China has selected an unnamed Pakistani astronaut to serve as a payload specialist on its Shenzhou-24 mission, which Chinese state media says would make the astronaut the first foreign national to visit China’s space station. China has not announced the astronaut’s identity or the launch date; the mission is expected by the end of 2026.
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The China Manned Space Agency selected a Pakistani astronaut for the Shenzhou-24 mission.
The astronaut’s identity and the mission’s departure date have not been announced.
Pakistani pilots Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud trained at the China Astronaut Research and Training Center in Beijing.
Pakistan and China agreed last February to a Chinese government-led programme to train Pakistani astronauts.
China’s space agency plans to deploy Jinnah-1, Pakistan’s first lunar rover, to study lunar plasma, radiation and soil.
The article says the astronauts would return to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft after a short in-orbit flight.
China aims to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030.
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DataVita has revised its energy plans for a proposed 500MW AI datacentre in Lanarkshire, saying it will be fully served by the National Grid. The company says its grid electricity will be covered by a renewable power purchase agreement, while direct connections to proposed wind and solar projects may be added later.
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DataVita had previously said more than 1GW of renewable capacity would supply the datacentres through direct connections.
The proposed datacentre is near Chapelhall, outside Airdrie, and is expected to have a capacity of 500MW.
DataVita said the project could bring 3,400 jobs to Lanarkshire.
The company’s plans are subject to commercial agreements, planning, grid access and consent processes.
DataVita remains eligible for £202 million in wealth guarantees from the UK’s national wealth fund.
The article reports that UK datacentre projects face years-long waits for grid connections and high energy costs.
DataVita has proposed a wind and solar park in North Lanarkshire that could connect to the datacentres in the future.
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Democrats are calling for tighter rules on AI data centres, and concerns over the facilities are also growing in Europe. In Amsterdam, several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre during a two-day protest taking place across the continent.
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Democrats are calling for tighter regulation of AI data centres.
The article says concern about AI data centres is shared across Europe.
Several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam.
The occupation took place as part of a two-day protest across Europe.
The report was published on November 7, 2026.
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A report by UK and Australian campaigning groups says some OnlyFans performers use coded references in TikTok videos to promote paid sexual content hosted elsewhere. The researchers say these videos often present selling sexual content as a route to wealth, while TikTok rules prohibit direct promotion of OnlyFans and sexual solicitation.
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The study was conducted by the Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation in the UK and Collective Shout in Australia.
Researchers reviewed a year of non-explicit TikTok posts by popular OnlyFans performers and followed recommendations from TikTok’s algorithm.
The report says performers use euphemisms, emojis and gestures to hint at adult content, including “corn” as a substitute for “porn.”
The videos examined included lifestyle posts about shopping, pets, baking, skincare, and “get ready with me” routines.
The report says some posts link selling sexual content with wealth and display cash, luxury homes, private jets and expensive cars.
OnlyFans data cited in the report indicates that its top 5,000 creators have each earned more than $1 million since the platform launched in 2016.
The report estimates that the average annual earnings of the platform’s 5 million registered performers are about $1,000.
Collective Shout’s Melinda Tankard Reist said the research was prompted by concern about OnlyFans performers’ large TikTok followings among teenage girls.
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The writer tested manual heating controls and a room-by-room Tado X smart system in a 1930s house to assess whether automation could cut gas use. The supplied article text gives the manual system’s consumption and the smart system’s costs, but ends before reporting the AI system’s results.
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The test house had solid-brick walls, an insulated loft conversion and a 10-year-old gas combi boiler.
During winter 2024, the writer used a Hive thermostat with smart features disabled and manually adjusted radiator valves and heating times.
The manual setup used 14,316.7 kilowatt-hours of gas over 213 days from November to May, after the writer adjusted for hot-water use.
The writer said this consumption was about 10% to 15% below that of previous years.
In summer 2025, the writer installed a Tado X system with 13 smart radiator thermostats, two room thermostats and a boiler programmer.
The full Tado setup tested cost about £930; wiring the programmer into the boiler required a heating engineer and cost about £80 in labour.
Tado’s AI features required a subscription costing £3.99 per month or £29.99 per year.
