They've also shared two tracks from the LP
Photo by Harry Ward
Factory Floor have shared details of their first studio album in 10 years, titled One Trip.
Spanning 10 tracks, it marks the first full-length release from the current formation of Gabe Gurnsey, Nik Colk Void and new member Joe Ward. The new record's foundations lie in a set that the group played at MUTEK in Montréal in 2024 after returning from an extended hiatus, with the performance providing a catalyst for a new chapter in the project.
In a collective statement, the group said: "After the MUTEK performance, we felt an appetite to work in a space where artists could connect emotionally and physically, both in the studio and on a live...
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The following track days, riding schools, and racing events are scheduled by organizations based in the United States and Canada during November and December 2026.
This list includes many opportunities to ride at races, schools, and track days during the months of October and November in North America.
To have your motorcycle racing or riding event added to the Event Calendar on this website and published in the print edition of Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology magazine, submit your calendar and contact information via the contact page on this website or by emailing to calendar@roadracingworld.com or to pressreleases@roadracingworld.com.
Before heading to an event, contact the organization or track and confirm that it's going to be held as publicized.
11/1 Superbike-Coach Corp. (School), TRACK DAY & Track Academy Class, Thunderhill Raceway, Willows, CA
11/7 Sandy Hook Mini Moto Races & Track Days, Sandy Hook Spdway, Street, MD, Race
11/7 Compact octane Track Days, Streets of Willow Course, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
11/7-8 FIM MotoMini USA East / SFLMiniGP Championship, Bushnell Motorsports Park, Bushnell, FL (Round 8)
11/7-8 ASMA Track Days and Advanced Rider Training, Firedbird Motorsports Park West, Chandler, AZ
11/7-8 Precision Track Days, Atlanta Motorsports Park, Dawsonville, GA
11/8 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA
11/10 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA - Semi Private Supermoto School
11/12-13 California Superbike School, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, NV (All Levels)
11/13-15 Chuckwalla Valley Motorcycle Association (CVMA) Winter Series, Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Desert Center, CA (CW)
11/14 Southeast Mini Moto Track Days, Lamar County Speedway, Barnesville, GA
11/14-15 California Superbike School, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, NV (All Levels)
11/14-15 Let's Ride Track Days & Schools, Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow, CA
11/15 Superbike-Coach Corp. (School), Cornering School Day 1, Little 99 Raceway, Stockton, CA
11/15 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA
11/15 XCEL Trackdays Track days, Firebird Motorsports Park, , Chandler, AZ, East Track
11/17-18 Yamaha Champions Riding School, Inde Motorsports Ranch (ChampGrad), Willcox, AZ
11/20 2Wheels Track Days, Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Desert Center, CA
11/21 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA
11/21-22 California Superbike School, Podium Club, AZ (All Levels)
11/21-22 Precision Track Days, Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw, SC
11/22 ED Bargy Motorcycle Racing School, Roebling Road Raceway, Bloomingdale, GA
11/22 Superbike-Coach Corp. (School), Cornering School Day 2, Little 99 Raceway, Stockton, CA
11/28-29 N2 Track Days, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL
11/28-29 RideSmart Motorcycle School, Circuit of The Americas, Austin, TX
11/28-29 Sportbike Track Time Track Days, Talladega Gran Prix Raceway, Munford, AL
11/28-29 Trackdaz Track Days, Buttonwillow Rcwy Park, Buttonwillow, CA (TurkeyDaz)
11/28-29 TrackXperience Track Days, Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Desert Center, CA
11/29 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA
12/5-6 Sportbike Track Time Track Days, Jennings GP, Jennings, FL
12/6 Superbike-Coach Corp. (School), Cornering School Day 3, Little 99 Raceway, Stockton, CA
12/6 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA
12/6 XCEL Trackdays Track days, Firebird Motorsports Park, Chandler, AZ, West Track
12/11-13 Chuckwalla Valley Motorcycle Association (CVMA) Winter Series, Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Desert Center, CA (CCW)
12/13 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA
12/14 2Wheels Track Days, Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Desert Center, CA
12/19 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA
12/27 Socal Supermoto School, Apex Motorsports Park, Perris, CA
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Thanks for an incredible 2026: Midwest Banquet is set
What a year.
To every racer, crew member, volunteer, track partner, and fan who made the 2026 ASRA season happen — thank you. From the early rounds to the high banks at Daytona, you showed up, raced hard, and kept the paddock fun. The season ended the way it should: With titles decided, new stories created, and a lot of tired but happy people heading home.
Now it's time to celebrate.
ASRA Midwest Region Awards Banquet
Saturday, December 12, 2026 • 5:30 p.m.
Lake Lawn Resort
2400 E. Geneva St., Delavan, WI 53115
We'll honor the champions, recognize the top Amateur and Expert points finishers, eat good food, and tell a few paddock stories (some of which may be only slightly exaggerated). Come for the awards. Stay because it's December in Wisconsin and the resort has heat.
Tickets are $25 — available now at asraracing.com.
Special room rates are available at the resort — just mention ASRA when you book.
Get Your Tickets
Questions? Email support@asraracing.com.
Looking ahead:
The 2027 ASRA/BRL National Championship calendar is live, and endurance details are on the way. We're taking the energy from this season and putting it straight into the new championship.
Thank you again for being part of it. See you in December.
The ASRA Team
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The design for a difficult-to-interpret monument that was never intended to be built.
Many thanks to my friend Barry Smiler for being October's sponsor. Do take a look at his climate site, which nicely complements mine. He recently added some nifty enhancements to his Research page. And for your climate listening pleasure, he suggests this little song.
"On 2.0°C watch.
"The global temperature anomaly for October 22nd was 1.94°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline and set a new daily record… Forecast global anomaly on October 31st: 2.06°C above pre-industrial."
[Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2114133049936109816
"The World's Oceans Just Hit Their Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded at a Time of Year When They Should Be Cooling.
"On August 22, the average surface temperature of the planet's extra-polar oceans hit 21.1°C (70°F), the highest daily level in recorded modern history. The timing makes the record especially concerning. This is because global ocean temperatures typically reach their peak around March and April."
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/world-ocean-temperature-record-high/
"Satellites show some of the strongest evidence the AMOC is weakening.
"The crucial Atlantic current system that brings warmth to Europe has slowed 18 per cent in 40 years, according to an analysis of how much heat the ocean is releasing to the atmosphere… Another recent study, which examined reanalyses of the ocean rather than the atmosphere, similarly found the AMOC has weakened 15 per cent in 30 years."
"'Heartbreaking': Largs shops flooded overnight as Storm Boelo hits Scotland…
"A video shared by ice cream shop Geraldo's shows the North Ayrshire street swamped in floodwater. "26 years of being here and it's the highest it's ever been," the owner said in the footage. "We're standing here in a doorway trying to protect our businesses from this disaster. It's just heartbreaking. It really is."
""A suspected tornado ripped through part of a Hampshire village, leaving "devastation" in its wake, a resident has said.
"The weather phenomenon left a line of damage about one mile long (1.6km) and about 100m (328ft) wide in the village of Portchester on Thursday night."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pqg4rvzjqeo
"UK Shoppers Strip Shelves of Beans and Water After Government Emergency Advice.
"Bottled water, tinned food and batteries are selling out at some British retailers after the government urged households to put together emergency kits. Online grocer Ocado listed several brands of water as unavailable on Monday, according to AOL and the Daily Mail."
"Britain's biggest garden centre switches plants for extreme heat.
"Hydrangeas have long been among the most popular plants in Britain and a mainstay of summer gardens up and down the country. But the shrubs could soon become a thing of the past as soaring temperatures threaten to change the face of flowerbeds for good."
"EU Wants Countries to Draw Up Plans to Deal With Warming of 3C…
"The EU's 27 member states will be required to come forward with national plans for how they will adapt by end-2030, while the European Commission, the bloc's executive branch, will identify major risks, including possible climate tipping points."
"Crop losses from recurring droughts 'shrinking Poland's economy and impacting businesses'…
"Recurring periods of drought are causing losses worth billions of złoty to the Polish economy every year and are affecting business across the agrifood supply chain, a new report has found… drought reduces cereal and rapeseed crop yields by around 12% in an average year, while potato and sugar beet yields see drops of about 20%."
https://tvpworld.com/96134070/droughts-causing-losses-of-billions-to-polands-economy
"I've seen the disaster that's coming to the Alps within decades…
"I study glaciers for a living and I am a keen mountaineer. I have seen many examples of smaller-scale disasters across the European Alps, including major rockfalls on famous and popular climbing routes. Sadly these incidents are getting more common and much more deadly."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/get-ready-nepal-style-glacier-collapse-alps-4838550
"Melting glaciers in Dolomites reveal cache of first world war munitions…
"The devices, which included Italian artillery shells and French mortar bombs, were removed and defused by the army's Julia Alpine brigade… The weapons originated from the white war, a battle between the Austro-Hungarian army and Italian troops across treacherous and bitterly cold terrain between 1915 and 1918."
"Istanbul braces for new round of flooding.
"Istanbul is bracing for another round of heavy rainfall on Oct. 27, with Türkiye's meteorological authority warning of possible flash floods and inundations in the city and other parts of western Türkiye, less than two weeks after torrential downpours killed eight people in Istanbul…"
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-braces-for-new-round-of-flooding-228608
"At least four workers died when a tornado struck a construction site in Antalya, overturning accommodation cabins and a tower crane. Heavy rain also flooded roads in Istanbul.
"Four construction workers were killed and a fifth injured when a sudden tornado struck a building site in Antalya, southern Turkey, late on Monday."
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/27/turkey-tornado-kills-at-least-four-workers-at-antalya-construction-site
"As your author forecasted two weeks in advance, today 30C [86F] is returning in SPAIN.
"TURKEY has recorded up to 36C in the past days, but from Wedsnesday it will cool up,while Spain will be warm all week (only daytime).
[Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2114733030694916387
"CRAZY RECORDS ALL OVER AFRICA:
"OCT RECORDS: 38.0 [100.4F] Wa GHANA, 37.5 Kara TOGO, 34.8 Mvengue GABON… BENIN, IVORY COAST, TOGO & CAMEROON ALL HAD THEIR HOTTEST OCT NIGHT EVER!" [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2114788939487707179
"Climate change is amplifying extreme weather conditions across southern Africa.
"Dry seasons are getting hotter and drier, while rains are becoming heavier and more concentrated. This means greater swings between production surplus and scarcity for rural communities that make their living from the land."
"Saudi Arabia issues red and orange alerts as heavy thunderstorms threaten several regions.
"A red alert for heavy rainfall has been issued in parts of Jazan Region from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., accompanied by strong winds, zero horizontal visibility, hail, flash floods and thunderstorms."
"Severe Flash Floods Hit Shalateen, Egypt!
"…footage shows floodwaters completely surrounding buildings in Shalateen, located south of the Red Sea Governorate. Heavy torrential rains have triggered massive flash floods across the region, leaving areas submerged under water."
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1076967791822467
"Stormy election day ahead as Israel braces for heavy rain and flooding.
"Thunderstorms, hail and strong winds are expected across much of Israel on Tuesday, with rain intensifying by midday and flash floods possible in the Negev, Arava Valley, Judean Desert and Dead Sea area."
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/sjnqq2p2gl
"Hailstorm hits Sirsa crops [N India], farmers seek compensation.
