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Is It a Super El Niño Year? It Could Turn the World’s Weather Upside Down

From a wet winter in the Southwest to fewer Atlantic hurricanes, this is what to expect as a potential super El Niño takes shape.

ShinyHunters hacked 100+ orgs by exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-day

University of Nottingham is first of many, Shiny tells The Reg

AI summary The cybercriminal group ShinyHunters exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft software to hack into more than 100 organizations across 300 servers, disproportionately affecting American universities. The University of Nottingham was among the first victims, according to ShinyHunters.

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Single snapshot unlocks 3D depth with coded aperture and AI

A single photograph contains a wealth of information, but determining 3D spatial relationships from a 2D scene is no simple task. Many attempts have been made to develop a method to reconstruct both depth and sharp color images from a single snapshot, but many struggle to deliver accurate and reliable output.

Google's new open-weights model brings image-generation tricks to AI text generation

Language model builds on diffusion tech to boost output performance by up to 4x, claims Chocolate Factory

Spotify fixes iPhone app after everyone complained about its disco ball icon

Last month, Spotify reassured users that its disco ball app icon was temporary as part of its 20th birthday celebration. Now, 25 days later, the Spotify app update that fixes the logo is now available.

iOS 27 lets you create your own iPhone wallpapers

Apple introduces new iPhone wallpapers every year, and you can download iOS 27’s additions here . But iOS 27 also adds the ability to create your own custom wallpapers. Here’s how.

Food waste beads could boost direct air capture by 10% to 50%

In order to stabilize global warming at less than 1.5°C in the long term, there is a need not only for a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions but also for technologies to remove and store hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. This is also the underlying basis of the scenarios set out in the latest Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on…

Waymo unveils virtual driver model to test autonomous car crash avoidance

Autonomous vehicles are already a reality on some of our streets and could become a major part of future transportation systems. Safety, of course, is the main concern, as with all vehicles. To help evaluate and improve its autonomous driving technology, U.S. driverless vehicle company Waymo has created a virtual representation of human driver behavior in near-crash situations.

Hand-cranked AI box lets you get a workout while you wait for answers

We're all familiar with AI cranks by now, but what about crank-powered AIs?

From safety hazard to climate solution: Technology tackling fugitive methane from coal mines

Every underground coal mine has one thing in common: Coal seams leak methane gas into the tunnel network, presenting a serious safety hazard. The control is the same the world over: continuously pump fresh air through the workings, diluting and pushing out the methane. High-volume mechanical ventilation systems are a cornerstone of mine safety, but they create a stubborn environmental problem.

Apple’s new AirPods Pro 3 video highlights ‘world’s best’ in-ear active noise cancellation

AirPods Pro 3 are currently their lowest price ever at $179 on Amazon (down from $249), and today Apple debuted a new video promoting the product and its Active Noise Cancellation.

Porous electrode design could lift green hydrogen output by limiting bubble buildup

Hydrogen could be the key to a clean energy future, but a tiny problem has been holding it back: bubbles. In a paper published in Energy & Environmental Science, a multidisciplinary team of UNSW researchers, in collaboration with researchers from TotalEnergies and EPFL, has found a new way to boost the efficiency of green hydrogen production.

Graviton 5 impresses, but please, for the love of all that's holy, stop calling them 'AI chips'

AWS better at running chip fabs than their mouths

As games pile into September to avoid GTA 6, Ghostrunner studio's promising Soulslike Valor Mortis is shifting its release to escape the rush

It didn't take much of this year's Summer Game Fest to realise that, in racing to escape the orbit of GTA 6 , the games industry has created a new problem : a September 2026 so packed with releases that it's going to take some dedication - not to mention time and money - for players to get through even a fraction of them all. So it was only a matter of time before someone blinked. Which brings us…

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ZTE wins three Selular Award 2026 honors for AI-powered network innovation

PARTNER CONTENT: Recognized for breakthrough achievements in FWA, Network Ecosystem, and Native AI Baseband, ZTE solidifies its role as a key driver of Indonesia’s 5G-Advanced and AI economic growth

Self-regenerating catalyst overcomes key durability challenge in hydrogen energy

Imagine a catalyst that can heal itself after being damaged. A POSTECH-led research team has developed an electrocatalyst that regenerates its own metallic surface after oxidation, much like how a wound heals naturally. This breakthrough addresses one of the most critical challenges in hydrogen energy technology: the irreversible degradation of catalysts during operation.

Memory famine compels GPU vendors to re-release 2020 graphics cards — GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3050 return to Asian market

Graphics card manufacturer Manli adds new GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3050 SKUs to its portfolio.

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Wikipedia just launched its daily historical facts game on iPhone: Which came first?

Wikipedia has launched a daily historical facts game on iPhone called “Which came first?” The game is included in the latest version of Wikipedia’s iOS app starting today.

iOS 27 gives Apple Mail my most wished for feature upgrade

Apple’s Mail app in iOS 27 promises to offer the feature upgrade that’s been at the top of my wishlist for years: search that “just works.”

Trump phone has HTC guts. Tremendous guts. The best guts

iFixit teardown reveals two-year-old, mid-range, Chinese Android