rss: npr

  • How the West was won: K-pop's great assimilation gambit
    The crossover hits stacking Grammy nods this year have little in common with the culture that birthed them — but they're winning the chart game.
  • Medicare Advantage insurers face new curbs on overcharges in Trump plan
    Federal officials have a plan that could curb billions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans. But will they follow through on it?
  • Border czar says he plans to "draw down" ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota
    Tom Homan, who took over leadership of the surge in Minneapolis, says he is working on a plan to reduce the force of federal agents in the Twin Cities.
  • Senate fails to advance spending bills as Democrats push for DHS reforms
    Senators blocked a package of six spending bills that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security as Democrats continue to push for reforms to immigration enforcement.
  • Why these women break the law to sell their eggs for IVF
    Women in India were told they couldn't be paid for their eggs. The result: a black market for eggs from women in need of money to survive.
  • DHS funding battle risks shutdown. And, Fed holds rates steady despite Trump pressure
    Senate Democrats threaten a partial government shutdown over DHS funding. And, the Fed defies President Trump's pressure and holds rates steady to fight inflation.
  • Saying Minnesota has 'been through a lot,' Klobuchar announces bid for governor
    Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced her run for Minnesota governor early Thursday. There is already a crowded field of Republicans in a race where immigration enforcement has become a key issue.
  • Senegal and Morocco fined and players banned after African Cup final chaos
    Africa's soccer body issued fines worth more than $1 million and banned Senegal's coach and Senegalese and Morocco players Wednesday following a shambolic African Cup soccer final this month.
  • Big-budget Melania Trump documentary premieres with splashy rollout
    A film about first lady Melania Trump premieres this week, with big presidential promotion.
  • Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal
    The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly.


rss: bbc

  • Great Ormond Street doctor who botched surgery harmed nearly 100 children
    Yaser Jabbar specialised in limb-lengthening and reconstruction for children with complex problems.
  • China to relax travel rules for British visitors, UK says
    It comes as Sir Keir Starmer visits Beijing - the first UK prime minister to do so in eight years.
  • 'He enjoyed hurting people': Teen attacked others before murdering schoolboy, 12
    Det Insp Joe Davenport says the killer attacked his victims in Birmingham for "violence sake".
  • Israeli hostage held for nearly 500 days in Gaza says he can 'breathe again'
    In his first international interview, Sasha Troufanov tells the BBC how he thought he would die in captivity after he was taken hostage on 7 October 2023.
  • Ex-Labour MP's lobbying firm offered photo with minister and VIP dinner for £30k
    Jim Murphy's company Arden Strategies apologises for "errors" in promotional material for tech event.
  • Raducanu splits with ninth coach after Australian Open exit
    British number one Emma Raducanu splits with coach Francis Roig after her exit from the Australian Open.
  • Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say
    Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.
  • Archbishop of York to face no action over sexual abuse case
    The Church's president of tribunals says Stephen Cottrell "had no power to remove or suspend David Tudor from ministry".
  • Marty Supreme actress quits new film after casting backlash
    Odessa A'zion says she didn't realise her character in Deep Cuts was meant to be half-Mexican.
  • British girl, 7, swept out to sea on holiday in Morocco
    Inaayah Makda remains missing after being caught out by a rapidly incoming tide, a relative has said.


rss: the register

  • Agents gone wild! Companies give untrustworthy bots keys to the kingdom

    'We're letting thousands of interns run around in our production environment'

    Corporate use of AI agents in 2026 looks like the Wild West, with bots running amok and no one quite knowing what to do about it - especially when it comes to managing and securing their identities.…

  • Dow Chemical says AI is the element behind 4,500 job cuts

    The 129 year old chemical company uses Palantir-rival C3's AI as its software of choice.

    ai-pocalypse The jury is still out when it comes to determining how much job loss AI is causing. However, we now have another case study. Dow Chemical blames AI automation for its plans to cut 4,500 jobs, about 12.5 percent of its work force.…

  • AI datacenter boom triples US gas power builds, filling the air with more CO2

    Reduce emissions? Screw that - we have money to lose and memes to generate

    Fossil fuel-fired power plant development is roaring back to life in the US thanks to the AI datacenter boom, with data from 2025 suggesting we're reaching the point where the renewable energy transition - and efforts to ease carbon emissions - may well be doomed.…

  • To stop crims, Google starts dismantling residential proxy network they use to hide

    The Chocolate Factory strikes again, targeting the infrastructure attackers use to stay anonymous

    Crims love to make it look like their traffic is actually coming from legit homes and businesses, and they do so by using residential proxy networks. Now, Google says it has "significantly degraded" what it believes is one of the world's largest residential proxy networks.…

  • AV vendor goes to war with security shop over update server scare

    eScan lawyers up after Morphisec claimed 'critical supply-chain compromise'

    A spat has erupted between antivirus vendor eScan and threat intelligence outfit Morphisec over who spotted an update server incident that disrupted some eScan customers earlier this month.…

  • Uncle Sam dangles nuclear campuses for states while watering down safety rules

    Governors offered atomic megasites and federal cash as hundreds of pages of regulations go missing

    The Department of Energy (DOE) is inviting US states to host "Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses" to revitalize atomic power amid reports the agency has weakened safety rules governing the way nuclear sites operate.…

  • Systemd daddy quits Microsoft to prove Linux can be trusted

    Lennart Poettering's Amutable aims to bring 'cryptographically verifiable integrity' to the other OS

    Linux celeb Lennart Poettering has left Microsoft and co-founded a new company, Amutable, with Chris Kühl and Christian Brauner.…

  • IBM says AI is insane in the mainframe as z17 sales surge

    Big Blue leaning on software smarts to modernize COBOL estates and cut costs

    IBM's leader has trumpeted an AI-on-the-mainframe future as generative AI fills in the COBOL gap left by earlier generations of techies.…

  • ShinyHunters swipes right on 10M records in alleged dating app data grab

    Extortion crew says it's found love in someone else's info as Match Group plays down the impact

    ShinyHunters has added a fresh notch to its breach belt, claiming it has pinched more than 10 million records from Match Group, a US firm that owns some of the world's most widely used swipe-based dating platforms.…

  • Banker claims Oracle may slash up to 30,000 jobs, sell health unit to pay for AI build-out

    Cerner, though acquired in 2022, is nothing to multibillion black hole

    Oracle could cut up to 30,000 jobs and sell health tech unit Cerner to ease its AI datacenter financing challenges, investment banker TD Cown has claimed, amid changing sentiment on Big Red's massive build-out plans.…



rss: ars technica

  • Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data
    Comcast overhauled Internet plans to stop customer losses. It isn't working yet.
  • She'll mess with Texas: Nurse keeps mailing abortion pills, despite Paxton lawsuit
    Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner shipping out hundreds of abortion pills each month.
  • What ice fishing can teach us about making foraging decisions
    Social density increases likelihood of sticking with a location. Environmental factors had little influence.
  • County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
    Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began.
  • New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research
    New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.
  • Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours
    Infections had turned his lungs to soup and had to be cleared before transplant.
  • Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or is that just what it wants Claude to think?
    We have no proof that AI models suffer, but Anthropic acts like they might for training purposes.
  • Do you have ideas about how to improve America's space program?
    "Any time there’s dynamic change, there’s the opportunity for new ideas."
  • Tesla kills Models S and X to build humanoid robots instead
    EVs that were once industry-leading have long since been left behind.
  • States want to tax fossil fuel companies to create climate change superfunds
    As climate costs rise, states are passing legislation so fossil fuel can pay their share.


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