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There is a Time for Everything, Even No News That’s Fit to Print

23 May 2026 @ 8:30 pm - OffGuardian

Without having read the details and having no intention to do so, I am still wondering if The New York’s Times’ advice for Sunday May 17, about certain six things that will add joy to my day includes links to their other advice about “What can I do about see through white pants?” and “What’s the best …

Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, Fragnesia: The start of a worrisome Linux security trend

23 May 2026 @ 10:59 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Or is it just life today, with AI constantly digging through code repositories in search of security holes?

UK MPs slam digital ID rollout as a 'fiasco' after botched launch

23 May 2026 @ 9:30 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Government's 'rushed' plans damaged public confidence before ministers had even explained how the system would work

OFCOM’s Clampdown on Free Speech

23 May 2026 @ 9:00 am - Watts Up With That?

It is truly Orwellian. Who is to determine what is correct and what is not correct? OFCOM, BBC Verify, the Government? The post OFCOM’s Clampdown on Free Speech appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

The Virtual OS Museum opens its doors

23 May 2026 @ 8:30 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

A massive compilation of historic OSes and the emulators to run them

Climate Change Weekly # 580— Private Climate Cabal Under Investigation

23 May 2026 @ 5:00 am - Watts Up With That?

Following Heartland’s recommendations, several states have barred their governments from doing business with institutional investors and mega-asset managers like BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard. States such as Texas and Florida led the way. The post Climate Change Weekly # 580— Private Climate Cabal Under Investigation appeared first on

Spot On, New York Post, Billions Have Been Wasted Based on Fake Climate Science

23 May 2026 @ 1:00 am - Watts Up With That?

RCP 8.5 was used to say Gila monsters would be decimated by climate change, that climate change would spread lethal fungal outbreaks around the world, that climate change would cause a dramatic uptick in deaths from sedentary lifestyles, and The Daily Mail went so far as to create AI generated apocalyptic images of the world’s future all based on RCP 8.5 projections. The post

Feds unwittingly leak pilots' pre-crash conversation

22 May 2026 @ 11:20 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Release of spectrogram of cockpit recorder audio allows conversation recovery with 'emerging' decades-old tech

Minor edits to AI skills can make agents go rogue

22 May 2026 @ 9:37 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Text is the new attack

A Russian speaker and jailbroken Gemini went on a hacking spree and emptied at least one MAGA victim's crypto wallets

22 May 2026 @ 9:18 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Hey, Gemini, how much can we earn from one pump-and-dump cycle?

Waste of the Day: Radioactive Wasted Money

22 May 2026 @ 9:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

The federal government is so prone to excessive spending that it is even wasting money on waste itself. The post Waste of the Day: Radioactive Wasted Money appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Zuck defends monitoring employees to win AI race in purported leaked audio

22 May 2026 @ 8:55 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Limping Llama model needs a crutch made of surveillance tools

The Importance of Inexpert Opinion

22 May 2026 @ 8:00 pm - OffGuardian

OffG is very happy to welcome Todd Hayen back from his extended break. I was out with a friend for lunch the other day (yeah, I still have a few of those left). This friend leans more to the liberal side of things. He certainly doesn’t care for Trump, is a vax advocate, etc. A …

Megalodon chums the waters in 5.5K+ GitHub repo poisonings

22 May 2026 @ 6:57 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Will Jason Statham save us?

Time to End the Injustice of ‘Environmental Justice’

22 May 2026 @ 6:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

Environmental justice is far from the first policy to harm the people it claims to help. Pulling the plug on as much of this as possible may well be the most important part of Trump’s community development agenda. The post Time to End the Injustice of ‘Environmental Justice’ appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Datacenter builders face an impossible quandary: Demand to the left of me, protests to the right

22 May 2026 @ 5:10 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Wood Mackenzie analysts say bit barn operators are in a tough spot

LIVE at 1PM EDT: They Want to Dim the Sun to Save the Earth – The Climate Realism Show

22 May 2026 @ 4:26 pm - Watts Up With That?

A company is now poised to “cool the earth” by spraying the skies of the world with “sunlight-reflecting aerosols.” The post LIVE at 1PM EDT: They Want to Dim the Sun to Save the Earth – The Climate Realism Show appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

As memory prices squeeze enterprise buyers, Lenovo laughs all the way to the bank

22 May 2026 @ 3:52 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Switch to premium devices pays off as PC giant post record record, just don't ask about cheap laptops

Media giant settles for $930k with FTC over allegations it lied about eavesdropping on conversations through smart devices

22 May 2026 @ 3:19 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Cox Media Group allegedly sold a bogus AI-powered snoopfest service

Microsoft lets users exile floating Copilot button after interface rage

22 May 2026 @ 2:26 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Listening to your customers? Who are you, and what have you done with Microsoft?

