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• NASA opens ISS to private sector modules

  12-10-2016 07:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  The plan is to to build wider experience useful for Izzy's successor NASA has opened the door to allow private sector companies to add modules to the International Space Station (ISS).…
  
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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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• 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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• True scale of Ebola outbreak is underestimated and the deadly virus is continuing to spread 'undetected', warns Oxfam

  16-06-2026 12:43 via dailymail.com
  
  The charity's warning comes a day after 72 new cases of Ebola were recorded in a single day -one of the highest daily totals since it began in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last month.
  
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• Capita is about to sail past deadline to fix civil service pensions scheme

  16-06-2026 12:22 via theregister.com
  
  A union representing UK civil servants claims Capita is set to miss the terms of its £239 million contract to run a government pension scheme following a disastrous launch late last year. The tech outsourcing company's leadership had promised that using Microsoft's AI would improve the service, but the investment has yet to help it reach the terms of its contract with the Cabinet Office. Service levels following the move to Capita have been unacceptable In a statement, the PCS union said t
  
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• ZTE Day 2026 in Almaty Showcases Innovations Shaping Kazakhstan's Intelligent Telecom Future

  16-06-2026 12:18 via theregister.com
  
  ZTE successfully hosted ZTE Day 2026 in Almaty as part of its annual series of technical seminars addressing key trends and challenges in the telecommunications industry. Under the theme "Creating an Intelligent Future," the event has become a premier forum for dialogue among Kazakhstan's leading telecom operators, regulators, and ICT specialists. Participants explored a cutting-edge technological agenda designed to accelerate the nation's digital transformation through ZTE's efficient, eco-frie
  
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• SQL Server may be too lucrative for Microsoft to ditch, but too legacy to love

  16-06-2026 12:00 via theregister.com
  
  While Microsoft sweeps the confetti off the floor of its Build event, it may be a good moment to reflect on what it didn't say as much as what it did. Taking the spotlight was AI agent Scout, ready to "understand how work gets done" and "take action without needing to be prompted." The software behemoth's leading database, SQL Server, barely got a mention. On its own, it may not be a big deal, but Microsoft watchers also noted that long-time SQL Server champion Rohan Kumar left the company in Ju
  
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• Super El Niño could add HUNDREDS to your household energy bills: Looming climate event will compound global gas shortages, experts warn

  16-06-2026 11:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) says that the impending climate event will compound global gas shortages and send prices soaring.
  
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• The countries where Gen Z are the most miserable, revealed - with the UK ninth on the list

  16-06-2026 11:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Researchers from Oxford Scholastica Academy surveyed over 1,400 youngsters from across 100 countries about their hopes for the future.
  
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• ERP users may soon get ahead by going headless, says Rimini Street boss

  16-06-2026 11:15 via theregister.com
  
  Weeks after Salesforce boasted about the adoption of "headless CRM," the concept of "headless ERP" crops up. This notion, according to Seth Ravin, CEO of third-party support vendor Rimini Street, is coming to help beleaguered ERP customers escape the application upgrade treadmill driven by the dominant database vendors. For Salesforce, its Headless 360 allows customers to access all of their Salesforce data from developer tool Cursor, WhatsApp, ChatGPT, Claude, or a terminal. It has processed 4.
  
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• France's digital sovereignty push is struggling to escape the Microsoft gravity well

  16-06-2026 10:31 via theregister.com
  
  Digital sovereignty loomed large at Nextcloud's annual summit in Munich last week, where Benoît Piédallu, National Project Manager of Shared Digital Services at the French Ministry of Education, injected a dose of reality into the debate. Nextcloud is an open source storage and collaboration suite. France's Ministry of Education started initial work to adopt it in 2018, Piédallu said, with the COVID-19 pandemic turning up the urgency in 2020. In 2021, "we had this little inci
  
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• Inside the cloud's new agentic AI-ready, Arm-powered foundation

  16-06-2026 10:00 via theregister.com
  
  When Spotify evaluated its cloud compute options, it needed more than incremental improvements. Its recommendation engine delivers real-time suggestions to millions of users around the clock, placing heavy demands on compute infrastructure while requiring tight control over energy use and costs. During its evaluation of next-generation cloud processors, Spotify found that workloads running on Google Cloud Axion processors built on Arm architecture delivered roughly 250 percent better performance
  
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