"Farmers in Sirsa have demanded immediate compensation for crops damaged by unseasonal rain and hailstorms. Farmer organisations have urged the Haryana Government to conduct a special crop damage survey and provide financial assistance to the affected farmers."
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/hailstorm-hits-sirsa-crops-farmers-seek-compensation/
"Cyclone 'Arnab' hurtling towards Andhra Pradesh coast.
"Very severe cyclonic storm "Arnab" has intensified over the west-central Bay of Bengal and is hurtling towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, with landfall expected by the forenoon of Wednesday, October 28, 2026… the storm has prompted red alerts across coastal districts in Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha."
"Why Arunachal's Gen Z is protesting against India's mega dam to counter China.
"While the government cites water security and flood control, indigenous communities fear displacement, environmental damage, seismic risks, and the loss of ancestral land and cultural heritage."
"EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN CHINA - 37 [98.6F] DEGREES OVER 1000m asl.
"Thousands of records have fallen every day of this month and October records keep falling even at month end like today: 33.3C Shuangjiang and 32.9C Menglian."
[Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2114727145385951616
"INCREDIBLE SUMMER HEAT IN JAPAN:
"Mind blowing August-like weather continues in Southern Japan with up to 33C [91.4F] and stifling suffocating hot nights with MINIMUMS up to 28C. Absolutely insane and unprecedented." [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2114219316929544602
"Typhoon Champi declared strongest storm of year so far…
"Typhoon Champi was declared the strongest storm of the year so far after recording sustained winds of 185mph last week. From late Thursday to early Saturday, the typhoon battered Taiwan and Japan's southern islands."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/typhoon-champi-taiwan-japan-storm-greece-floods
"Taiwan's tea growers rethink farming as climate pressures intensify.
"…tea production in Alishan declined by 13.5 per cent from 2014 to 2023, as its farmers are facing threats not only from soil degradation but also from climate change. This growing sense of ecological crisis has led a handful of tea growers like Lin to adopt more environmentally friendly farming methods and nature-based solutions."
"RECORD AGAIN IN THAILAND - MINIMUM 29.7C [85.5F] Bangkok Pilot is HOTTEST OCTOBER NIGHT in THAI HISTORY; broken and rebroken.
"Eight MONTHS often with Mins >29C. No place on Earth ever made this. Brutal. Incredible heat also in BANGLADESH." [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2114700870382141929
"Flash floods send rocks and mud through Patong [Thailand].
"Heavy rain triggered flash flooding and mudslides in Phuket overnight, blocking roads and prompting emergency crews to clear debris and assist affected residents. The flooding began after heavy rain early on Monday, when runoff from nearby hills combined with a high tide."
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3343779/rain-runoff-rocks-and-mud-slam-phuket
"Indonesia sends oxygen bus to aid residents choking on forest fire haze.
"The Indonesian government and local volunteer teams have deployed mobile "oxygen buses" to the hardest-hit regions of Borneo and Sumatra to provide emergency breathing relief to residents choking on severe wildfire smoke."
"Outback kaleidoscope: Australia's fabled desert lake bursts to life in rare sight…
"Rainfall nearly 50% above the long-term average caused havoc, killing livestock and cutting outback tracks, some of which remain underwater. But it also filled up three major river systems - the Georgina, the Diamantina and Cooper Creek."
"Giant hail observed in parts of south-east Queensland as 'very dangerous' storms strike.
"A series of "very dangerous" storms have brought hail up to seven centimetres in size to parts of south-east Queensland. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Logan, parts of Ipswich, Gold Coast, Brisbane City and Scenic Rim Council areas."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/queensland-hail-stones-thunderstorm/107315704
"Antarctica records its warmest October on record: what's happening?
"Near the Ukrainian Antarctic station "Akademik Vernadsky," the air temperature rose to +11.1 degrees Celsius. This is the highest reading for October in the entire history of observations. At the same time, the air warmed up by nearly 10 degrees in just two and a half hours."
"EXTRAORDINARY, HISTORIC:
"17 DEGREES (62.6F) IN ANTARCTICA (Esperanza) is ANTARCTIC HOTTEST SPRING DAY TIED (=Oct 1976). Records Also :14.1 Marambio, 6.0 Arturo Pratt."
[Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2114401335701598645
"Breaking News! Code: y-Axis Alert!
"Yesterday's Nino 3.4 preliminary sea-surface temperature anomaly set a new record high, at 3.48°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. To clearly show this anomaly, the y-axis max was raised to 4.0°C." [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2114736378873610450
"An impressive tornado causes significant property damage between Requínoa and Rengo, Chile
"Footage of a violent tornado passing through the O'Higgins Region, Chile. The vortex generated intense wind gusts and sent debris flying through inhabited areas."
"Chile deploys specialized helicopter to Peru to fight forest fires that leave 12 dead and more than 800 affected.
"The aircraft, financed with emergency funds from the Ministry of the Interior, already operates from Cusco and will support the extinguishing work in the regions of Cusco, Puno and Junín. The operation includes seven days of work, 35 hours of flight and an investment of almost 140,000 dollars."
"La Paz: heavy rains cause rivers to flood and floods in different areas [Bolivia].
"Due to the intense rains recorded this Friday in the city of La Paz, rivers flooded in the southern zone and flooding on different roads were recorded, according to reports and alerts issued by the Directorate of Risk Prevention and Urban Resilience."
"Floods in Argentina kill 2, displace over 2,000 amid El Nino.
