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• NASA invites public to add their names to a database that will orbit the moon on Artemis 1

  03-03-2022 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency will send the Orion capsule atop a Space Launch System (SLS) mega rocket at some point this summer, possibly as early as late May.
  
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• Ancient message discovered in Egypt offers new proof of the Bible's story of Moses

  20-08-2026 18:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Archaeologists have uncovered a stone beam with 3,000-year-old text that offers new proof for the famous Bible story of Moses.
  
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• Microsoft gives Task Manager another task: Watching AI workloads

  20-08-2026 18:45 via theregister.com
  
  Once upon a time, Windows Task Manager was a stone-cold killer. Optimized to within an inch of its life, it struck fear into errant processes. These days, Microsoft also wants it monitoring AI workloads. Task Manager has come a long way from the application Dave Plummer developed in the 1990s, inspired by what he called a "very Unixy impulse." This week, Microsoft highlighted its latest addition: deeper visibility into AI workloads. "Previously, the Processes tab didn't show per-process activity
  
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• Three-thousand-year-old message discovered in Egypt offers new proof of the Bible's story of Moses

  20-08-2026 18:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Archaeologists have uncovered a stone beam with 3,000-year-old text that offers new proof for the famous Bible story of Moses.
  
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• US claims 15 of the world's top 20 hyperscale datacenter locations

  20-08-2026 18:12 via theregister.com
  
  The US now accounts for 15 of the world's 20 largest hyperscale datacenter markets, with Northern Virginia alone hosting nearly 12 percent of global capacity. US locations have increased their dominance of the rankings as cloud infrastructure expands, according to Synergy Research. Since last year, Tokyo, Sydney, and South Carolina have dropped out of the top 20, replaced by Indiana, Tennessee, and China's Guangdong province. Of the remaining five markets, four are in Asia-Pacific, while Europe
  
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• Researcher tricks Apple’s Find My into sharing location data with Linux

  20-08-2026 18:10 via theregister.com
  
  A young security researcher figured out a way to enroll a Linux device into Apple’s Find My network and read live location data from it. Find My is Apple’s app for, you guessed it, finding things – whether AirTags, iPads, or other supported devices and items. It also works for people. Families can track each other's whereabouts for safety reasons, and friends can tell when others are hanging out without them. In typical Apple fashion, though, the full Find My experience is limi
  
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• Gruesome discovery at bottom of Lake Mead as water level reaches record-breaking low

  20-08-2026 17:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Beachgoers in Nevada have made a chilling discovery as water at the vital reservoir dries up and reveals several unsolved crimes.
  
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• Stunning discovery in Egypt offers new evidence for Bible's story of Moses

  20-08-2026 17:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Archaeologists have uncovered a stone beam etched with the name of an Egyptian pharaoh, who many scholars believe is mentioned in the biblical story of Moses.
  
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• Biblical discovery in Egypt as name of pharaoh linked to Moses is found carved into ancient beam

  20-08-2026 17:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Archaeologists have uncovered a stone beam etched with the name of an Egyptian pharaoh, who many scholars believe is mentioned in the biblical story of Moses.
  
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• Slack Code taps into collective vibe, puts AI agents into the group chat

  20-08-2026 17:23 via theregister.com
  
  Slack has decided that AI coding agents have spent quite enough time alone with developers and would be better off doing their work where everyone can watch: on Slack. The Salesforce-owned chat factory has introduced Slack Code, which gives coding agents their own project channels where they can work alongside the humans supposedly keeping an eye on them. Slack calls this "multiplayer AI," which is another way of saying the coding bot is leaving the developer's terminal and joining the group cha
  
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• An India-Israel Corridor Is the Biggest Middle East Story Nobody Is Talking About

  20-08-2026 17:08 via technocracy.news
  
  This is the most astute article about the IMEC Corridor that I have seen, and that from a seasoned policy analyst. It is blunt and thoughtful. There are obstacles to the IMEC Corridor running through Israel, not the least of which is Saudi Arabia digging its heels in. Saudi-Israeli normalization becomes a make-or-break deal for Israel and the difference between huge investment flows and being shut out of world trade altogether. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.About a month before the Oct. 7, 2023,
  
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• Thunderbird to flap twice as fast from September

  20-08-2026 17:03 via theregister.com
  
  Thunderbird is moving to fortnightly releases to keep pace with Firefox's accelerated schedule. Mozilla and its subsidiary MZLA updated their flagship apps this week, releasing Firefox 154 and Thunderbird 154, respectively. Since last month's version 153 releases are the latest Extended Support Releases, users who prefer a slower pace can remain on them for the next year. "ESR" is Mozilla's term for what Canonical calls LTS, Long Term Support. The new 154 versions are therefore short-term, or in
  
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• Why your tap water might taste 'musty' this week, according to scientists

  20-08-2026 16:42 via dailymail.com
  
  If you think your water tastes funny this week, you're not imagining it. Dr Bill Simpson, a chemist at Our Taap, has revealed why British water might have a 'musty' taste to it.
  
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• Farmers' Almanac releases winter weather predictions warning millions to brace for heavy snow

  20-08-2026 16:30 via dailymail.com
  
  A 200-year-old trusted forecast model is predicting a harsh and stormy winter for millions throughout half the US.
  