The supplied article ends before giving the smart system’s gas consumption or the test’s final savings result.
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Stanford researchers implanted lab-grown human brain organoids into genetically modified mice that lacked much of the cerebral cortex and nearby hippocampus. In a study published in Nature, the human tissue grew and connected to the mice’s blood supply; maze results and responses to low oxygen suggest the animals could help researchers study brain function and disorders, but they did not become human-like in thought or behavior.
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Researchers implanted the organoids when the mice were two days old.
Each organoid contained about 100,000 cells grown from healthy donors’ stem cells.
The researchers removed about 14 million mouse neurons and added about 4 million human cells.
The transplant worked in 25 of the 29 mice tested.
Within three months, the human tissue grew to about five times its original size and filled more than 90 percent of the brain cavities.
The mice with human tissue performed better in a maze than mice without the implants.
Some implanted tissue developed von Economo neurons, which are rare cells found in humans and some other highly social animals.
After exposure to low oxygen, the modified mice showed brain damage, altered gait and poor limb coordination.
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Activists entered the site of a planned Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam. The project is linked to rising demand for infrastructure to support artificial intelligence, while local residents say it could use too much energy and water.
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Activists stormed the site of a proposed Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam.
The article links demand for data-centre infrastructure to the AI boom.
Local residents say the project could drain energy resources.
Local residents also say the project could drain water resources.
Al Jazeera reporter Step Vaessen reported from Amsterdam.
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U.S. government agencies warn that hackers could soon target refrigeration units in the agriculture and healthcare sectors. CBS News reported the warning; the report did not identify specific agencies, attack methods, or confirmed incidents.
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Government agencies issued a warning about possible cyberattacks on refrigeration units.
The warning says hackers could target the units soon.
The potential targets are in the United States.
The agriculture sector is among the sectors named.
The healthcare sector is also named.
CBS News correspondent Charlie D’Agata reported on the warning.
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U.S. technology stocks rose Friday after sharp losses the previous day, when investors reacted to election results and possible restrictions on data-center construction. President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the sell-off and reaffirmed his support for expanding AI infrastructure.
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The Nasdaq rose 1.09 percent to 24,579.42 on Friday, and the S&P 500 gained 0.31 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.46 percent Friday.
On Thursday, the Nasdaq dropped 5.5 percent, the S&P 500 fell 4.4 percent and the Dow lost more than 1,800 points, or 3.4 percent.
The three major indexes recorded their largest one-day losses since April 2025; the Nasdaq entered correction territory, a decline of more than 10 percent from a recent high.
The Magnificent Seven technology companies lost about $1 trillion in combined market value during Thursday’s sell-off.
Data-center opposition focused on electricity and water use, utility costs, environmental effects and incentives for developers; voters backed restrictions in all but one of 41 related ballot measures across 10 states.
Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa campaigned for a pause on new data-center approvals until protections are established; Wells Fargo estimates Texas accounts for 27 percent of planned U.S. data-center capacity.
Trump blamed the election results for Thursday’s market decline and said Friday that he continued to support expanding AI development.
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The European Commission issued preliminary findings that TikTok’s For You feed may violate the EU’s Digital Services Act by repeatedly recommending similar content and exposing users to harmful material. It has ordered TikTok to address the concerns and could impose fines of up to 6 percent if the company does not comply; TikTok disputes the findings and can respond before a final decision.
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The Commission said TikTok’s recommendations can lead users into hard-to-exit “rabbit holes” of similar videos.
The EU cited repeated exposure to content about sadness, isolation and body image as a potential risk, including for minors.
Regulators said TikTok had made some changes but had not done enough to reduce the risks.
TikTok called the findings fundamentally inaccurate and said it gives users control over their content experience.
The EU said fines could reach up to 6 percent unless TikTok resolves the issue.
TikTok will have an opportunity to respond before the Commission makes a final decision.
The Commission’s earlier February findings focused on potentially harmful features such as notifications; Friday’s findings focus on the recommendation algorithm.
In July, the EU also accused TikTok of exposing children to risks including cyberbullying and predatory behavior.
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EA has released 25 classic games on Steam and GOG, including titles from the Wing Commander and Ultima series. Seven Wing Commander-related games and Road Rash received remastering work, with improved video footage and other updates.