AT&T sues to ditch Cali copper phone lines to save billions

22 May 2026 @ 1:29 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Telecoms giant files suit in Golden State so it doesn't have to maintain network it claims is hardly used

CERES Albedo

22 May 2026 @ 1:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

The most interesting things I discovered while studying and cross checking the CERES EBAF variables. The post CERES Albedo appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Workday wants AI to punch in instead of having to hire new recruits

22 May 2026 @ 12:59 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

CEO eyes margin gains by keeping headcount flat – bold for a company selling HR software to employers

FBI warns Kali365 phishing kit is stealing Microsoft OAuth tokens at scale

22 May 2026 @ 12:27 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

MFA? No problem, says crimeware that tricks users into handing attackers the keys to M365

ZTE Day Indonesia 2026 strengthens AI innovation and digital infrastructure collaboration to accelerate Indonesia's digital transformation

22 May 2026 @ 12:04 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

The annual tech showcase highlights next-gen AI, cloud, and future-ready ICT solutions while uniting ecosystem partners to build the foundation for the nation's AI era

SpaceX scrubs Starship launch with seconds to go

22 May 2026 @ 12:00 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Not all bad news: Crypto billionaire signs up for a mission to Mars

ZTE unveils localized roadmap for Eurasia's digital future at GSMA M360 Eurasia 2026

22 May 2026 @ 11:34 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Driving "affordable AI" through open ecosystems, anti-fragile infrastructure, and optimized TCO to empower local industries

Outlook has an image problem

22 May 2026 @ 11:29 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Microsoft says classic client may lose embedded pictures thanks to wrapping bug

Techie claims Trump Mobile website was leaking thousands of people's data

22 May 2026 @ 10:59 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Customers' info potentially handed to anyone who could send an HTTP request

Irish Rail writes down €50M after train IT project goes off the rails

22 May 2026 @ 10:34 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

State-owned operator loses confidence in delayed traffic management system as politicians compare Ireland’s latest public-sector IT fiasco to 'Groundhog Day'

BOFH: Vibe-coded solutions arrive for problems nobody has

22 May 2026 @ 10:00 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

The Boss gives common sense an AI wrapper

Burnham backlash: UK Digital ID plans in peril if Manchester mayor succeeds Starmer

22 May 2026 @ 9:15 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

He'll have to beat Nigel Farage in a Brexit-backing constituency first, though

Driving Up The Cost Of Energy While Claiming To Promote “Affordability”

22 May 2026 @ 9:00 am - Watts Up With That?

The worst part of the RGGI “cap and invest” scheme is that the consumers get absolutely nothing for the increased cost. It is just a gratuitously inflicted injury brought about by completely artificial scarcity. The post Driving Up The Cost Of Energy While Claiming To Promote “Affordability” appeared first on W

UK nuclear investors get 'high' returns for lower risk than consumers, who also foot the bill

22 May 2026 @ 8:30 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Sizewell C could add £19 to yearly bills, spending watchdog says, but private investor may fail to keep costs down

Marketing demanded IT add website feature that was already working

22 May 2026 @ 6:31 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Techie regrets not taking credit for getting it done with amazing speed

Cisco used AI to write security incident reports, with mixed results

22 May 2026 @ 5:38 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

You’ll need a lot of detailed prompts to get solid output - and even then it may have errors and typos

Greenwishing: Shiny Promises Fall Short

22 May 2026 @ 5:00 am - Watts Up With That?

Excitement is good; delusion isn’t. Let’s demand proof, not promises. Reliable, affordable energy isn’t a luxury—it’s the foundation of modern life—time to get serious about what energy technologies actually scales.” The post Greenwishing: Shiny Promises Fall Short appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Alibaba just admitted it’s struggling to keep up with rival chipmakers and AI shops

22 May 2026 @ 2:39 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Reveals decent new homegrown accelerator and tiny production volumes

GOOD: NEWS: NOAA predicts a below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season

22 May 2026 @ 1:00 am - Watts Up With That?

Early preparation essential to staying safe all season Forecasters with NOAA’s National Weather Service are predicting a below-normal hurricane season for the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the… The post GOOD: NEWS: NOAA predicts a below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season appeared first on Watts Up

Dems slam Trump for making cybersecurity hold out the tin cup while splurging on ballroom and Jan. 6 'slush fund'