"Flooding in northeastern Argentina has killed two people and forced more than 2,000 others from their homes, with rising river levels threatening communities across the region, Argentine newspaper Pagina 12 reported Saturday."
https://aa.com.tr/en/world/floods-in-argentina-kill-2-displace-over-2-000-amid-el-nino/4099759
"Records smashed all over Americas:
"Brutal 43.0C [109.4F] Pao de Acucar BRAZIL - HOTTEST DAY EVER RECORDED IN ALAGOAS STATE… Oct High Minimums: 25.6 Puerto Limon, COSTA RICA; 24.6 St Georges, FRENCH GUIANA; 26.8 Guayaquil, ECUADOR; 24.3 Piura, PERU." [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2114907694343864734
"Santa Marta under red alert for heavy rains and serious flooding in Barranquilla and Cartagena [Colombia].
"The Ideam report activated the maximum alarms in the main cities of the Colombian Atlantic coast, while local authorities attend to emergencies due to floods and overflowing streams."
"30.1 [86.2F] Bonaire is HOTTEST NIGHT IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY!
"28.3 Vc Bird. HOTTEST NIGHT IN ANTIGUA. Nearly all Caribbean had its hottest night on record (28/30C)."
[Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2114907694343864734
"GONE WITH THE FLOOD! Cars Swept Away as Heavy Rain Hits Ciudad Juarez [Mexico].
"Heavy rainfall over the weekend caused the La Montada dyke to overflow in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, sending floodwaters through residential streets, damaging homes and sweeping away vehicles. Drone footage filmed on Monday shows the scale of the flooding."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbGkt5-f30
"Category 5 (beyond extreme) marine heatwave conditions are being observed offshore San Diego, where water temperatures are up to 77°F.
"California's severe marine heatwave is also marching north and has now reached Northern California, with water up to 68°F offshore Santa Cruz." [Colin McCarthy]
https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/2114867740947484951
"Historic flooding brings 'catastrophic destruction' to Colorado town.
"Heavy rain caused significant river flooding in the town of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, bringing "wide-scale catastrophic destruction," the local sheriff said. See the flooding that has stranded residents and damaged a main sewer line."
https://weather.com/2026/10/25/news/weather/video/historic-flooding-inundates-pagosa-springs
"Lawmakers Urge Emergency Declaration as Catastrophic Flooding Continues in New Mexico.
"The National Weather Service reported that the San Juan River is at its highest levels since 1909. The flooding is estimated to have affected 160,000 residents… Initial assessments indicate that as many as 18,000 homes in San Juan County alone may be underwater."
"The warmest start to fall on record; the full "Hunter's" moon rises tonight.
"Indianapolis is off to the warmest start to fall on record. Since September 1st, we've had 44 days with above average temperatures, 2 days with average temperatures and 10 days with below average temperatures. Monday was a sunny, mild day with above average highs near 70°."
"Trump to Ease Oil Well Methane Curbs in Bid to Lower Costs.
"President Donald Trump is set to unveil a plan to dial back federal requirements designed to slash methane emissions from oil and gas operations, casting the proposal as a way to encourage more domestic energy production and lower costs."
"'A potential glimpse into the future': Climate change has triggered 'permafrost landslides' with house-size blocks of ice in Canada.
"These landslides, called permafrost detachment slides, occur in areas with relatively thin permafrost… Such slides have not been observed in the region before and may be unprecedented over the past 10,000 years or more, said study leader Joseph Young…"
"UN climate science body left in limbo without budget sign-off after deadlock.
"Work for the leading scientific body on global warming is in limbo after countries failed to approve its budget… The stranglehold on funding for the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, made up of hundreds of international experts, comes after a failure to resolve a three-year deadlock over when the next research should be delivered."
https://www.ft.com/content/f326afa1-962d-4a4e-b24f-f8695fa315d1?syn-25a6b1a6=1
"At Yerevan's COP17 biodiversity summit, a steep climb ahead for '30 by 30' target…
"According to the Campaign for Nature's global assessment, of the 196 state parties to the GBF, 132 have made formal commitments to protect a set amount of land. Together, these commitments would amount to 27% of the planet's terrestrial surface — but that would require translating them into concrete action. And with 2030 not far off, the clock is ticking."
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Apple has confirmed problems with the folding screen on its flagship iPhone Duo after reports of misbehaving displays spread among its customer base.
A company spokesperson told The Register, "We are aware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units."
"If users experience issues with their iPhone Duo display, they should contact AppleCare for a replacement."
That's the least the company can do. A borked screen on a brand-new device is something any customer would expect the warranty to cover.
The iPhone Duo went on sale last week and sold out almost immediately as loyalists rushed to hand over cash for Apple's foldable device. UK shoppers can expect to pay from £1,999 to £3,199 for the Duo, depending on configuration.
Complaints soon surfaced on social media, with a small number of customers reporting horizontal lines on their screens, and a crunching noise from the hinge. Some reports were undoubtedly the work of AI images, though iFixit speculated in a weekend teardown that dust ingress could be interfering with the complex hinge mechanism and stressing the screen.
Apple is far from the only foldable maker to stumble over production creases in its foldable phone hardware. Samsung's Galaxy Fold was delayed in 2019 after reports of dust creeping under the screen and borked displays, prompting swift design tweaks.
Francisco Jeronimo, veep of Worldwide Devices at IDC, said: "The early reports of inner display failures on the iPhone Duo show that even a company with Apple's engineering resources and supply chain discipline faces a steep learning curve in foldables."
Jermonimo noted Apple had not yet shared any figures or the scale of the problems. "Some of the images circulating online are recycled or altered, so caution is needed before drawing conclusions about the whole production run."
However, Samsung's "fast and transparent response" limited damage to the category, he added, and how Apple, "handles this first-generation issue will shape buyer confidence in the category well beyond its own sales."
Apple's statement to The Register indicates taking the problem seriously, and it will be eager to avoid a repeat of the iPhone 4, which was marred by the infamous "you're holding it wrong" furor.