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The 25 releases include several Wing Commander games and nearly the entire Ultima series.
The games are available for sale on Steam and GOG.
EA senior producer Jim Vessella described the restoration work in a blog post.
EA staff and contractors found archived original footage for Wing Commander III and Wing Commander IV and digitized it.
The Wing Commander remasters include higher-quality full-motion video, 60-frames-per-second gameplay, configuration options, and controller support.
For Privateer 2, the team worked with original cinematics director Steve Hilliker, who had preserved the tapes and remastered the cutscenes.
GOG contributed to restoring and remastering Wing Commander Prophecy and Road Rash.
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Several hundred protesters entered a construction site for a Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam on Friday, and police detained 150 to 200 people on suspicion of trespassing. The action was part of a two-day campaign against data centres in 15 European countries, with demonstrations also reported in Germany and Poland.
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Protesters occupied the site in Amsterdam’s Sloterdijk district to oppose construction of the Microsoft data centre.
Some demonstrators climbed a crane and set off flares, and protesters clashed with police.
Dutch police said they detained 150 to 200 people suspected of trespassing.
Microsoft said it respected peaceful protest but did not condone unlawful actions or behavior that put people’s safety at risk.
Organisers said civil society and grassroots groups planned events on Friday and Saturday in 15 European countries.
About a dozen people demonstrated outside a data centre near Berlin, while about 100 protested outside Poland’s parliament.
Opponents of data centres cite their heavy use of computing power and water and raise concerns about environmental oversight and public consultation.
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Chainalysis said a malicious actor obtained names, usernames, password hashes, and live tokens for all users of its platform during a cybersecurity breach. The company took several services offline, began restoring access to some customers, and requires them to reset credentials; it says its investigation has found no evidence that investigation data was accessed or attribution data changed.
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Chainalysis said its investigation found that names, usernames, password hashes, and live tokens for all platform users were exposed to a malicious actor.
The company said an on-path attack exposed a subset of customer passwords and that it identified and fixed the attack vector.
Chainalysis said an external actor used AI-agent-assisted techniques to gain unauthorized access to its systems and internal tools.
The company took down its login page and Know Your Transaction service, and removed access to Reactor and Data Solutions.
Chainalysis began restoring customer access to Know Your Transaction and Address Screening services.
The company asked customers to provide trusted IP addresses and said they must reset credentials when access returns.
Chainalysis said it has found no evidence that investigation data was accessed or its attribution data was manipulated.
The article says Chainalysis has not identified where the on-path attack infrastructure was compromised or explained how the attackers could decrypt monitored traffic.
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A study in Nature proposes that slow movement in Earth’s mantle helped create the Great Unconformity, a major gap in the rock record. Researchers’ simulations suggest mantle-driven uplift exposed land to erosion, followed by sinking and burial under new sediments, but uncertainty about ancient continent positions limits the results.
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The Great Unconformity separates ancient crystalline rocks from younger sediments, including Cambrian-era sandstone.
The gap in the geologic record can span about 200 million years to more than a billion years.
Geologists have traced the feature across much of North America and parts of northern Europe and northern China.
One established explanation points to glaciation between roughly 720 million and 635 million years ago, when glaciers reached tropical regions.
Other proposed causes include crustal rifting and changes in sea level.
The study’s researchers modeled mantle convection over the past billion years using reconstructions of tectonic plate movement.
The models suggest slow mantle currents could have lifted continents for hundreds of millions of years, allowing erosion before the land sank and sediments covered it.
The researchers note that ancient magnetic records do not establish continents’ longitude, leaving some uncertainty about the simulations’ starting positions.
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A shipment of Nvidia hardware valued at $11.4 million disappeared while traveling from Oakland, California, to Fort Worth, Texas, in late August. Oakland police say the theft investigation is ongoing, with no arrests or recovery reported more than two months later.
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Six pallets of Nvidia equipment left Oakland on August 29 in a truck bound for Fort Worth.
The shipment was picked up by a truck bearing the logo of a food transportation company.
The buyers noticed in early September that the shipment had not arrived.
Police tracing the truck found several multi-hour stops and lost track of it in San Bernardino County, California.
