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Rust on the Moon? Far-side dirt says yes, actually

Tue, 2025-11-18 12:15
Chang'e 6's soil sample turns up iron oxides where none were supposed to exist

A Chinese-led team of boffins has uncovered tiny grains of hematite and maghemite in materials scooped from the Moon's far-side South Pole-Aitken Basin by the Chang'e 6 probe – iron oxides more at home on rusty tools on Earth than on our bone-dry satellite.…

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Eviden set to build France's first exascale supercomputer with AMD at the wheel

Tue, 2025-11-18 12:04
€544M Alice Recoque system aims to lift Europe's research horsepower

SC25 France will get its first exascale supercomputer — Europe's second — when Atos subsidiary Eviden builds Alice Recoque using AMD chips.…

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Latest Servo release hints at a real Rust alternative to Chromium

Tue, 2025-11-18 11:15
As Mozilla stumbles into 'AI everywhere,' you might be glad of a non-Google browser engine

Servo is an all-new and all-Rust browser rendering engine. As Mozilla falters, it's the world's best option for avoiding a Google monopoly.…

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Brits to help foot power bill for datacenters under government AI plans

Tue, 2025-11-18 10:43
Cheaper electricity to lure bit barns north as planning fast-track kicks in

While UK households face some of the world's highest energy prices, datacenter operators are set to receive electricity discounts under government plans to accelerate AI infrastructure development.…

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Vodafone, EE, O2, Three hit with £3B overcharging lawsuit

Tue, 2025-11-18 10:15
Case alleges loyal customers continued to pay bundled rates after minimum contract terms ended

Britain's biggest mobile phone companies face legal action over claims they overcharged customers through a "loyalty penalty" after a tribunal permitted the cases to proceed.…

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Brits believe the bots even though study finds they're often talking nonsense

Tue, 2025-11-18 09:30
Consumer group Which? warns AI assistants can dish out unclear, risky, or downright daft advice

AI assistants can sometimes provide misleading or incorrect answers. However, almost half of British consumers using the services put more faith in them than they maybe should.…

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