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• New Low: Technocrats Making Smart Underwear To Track Your Farts

  08-09-2026 14:32 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocrat’s mechanistic worldview demands more data on every facet of the universe. Mapping your DNA and the human brain are two biggies. But they are scraping the bottom of the battle to track farts. If this story hadn’t appeared on MSN, I would have figured it was a joke. No such luck. They are very serious about their work. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.Everyone farts. But not everyone tracks their farts.
  Now, smart underwear is making a case for paying closer attention to wha
  
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• AI models don't kill people – people kill people

  09-09-2026 22:44 via theregister.com
  
  OPINION Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon publicly announced his resignation on X late Monday over concerns that AI "could kill us all by the end of the decade." A lot of people have expressed opinions about his point of view, leading to more than 110 million views of the message in less than 24 hours, perhaps helped along by X algorithms that boost messages critical of owner Elon Musk's AI rivals, Anthropic and OpenAI. But the real problem isn't the models themselves, but the companies who carel
  
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• A revolutionary device or a let-down? Apple's £1,999 iPhone Duo is criticised for its lack of innovation - as fans vent 'iPhone duo might be the most useless phone ever made'

  09-09-2026 22:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Apple has just leapt into the world of foldable devices with the exciting launch of the new iPhone Duo.
  
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• Apple hawks $2k folding fondleslab

  09-09-2026 22:38 via theregister.com
  
  It’s been a long time since Apple introduced a truly new product. The world finally got one today in the form of the folding iPhone Duo, and while it's new for Apple, it's not new for the industry. Nonetheless, Apple is once again hoping to validate a mostly moribund market as it did with tablets and smartwatches – folding phones only made up 1.6% of total smartphone sales last year, according to Counterpoint Research. Apple announced the iPhone Duo – did no one check the list
  
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• iPhone Duo officially unveiled: Apple's first foldable smartphone features a book-like design - but at £1,999 it is Apple's most expensive smartphone ever

  09-09-2026 22:25 via dailymail.com
  
  The moment tech fans have been waiting for is finally here, as Apple officially unveils the iPhone Duo.
  
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• Samsung to help fortify OpenAI's semiconductor supply chain

  09-09-2026 22:18 via theregister.com
  
  OpenAI will design its next-generation AI accelerators with the help of South Korean foundry giant Samsung Electronics. This move could help the ChatGPT maker with memory, process tech, or other key things it needs to succeed. The announcement, made by OpenAI Korea general manager Harrison Kim in a press conference Wednesday, comes just weeks after the company showed its first-generation “Jalapeño” accelerators besting Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs across a slew of inference w
  
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• Scientists make discovery that matches the Bible's account of how God created the heavens

  09-09-2026 21:40 via dailymail.com
  
  A discovery about how Earth's moon formed has sparked claims that the Bible's creation story has been proven.
  
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• Long-lost supercontinent is pieced together after 550 million years: Incredible map reveals how Gondwana represented 80% of Earth's landmass

  09-09-2026 20:00 via dailymail.com
  
  The long-lost supercontinent Gondwana has finally been pieced together after 550 million years.
  
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• Serial Microsoft 0-day hunter drops yet another Defender exploit

  09-09-2026 19:23 via theregister.com
  
  Zero-day researcher Nightmare Eclipse, aka MSNightmare, published yet another Microsoft Defender proof-of-concept exploit for a zero-day dubbed ShieldCrash, which they claim will allow attackers to bypass the earlier ShieldBreak patch and read files as SYSTEM. “I might rework this later into a full SYSTEM PoC but for now I'm dropping this skeleton PoC because I'm feeling a bit lazy,” the prolific Microsoft bug hunter and thorn in Redmond's side said in their latest zero-day exploit's
  
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• Chinese researchers find egg-cellent way to keep space debris from scrambling craft

  09-09-2026 18:56 via theregister.com
  
  There’s a lot of garbage floating around in low Earth orbit that threatens both crewed and uncrewed spacecraft, but a new idea based on one of nature's enduring shapes could offer better protection against debris impacts that's no yolk. Bad puns aside, and we do beg your forgiveness, Chinese researchers at Dalian University of Technology have developed a new spacecraft armor design that, according to a research paper published on Tuesday, offers considerably more protection by taking inspi
  
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• Secret space-age weapon built to spy on Americans spotted at China's Area 51

  09-09-2026 18:08 via dailymail.com
  
  A mysterious aircraft has been spotted at a secret base which been compared to America's infamous UFO research capital.
  
