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• NASA's Orion: 100,000 parts riding 8 million pounds of thrust

  23-02-2016 12:59 via go.theregister.com
  
  Capsule's lean 3-screen control interface keeping it simple, though NASA has been putting its Orion capsule "crew display and control system" through its paces - a lean three-screen set-up designed as a user-friendly alternative to the "nearly 2,000 switches and controls" packed into the space shuttle.…
  
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• Argentina Moves To Legalize “Non-Human Corporations” Run By AI

  11-06-2026 17:59 via technocracy.news
  
  Javier Milei is a Libertarian in the anarcho-capitalist vein, who promotes Technocracy. He is the first to break the dam, granting AI rights comparable to humans. This is a slippery road. If he succeeds, it will open the door to outright personhood. As an unabashed champion of AI, Milei is exhibiting symptoms of AI psychosis. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.You could already make the case that corporations are faceless monoliths geared purely towards maximizing profits with only a peripheral c
  
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• El Nino has arrived: Scientists warn global phenomenon is primed to match catastrophic event that killed 50 million

  11-06-2026 17:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The global weather event long feared to arrive this year is now active in the Pacific, sparking fears of its impact on the climate across the US.
  
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• Why English football chants are so much catchier than the rest of the world's, according to science

  11-06-2026 17:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Football and chanting go hand in hand - but why are England's anthems so much catchier than the rest of the world's?
  
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• Working from home linked to rising mental health problems - especially for those living alone, study finds

  11-06-2026 16:38 via dailymail.com
  
  A new study suggests the shift to working from home is linked to rising levels of psychological distress - with those living alone hit hardest.
  
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• Is your air fryer spying on you? Experts reveal just how much information your smart gadgets have been harvesting

  11-06-2026 16:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Your air fryer might be the most useful gadget in the kitchen, but experts warn that it might be getting up to a lot more than cooking your chips.
  
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• Apple version of Office 2019 becomes useless in a month

  11-06-2026 16:32 via theregister.com
  
  If you use Office 2019 on a Mac, your software will soon stop working properly and there's nothing you can do but buy an upgrade. From July 13, 2026, Office applications on the Apple platform could lose the ability to edit, save, or create new files. Opening and printing will still work, but otherwise it's "reduced functionality mode" time, as Microsoft puts it. The problem is due to the expiration of the certificate used to validate the user's Office license, and it will affect both Microsoft 3
  
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• El Niño has arrived: Scientists warn global phenomenon is primed to match catastrophic event that killed 50 million

  11-06-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  The global weather event long feared to arrive this year is now active in the Pacific, sparking fears of its impact on the climate across the US.
  
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• Dutch chip startup claims all-European fab flow – with help from a very American friend

  11-06-2026 15:26 via theregister.com
  
  Dutch semiconductor startup Qualinx is claiming a breakthrough of sorts in European sovereign manufacturing thanks to an end-to-end semiconductor fabrication flow it is using for its new satnav chips. The firm, a spin-off from Delft University of Technology, says it has demonstrated that security-critical chips for aerospace, defense, and critical infrastructure can be designed, manufactured, and delivered entirely within Europe. Tape-out of the Qualinx QLX3xx, a family of ultra-low-power Global
  
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• OpenAI could go from AI pioneer to AI's BlackBerry, says Forrester

  11-06-2026 14:57 via theregister.com
  
  OpenAI may be headed for Wall Street, but one analyst firm is already warning enterprise customers not to get too attached. In a note published alongside OpenAI's confidential IPO filing, Forrester urged companies to keep their AI options open, arguing that today's market leader could easily become tomorrow's cautionary tale. "Don't lock into long-term contracts; keep your architectures flexible," the firm advised. "In fact, OpenAI could become AI's BlackBerry FIFO (First In, First Out). The com
  
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• Americans told to cut head off of land-walking 'Frankenfish' invading new parts of the US

  11-06-2026 14:43 via dailymail.com
  
  A land-walking fish that can breathe air for several days is invading parts of the US, prompting wildlife officials to ask Americans to take matters into their own hands.
  
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• Oracle's AI datacenter splurge gives investors the capex jitters

  11-06-2026 14:40 via theregister.com
  
  Oracle has lifted capital spending plans above analyst estimates and expanded borrowing to chase the opportunity it says exists in building datacenters for AI workloads. Despite revenue for Q4 (ended May 31) rising 21 percent year-on-year to $19.2 billion, Oracle's share price fell as markets reacted to its increasing capex, as analysts raised concerns about how Big Red would fund the investments in datacenters. Capex for fiscal 2026 reached $55.7 billion, up from $21.2 billion a year earlier. S
  
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• Met Police joins forces with Apple to choke London's stolen phone trade

  11-06-2026 14:27 via theregister.com
  
  London's Metropolitan Police and Apple have agreed to share stolen device identifiers, building intelligence they hope will curb the capital's phone theft epidemic. These identifiers will help both organizations track which stolen devices reconnect to mobile networks, giving law enforcement better insight into where the criminal networks behind the thefts operate. The Met has access to stolen device information, such as serial numbers, provided by victims. Apple has access to data indicating whe
  
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• Are cartoon villains teaching children to distrust foreigners? Study claims kids link foreign accents to evil characters

  11-06-2026 13:46 via dailymail.com
  
  From The Lion King's Scar to Gru in the Minions universe, many villains in US cartoons feature foreign accents. Now, a study claims that this is teaching children to distrust foreigners.
  