With the iPhone Duo, the last thing Apple wants is to be accused of telling customers "you're folding it wrong." ®
Nobody sets out to build file infrastructure that makes employees less productive. Yet sensible technology decisions made years ago can leave organizations wrestling with systems that no longer suit how their teams work.
Take network-attached storage (NAS). It has long provided a dependable way to store and access files. But what happens when the people using those files are no longer sitting in the same building, or even the same country?
A project team can spend its morning waiting for a multi-gigabyte file to transfer over a VPN, then lose more time checking whether the copy they received is the latest. No single delay attracts much attention. Repeat that across projects and the cost starts to add up.
The price of working around the problemWhen shared access becomes difficult, employees find workarounds. They download local copies, duplicate folders, and transfer files between systems to keep projects moving.
Now imagine an architecture firm sharing a large building model between design offices. One team updates its copy while another works from yesterday's export. Before anyone can move forward, someone has to reconcile the differences. That's time spent managing files rather than designing the building.
Duplicated data consumes storage capacity and complicates oversight. Meanwhile, IT must keep legacy infrastructure running while addressing performance, cost, security, and governance requirements.
Replacing every storage system is rarely a practical first move. Organizations have invested in infrastructure, access controls, and established processes. The sharper question is whether the way people access and collaborate on files needs to change.
A conversation worth havingThe right starting point depends on which workflows create the most friction. Leaders need to identify the costs hidden in file transfers, local copies, and avoidable rework before choosing how to modernize.
Those are the issues The Register and LucidLink will put on the table at an invitation-only executive dinner in London on Tuesday, November 24. Moderated by The Register's Joe Fay, the roundtable will examine modernizing file infrastructure while protecting existing storage and governance investments.
It's a chance to compare practical experience with peers who have faced the same uncomfortable question: when does a familiar system start holding the business back?
Request your place at the November 24 dinner
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Neil Davidson, CEO and Design Innovation Director of Australian studio Clandestine Design Group, reached out to THE PACK to introduce the Cellcius C-01, an electric hypersport motorcycle concept the studio recently unveiled. Its defining feature is a modular battery system called "Hex-Core", which lets the rider decide how much battery the bike carries.
The C-01 received a 2026 Australian Good Design Award in the Concept Design category. According to Davidson, it has also earned a Silver Pin at the New Zealand Best Design Awards and a Tokyo Design Award.
The C-01 is a design concept. Clandestine Design Group has not announced a production partner, pricing, a timeline, or performance figures such as motor output, top speed or range.
Eight cells instead of one pack
The central idea is to stop treating the battery as a fixed part of the bike. In place of a single large pack, the C-01 takes up to eight hot-swappable hexagonal cells of 3 kWh each, for a maximum of 24 kWh. The rider decides how many to carry.
With two cells fitted, the studio quotes a weight of 160 kg, which positions the bike as a light urban machine. With all eight installed, it goes up to 220 kg for longer rides or track use. Those figures put each cell at roughly 10 kg.
The designers present this as their answer to a familiar trade-off in electric motorcycles: big batteries bring range but add weight, small batteries keep the bike light but limit how far it goes. Here the rider adjusts the balance from day to day.
Empty bays become storage
Cell slots that are not in use double as mounting points for hexagonal luggage, so the bike can carry bags without side cases. Removed cells are not dead weight either. Each one has AC and USB outlets and can be used as a portable power station, a vehicle-to-load function aimed at camping and off-grid use.
Charging without a garage
Clandestine Design Group designed the concept with apartment dwellers in mind. Cells can be carried indoors in a dedicated backpack and charged from a regular wall socket. For riders with a garage, a wall-mounted dock charges several cells at once so a fresh set is ready to swap in. On the road, a CCS fast-charging port is integrated flush into the top of the tank.
Chassis and hardware
Instead of a chain or hub motor, the C-01 uses an enclosed carbon shaft drive, which the studio describes as silent and maintenance-free with low unsprung weight. Cooling relies on airflow rather than fans or a heavy liquid system: intakes at the front and a low-pressure tail section are designed to pull hot air through the chassis at speed.
The concept specifies Brembo racing brakes and fully adjustable Öhlins suspension. Lighting includes switchback daytime running lights and a segmented rear LED that handles signalling without separate indicator stalks. A 5G-connected app covers keyless RFID or PIN entry, over-the-air updates and firmware tuning that adapts to the number of cells fitted.
What's next
For now, the C-01 exists as renders and an award-winning design study. Swappable batteries are not new in the light electric segment, but applying a scalable cell system to a hypersport motorcycle is a different proposition, and questions around cell weight, connector durability and real-world performance would only be answered by a working prototype. THE PACK will follow up if Clandestine Design Group moves the project beyond the concept stage.
Images: © Clandestine Design Group
Sources: Good Design Awards - Cellcius C-01
Our electronic music editor tunes out the latest online culture war, and instead reviews 10 recent releases of an auteur-ish bent, spanning avant-pop, experimental electronics, fractured club music, dubwise mutations and form-bending DJing
I've not yet jumped on the discourse bandwagon about 300SkullsAndCounting & Jenny Sparks, debates over whether its treatment of millennial aesthetics is an act of hackneyed recycling or innovative salvaging. Rather than participating in online battles (music heads love culture wars more than any other species), I spent most of early autumn listening to college rock trailblazers The Replacements. I somehow missed them in my formative years, but I am now all the more glad I did as I can savour their brilliance in my 30s. As they...
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Microsoft has released another out-of-band update for Windows, but this one isn't an emergency fix for the latest breakages. This time, it's all about certificates.
The non-security out-of-band release applies to supported OSes ranging from Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, to Windows 10. It's all about updating the current certificate trust list (CTL) of devices that cannot access Microsoft's certificate-update service, or where automatic CTL updates are disabled.