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• Google takes the nuclear option for €13B Finland expansion

  09-09-2026 18:00 via theregister.com
  
  Google plans to invest at least €13 billion ($15 billion) in digital infrastructure and supporting projects in Finland over the next two years. The cloud and search services giant says it is deepening its long-term commitment to Finland and to Europe through additional datacenters and investments in low-carbon electricity generation, onshore wind, and battery storage. Google already has a massive campus at Hamina, on Finland's south coast, which houses seven separate data halls. This is jus
  
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• Say What? Greenland’s Icecap GREW This Year

  09-09-2026 17:28 via technocracy.news
  
  Man-made climate change was the con job of the ages. Remember when Vice President Al Gore was braying in 2009 that the polar ice caps would be ice-free in 5 to 7 years? Organizations like the Club of Rome picked up and pushed that trope as far back as 1972, just as the Trilateral Commission was being conceived by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski. They fed it to the United Nations in 1974, where it became a mainstay of Agenda 21, 2030 Agenda, and Sustainable Development. All bunk. ⁃
  
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• UK government says Fujitsu won't use framework places to chase new customers

  09-09-2026 17:17 via theregister.com
  
  The UK government has told MPs that Fujitsu has promised not to pursue contracts with new public sector customers through frameworks potentially worth billions of pounds while its voluntary bidding moratorium remains in place. In July, The Register revealed that the Japanese supplier had won a place on a UK government framework worth up to £14.9 billion despite its role in the Post Office Horizon scandal, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in modern times. The supplier's place on
  
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• Apple's new CEO John Ternus drops a MAJOR hint at what the tech giant will unveil at its 'surprise and shine' event tonight

  09-09-2026 17:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Apple's new CEO John Ternus has just dropped a major hint at what the tech giant will unveil at the 'surprise and shine' event.
  
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• 'Biggest ever' Roman wall mosaic is revealed after 2,000 years: Stunning artwork near the Colosseum features a bearded philosopher, a centaur and a young poet

  09-09-2026 16:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Archaeologists have revealed the 'largest Roman wall mosaic' to the public almost 2,000 years after it was constructed.
  
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• Cryptocrook ringleader, 22, who met crew on Minecraft admits role in $245M heist

  09-09-2026 15:39 via theregister.com
  
  The ringleader of a sprawling cybercrime operation has pleaded guilty in the US after helping to steal and launder hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Malone Lam, 22, a Singaporean national and Miami resident, spearheaded the scheme to steal cryptocurrency from wealthy individuals between October 2023 and May 2025. He first visited the US in 2023 after meeting two of the group's earliest alleged members – Jeandiel Serrano and Veer Chetal – while playing Minecraft onlin
  
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• WeChat worm could pwn a friend before they even answered the call

  09-09-2026 14:45 via theregister.com
  
  Tencent has patched up a zero-click vulnerability that security researchers used to create a worm capable of spreading through calls on WeChat. With more than 1.4 billion monthly active users, WeChat is among the most popular apps in the world. According to researchers at Calif, its VoIP stack contained a memory corruption bug that could enable a trusted contact to take control of a user's account simply by calling them. Calif called the flaw WeWorm, describing it as the first zero-click worm ca
  
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• Microsoft closes the book on Publisher and unplugs Project Online

  09-09-2026 14:03 via theregister.com
  
  Microsoft will retire Project Online and remove Publisher from Microsoft 365 over the coming weeks, while support for perpetual versions of Publisher and for Office 2021 will end shortly afterward. Publisher, Microsoft's desktop publishing application, dates back to the Windows 3.x era. Microsoft announced its retirement in 2024 and will remove it from Microsoft 365 subscriptions on October 1, 2026. Support for perpetual versions will end on October 13 alongside Office LTSC 2021 and Consumer Off
  
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• AI could 'kill all humans' by the end of the decade, Anthropic researcher warns - as he quits over 'out of control' superintelligence race

  09-09-2026 13:54 via dailymail.com
  
  A researcher at a leading AI company has quit over concerns that big tech firms are in an 'out of control' race to build systems that could wipe out humanity.
  
