rss: npr

  • Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast
    With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.
  • Greetings from Jordan's Wadi Rum desert, where patches of green emerge after winter rains
    Wadi Rum's otherworldly landscape is where Star Wars movies and The Martian were filmed. In late winter, plants emerge in this desert — but some are toxic to camels, so their herders must protect them.
  • Takeaways from Trump's State of the Union. And, House rejects aviation safety bill
    Trump's State of the Union underplayed the economic problems that voters are concerned about. And, the House rejected a bipartisan aviation safety bill after the Pentagon abruptly withdrew support.
  • When a horse whinnies, there's more than meets the ear
    A new study finds that horse whinnies are made of both a high and a low frequency, generated by different parts of the vocal tract. The two-tone sound may help horses convey more complex information.
  • Hundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump
    More than 1,000 American nurses have successfully applied for licensure in British Columbia since April, a massive increase over prior years.
  • Why prices won't drop after the Trump tariff ruling, according to economists
    The Supreme Court struck down President Trump's signature tariffs. But the president has other tariff tools, and consumers shouldn't expect cheaper prices anytime soon, economists say.
  • Tax credits for solar panels are available, but the catch is you can't own them
    Rooftop solar installers are steering customers toward leases instead of purchases. Federal tax credits for purchased systems have ended but are still available for leased ones.
  • 5 takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address
    President Trump hit familiar notes on immigration and culture in his speech Tuesday night, but he largely underplayed the economic problems that voters say they are most concerned about.
  • China restricts exports to 40 Japanese entities with ties to military
    China on Tuesday restricted exports to 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to Japan's "remilitarization," in the latest escalation of tensions with Tokyo.
  • Signs, silence, skipping: How Democrats protested Trump's State of the Union
    The pushback comes as Democrats enter a midterm year in which they hope to make gains in the House and Senate.


rss: bbc

  • 'Fear is everywhere': BBC reports from Mexican city turned into war zone by drug cartel feud
    Culiacán in northern Mexico has seen a surge in violence as rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel battle for control.
  • Met apologises to Commons Speaker for sharing Mandelson tip-off
    Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs he was acting "in good faith as is my duty and responsibility" as he felt information was "relevant".
  • 'Jekyll and Hyde' killer guilty of shooting ex-colleague on remote country path
    Former gamekeeper David Campbell murdered Brian Low in Aberfeldy two years ago then tried to cover his tracks.
  • UK government denies Chagos Islands deal is paused, after minister said it was
    It come after a minister said the UK is discussing "concerns" with the US, after President Trump criticised the deal.
  • Man accused of driving wife to suicide claims she lied about abuse, jury told
    Christopher Trybus, 43, is charged with manslaughter, coercive control and two counts of rape.
  • Broadcasting racial slur by Baftas guest with Tourette's was 'serious mistake', BBC says
    The BBC's director general tells its Executive Complaints Unit to complete a fast-tracked investigation.
  • Gucci criticised for 'AI slop' images ahead of major fashion show
    Users of social media - where the marketing campaign has been launched - say it is out of keeping with Gucci's reputation for luxury.
  • Man who murdered nine-year-old girl as she played with hula hoop in street jailed
    Lilia Valutyte, 9, was playing outside a shop in Boston when she was stabbed by Deividas Skebas.
  • Fact-checking Trump's longest ever State of the Union
    President Donald Trump said the US "is winning again" - making a series of claims about his record in a speech which lasted almost two hours.
  • Sperm swim more quickly in summer, study finds
    Understanding the seasonal patterns of sperm could improve fertility treatments, by optimising the timing of treatment, the reasearchers say.


rss: the register

  • Fake 'interview' repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware

    Come for the coding test, stay for the C2 traffic

    Next.js developers are once again in the crosshairs as hackers seed malicious repositories disguised as legitimate projects, according to Microsoft, which said a limited set of those repos were directly tied to observed compromises.…

  • Microsoft boss on AI content: 'Nobody wants anything that is sloppy'

    Sometimes the 'S' word slips through even the best media training

    Is it OK to say "slop" again? Microsoft boss Satya Nadella took to the stage on the London leg of the company's AI tour and said the words that many an IT pro has uttered when faced with a Copilot rollout: "Nobody wants anything that is sloppy in terms of AI creation."…

  • Cloudflare experiment ports most of Next.js API 'in one week' with AI

    Uses Vite and Claude to sidestep Vercel lock-in

    A Cloudflare engineer says he has implemented 94 percent of the Next.js API by directing Anthropic's Claude, spending about $1,100 on tokens.…

  • Firefox 148 adds master switch for browser bot bother

    While Thunderbird 148 improves MS Exchange support and sign-on security

    It's not the only new feature in Firefox 148 yet one thing is very definitely the big news: the global off switch for its AI features that the company announced earlier this month is now included.…

  • Execs love AI, just not enough to pay for user training

    Research points to skills gaps and weak oversight as barriers to return on investment

    Just 4 percent of businesses achieved a return on their AI investments, yet rather than admit AI isn't living up to early expectations, a newly published study is blaming the users for not doing enough.…

  • Ex-L3Harris exec jailed 7 years for selling exploits to Russia

    Former Trenchant manager profited millions from cyber tools reserved for the US

    The former general manager of L3Harris's cyber arm will spend the next seven years behind bars for selling trade secrets to Russia.…

  • Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost

    Orbit decay accelerates as solar activity rises, with no approved mission yet to raise the telescope's altitude

    A newly released plot of the Hubble Space Telescope's altitude shows just how quickly the observatory has descended in recent years.…

  • Worried Europeans can now cut Azure's phone cord completely

    As transatlantic tensions rattle nerves, Microsoft offers a digital bunker to the sufficiently paranoid

    Azure Local can now run fully disconnected with no cloud connectivity, Microsoft confirmed at the London leg of its AI tour.…

  • Wynn Resorts takes attacker's word for it that stolen staff data was deleted

    Security pros question assurances as company offers staff credit monitoring

    Wynn Resorts has confirmed that employee data was stolen from its servers, and is taking the hackers' word that they've since deleted it.…

  • Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious'

    It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'

    The latest project to start talking about using LLMs to assist in development is experimental Linux copy-on-write file system bcachefs.…



rss: ars technica

  • Trump's MAHA influencer pick for surgeon general goes before Senate
    Casey Means holds no active medical license and promotes alternative medicine.
  • Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else
    CEO was summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology.
  • Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory
    Spare a thought for the intrepid graduate students who spent last summer in Africa collecting chimp urine.
  • WBD says Paramount’s new higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix's
    WBD's board is still reviewing the offer.
  • Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid
    Coal makes a bit of a comeback, if only by accident.
  • DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones
    DJI lawsuit says company has been "severely harmed by the FCC’s ruling."
  • UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough
    UK agency alleges "Reddit failed to apply any robust age assurance mechanism."
  • In a replay of 2019, Apple says a single desktop Mac will be manufactured in the US
    Apple is still working to get favorable tariff treatment from the Trump administration.
  • Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year-old game
    Stories and lesson learned from an impossibly large community modding project.
  • 50 mpg in a Nissan crossover? Testing the new E-Power hybrid system.
    Nissan imported some Qashqais from Europe so we could sample the hybrid system.


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