21 May 2026 @ 11:03 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

'Budgets are moral documents,' Rep. Delia Ramirez said

Google explains how it will infuse ads into AI answers

21 May 2026 @ 9:16 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Just like in The Truman Show

RCP 8.5: When the Spherical Cows Escape the Barn

21 May 2026 @ 9:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

The spherical cow has its place. The trouble begins when the spherical cow is wheeled out of the lab and presented to the public as if it were a real cow, and then wheeled into the Federal Reserve and presented to bank regulators as the cow you should be valuing your loan book against, and then wheeled into a federal courthouse and presented to a judge as the cow whose damages an energy company should be required to pay. The post

Threat hunters find Google API keys still usable 23 minutes after deletion

21 May 2026 @ 8:23 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Plenty of time for cyber crims to grab data or hit you with a giant bill

Npm registry sets stage for more secure package publishing

21 May 2026 @ 7:54 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

All the world's a stage, and all the packages are merely players

HackerOne takes an axe to its bug bounty rewards

21 May 2026 @ 7:27 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Critical flaw payouts slashed by more than 75%

WATCH: Butlerian Jihad When? – #SolutionsWatch

21 May 2026 @ 7:00 pm - OffGuardian

The AI uprising has begun. But what kind of uprising will it be? Will it be a Butlerian Jihad? A neo-Luddite movement? Or something else entirely? Let’s find out… Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here …

AI is getting expensive, but relief is on the way - just not for you

21 May 2026 @ 5:35 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

New hardware promises greater efficiency, user experiences, and most importantly larger margins

The US AI Rebellion is Gaining Momentum

21 May 2026 @ 5:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

Data centers driving up energy costs and fear of job losses have become major public concerns. The post The US AI Rebellion is Gaining Momentum appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Deus ex machina: Half of US Christians trust AI's spiritual advice

21 May 2026 @ 4:36 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

AI sycophancy + spirituality = uh oh

Flipper One wants to be the Linux multi-tool in your pocket

21 May 2026 @ 3:02 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Not a Zero successor, ARM box aims for openness, but shipping remains the hard part

Web devs sleeping with the enemy: AI is doing their job and they worry it's after their desk too

21 May 2026 @ 2:26 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Most software engineers now use AI for most of their code and fear the existential threat

AWS parades orgs that took up its offer for Euro Sovereign Cloud

21 May 2026 @ 1:53 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Customers want their data kept and processed strictly within the EU

Years after UK Post Office scandal broke, Accenture and OneView Commerce bag contract to replace Horizon

21 May 2026 @ 1:20 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Service tries to move on from troubled decades of Fujitsu relationship with £410 million in deals for system that hurt so many

Gemini accused of 30,000-line code purge and fake recovery report

21 May 2026 @ 1:01 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Developer: AI coding agent broke production and generated fictitious post-mortem paperwork after the rollback

Attenborough’s “Facts” Seven Years On

21 May 2026 @ 1:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

This, of course, makes a nonsense of Attenborough’s claim that: What we’re doing right now is we’re so rapidly changing the climate, for the first time in the world’s history people can see the impact of climate change” “Greater storms, greater floods, greater heatwaves, extreme sea level rise” “All of this is happening far faster than many of us thought possible The post

Minecraft-streaming gran swatted while raising cash for grandson's cancer care

21 May 2026 @ 12:41 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Sue Jacquot said she had a great time, despite the rude awakening

Attackers spill plaintext passwords of 46k Myspace93 users after 2021 breach

21 May 2026 @ 12:20 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Leakage blamed on treacherous friends exposed unencrypted credentials, email addresses

Vivaldi 8 polishes the chrome without coating it in AI

21 May 2026 @ 12:00 pm - www.theregister.com - Articles

Unified UI revamp gives browser a cleaner look while rivals keep wedging assistants into the web

Cisco serves up yet another perfect 10 bug with Secure Workload admin flaw

21 May 2026 @ 11:27 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Switchzilla says attackers could access sensitive data and make configuration changes across tenant boundaries through vulnerable internal APIs

Apple adds AI smarts to Voice Control, VoiceOver and Magnifier ahead of Accessibility Day

21 May 2026 @ 10:54 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Natural language commands and better image descriptions but Mac users and dictation fans may still be waiting

Microsoft storms RAMPART, adds Clarity to agentic AI safety

21 May 2026 @ 10:30 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Redmond open sources two tools for building and maintaining safer agents

Think tank to UK government: You can't build the future on systems from the past

21 May 2026 @ 10:00 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Legacy IT is getting worse, not better, and could trip up Whitehall's shiny digital plans, report warns

