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• Hyper-violent 'Lobo' to join DC movie universe

  17-03-2016 17:02
  
  Warner Bros is expanding its cinematic slate based on its DC Comics properties, with Lobo joining the shared universe about to explode with Batman v Superman.
  The project is moving ahead with writer Jason Fuchs having signed on to pen the movie. Fuchs has also written the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, due for release in 2017 and spinning out of Dawn of Justice. The Lobo movie will be directed by Brad Peyton, previously of disaster
  
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• Missing scientist's skull reveals new clue about her death as ex-FBI agent raises shocking theory

  16-06-2026 22:54 via dailymail.com
  
  New details have emerged in the death investigation of nuclear lab worker Melissa Casias, as a former FBI agent presents a disturbing new theory of how she died.
  
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• Python dev saved from disaster by intuition...and AI

  16-06-2026 22:15 via theregister.com
  
  Python developer Roman Imankulov nearly took the bait. The fact that he didn't can be chalked up to human intuition and AI code vetting. A person claiming to be a recruiter from a small crypto startup got in touch through LinkedIn, looking for help with what she described as proof-of-concept code that didn't work. The company, she explained, needed a lead engineer. As Imankulov described the exchange in a blog post, the recruiter asked him to look into an issue with a deprecated Node module. Som
  
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• Scientists calculate humanity's end date with 95% certainty

  16-06-2026 22:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Mathematicians have used a controversial statistical formula, known as the 'doomsday argument,' to predict when humanity could go extinct.
  
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• Intel-born networking tech resurfaces as InfiniBand alternative for DoE supers

  16-06-2026 22:03 via theregister.com
  
  When it comes to networking supercomputers, Nvidia's InfiniBand rules the roost, but a new competitor is sneaking into the space with its own solution. This week the Department of Energy powered on a new cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and gluing it all together is Intel spinoff Cornelis Network’s Omni-Path interconnect tech. Lynx is a relatively modest bit of iron, at least as DoE supers go, packing 952 Dell Technologies PowerEdge nodes powered by Intel’s aging 4t
  
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• AI and brain-computer interface allow speechless ALS patient to work a full-time job

  16-06-2026 20:44 via theregister.com
  
  Imagine being paralyzed so badly that not only can't you move your hands or feet, but you can't speak either. For years, brain computer interfaces have presented the tantalizing promise of reading brainwaves well enough to allow a person to communicate and access a PC. Now, a new breakthrough shows how someone can talk and even work a job while afflicted with a motion-robbing disease. A team of scientists from the University of California, Davis, published a paper Monday detailing a years-long s
  
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• Three critical Fortinet sandbox bugs splattered by unknown attackers

  16-06-2026 20:27 via theregister.com
  
  Three critical flaws in Fortinet’s sandbox that allow remote attackers to bypass authentication, escalate privileges, and execute malicious code are under active exploitation, according to threat intelligence firm Defused. Fortinet patched two of the three flaws, CVE-2026-39813 and CVE-2026-39808, in April and the third, CVE-2026-25089 last week. All three bugs received 9.1 CVSS ratings, and, at the time, the vendor said that there were no reports of active exploitation. CVE-2026-39813 is
  
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• Commodore gets into the phone biz with Sailfish-powered retro 'Callback'

  16-06-2026 20:01 via theregister.com
  
  Retro computing brand Commodore has brought its pre-internet sensibilities to the mobile phone market with a $500 flip handset that proudly ships without social media, email, a web browser, or most of the things people typically buy smartphones to use. The company unveiled the device, dubbed Callback, this week and pitched it as a privacy-focused antidote to doomscrolling. Built in partnership with Finnish outfit Jolla, whose Sailfish OS traces its roots back to former Nokia engineers, the Linux
  
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• Scientists spot powerful UFOs blasting out of a monster black hole

  16-06-2026 19:55 via dailymail.com
  
  A new study has shared details about powerful 'UFOs' launching from a supermassive black hole. The UFOs are capable of reshaping entire galaxies.
  
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• Self-proclaimed psychic issues chilling warning after visions of World Cup catastrophe: 'I saw thousands taken'

  16-06-2026 19:08 via dailymail.com
  
  A self-proclaimed psychic claims to have foreseen a catastrophe at an upcoming World Cup match in the US.
  