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• Migration has nearly TRIPLED since 2000 - with 35 million people now relocating every year, study reveals

  11-06-2026 13:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Total global migration has nearly tripled in the two decades since 2000, a study has revealed.
  
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• Malware scare keeps schoolkids home for a second day

  11-06-2026 12:30 via theregister.com
  
  Great Marlow School in Buckinghamshire, England, has entered its second day of a shutdown following "a suspected malware incident." Only students sitting their GCSE and A-level exams – those in Years 11 and 13 – were permitted to attend on Wednesday, in line with their exam timetable, and the same goes for Thursday. Students in other years (Years 6-10 and Year 12) were told to stay at home and access what revision materials they can via Microsoft Teams as teachers are currently unabl
  
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• NS&I dangles £220K salary for CEO willing to straighten out £3B IT mess

  11-06-2026 12:09 via theregister.com
  
  National Savings & Investments (NS&I) is looking for a new chief executive to take charge of the state-backed savings institution as it attempts to steer a troubled £3 billion digital transformation program back on course. The government-owned bank has launched a search for a permanent successor to former chief executive Dax Harkins, who left earlier this year amid a scandal involving hundreds of millions of pounds in unclaimed funds owed to the estates of deceased customers. Whoev
  
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• Migrate expectations: Couple teach birds to migrate to Spain by flying 1,600 miles alongside them in a paraglider

  11-06-2026 11:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Helena Wehner and Johannes Fritz are part of an Austrian conservation group known as Waldrappteam, which are dedicated to bringing the northern bald ibis to Europe.
  
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• Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise - and scientists have no idea why

  11-06-2026 11:37 via dailymail.com
  
  You walk into an art gallery, museum, or shopping centre - which way do you turn? According to a new study, the answer is probably left.
  
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• Nottingham Uni says student records raided after ShinyHunters claims cyberattack

  11-06-2026 11:20 via theregister.com
  
  The University of Nottingham has confirmed a cyberattack on its student record system after the ShinyHunters crew claimed to have stolen tens of gigabytes of data from the Russell Group institution. "The University of Nottingham has been the victim of a cyber incident and a significant amount of data in our student record system has been accessed by a well-known cybercriminal group," a spokesperson told The Register. "We are working with the third party that maintains the platform to lead
  
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• Millions of homes in London, Essex and Kent are at risk of SINKING, scientists warn - as they call for urgent mitigation measures

  11-06-2026 11:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Millions of homes in London, Essex, and Kent are at risk of sinking into the ground, scientists have warned.
  
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• China's answer to petrol stations comes to Britain: BYD is installing 300 ultra-fast chargers in the UK with five-minute EV charging

  11-06-2026 10:41 via dailymail.com
  
  BYD has announced plans to install 300 'flash chargers' in the UK by the end of this year, rising to 600 by 2027.
  
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• UK Treasury still deciding whether to show up to £1.7B ERP program it agreed to fund

  11-06-2026 10:30 via theregister.com
  
  The UK Treasury will not say whether it will join the government's £1.7 billion finance and HR transformation strategy until December despite funding the program for five years. Savings from the so-called Matrix cluster of the shared service strategy are contingent on a bunch of departments – including His Majesty's Treasury (HMT) – adopting cloud-based finance and HR software from Workday. To do so, HMT would have to migrate from its customized version of Oracle Fusion. In a l
  
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• As Machine Gun Kelly reveals 'blackout' tattoo left him 'yellow and sick', experts reveal the other risks of going under the needle - from blindness and blood disease to permanent scarring

  11-06-2026 09:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly has revealed the how undergoing 'two years' worth' of tattoos in as many months left him jaundiced and unwell.
  
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• Smacking children is 'harmful' and must be banned in England, according to new study - but other experts argue that it prevents anti-social behaviour later in life

  11-06-2026 09:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Children who are smacked by their parents are more likely to fail their exams and become bullies, new research has found.
  
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• Every employee’s password was stored in a single Excel file

  11-06-2026 09:00 via theregister.com
  
  PWNED Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly screed where we highlight those who did not do the deed of securing their systems. If someone left their passwords or their access exposed, we will be writing about them here. Have a story about someone leaving a gaping hole in their network? Share it with us at [email protected]. Anonymity is available upon request. This week’s terrifying tale of poor security hygiene comes courtesy of Luke Irwin, CEO and principal consultant at Aegis Cyberse
  
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• Pollution rules criticised for raising new home costs

  11-06-2026 07:43 via bbc.com
  
  Developers claim the rules will stop them from hitting housebuilding targets.
  
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• Tick-borne infection resurfacing in celebrity-loved wine hotspot... as officials warn of 'highly lethal' disease

  11-06-2026 07:12 via dailymail.com
  
  A new case of a rare tick-borne disease has been detected in a human for only the fourth time on record.
  
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• Social media on trial: Four important cases to watch

  11-06-2026 07:02 via bbc.com
  
  Social media firms face thousands of lawsuits, the BBC looks at four which could be significant.
  
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• Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans, study says

  11-06-2026 05:50 via bbc.com
  
  Climate change-induced weather events are pushing orangutan populations to extinction, says a study.
  
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