It also contains everything in the October 13 update, including the ongoing VPN issues and the change that could break on-premises Exchange Servers.
There might also be oddities with Smart App Control, audio, and Remote Desktop connections for non-admin users, all of which are known issues in the October 13 update.
These problems are not resolved in this patch, so be aware of this when installing it.
It is also worth remembering that many devices will not need this version since the current certificate list updates usually come down through the update service. However, if that service isn't available or being used, it might be a good idea to get this out-of-band fix (while keeping the known issues in mind), since problems can occur when verifying certificates used by applications or websites.
The OOB update came after Microsoft laid out its response to the compromised eMudhra certificate keys. The Indian certification authority's private keys were compromised earlier this month, requiring a massive cleanup effort. According to Microsoft, "they could potentially be used to create certificates or sign content that appeared to come from a trusted CA [certificate authority]."
Like many other organizations, Microsoft moved swiftly to block the affected certificate authorities. It did so by updating its Windows Disallowed Certificate Trust List to block the affected certificates. There was also a separate CRLSet release for Edge and WebView2.
According to the Windows behemoth, "On October 26, Microsoft released an out-of-band Windows update that removes seven certificates associated with the affected hierarchies: six eMudhra G3 roots and an AAA Certificate Services cross-sign, from the Windows trust list."
Microsoft's out-of-band patches are usually released after the company breaks a product and needs to issue an emergency fix. This time, the revision is due to Somebody Else's Problem and a need to get a CTL update out to devices that are disconnected from CTL updates. ®
Boiler upgrade scheme, which provides grants of up to £9,000 for sustainable alternatives, expected to be slashed in budget
When Bill Tuck first started installing air source heat pumps six years ago, other heating engineers were skeptical the green technology would take off. "Now, the conversation is completely different," he said.
"I'm getting approached by them saying: 'Mrs Jones, my customer for 15 years, she's enquiring about a heat pump. What can you tell me?' The whole narrative has changed."
Continue reading...President has taken an axe to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stalling climate research on and response to extreme weather events
Sweeping cuts to the premier US climate agency under Donald Trump have severely hampered the country's capacity to forecast, research and respond to extreme weather events, former government officials and scientists have warned, as the US faces a cascade of hazards fueled by a potentially historic El Niño this winter.
From the start of his second term, the president has taken aim at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), slashing staff levels, canceling contracts and grants, and shutting down databases and research laboratories. The agency that has long been considered a global crown jewel in climate science and forecasting, has lost roughly 20% of its staff since January 2025.
Continue reading...My mother was a keen swimmer, and she lived with depression. I wonder if she found the same respite in the water that has helped heal me since she passed away
It was early morning in late September, off the coast of Kaş in Turkey. Watching the slightly choppy sea from a boat, the last thing I felt like doing was embarking on another 5km (3-mile) swim. Mind fog had sapped my energy, and my mood was decidedly Eeyore-like. But as I pulled on my cap and flippers, adjusted my goggles and took the plunge, something shifted.
Head in the water, the knotted feeling in my throat began to loosen. Breathing came properly. There was respite.
Continue reading...Both private and public schools in tech regions are limiting the use of tech in classrooms. But will low-income districts be able to follow suit?
German Gil spends most of his waking hours looking at screens. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015, the software engineer has bounced between start-ups and giants including Netflix, Facebook and GitHub.
But when it came to the education of his daughter, Victoria, he wanted her to have a different experience, one in which his "kid could be a kid".
Continue reading...
The cyberattack on Alternative for Germany (AfD), the country's most prominent far-right political party, exposed hundreds of thousands of confidential emails and attachments, as well as more than 345,000 unique email addresses.
Have I Been Pwned confirmed the scale of the breach for the first time today, after AfD officially disclosed the September attack on its hosting provider last week.
AfD said in its statement that "only a few email accounts were illegally copied," but admitted a large amount of the data was taken from them, resulting in an extensive data breach.
The emails were added to what the party described as "an activist website," which summarised the email chains into searchable topics and has led to the publication of various revelations, such as a party co-leader's opinions on colleagues' "deeply problematic" racial discourse.
Per a report from investigative journalist Lilith Wittmann, citing conversations with the cybercriminals responsible for the hack-and-leak job and party sources, the attack was first spotted on September 9 and started with a compromise of a poorly protected WordPress site.
The same report claimed the criminals gained persistent access to the servers operated by the hosting provider, identified as AfD-owned Alternita Dienstleistungs GmbH, and exfiltrated more than a terabyte of data.
No official sources have verified the hackers' claims about how the attack unfolded. The Register contacted Alternita Dienstleistungs for its take.
AfD said the owners of the affected email accounts have been notified, and that it reported the attack to security authorities.
"We are deeply concerned by what has happened," the party said in an October 20 statement. "Such a digital attack is illegal and a criminal offense. Furthermore, it is an attack on the German party system and thus on democracy.
"We are extremely worried that, apparently, the content of the stolen documents was analyzed using a very rudimentary AI. This analysis focused on keywords, not the context. The alleged scandals published so far do not stand up to scrutiny - a fact that, thankfully, is being confirmed by a growing number of commentators on social media."
Among the AI-generated summaries compiled by the "activist site" are chains supposedly expressing views related to Holocaust denial, racist and antisemitic rants, the 9/11 disaster, forged documents, and more.
Der Spiegel sifted through the raw files and reported that party leader Alice Weidel seemingly knew about illegal donations related to the 2017 federal elections weeks before she previously said she did.
The AfD's position is that the AI summaries of the emails are not to be trusted, but it has not specifically commented on the veracity of the raw email files available for download via torrent.
