Daily Tech News 19 September 2026

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The first new cat species to be identified in more than a century, leopardus tilcayo, has been, uh, identified. (Wikipedia)

Of course the people who live in that part of Bolivia knew about it all along - that's why it has a common name, the tilcayo. It's related to the oncilla, which is related to the ocelot, but genetic comparisons showed that it it a distinct species.

The funny part is that while it does have a common name, nobody knows where the name comes from; it's not derived from a Spanish or native word. It's called the tilcayo because that's what it's called.

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A researcher at OpenAI - where "researcher" apparently means "someone who wasn't shoved into nearly enough lockers as a child" claims that airgapped AI systems can communicate by overclocking their CPUs and using their thermal sensors to pick up changes in ambient temperature. (WCCFTech)

Assume a spherical cow of uniform density.
Researchers - yes - used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts. (The Register)

Not nearly enough lockers.
Flash floods can be avoided using this one simple trick. (The Verge)

Build underwater.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Do not taunt happy lime in the coconut.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2026 04:30 AM (Ia/+0)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

3 Hola

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 19, 2026 04:31 AM (5jWPa)

4 Pixy, are you Batman?

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

5 Mornin' Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at September 19, 2026 04:32 AM (rdVOm)

6 >>>The first new cat species to be identified in more than a century, leopardus tilcayo, has been, uh, identified.

Good kitty!

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

7 Wait, what happened?

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

8 Working today

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

9 4 Pixy, are you Batman?
Posted by: m

You can't just ask someone that!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 19, 2026 04:37 AM (BLOW1)

10 She put the lime in the coconut

Posted by: Tuna at September 19, 2026 04:37 AM (lJ0H4)

11 >>>Nilsson Schmilsson

It's a great album title.

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)

12 Mornin'

The funny part is that while it does have a common name, nobody knows where the name comes from; it's not derived from a Spanish or native word. It's called the tilcayo because that's what it's called.

Aliens...

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 19, 2026 04:44 AM (+YRf1)

13 9 4 Pixy, are you Batman?
Posted by: m

You can't just ask someone that!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 19, 2026 04:37 AM (BLOW1)

A little boy asked Mr. Trump that!

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)

14 Cool outside, summer is almost done
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2026 05:03 AM (Ia/+0)

15 Harry Nilsson - Coconut

I listened to the whole thing.

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 05:04 AM (odBC9)

16
Asmongold & his girlfriend Kaise react to his social credit score.

Kinda cute.
Kinda long (29 minutes).

https://tinyurl.com/2xexk7sm

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 05:08 AM (odBC9)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 19, 2026 05:08 AM (V0/Sp)

18 There has been a fox screaming out back when I take out the bird feeders. This AM there were two doing call and response.

Posted by: fluffy at September 19, 2026 05:10 AM (V0/Sp)

19 >>>Nilsson Schmilsson

The song Jump Into The Fire from that album sits at the top of my desert island 50 playlist.

Posted by: fluffy at September 19, 2026 05:12 AM (V0/Sp)

20 Good Morning all, kitty is a predator, lives in a jungle. Claude AI is a predator that exists in a computer and attacks other systems. I wonder if this is how Skynet came about.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at September 19, 2026 05:13 AM (Q/FnY)

21 >>>claims that airgapped AI systems can communicate by overclocking their CPUs and using their thermal sensors to pick up changes in ambient temperature

= Ambient Irony

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 05:15 AM (odBC9)

22 Good morning! Looks like only a couple of more days of bumping the high 90s before it drops off by about 10 degrees. Gonna have to start renovating flower beds here in a couple of weeks.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 19, 2026 05:15 AM (3Ope8)

23 the bio on the WCCFTech author needs an editor:

About the author:

Writing is my one incontrovertible passion.

Over the past six years, he has authored over 2,200 distinct articles on financial and tech-related topics, spanning nearly 1 million words. And he has been a member of Wcctech mobile team since 2025.

As an alumnus of the University of Toronto, Rotman Commerce Program, I bring nuance, in-depth knowledge, and a unique perspective to every topic that I cover. When I'm not writing, I'm traveling the world, exploring hidden confectionaries and restaurants as an aspiring food connoisseur.

Posted by: m at September 19, 2026 05:24 AM (odBC9)

24 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 19, 2026 05:25 AM (RIvkX)

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