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• Tropical Storm Watch issued for millions as life-threatening weather system builds off US coast

  16-06-2026 18:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The threat of Tropical Storm Arthur is growing, with forecasters issuing a Tropical Storm Watch as the potentially deadly system strengthens off the US coast.
  
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• Self-proclaimed psychic issues chilling warning after vision of alien abductions at World Cup: 'I saw thousands taken'

  16-06-2026 18:22 via dailymail.com
  
  A chilling prediction from a self-proclaimed psychic that could change the world and reveal the existence of alien life is just days away from being put to the test.
  
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• There's no such thing as an agentic CPU

  16-06-2026 18:00 via theregister.com
  
  OPINION Do AI agents need a new kind of CPU? That's what Arm, Nvidia, and a growing number of chip designers would have you believe.Arm named its first datacenter silicon the "AGI CPU." Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described Vera as a "CPU for agents," and AWS's Graviton 5 marketing is chock full of references to agentic AI. None of these Arm-based processors are going to bring about the singularity. They're not even AI accelerators. Don't let the spin doctors fool you – these chips are nothing
  
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• Firefox 152 understands 'Sssh!'

  16-06-2026 17:48 via theregister.com
  
  Firefox 152 is now available for download, after no fewer than four minor point releases to its predecessor, last month’s Firefox 151. And quieting noisy tabs has never been easier. It’s a good time to check out the Fox: recently, this patch to the Google Chromium codebase, continues closing the door to Manifest V2 extensions, as The Register warned you was coming early last year. As the W3C documents, the forthcoming Google Chrome 150 turns off the last workarounds available for ful
  
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• Firefox 152 understands “Sssh!”

  16-06-2026 17:48 via theregister.com
  
  Firefox 152 is now available for download, after no fewer than four minor point releases to its predecessor, last month’s Firefox 151. And quieting noisy tabs has never been easier. It’s a good time to check out the Fox: recently, this patch to the Google Chromium codebase, continues closing the door to Manifest V2 extensions, as The Register warned you was coming early last year. As the W3C documents, the forthcoming Google Chrome 150 turns off the last workarounds available for ful
  
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• Microsoft faces down sueball, capacity problems in series of challenges

  16-06-2026 17:01 via theregister.com
  
  Microsoft is facing AI-related issues on multiple fronts. Disgruntled investors have flung a sueball at the company over its Copilot claims, while it is reportedly turning to other cloud vendors to help with AI-induced scalability issues at its coding collaboration tentacle, GitHub. The sueball is a class action, filed by the City of St. Clair Shores Police and Fire Retirement System in the Seattle US District Court, that alleges that Microsoft bosses (including its CEO, Satya Nadella) made "mat
  
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• You're taking the p***! China unveils the world's first self-driving TOILET - and it can even clean itself

  16-06-2026 16:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Getting up in the night to nip to the loo is a bother for many people - but not for much longer.
  
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• Flutterly adorable! Schnauzer with incredibly long lashes is looking for a home - as delighted fans claim she has 'eyelashes of dreams'

  16-06-2026 16:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Lady is an adorable dog with enviably long eyelashes, who was rescued by the RSPCA Northamptonshire in April.
  
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• Crooks found a new way to collaborate using Teams – by hiding command-and-control traffic

  16-06-2026 16:41 via theregister.com
  
  Cybercrims deploying DragonForce ransomware appear to have gained access to a major US services company's network, then spent two months up to no good while disguising their command-and-control activities as legitimate Microsoft Teams traffic. Researchers at security firm Symantec said the intrusion began with attackers gaining access to the victim's environment before deploying a custom Go-based backdoor, tracked as "Backdoor.Turn," to maintain communication with the compromised systems. Rather
  
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• Global fossil fuel use must HALVE by 2035 to avoid catastrophic climate damage, scientists claim

  16-06-2026 16:08 via dailymail.com
  
  The report, by Climate Analytics, looked at the measures that need to be taken to keep global warming below 1.5°C by the end of the century.
  