It did not immediately respond to our request for input, but has told reporters previously that it will not comment on whether the emails, or the stories that have been written based on them, are to be trusted. ®
Serenity Images23/ShutterstockAs winter approaches, many of us start clearing leaves and tidying up our gardens. But these jobs can remove vital winter habitats for wildlife, particularly with increasingly volatile weather conditions.
Residential gardens cover 4.6% of Great Britain's land area - over three times the size of the UK's National Nature Reserves - so they are important refuges for our biodiversity, particularly in urban areas.
There are many things you can do to make your garden wildlife-friendly, from installing a pond to establishing a compost heap or planting native, flowering plants and trees.
However, research has shown that there are obstacles to householders engaging in wildlife-friendly gardening practices, such as costs and the level of effort or knowledge involved. The effort needed to maintain a garden appears to discourage people to such an extent that almost half (42%) of residential gardens in the UK are now paved over. It even appears a growing number would prefer to cover their gardens in plastic artificial grass rather than (heaven forbid) have an unkempt lawn.
Whether you're motivated by the thought of encouraging more butterflies into your garden next year or just more time curled up on the sofa, wildlife-friendly gardening can involve less effort. Here is my argument for why you should do less in the garden this autumn.
Leave the leavesLeave some leaf litter, raked into a pile in a quiet corner for hedgehogs to use as nesting material for hibernation. Beetles, spiders, and other invertebrates will also shelter in leaf litter - in turn, providing food for foraging birds like robins and blackbirds.
However, leaf litter doesn't only provide shelter or hunting ground - it can also be an important food source itself. Detritivores, such as woodlice and millipedes, feed on decomposing plant matter and, in doing so, play a crucial role in nutrient cycling.
Winter refugeDedicate a patch to fallen twigs or a log pile.
Stacking logs creates nooks and crannies, with the centre and bottom of the pile staying wetter and rotting quicker while the top dries out. Although this does involve leaving the warm embrace of the living room, it could give you an easy place to abandon those leftover wood cuts and sweep loose twigs into.
Ladybirds will appreciate log stacks left out in your garden.
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The damp conditions in a log pile are ideal for beetles and woodlice, while ladybirds and butterflies tend to occupy the drier parts. These invertebrates then act as prey for other species, such as amphibians, small mammals, and birds. In this way, a log pile provides a variety of niches, offering refuge and food for a whole wildlife community.
Deadwood habitats are also vital for Europe's largest beetle: the stag beetle. They spend most of their life as a grub, feeding on rotten wood for several years, before emerging as an adult.
Finding cover as the temperature falls is particularly important for ectotherms, such as amphibians and reptiles, which rely on their surroundings to regulate their body temperature. Frogs, toads, newts, and lizards hide away under log piles, rocks, and vegetation - entering a state of dormancy known as brumation, which is similar to hibernation in mammals.
Procrastinate the pruningHang fire on deadheading spent flowers and cutting back perennial stems until the following spring. The seed heads are an important food source for birds, such as sparrows and finches, as well as small mammals like mice and voles. The hollow stems also provide shelter for solitary bees.
Why deadhead the flowers when you can put it off til spring.
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If you're lucky enough to have a fruit tree in your garden, spare a few windfalls. Fallen apples and pears will be eaten by mammals, from small rodents through to badgers, and birds, like thrushes and tits. They are also a late-season source of sugar for butterflies, ants, and other invertebrates.
Resist the urge to tidy the garden on the first sunny day of spring. Many animals only emerge from dormancy once the days start to get longer or temperatures consistently rise. Early gardening may expose over-wintering wildlife to late-season frosts. This could also include delaying mowing the lawn, to leave the dandelions and clover as an early source of nectar for bees.
By simply doing less, we can promote habitat complexity and help increase species diversity in our gardens. So, we should embrace a "messy" garden as the new norm - and feel a little less guilty if we don't get around to ticking the gardening off our weekend chore list.
Kat Hamill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
After three years of development, Belgian manufacturer Trevor Motorcycles has handed over the first series-production DTRe Vince Track & Trail to a customer. The electric scrambler is priced at €11,995 including VAT, with the base DTRe Vince starting at €9,995.
The milestone closes a development programme that began when Trevor announced the DTRe Vince in October 2023. At the time, the plan was to offer a more accessible alternative to the existing DTRe Stella. Along the way, the project turned into an almost entirely new electric motorcycle.
More than an updateThe Stella, whose powertrain was developed by fellow Belgian company Saroléa, shaped many of the technical decisions behind the Vince. The new model gets a completely revised electric powertrain, developed together with Danish specialist eRacing. It also has a new frame with revised geometry, a new steel swingarm and a reworked weight distribution.
In Track & Trail form, the Vince uses an electric motor rated at 11 kW nominal and 22 kW peak. The 5.0 kWh battery gives a practical range of around 100 km, according to Trevor, depending on riding style and conditions. Final drive is by Gates belt.
Development on a smaller budgetVisually, the Vince keeps the minimalist flat-track and scrambler styling Trevor has been known for since its launch.
Trevor says the Vince was developed with a far leaner structure than its predecessor. According to co-founder and director Jeroen-vincent Nagels, total development costs came to roughly a third of those of the Stella.
The first prototype was built by Nagels and former Belgian motocross champion Alain Maris, based on drawings by Nagels and Philippe Stella. Further development was mainly carried out by Nagels and Dutch chassis and engineering specialist Wido Veldkamp, supported by specialist suppliers, most of them European.
"Three years of development sounds like a long time, and of course we would have liked to get here sooner," Nagels said. "But big manufacturers often work for years behind the scenes before they present a new model. We did a large part of that work after the announcement, with a very small organisation and limited resources."
Trevor sees the result not only as a new model, but also as a technical base for future development.