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• Your TV might be spying on you: Investigation reveals how LG devices can listen to conversations and upload them to the internet - even in standby mode

  09-09-2026 13:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Your TV might be spying on you and your family, a new investigation has revealed.
  
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• Apple Store goes DOWN ahead of the 'surprise and shine' event - raising hopes the tech giant could launch new products, including the foldable iPhone Ultra

  09-09-2026 13:43 via dailymail.com
  
  The Apple Store has gone down ahead of this evening's 'surprise and shine' event. A notice on the website reads: 'Be right back. We're making updates to the Apple Store. Check back soon.'
  
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• Security boffin claims airport group left API keys in client-side JavaScript for four years

  09-09-2026 13:14 via theregister.com
  
  Security researcher Scott Helme says his analysis supports FulcrumSec's claim that Manchester Airports Group (MAG) exposed privileged API keys in client-side JavaScript. Helme says he reached that conclusion after using information provided by the cyber extortion group to reconstruct how data belonging to roughly 8.8 million MAG customers was allegedly stolen last month. The crooks behind the attack described MAG's security failure as "tragi-comical." They claimed MAG exposed overprivileged API
  
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• Virgin Media offloads email services to third-party provider

  09-09-2026 12:30 via theregister.com
  
  Virgin Media is ditching its email services and offering customers a window in which to download their data and move to another email provider. The UK's second-biggest broadband provider is closing its own email service and offering users the option of transferring their addresses and mailboxes to Junara, a service operated by Australian email provider Atmail. Customers who want to retain their Virgin Media email address will be invited to transfer to Junara. The first year will be free for curr
  
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• Virgin Media offloads email services to third party provider

  09-09-2026 12:30 via theregister.com
  
  Virgin Media is ditching its email services and offering customers a window in which to download their data and move to another email provider. The UK's second-biggest broadband provider is closing down its email service completely and transferring the ongoing management of these services to Junara, part of Australia-based specialist email provider Atmail. Customers who wish to continue using their current Virgin Media email address will be invited to move to Junara. This will be subject to a tr
  
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• Huawei Watch D3 pumps up its health-monitoring credentials

  09-09-2026 11:45 via theregister.com
  
  Huawei has released the Watch D3, the third generation of its blood-pressure-measuring wearable, as the company continues plowing a relatively lonely furrow in cuff-based technology. The D3 is an intriguing device for anyone seeking more credible blood pressure readings than many smartwatches claim to provide. Where many brands use optical technology to estimate blood pressure, the D series uses a pump built into the watch and an inflatable airbag inside the strap. The D3 is CE-certified as a me
  
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• Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365

  09-09-2026 11:01 via theregister.com
  
  Switzerland's Federal Chancellery is preparing to offer a FOSS workplace suite to some 3,000 employees – but the Swiss Armed Forces are pushing ahead faster still. European interest in digital sovereignty isn't limited to the European Union: the Swiss Federal Chancellery plans to offer selected government employees a FOSS alternative that will run alongside Microsoft 365. The chancellery is launching the program with an initial 3,000 staff, out of some 47,000 federal employees. The platfor
  
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• Unravelling the mystery of the Devil's Arrows: Study reveals how prehistoric builders hauled 25-tonne rocks 11 miles across Yorkshire to build the landmark 5,000 years ago

  09-09-2026 09:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Each weighing around 25 tonnes and standing at almost 23ft (seven metres) tall, how the enormous stones got there has remained unclear - until now.
  
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• Apple is hosting its 'surprise and shine' event TODAY where it could unveil its first foldable iPhone - here's how you can watch live

  09-09-2026 09:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Apple is gearing up to host its 'surprise and shine' event tonight, where it could launch its most exciting new products in years.
  
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• Another Microsoft team admits it’s struggling to handle flood of AI-generated code

  09-09-2026 08:34 via theregister.com
  
  A few weeks back we spotted Microsoft’s Exchange team admitting that AI has found so many bugs it hasn’t found time to deliver a Cumulative Update for the messaging server. And on Tuesday, the Microsoft Edge team revealed it’s also a bit overwhelmed by AI. “Rapid adoption of AI-assisted coding is enabling developers to build extensions faster than ever,” according to a post by the Edge team. AI has also seen “More developers … building, iterating, and s
  
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