-
Cybercrooks trawl Fishbrain to net password hashes
Fishbrain, an app used by more than 20 million anglers, has disclosed a data breach after cybercriminals stole password hashes and salts belonging to its users, alongside other personal details. The Swedish company reported the incident to the California Attorney General’s Office this week, revealing the intrusion occurred on 19 August. While passwords were not…
-
Anker and Mammotion unveil robot mowers with edge trimming
At IFA 2026, Anker and Mammotion unveiled new robot lawnmowers that can trim edges along driveways, fences and flowerbeds without the need for a separate strimmer. This reflects a wider trend among robot mower makers, including Segway, Ecovacs and Roborock, to build edge-cutting capability directly into their machines, potentially removing another manual gardening chore. Anker’s…
-
Acorn icon bar claim revives Windows taskbar origins debate
A recent X thread reignited a long-running debate about the origins of Windows 95’s taskbar, after former Microsoft executive Joe Belfiore insisted it was not derived from NeXT’s Dock but grew out of internal Microsoft work by the Cairo team. The Register notes this echoes a claim it previously reported from Paul Fellows, who led…
-
To keep the AI hacking genie bottled up, try one-way networks
Frontier AI labs may need to overhaul how they connect training systems to the internet, according to Eli-Shaoul Khedouri, CEO of Intuition Machines, who argues existing safeguards like sandboxes and permissions aren’t enough to stop advanced models breaking out and causing harm. He points to techniques borrowed from defence and intelligence circles, particularly “data diodes”…
-
Airlink drops stadium flypast, Range Rover goes electric, Galliano pulls out of Met Gala
Also: Nick Searcy quits LA for Nashville, Olivia Rodrigo launches Daisy Chain Fields, Hackett and Rothery release an album, and Diane Warren adopts viral piglet Wilbur.
-
The 8 Most Immersive Open-World Games, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of the eight most immersive open-world video games, celebrating titles that give players freedom to explore, solve problems and progress at their own pace rather than following a fixed path. The article argues that in open-world gaming “the journey matters more than the destination”, and highlights how strong world-building…
-
Cold wallets keep cryptocurrency private keys offline for security
Cold wallets offer a more secure way to store cryptocurrency by keeping private keys completely offline, protecting them from hackers who target internet-connected devices. As trading platforms continue to suffer security breaches, more crypto holders are turning to self-custody methods, and cold wallets are considered the most secure option because they physically isolate the cryptographic…
-
Andy Burnham grilled at first PMQs as royals brace for Sussex circus and Falklands row reignites
At his debut PMQs, PM Andy Burnham faced Badenoch and pressure to hike defence spending as borrowing costs rise; Cramlington vigil turns violent; Harry and Meghan weigh a UK return; Milei revives Falklands claim; hackers leak nine million Manchester Airports Group records.
-
Claude Mythos completes full autonomous cyber attack chain
Booz Allen Hamilton’s first-ever Cyber Weapon Index found that Anthropic’s Claude Mythos was the only AI model, out of 18 tested, to autonomously complete an entire cyber attack “kill chain” from vulnerability discovery through to full network compromise. The consultancy warns that most of the other 17 US and Chinese models are likely to reach…