Oakland police said a grand theft report was filed on September 13 and the investigation remains ongoing.
Authorities have not identified the stolen equipment or explained how the theft happened.
The article reports that investigators have linked other recent hardware thefts to tactics including GPS spoofing and collisions with police escort vehicles.
In a separate September incident, police recovered two stolen trailers that contained sand rather than Nvidia equipment.
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Artist Jim Sachs will end Roku’s license for the Aquatic Life screensaver on December 1, after Fox completed its acquisition of Roku. Sachs said he chose not to renew the deal because he objects to Fox’s association with the screensaver, and said the lost income will affect his planned projects.
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Roku has offered the Aquatic Life screensaver, based on Sachs’s Marine Aquarium animation, for 10 years.
Sachs owns the Marine Aquarium and licenses it through Prolific Publishing.
Sachs said Roku’s license came up for renewal each October and either party could cancel it.
Sachs told Ars Technica that he informed Prolific he would not renew the license after learning Fox planned to buy Roku.
Roku will replace Aquatic Life with the Roku City screensaver on affected devices.
Sachs said Roku paid $80,000 a year for exclusive rights to the screensaver on set-top devices.
Sachs said the Roku deal was his main source of income and that ending it would affect projects he had planned.
Fox completed its acquisition of Roku for $22 billion, according to the article.
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The FAA plans to replace floppy-disk-dependent and other aging information systems with a new system for sharing safety alerts and operational information with air traffic controllers. The upgrade will reach 435 facilities and is expected to be complete by the end of 2028.
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The new Enterprise Information Display System (E-IDS) will replace several information display systems that date to the 1980s.
The FAA says E-IDS will help distribute pilot weather reports and Notices to Airmen, which describe hazards and abnormal conditions.
The system is planned for operational control positions at more than 400 facilities across air traffic control domains.
The FAA expects upgrades at all 435 sites to take about a year and finish by the end of 2028.
The first locations named for installation include airports in Atlantic City, Nashville, and Rochester, plus data processing hubs in Atlanta and Salt Lake City.
The FAA awarded Leidos a contract to design and develop E-IDS in August 2020.
The systems being replaced include IDS-4, ACE-IDS, NIDS, and ERIDS; IDS-4 has been in continuous use since the early 1990s.
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Researchers at Dartmouth College found that conversations with more “pink noise”—a pattern that balances staying on a topic with introducing new ideas—were linked to greater enjoyment and connection. The pattern also predicted which speed-dating pairs met for a second date, though the study does not show that pink noise causes those outcomes.
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The researchers analyzed more than 1,000 conversations between strangers and asked participants about their experience afterward.
Participants reported more enjoyment, a greater desire to keep talking, and a stronger sense of connection when conversations showed more pink noise.
A similar analysis of friends discussing formative experiences found that more pink noise was linked to greater enjoyment.
In speed-dating conversations, more pink noise predicted which pairs met for a second date.
The study describes pink noise as a balance between conversational stability and flexibility, with people returning to a topic while also bringing in new ideas.
The researchers used an AI program called MPNet to score each conversational turn on 768 criteria related to meaning, tone, and context.
The team also found that the pink-noise pattern increased across the first 50 episodes of podcasts hosted by two people.
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Three people were indicted in New York on charges including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Prosecutors allege they used AI-generated voice and video impersonations of executives and lawyers to trick company employees into wiring about $129 million, then converted the money into cryptocurrency.
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The indictment names Jacob Soall, 41, Sharon Hazan, 54, and Guy Sheetrit, 42.
Prosecutors say the alleged scheme operated for more than a year and a half and targeted thousands of companies worldwide.
The alleged victims included hospitals, a Rhode Island bank, a UK financial technology company, a Massachusetts mutual fund company and a Florida pet food company.
The defendants allegedly emailed accounting staff while posing as company CEOs, then used AI to imitate executives during phone or video calls.
Prosecutors say the group also impersonated lawyers who directed employees to wire money to accounts around the world.
The funds were allegedly converted into cryptocurrency and distributed among the defendants and others.
The three defendants were arrested between June and September; the article does not specify the year.
Most listed charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years if convicted; aggravated identity theft carries a two-year maximum sentence.
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