UK.gov hikes health AI tender by 400% – and hundreds of millions – after a chat with suppliers

21 May 2026 @ 9:15 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Maximum framework value sky-rockets from £150M to £600M after 'an extensive intelligence gathering exercise'

Labour Considers Making it Illegal to Work When it is “Too Hot”

21 May 2026 @ 9:00 am - Watts Up With That?

Of course, forcing employers to turn up the air conditioning is hardly going to help them use less energy and reduce their ‘carbon footprint’. The post Labour Considers Making it Illegal to Work When it is “Too Hot” appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

UK’s Education Committee: Social media ban a must to save children’s mental health

21 May 2026 @ 8:30 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Committee says tech companies are failing children and cannot be trusted to self-regulate

Zombie user account let hackers control the city’s water

21 May 2026 @ 7:00 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Failing to disable a former employee’s account was a huge mistake

Open Compute urges local government to bask in the warm glow of excess datacenter heat

21 May 2026 @ 5:38 am - www.theregister.com - Articles

Org that represents Meta, Google and Microsoft plans more heat reuse guidelines as debate over bit barn social license burns red hot

Infrastructure Week: The Real Story Is Underground

21 May 2026 @ 5:00 am - Watts Up With That?

This Infrastructure Week, policymakers should recognize that pipelines are every bit as vital as highways and bridges. They may run underground and out of sight, but they help power factories, data centers, export terminals, and homes across the country. The post Infrastructure Week: The Real Story Is Underground appeared first on Watts Up With T

About That “Super El Niño”

21 May 2026 @ 1:00 am - Watts Up With That?

In the meantime, “could become historically strong” is what the forecast actually allows. “Is coming” is what the headline says. The post About That “Super El Niño” appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

ASEAN Nations Return to Fossil Fuels, Back Away From Net Zero Plans

20 May 2026 @ 9:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

Developing economies are rejecting the climate dogma that demands their perpetual impoverishment. They are actively expanding coal mining operations to ensure a steady supply of domestic fuel. This protects their economies from the wild price swings of imported LNG. The post ASEAN Nations Return to Fossil Fuels, Back Away From Net Zero Plans appeared first on

Fake Wars & Higher Prices: What a “Multipolar World Order” REALLY Means

20 May 2026 @ 7:30 pm - OffGuardian

America's Empire will fall, and a shiny multipolar new world order will rise in its place, and it's definitely going to be A Good Thing. That's the story. But that's all it is, a story.

Waste and fraud allegations plague ESA salmon recovery program

20 May 2026 @ 5:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

Allegations of salmon recovery grant fraud and mismanagement center on billions of federal dollars in public funds failing to restore declining populations, with critics alleging misused funds, misrepresented projects, and ineffective, self-perpetuating, science-grant ecosystems. The post Waste and fraud allegations plague ESA salmon recovery program appeared first on

America’s Energy Comeback is Leaving Green Fantasies Behind

20 May 2026 @ 1:00 pm - Watts Up With That?

After years of efforts by radical greens to strangle America’s oil, gas, and coal industries — while forcing the nation to accept costly, land-devouring wind and solar — the U.S. is once again emerging as a global energy superpower. The post America’s Energy Comeback is Leaving Green Fantasies Behind appeared first on Watts Up Wi

Met Office Faces Fresh Scandal Over its “Implausible” Climate Projections Report at the Heart of UK Net Zero Fantasy

20 May 2026 @ 9:00 am - Watts Up With That?

UKCP18 might be regarded as a foundational source of climate ‘evidence’ by influencers and governing elites, but the IPCC “implausible” ruling renders it largely junk. The post Met Office Faces Fresh Scandal Over its “Implausible” Climate Projections Report at the Heart of UK Net Zero Fantasy appeared first

WHO in “panic mode” as World Health Assembly kicks off

18 May 2026 @ 7:30 pm - OffGuardian

Today is first day of the World Health Organization’s 79th annual World Health Assembly, where delegates come together to set policies and priorities for global health.

The Beautiful Multipolar New World Order

18 May 2026 @ 10:16 am - Iain Davis

The beautiful multipolar world order is imminent according to BRICS foreign ministers. But is it actually that attractive? Read here for some musing on the subject. The post The Beautiful Multipolar New World Order appeared first on Iain Davis.