Focus on handling
With the Vince, Trevor Motorcycles puts the emphasis on how the bike rides rather than on outright power or top speed. The revised chassis geometry, a lower and more centrally placed battery and the adjusted weight distribution are intended to make the bike agile and predictable on both tarmac and unpaved roads.
Nagels, who has a long background in the motorcycle industry, is outspoken about the result. "By now I've ridden just about every competing electric motorcycle, and I can say without hesitation that, as far as I'm concerned, the Vince is the best-riding motorcycle in its class. Not because it has the most horsepower, but because of the overall package and especially the way it rides."
From development to production
The first DTRe Vince Track & Trail left the production line in Gendt, the Netherlands, on 26 October and was delivered to its new owner. For Trevor, the focus now shifts from development to production, quality control and reliable delivery.
"Today we're no longer delivering a prototype or a promise, but a finished motorcycle to a customer," said Nagels. "We built a completely new product with very limited resources, and we can be proud of that. The next challenge is to show that we can repeat this process consistently and profitably."
Trevor DTRe Vince Track & Trail specifications:
- Type: electric scrambler / Track & Trail
- Nominal power: 11 kW
- Peak power: 22 kW
- Battery capacity: 5.0 kWh
- Practical range: approx. 100 km
- Final drive: Gates belt
- Front suspension: 43 mm upside-down fork
- Wheels: 19 inch front and rear
- Chassis: steel frame and swingarm
- Price: €11,995 incl. VAT (base DTRe Vince from €9,995)
- Production: small-scale European production
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Former Smiths guitarist settles some scores - with himself, and others
When I spoke to Johnny Marr for Huck in 2019, all Morrissey talk was off the table. Marr is a very affable interviewee though, and given that the conversation was going so well, I couldn't resist slipping in a cheeky question about how an unnamed "certain person" was chipping away at the legacy of The Smiths with his increasingly unhinged pronouncements. "Honestly? I'm not concerned, is the answer," he replied, generously. "I'm just not. I'm concerned about so many other things in my day and in the living of my life, you know, that that just isn't one of my concerns. I go out and play...
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Philadelphia duo with an ungoogleable name create dreamy psychedelic worlds with Waterboys flutes adn Beach Boys harmonies
Autosmile by @
It's a great time and a nightmarish time to be an @ (pronounced 'at') fan. It's exciting that the Philadelphia art-folk band's second album has just been released, but it's also a faff trying to explain to friends who @ are. Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak are making fresh, entrancing music that communicates places and mindsets in contemporary ways that can't quite be reduced to any generic label or category.
Selfishly, when you listen to the self-proclaimed SEO wet dream's latest album Autosmile you almost want to keep them to yourself, to simply eat your comforting slice of @ pie, and sit there...
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The British government has been busy courting AI datacenter companies while apparently finding little time to speak to the people who will have to live next door to their enormous server farms.
That's according to a report published Tuesday by campaign group Spotlight on Corruption, which found that 84 percent of the stakeholders ministers met with to discuss datacenters between July 2024 and June 2026 were businesses or private-sector trade associations. Environmental groups, by contrast, didn't get a single meeting with ministers or senior officials.
The findings raise questions about who gets a say in Britain's AI Growth Zones, which the government hopes will attract billions of pounds in investment by making it easier and cheaper to build the infrastructure needed to power its AI ambitions.
According to the report, titled Zoned Out, ministers met representatives from 137 different businesses during the two-year period, while permanent secretaries and directors general held no meetings with community groups about datacenters.
Local residents didn't fare much better. Ministers met just two community groups, both after decisions had already been made to designate their areas as AI Growth Zones. In one case, the meeting took place on the very day the designation was announced.
The government also failed to conduct a national public consultation on its AI Growth Zone strategy, despite the potential consequences for electricity supplies, water consumption, and local communities. Spotlight found no independent consultations with residents in the selected areas, although some developers conducted their own.
Even local councils appear to have struggled to get a hearing. Of the ten local authorities and devolved governments affected by the five announced zones, half reported no communication with ministers or senior DSIT officials beyond their applications. Two had exchanged brief emails, while another secured a 15-minute meeting with a junior minister.
The government has been more accommodating to the companies building these facilities. AI Growth Zones offer developers faster planning decisions and better access to electricity infrastructure, with the aim of rapidly expanding Britain's computing capacity.
As we reported in March, the government has also been consulting on proposals that could allow strategically important datacenters to jump the electricity grid connection queue, potentially ahead of housing developments already waiting for power.
So while datacenter developers could soon find themselves jumping the grid connection queue, the people living near these facilities have had little say in the government's plans.
Spotlight also takes aim at the government's AI Energy Council, which includes representatives from Microsoft, Google, and Amazon Web Services but no environmental NGOs. Its Sustainability Working Group, established to examine the environmental impact of AI, managed just one meeting between April 2025 and July 2026.
Concerns also remain about who is influencing policy from outside government. Spotlight identified 38 appointments of former ministers and senior civil servants by AI companies between July 2024 and September 2026, including nine people who previously worked at DSIT.
Spotlight reckons Whitehall's transparency rules could make the picture even murkier. While ministers have to declare their meetings, unpaid advisers don't face the same requirements, even when they're helping shape government AI policy. So there's no way of knowing exactly who has been bending whose ear.
The campaign group wants the government to hit pause on new AI Growth Zones and datacenters until it tightens the rules on public consultation and forces developers to be more upfront about how much electricity and water their facilities will guzzle, and the emissions they'll produce.
The campaign group argues that Britain is falling behind countries including Germany, Canada, and Ireland, which have conducted national consultations on their datacenter strategies.
For a government determined to turn Britain into an AI powerhouse, there's clearly no shortage of companies willing to help build the infrastructure. But finding room at the table for the people expected to live alongside it seems like another matter. ®
