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• Politicization Of Science When ‘Studies’ Cannot Be Reproduced

  10-05-2018 16:49 via technocracy.news
  The heart of the real Scientific Method is to produce repeatable experiments that consistently give the same results. So what do you do with a study that cannot be reproduced? Most people would immediately discard it, but the Technocrat mind will ‘believe’ in their study whether it can be reproduced or not. Groupthink and politicization naturally follow. ⁃ TN EditorDon’t believe the latest study you read in the headlines, chances are, it could be wrong, according to a new
  
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• Why Botticelli's Birth of Venus has a wonky eye: Scientists claim the model for the world-renowned painting had a brain tumour that caused a squint

  17-06-2026 11:17 via dailymail.com
  
  According to researchers from Queen Mary, University of London, Simonetta Vespucci - the model for the world-renowned painting - had a brain tumour that caused a squint.
  
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• System76 boss reckons he can liberate the entire PC stack... just give him another 15 years

  17-06-2026 11:15 via theregister.com
  
  INTERVIEW There are only a handful of dedicated Linux PC vendors. One of the best-known is the 20-year-old American company System76. It's not just a business that installs Linux on PCs. System76 is building something rare in 2026: a vertically integrated Linux‑first computing stack that treats open source as an engineering north star, not just marketing copy.We spoke to founder and CEO Carl Richell about where System76 began and where it's going. When Richell started System76 20 years ago
  
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• Tesco is sprinting to quit VMware and Broadcom despite rapid migration risks

  17-06-2026 09:30 via theregister.com
  
  UK retail giant Tesco is replacing VMware with an alternative product and pressing ahead with its licensing lawsuit against the virtualization pioneer's parent company, Broadcom, in a matter due to be heard by the UK's High Court starting in November 2027. The roots of the matter are a January 2021 contract that saw Tesco acquire perpetual licenses for VMware's vSphere Foundation and Cloud Foundation products, plus subscriptions to Virtzilla's Tanzu products. The supermarket giant also signed up
  
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• Developers build the best tools for developers – and are now defanging the AI menace

  17-06-2026 08:31 via theregister.com
  
  Forty years ago, while working for a tiny subsidiary of a gigantic telco, I stumbled through pre-Git source code management and tried to avoid explosively devolving into a mess of conflicts after every merge. Thankfully, modern practices make it possible to work in massive, distributed teams, swarming around a codebase, working independently toward a collective goal. That sounds a lot like what we're heading toward with agents, and here it touches a nerve: nearly everyone in software engineering
  
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• Global Trade: Two Rails to Medina

  17-06-2026 04:24 via technocracy.news
  
  If Trump follows through on his promises to Iran, he will be handing the Mullahs the keys to a competing trade corridor with IMEC, called the “International North-South Transport Corridor”, or INSTC, and would totally bypass Israel altogether. Many in America are calling it an outright betrayal of Israel. ⁃ Patrick Wood Editor.The Ottoman pilgrimage railway is being resurrected twice — by rivals. The rivalry is the bait. The architecture both rails install is the tra
  
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• Cyberattack sees crops kept in the ground

  17-06-2026 04:16 via theregister.com
  
  A cyberattack on Australia’s second-largest sugar producer has forced farmers to keep crops in the ground, and looks like denting their incomes. Mackay Sugar, based in the Australian state of Queensland, processes sugar cane farmed in nearby districts. The company disclosed a cyberattack on June 10 and limited operations while it dealt with the fallout. Some operations remain restricted, but the company said on Monday that it managed to perform some manual crushing at its Farleigh Mill sit
  
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• Spielberg said Disclosure Day would shake Christian faith... instead it finally answered the ultimate question about what aliens mean for God, says UFO researcher

  17-06-2026 01:26 via dailymail.com
  
  If extraterrestrial life were confirmed, what would it mean for Christianity? The UFO investigator noted that disclosure advocates have long debated the potential fallout of such a revelation.
  
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• AMD's Mext buy shows how AI could solve the RAM shortage it created

  17-06-2026 00:09 via theregister.com
  
  With no end in sight to the memory crunch, AMD thinks that AI, the main cause of the shortage, could be part of the solution. This week, the House of Zen acquired predictive memory startup Mext for an undisclosed sum, setting the stage for a world where bots decide which data to put into RAM and which to store in less-expensive flash. Founded in 2023, the Mext proactive memory platform uses machine learning algorithms and learned heuristics to proactively offload "cold" memory to flash storage,
  
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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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• The new Siri makes one of Apple's most convenient OS features a cumbersome mess

  16-06-2026 22:47 via theregister.com
  
  HANDS ON That new AI-juiced Siri that Apple rolled out last week at WWDC was supposed to set a new paradigm for on-device AI. But don't believe the hype coming out of Tim Cook's final big event. After a week-long test drive, it seems like Apple just crammed Google AI Overviews on top of the most useful parts of its various operating systems and made the whole ecosystem more cumbersome to use. But hey, it has more AIs! I’ve been running the iOS and macOS 27 developer betas since they were m
  
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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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• 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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