Nvidia and Michael Dell plans to open AI factories in Norway and elsewhere, targeting multiple gigawatts of capacity by 2030. Volta describes itself as a vertically integrated AI infrastructure business set up to finance, build, and operate AI factories. In other words, it is another rent-a-GPU "neocloud" operation like Nscale and CoreWeave, but one with some notable backers. Emerging from stealth mode, Volta said it had raised about $300 million across its
  
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• Voyager 2 cheats the power budget for another year

  05-08-2026 14:15 via theregister.com
  
  Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have eked out a little more life for instruments aboard the veteran Voyager 2 probe thanks to a power-saving effort called the "Big Bang." The procedure involved switching several powered devices at once, turning some off and replacing others with lower-power alternatives while keeping the spacecraft warm enough to function. We don't envy whoever had to press the Send button and then wait to discover whether the commands had worked or left Voyager 2
  
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• We are all exactly the same age... but can YOU guess whose lifestyle has aged them by ten years, who is 'biologically 36' and who has lopped years off their score?

  05-08-2026 13:16 via dailymail.com
  
  My age group - Gen Z - is often accused of leading boring lives in comparison to our parents when they were young.
  
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• UK charities count the cost of Beacon CRM cyberattack

  05-08-2026 13:04 via theregister.com
  
  Beacon CRM has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack that exposed data belonging to a growing list of UK charities. The company, which markets its software to charities and has more than 1,500 customers, said its investigation remains ongoing. However, it appears that a substantial amount of customer data was copied, and Beacon is warning users to assume everything they stored on the platform was downloaded. "Currently, our investigation has confirmed that copies of database backups were made an
  
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• How to spot a narcissist on LinkedIn, according to scientists

  05-08-2026 12:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Have you noticed someone sharing 'deep' takes on your LinkedIn feed? If so, they might be a narcissist.
  
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• What is the healthiest snack? Diet experts reveal their 10 top choices that will kill hunger pangs AND keep you trim

  05-08-2026 12:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Here, diet experts select 10 of the healthiest snacks to keep you satisfied between meals. Some you'll find at your local supermarket, while others are likely already in your kitchen cupboards.
  
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• Keeping yesterday's computers ticking takes more than nostalgia

  05-08-2026 12:02 via theregister.com
  
  ARCHAEOLOGIC Repairing and restoring vintage computer hardware has grown increasingly popular, but keeping decades-old machines alive presents different challenges from fixing modern kit. Earie Salmon, of the YouTube channel Earie's 8-Bit Workshop, is one of many tinkerers documenting the process of keeping retro computers ticking over and building new examples of obsolete or never-released kit. Based in Australia, Salmon's entry point into the hobby is all too familiar – a bit of nostalgi
  
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• How bad are the wildfire emissions in your area? Interactive map reveals just how polluted the air is - as major fires continue to rage across Europe and North America

  05-08-2026 11:38 via dailymail.com
  
  As devastating wildfires continue to rage across Europe, millions of holidaymakers face an invisible threat in the form of hazardous air pollution.
  
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• Double trouble for Microsoft as pre-owned software licenses claims converge

  05-08-2026 11:02 via theregister.com
  
  ValueLicensing (VL) has been invited to attend a case management conference in a related multibillion-pound collective action against Microsoft, according to the reseller's boss, Jonathan Horley. VL sued Microsoft for £270 million in 2021, alleging that the software giant restricted the supply of surplus Office licenses available for resale. Barrister Alexander Wolfson is the proposed class representative in a separate claim filed in 2025 on behalf of more than two million UK customers. Th
  
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• Double trouble for Microsoft as pre-owned software license claims converge

  05-08-2026 11:02 via theregister.com
  
  ValueLicensing (VL) has been invited to attend a case management conference in a related multibillion-pound collective action against Microsoft, according to the reseller's boss, Jonathan Horley. VL sued Microsoft for £270 million in 2021, alleging that the software giant restricted the supply of surplus Office licenses available for resale. Barrister Alexander Wolfson is the proposed class representative in a separate claim filed in 2025 on behalf of more than two million UK customers. Th
  
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• One of Elon Musk's discarded SpaceX rockets crashes into the MOON at 5,400mph - producing a blast equivalent to 15,000 sticks of dynamite and carving out a brand new crater

  05-08-2026 09:19 via dailymail.com
  
  One of Elon Musk's discarded SpaceX rockets has crashed into the moon's surface at 5,400 miles per hour (8,690 km/h).
  
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• New Boeing finally gets going, 15 years after debut

  05-08-2026 08:47 via theregister.com
  
  Boeing on Tuesday celebrated the certification of its latest passenger plane, the 737-7 MAX, 15 years after it announced the type and seven years after the first model rolled off the production line. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified the plane on Monday, saying its decision “reflects years of sustained work to resolve complex technical issues and complete a thorough review of the airplane’s design and supporting safety analyses.” Many of the 737-7’s p
  
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