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Security 08 SEPT

Researcher cracks a 1999 CA's 512-bit keys - but the only victim is his own VM

A hobby project spent 61 hours of desktop compute breaking encryption that Netscape itself gave up on in 2002 - here's why nobody today should lose sleep over it.

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  1. 01
    Once Human arrives on Xbox Series X|S with Game Pass — but 'zero pay-to-win' is still just a promise
    Gaming 08 SEPT
  2. 02
    UK unveils £7.8bn space strategy - but the small print is mostly promises, not hardware
    Science 08 SEPT
  3. 03
    Critical flaw in open-source 'Cua' AI agent server lets anyone skip the login screen
    Security 08 SEPT
  4. 04
    JFrog Artifactory flaw added to US 'actively exploited' list — here's what we actually know
    Security 08 SEPT
  5. 05
    Internet Archive wants your monthly donation tripled - but read the fine print first
    Software 07 SEPT
  6. 06
    EA Play members get 10 hours of NHL 27 free - but read the small print first
    Gaming 07 SEPT

Gaming

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Gaming

Wreck Runners' September Update goes live early for Xbox Insiders - but not everyone gets in

06 SEPT
Gaming

Railbreak DX arrives on Xbox, but the 'arcade hit' tag is doing a lot of heavy lifting

05 SEPT
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

AI

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AI

Government promises £450m business paperwork cull - but the small print is missing

07 SEPT
AI

GPT-6 Astra: OpenAI's new model, and the benchmark row nobody's mentioning in the press release

04 SEPT
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

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

Cloud in a Bottle wants self-hosting to feel like an app store, not a sysadmin job

06 SEPT
Software

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

05 SEPT
Software

This GitHub repo hit 6,970 stars in under two weeks, but what is it actually for?

04 SEPT
Software

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

01 SEPT

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Security

Critical flaw in a popular Excel AI tool could let attackers read and write any file

07 SEPT
Security

Kestra OSS flaw added to US 'actively exploited' list — but the details are thin

07 SEPT
Security

Critical flaw in Taipy's web server config lets any website hijack your session, CVE says

06 SEPT
Security

US cyber agency confirms Starlette bug is being exploited, but won't say how

06 SEPT

Science

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Science

UK troops did a fortnight in the Arctic - here's what actually happened, minus the spin

06 SEPT
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

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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