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CPython eases Rust requirements as assimilation continues
The maintainers of CPython, the reference implementation of Python, have scaled back plans to make Rust a mandatory dependency for the language, opting instead to build an optional Rust API for internal development. This softer approach, outlined by Rust Programming Manager Tomáš Šedovič at RustConf in Montréal, is intended to bring the benefits of Rust’s…
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TalkFuse morning briefing, 14 Sep 2026 10:39
The NSPCC has dropped its same-sex supervision guidance for children changing, sparking backlash, while Australia faces calls to ditch coal and petrol cars. A deadly North Carolina shooting ended in an Ohio manhunt, Google brings Gemini to Android Auto, Celine Dion returned to the stage, and punk guitarist Cheetah C…
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Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Living: How Architectural Glazing is Transforming Scottish Homes
This article discusses how architectural glazing—large-scale glass installations including floor-to-ceiling walls, frameless corner windows and sliding door systems—is reshaping residential design in Scotland, moving homes away from the small-windowed, thick-walled traditional cottages and tenements built to withstand harsh weather. The shift reflects a broader cultural move towards open-plan living, natural light and a closer visual…
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The myth of killer AI is a self-serving attempt at regulatory capture
This piece is a discussion podcast from The Register’s “Kettle” series, in which host Brandon Vigliarolo is joined by systems editor Tobias Mann and senior reporter Tom Claburn to push back on recent warnings from AI industry figures that advanced models pose an existential threat to humanity. The hosts argue that such doomsday rhetoric, echoing…
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UK.gov begins killing off passwords for 23 million users
The UK government is expanding its passkey login system across GOV.UK One Login, offering more than 23 million users the option to sign in using a fingerprint, Face ID or device PIN instead of a password and text-message code. The move follows a trial involving over 300,000 users and is aimed at cutting phishing risk…
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‘I Like My Big Rat Wife’: Meet the People Using Chatbots to Write Custom Fiction
A study of more than 500,000 ChatGPT prompts suggests that fiction writing—including prose, fan fiction, erotica and role-play—accounts for over a third of chatbot interactions, with roughly 7% of users regularly engaging in it once heavy “power users” are accounted for. The research, led by University of Washington academic Melanie Walsh, pushes back against the…
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Sisters who survived massacre of British family in the Alps may return to the scene for a reenactment, French cops reveal days after gun was found in nearby lake
French investigators say the two sisters who survived the 2012 massacre of their family in the French Alps may take part in a reenactment at the crime scene, as detectives try to extract fresh memories of the attack. Saad Al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal, her mother Suhaila and a local cyclist were shot dead near Lake…
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Oil prices rise after drone attacks shut down Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline
Oil prices surged above $108 a barrel on Monday after drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to shut its east-west crude pipeline, with Houthi rebels in Yemen also seizing the strategic island of Perim in the Bab al-Mandab strait. The escalation matters because it threatens key energy and shipping routes at a time when Gulf states…
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Global oil supply fears grow and prices surge as satellite images reveal extent of damage to key Saudi pipeline after drone attack
Global supplies of Saudi Arabian crude could run critically low within days after a drone strike, launched from Iraq, damaged the kingdom’s vital 745-mile east-west pipeline, prompting Riyadh to shut it down. The pipeline normally diverts around 4 million barrels a day to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, allowing Saudi Arabia to bypass the…