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Software 05 SEPT

PRAXIST has 5,900 GitHub stars and a big pitch — but what does it actually prove?

A Python project claiming to run autonomous research has shot up GitHub's charts in under a fortnight, though there's little on offer beyond a README and thirteen commits.

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  1. 01
    Chromium's newest RCE is already being used against people — and Google paid £790 for it
    Security 05 SEPT
  2. 02
    Railbreak DX arrives on Xbox — but the 'arcade hit' tag is doing a lot of heavy lifting
    Gaming 05 SEPT
  3. 03
    Critical flaw found in obscure TOTOLINK router model — but check before you panic
    Security 05 SEPT
  4. 04
    Chromium's V8 engine has a bug under active attack — but the details are suspiciously thin
    Security 05 SEPT
  5. 05
    This GitHub repo hit 6,970 stars in under two weeks — but what is it actually for?
    Software 04 SEPT
  6. 06
    GPT-6 Astra: OpenAI's new model, and the benchmark row nobody's mentioning in the press release
    AI 04 SEPT

Gaming

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Gaming

Jin Sakai is back, but only inside Ghost of Yōtei's roguelike side mode

04 SEPT
Gaming

Young Suns Leaves Xbox Game Preview Today - But the Announcement Skips the Basics

01 SEPT
Gaming

PlayStation's Share of the Week rounds up players' best in-game vistas

31 AUG
Gaming

The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past Expansion Surfaces - Minus Any of the Details That Matter

30 AUG

AI

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AI

sapientinc/PRAXIST is racking up GitHub stars fast — but the README barely explains what it does

02 SEPT
AI

Anthropic splits its new flagship model in two — and only one version is for you

02 SEPT
AI

Ai2's BenchMIRT tool claims benchmarks don't measure what you think — should you believe it?

02 SEPT
AI

New robot hand promises 'zero fine-tuning' sim-to-real control - but the paper hasn't been checked yet

31 AUG

Hardware

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Hardware

AWS quietly adds C8gn instances to its Paris region - but won't say what they cost you

29 AUG
Hardware

A £879 'Steam Machine' has popped up on Steam - but the listing barely says anything

24 AUG
Hardware

Sony's Pulse Elevate speakers get a launch date - but only if you live in Southeast Asia

19 AUG
Hardware

The Shared Rural Network hit its coverage target a year early. The 150 masts behind today's announcement cover 2 per cent of Britain

14 AUG

Software

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Software

Fastpotify is a slick, Winamp-skinned Spotify client - built on a library some say Spotify is quietly strangling

01 SEPT
Software

PRAXIST: the GitHub 'AI researcher' that's gone from nowhere to 4,800 stars — but does it actually do anything?

31 AUG
Software

Lake Ontario is now 'Lake America' on US Maps – but only if you're American

30 AUG
Software

You can boot a 'virtual iPhone' on a Mac now — but it's strictly for tinkerers, not iPhone-on-a-budget

29 AUG

Security

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Security

A 'critical' Firefox Focus bug just got a CVSS 9.8 - but the details are oddly thin

04 SEPT
Security

US cyber agency confirms active exploitation of bug in AI proxy tool LiteLLM

04 SEPT
Security

Critical bug in obscure npm tool could let wildcard logins sneak past AWS security checks

02 SEPT
Security

PaperCut NG/MF flaw added to US exploited-bugs list - but the details are thin

02 SEPT

Science

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Science

PM 'blocks' more offenders from early release — but the press release is light on the actual detail

30 AUG
Science

Government launches air pollution text alerts – but you have to ask for them

27 AUG
Science

New UK envoy to New Zealand named - but don't expect it to change your gadget bill just yet

26 AUG
Science

UK minister's Cambodia visit puts three decades of landmine-clearance tech in the spotlight

25 AUG

Film & TV

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Film & TV

Netflix’s number one was watched for a third as long as the show beneath it

12 AUG
Film & TV

Britain’s competition regulator has cleared the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery deal

12 AUG
Film & TV

Netflix Top 10: the week of 2026-08-09 in the UK, US and UAE

09 AUG
Film & TV

The Walking Dead – Isolation Review

29 OCT

Guides

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Guides

NHS to pay healthcare students' placement costs upfront - but not all of them

01 SEPT
Guides

The strange art of justifying text by hand, one word at a time

31 AUG
Guides

Government promises crackdown on cowboy builders — but the small print is doing a lot of work

28 AUG
Guides

New planning rules promise a 'default yes' for homes near stations - but nobody's said what 'near' means

18 AUG

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