WATCH: Iain Davis & Jerm Warfare – Defining Multipolarity

17 May 2026 @ 7:00 pm - OffGuardian

The UK independent media outlet UK Column recently put out a video where Mike Robinson, Charles Mallet, and Jeremy Nell (Jerm Warfare) discussed the proposed and rapidly emerging multipolar world order (MWO). You can watch the discussion here. During the discussion, the UKC team outlined what they thought were the arguments against the MWO (multipolarity). …

The Haunted Village: The Local Has Become a Ghost in Its Own Home

16 May 2026 @ 6:30 pm - OffGuardian

An edited excerpt from The Great Flattening: How Everything Is Being Taken, a forthcoming book by Colin Todhunter on enclosure, place and autonomy. In the Cornish coastal village of Polperro during the first half of the 20th century, the smell of the harbour was inescapable. It carried fish in various states of decay and preparation. …

Jerm Warfare & Iain Davis on Multipolarity

16 May 2026 @ 9:28 am - Iain Davis

Multipolarity: What is it and what are the issues? Jerm Warfare (Jeremy Nell) and Iain Davis discuss the multipolar world order. The post Jerm Warfare & Iain Davis on Multipolarity appeared first on Iain Davis.

WATCH: Yes, Things are Bad, But Ultimately, Don’t Fear the Criminal Class!

15 May 2026 @ 6:30 pm - OffGuardian

In the most recent edition of Geopolitics & Empire, host Hrvoje Moric talks with entrepreneur Michael Driver: Driver argues that the modern digital landscape, specifically AI and screen-based culture, is designed to sever individuals from their human intuition and natural senses. He interprets current global crises, including wars and health scares, as deliberate smoke screens …

The War On Iran – One Jewish Supremacist Crime Too Many?

14 May 2026 @ 3:00 pm - OffGuardian

I can’t say for certain what finally convinced me that the latest U.S.-Israel aggression against Iran will be remembered as a Jewish war crime – one that will probably mark an ugly, well-deserved end to an eighty-year “golden age” in Jewish diaspora history. Maybe it was hearing America’s Secretary of State blurt out that Washington …

The Technocratic Dark State: Trump, AI, and Digital Dictatorship with Iain Davis and John Titus (Full Interview)

18 March 2026 @ 10:45 am - Iain Davis

The Technocratic Dark State: Trump, AI, and Digital Dictatorship with Iain Davis and John Titus (Full Interview) The post The Technocratic Dark State: Trump, AI, and Digital Dictatorship with Iain Davis and John Titus (Full Interview) appeared first on Iain Davis.

The Technocratic Dark State – Reality Check Radio

9 March 2026 @ 2:49 pm - Iain Davis

The Technocratic Dark State and other matters discussed by author Iain Davis and Paul Brennan on Reality Check Radio. The post The Technocratic Dark State – Reality Check Radio appeared first on Iain Davis.

Keir Starmer’s Questionable Child Protection History

26 February 2026 @ 6:25 pm - Iain Davis

Keir Starmer has a dubious history of child protection failures. We examine some of those conspicuous alleged "mistakes." What we are asked to believe is sometimes very hard to accept. The post Keir Starmer’s Questionable Child Protection History appeared first on Iain Davis.

The Filton Six: The People Rule, OK?

11 February 2026 @ 11:56 am - Iain Davis

The Filton Six have not been found guilty in a trial by jury. The Jury in the case exercised their constitutional rights and liberties. To appreciate the staggering importance of the jury's decision read here The post The Filton Six: The People Rule, OK? appeared first on Iain Davis.

What Is A 15-Minute City?

30 January 2026 @ 4:40 pm - Iain Davis

What is a 15-Minute City? Is it, as some apparently believe, simply an urban space where essential goods and services can be accessed within 15 minute walk or cycle ride from you home? No! As usual, there is much more to it than that. The post What Is A 15-Minute City? appeared first on Iain Davis.

The Official UK Digital Identity Panopticon

24 January 2026 @ 10:32 am - Iain Davis

The official UK digital identity Panopticon has been announced by the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. The implication for the British people are extremely concerning. Read more here. The post The Official UK Digital Identity Panopticon appeared first on Iain Davis.

The Technocratic Dark State and Grand Theft World

20 January 2026 @ 3:54 pm - Iain Davis

The Technocratic Dark State with Grand Theft World - Author Iain Davis discusses his latest book with Richard Grove from Grand Theft World The post The Technocratic Dark State and Grand Theft World appeared first on Iain Davis.

Fake Digital ID “Victory”

15 January 2026 @ 4:53 pm - Iain Davis

The fake Digital ID "victory" in the UK is explored by Iain Davis and Ant Critchley from Becoming Stellify. Possible solutions are discussed. Watch here! The post Fake Digital ID “Victory” appeared first on Iain Davis.