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• Linux kernel 7.1 sends Intel 486 support to silicon heaven

  16-06-2026 16:03 via theregister.com
  
  Linux kernel 7.1 is out, bringing significant changes that have been brewing for years – including the long-promised removal of support for Intel's 486 chip and its contemporaries. More than 140,000 lines of code have been chopped, with more facing deletion. Back in May 2025, we wrote that kernel 6.15 would drop 486 support, but that change was canceled at the last minute. Now it's in: in April, Penguin Emperor Linus Torvalds merged the big change that we described back then. More work is
  
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• Non-x86 servers now nearly half the market, IDC says

  16-06-2026 15:31 via theregister.com
  
  Servers employing x86 chips from AMD and Intel now account for little more than half of server revenue, according to the latest figures from IDC. In its Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker for Q1 2026, the analyst firm says that non-x86 server revenue hit $58.7 billion, representing a startling increase of 107 percent over the same period last year. The results mean that those non-x86 servers make up 47.9 percent of the market revenue, closing in rapidly on the amount of cash spent on x86 boxes.
  
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• Millions on alert as Tropical Storm Arthur threat grows with life-threatening impacts on US coast

  16-06-2026 15:00 via dailymail.com
  
  The threat of Tropical Storm Arthur forming is growing, with forecasters warning that life-threatening impacts could occur across several US states if the system continues to organize.
  
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• NHS Palantir claims face scrutiny after data suggests uneven results

  16-06-2026 14:32 via theregister.com
  
  Nearly a third of NHS trusts using Palantir's health data platform are performing fewer patient procedures than before it went live, according to figures analyzed by campaign group Foxglove. The research – based on a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests – also found that a single body, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, accounted for 84 percent of the fall in outpatient waiting lists, while 16 trusts use the tool provided by the US firm. Palantir won th
  
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• NASA said nyet to Roscosmos plan to cut into leaky ISS segment

  16-06-2026 14:00 via theregister.com
  
  Russia's space agency Roscosmos intended to cut into part of the International Space Station (ISS) to determine the extent of leaks in the aging structure, according to a space agency source. The Register was told that discussions involved a handsaw . Other reports have suggested cosmonauts planned to deploy a drill. Whatever tool was involved, the plan made NASA sufficiently alarmed that the agency sent its astronauts scurrying into the relative safety of a SpaceX Dragon capsule docked at the I
  
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• How far can England go at the World Cup? Supercomputer predicts the Three Lions' journey through the competition - and their odds of taking home the trophy

  16-06-2026 13:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Before the whistle at England's opening game has even blown, scientists have predicted the most likely outcome for the Three Lions.
  
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• Cardiac monitor maker's security skips a beat as data thieves go for the jugular

  16-06-2026 13:45 via theregister.com
  
  Heart monitoring biz iRhythm says thieves made off with patient health information and tried to turn it into a payday. The California-based cardiac monitoring specialist offers customers a wearable device that collects data, then analyzes it to create reports about heart health. The company said it detected unauthorized activity on June 8 and launched an investigation with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts. A day later, the company received messages from a cybercriminal claiming to h
  
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• Coconut oil: The health benefits, hidden risks and claims you should ignore, according to experts

  16-06-2026 13:38 via dailymail.com
  
  It's the trendy oil hailed a miracle cure; antimicrobial, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, with devotees adding it to everything from their morning coffee to their oral hygiene routine.
  
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• Qualcomm said to be circling AI chip biz Tenstorrent in $10B RISC-V power play

  16-06-2026 13:15 via theregister.com
  
  Qualcomm is reportedly moving to buy AI chip firm Tenstorrent, an acquisition that could prove a major boost to the RISC-V ecosystem. This comes from The Information, which cites an anonymous source claiming that a deal valued at $8 billion to $10 billion is under discussion. According to the report, the talks are ongoing and there is no certainty a deal will be reached, but the move would fit with Qualcomm's datacenter ambitions and bullish statements about AI opportunities made by its chief, C
  
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• Scammers keep scoring: Brits fleeced for £1.3B as Americans lose $3.5B to impersonators

  16-06-2026 13:02 via theregister.com
  
  Brits lost £1.28 billion ($1.7 billion) to payment fraud last year as scams continued to thrive on online platforms and telecoms networks, according to the latest figures from banking trade association UK Finance. The 2025 losses represent a modest four percent rise on the previous year, the trade association said, but the main sources of fraud remained familiar. UK Finance said two-thirds (66 percent) of incidents start with online platforms, such as scams promoted through social media ad
  
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