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• Ransomware crook poses as recovery firm to steal payments from fellow extortionists

  20-08-2026 16:27 via theregister.com
  
  A ransomware affiliate appears to have found a new way to squeeze victims for cash: pose as the good guy and undercut the criminals it was working with. Researchers at GuidePoint Security say an outfit calling itself "Ransom Busters" has been contacting ransomware victims before their attacks become public, offering to recover encrypted files and delete stolen data for a considerably smaller payment than the original extortion demand. The catch, according to GuidePoint's Research and Intelligenc
  
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• NetBSD 11 lands with RISC-V support and lightning-fast VM boots

  20-08-2026 15:45 via theregister.com
  
  NetBSD's 19th major release adds 64-bit RISC-V support, improved Linux compatibility, and a MICROVM kernel that can boot in milliseconds. NetBSD 11.0 arrived at the end of July, a little over two years after the project celebrated its 30th birthday with the release of version 10.0. We looked at what was coming last year. After multiple release candidates, the final version is here, and we tried it. NetBSD is a stable, somewhat minimalist, and relatively slow-moving project. If you're willing to
  
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• £37M SAP overhaul could extend Capgemini's run with UK tax collector to 28 years

  20-08-2026 15:26 via theregister.com
  
  The UK's tax collector has awarded Capgemini a £37 million contract to help migrate a critical tax system from SAP's legacy ECC platform to S/4HANA, extending a supplier relationship that began in 2004. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has hired the French IT services company to move the Enterprise Tax Management Platform (ETMP) from SAP ECC 6.0 to its successor, S/4HANA, a completely re-engineered application platform. The system provides 40,000 users with returns processing, tax accountin
  
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• Grok chat duped into swallowing injected instructions

  20-08-2026 15:00 via theregister.com
  
  xAI's Grok web chat agent is currently vulnerable to a novel form of prompt injection, according to security researchers with Adversa AI. The technique allows an attacker to create a web page poisoned with malicious instructions that induce an AI model summarizing the page to carry out harmful actions. That describes a well-known attack known as indirect prompt injection. Frontier AI models have become better at dealing with such attempts through existing guardrails, though the issue is far from
  
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• French tax authority says break-in exposed data of 600K, including some private messages

  20-08-2026 14:33 via theregister.com
  
  France's tax authority says attackers may have stolen the contents of messages exchanged with hundreds of taxpayers during the data raid it confirmed last week. In an update published this week, the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) said lists of messages exchanged with the authority were exposed. For around 250 people, the compromised information also included the messages themselves. Slightly more than 350,000 individuals were affected. The other exposed data included tax identifi
  
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• Thunderstorm warnings expire but rain continues to bring risk of floods for UK

  20-08-2026 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prolonged dry spell has come to an end with heavy, thundery showers continuing to sweep across the UK, as Ben Rich explains.
  
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• OpenAI glitch locks out vetted cyber researchers – and some can't get back in

  20-08-2026 13:45 via theregister.com
  
  OpenAI says a technical stuff-up booted some vetted security researchers out of its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program, only for its recovery process to decide some of them aren't welcome back. The problem surfaced this week when participants reported that their previously approved status had vanished without warning. OpenAI's cyber verification page instead invited them to "Start verification" as though they had never been cleared. Some also found that Daybreak Blue, an access tier offering
  
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• Charles I's lost treasure wreck has finally been found: Royal ship carrying millions in silver and gold is discovered in a Scottish river after 400 years

  20-08-2026 13:43 via dailymail.com
  
  A royal ship carrying millions in sunken treasure has been found in a Scottish river after sinking 400 years ago.
  
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• Scientists issue urgent warning over 'voicemaxxing' trend in which men perform 'neck crunches' to deepen their voices - amid fears it can cause permanent damage

  20-08-2026 13:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The latest trend sweeping the internet is voicemaxxing, in which young men attempt to deepen voices to make themselves more appealing to women.
  
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• Northern Ireland farm profits topped £1bn in 2025

  20-08-2026 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The overall performance in 2025 was heavily influenced by developments in the beef sector which saw prices rise to record levels.
  
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• Super El Niño is EVOLVING: Models confirm the devastating climate phenomenon is intensifying - with forecasters predicting a 'very strong event'

  20-08-2026 13:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Super El Niño is evolving and could become one of the strongest events on record, scientists have warned.
  
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• Microsoft probes reports of games taking exception to Windows 11's August update

  20-08-2026 13:03 via theregister.com
  
  Microsoft is investigating reports of games crashing after users installed August's Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11. The company acknowledged the reports on its Release Health page. Affected games may become unresponsive, close unexpectedly, throw an "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" error, or trigger an unexpected device restart. Reports of the problem followed the release of KB5121003 for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2. The KB5121003 support page still lists no known issues, but Microsoft has separat
  
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• Huge boom in eSIM use threatens phone companies as travellers dodge astronomical roaming charges

  20-08-2026 13:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Have you ever tried an eSIM? It could be the way to avoid hefty phone charges - but is it threatening mobile companies?
  
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• One of Britain's 'best places to live' is home to some of the country's 'dirtiest' beaches with bacteria levels THREE times higher than average

  20-08-2026 12:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Folkestone and Hythe has some of the 'dirtiest' beaches in England according to new research.
  
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• Software development and tech services in the cross-hairs as AI marches on

  20-08-2026 12:15 via theregister.com
  
  Business transformation, software development, and technology implementation are among the tech job categories likely to be hit hardest by AI, according to new research from Forrester. The global IT analyst company has researched how AI will disrupt various activities within the tech market, both among end users and vendors. It concluded that labor-intensive knowledge-work industries would face the greatest disruption. At the same time, enterprise software will be reshaped rather than displaced,
  
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• No lift for Swift as NASA abandons orbital rescue

  20-08-2026 11:43 via theregister.com
  
  NASA and Katalyst Space have abandoned an ambitious attempt to boost the Swift observatory into a higher orbit and postpone its fiery return to Earth. Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft will still attempt to rendezvous with and maneuver near Swift, but plans to grapple the observatory and raise its orbit are dead. The problem, according to NASA and Katalyst Space, is an "ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue." Shortly after launch, LINK entered a spin, and two of the three reaction
  
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