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JoeMerchant writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-security-updates-break-windows-recovery-reset/Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 Windows security updates are breaking reset and recovery operations on systems running Windows 10 and older versions of Windows 11."After installing the August 2025 Windows security update [..] on any of the client versions mentioned below in the 'Affected platforms' section, attempts to reset or recover the device might fail," the company said in a new Windows release health update.Installing this month's security updates will cause issues for users who want to reinstall their system while keeping their files using the Reset my PC feature, or reinstall it and keep their files, apps, and settings using the Fix problems using Windows Update tool.The known issue may also impact users who want to remotely reset devices using the RemoteWipe configuration service provider (RemoteWipe CSP).According to Redmond, the bug only impacts client platforms after installing the following updates, including:

looorg writes:SlowTV. When they need to move a 600-tonne church to the other side of town.As interesting as it was I still prefer 'The Great Moose Migration' (x) they have on TV instead. It's more relaxing.This is just unnerving.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3xp4xlw9o

upstart writes:How Chefs and Scientists Are Using Kombucha and Kimchi to Study Microbiology:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Sni5Gect research crew targets sweet spot during device / network handshake pausehttps://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/sni5gect/

jelizondo writes:The Guardian recently published a couple of articles about digital streaming services and piracy. The first one reads:

upstart writes:Attorneys General, HCA Settle Over Nurse Training Repayment Provisions:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Politico reports on a hack affecting Federal Courts in the USA:

upstart writes:Charged Drops Don't Splash:

upstart writes:3D printing just went there:

upstart writes:Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules:

Strange Kaisen Linux 3.0 Announcement Comes With Message of Distro Being DiscontinuedAn Anonymous Coward writes:https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12524

upstart writes:Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog:

hubie writes:Toothpaste made from your own hair may offer a sustainable and clinically effective way to protect and repair damaged teeth:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.osnews.com/story/143044/firefox-new-ai-features-cause-cpu-spikes-and-battery-drain/

turgid writes:An article in The Conversation discusses a scientific paper which looks at a "gravitational bounce" from the Quantum Exclusion Principle which may take place inside black holes. The speculation is that this may form new universes.The article states:

upstart writes:With platforms caving to pressure from payment processors, adult content creators are left to figure out what's next:

upstart writes:Air pollution filters help scientists produce first UK wildlife survey using eDNA:

janrinok writes:Physs.org is reporting on repurposing large electromagnets in research facilities:

upstart writes:Site director says 'a kind of camp, a favela' was founded in the ruins of city destroyed in AD79:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Bill Gates Declares the End of the Smartphone Era and Unveils Its Surprising Replacement

fliptop writes:'Learn to code' turned out to be one of the most misguided pieces of career advice, and college grads are bearing the brunt of it:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-08-spacex-competitor-amazon-satellites.html

day of the dalek writes:Per Bloomberg (Alternate sources: CNBC and Reuters), the Trump Administration is weighing the US government potentially buying a stake in Intel. As CNBC reports:

hubie writes:Swapping foods like premade lasagna for hand-made spaghetti Bolognese made a difference:

upstart writes:Many countries banned from using PayPal for Steam games in latest payment processor drama:

evilcam writes:https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-08-adults-ai-views-technology-vary.html

canopic jug writes:Over six years, and after a lot of experimentation, Ben Holmen has worked out an awesome robotic mechanical pixel display:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-08-culture-men-intimate-partner-violence.html

canopic jug writes:At the beginning of last year, Manuel Hoffmann, Frank Nagle, and Yanuo Zhou published a working paper on the Value of Open Source Software [PDF] for comment and discussion only.

quietus writes:From late May to early June of this year, wildfires raged in Canada: the plumes crossed the Atlantic and were observed in Europe.In the night of 12-13 August, the first of a next generation of weather satellites for EUMETSAT was launched aboard an Ariane 6 missile.The satellite, named METOP-SGA1, carries a total of six atmospheric sounding and imaging instrument missions. The payload includes the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - New Generation (IASI-NG), METimage (a visual and infrared imager), the Microwave Sounder (MWS), a Radio Occultation sounder, and the Multi-Viewing, Multi-Channel, Multi-Polarisation Imager (3MI) - the latter being an entirely new instrument designed to enhance the monitoring of aerosols -- as e.g. created by the Canadian wildfires -- and cloud properties.Metop-SGA1 also carries the European Union's Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, which will supply detailed data on atmospheric composition and trace gases that affect air quality, helping health authorities to monitor air pollution.One aim of the satellite is to improve weather forecasts from 6 hours before (now-casting) to up to 10 days ahead. Another aim is to further improve climate models. A crucial instrument here is the Microwave Sounder, which will create temperature and humidity profiles across the atmosphere by measuring microwave brightness temperatures at different altitudes, in all weather.

SomeGuy writes:Tom's Hardware Reports:

An Anonymous Coward writes:New tests reveal Microsoft Recall still screenshots sensitive data:

fliptop writes:The communication platform cited suspicions that AI companies were using the archiving site for AI training:

upstart writes:Debian -- News -- Debian 13 "trixie" released:

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upstart writes:Java-like move could land those expecting free trial with a new bill:

upstart writes:Academic study suggests devices cannot differentiate between someone being overworked and being excited:

upstart writes:Small clouds out as VMware again changes partner program:

upstart writes:Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version's enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost:

upstart writes:Using a fan can make older adults hotter in a dry heat:

canopic jug writes:Damien Miller (djm@) just published a Post-Quantum Cryptography FAQ page to the OpenSSH web site. It describes OpenSSH's use of and approach to post-quantum cryptography. A big goal is to minimize the risk from hostiles saving SSH traffic now to then crack the encryption later as new technology allows.

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/coding-error-blamed-after-parts-of-constitution-disappear-from-us-website/

upstart writes:Extra-Strong Bacterial Cellulose Sheets as a Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/heres-how-deepfake-vishing-attacks-work-and-why-they-can-be-hard-to-detect/

jelizondo writes:IFL Science is reporting on a breakthrough in quantum superposition:

upstart writes:Asian hornet's unique buzz may hold secret to containing invasive species:

wirelessduck writes:Visionary tech pioneer and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley has died at the age of 91.The boundary-breaking entrepreneur arrived in London at the age of five, just weeks before the outbreak of World War Two, and went on to become a computer industry and women's rights pioneer in the 1950s and 1960s.She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which shook up the tech industry by almost exclusively hiring women, and in later life donated almost 70m to help those with autism and to IT projects.She was very smart and truly formidable, even adopting the name "Steve" to help her in a male-dominated tech world.She died on 9 August, her family said in an Instagram post on Monday.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

An Anonymous Coward writes Some turbulence at CalyxOS: