rss: npr

  • U.S. military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
    The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny is intensifying in Congress.
  • Retailers didn't pull ByHeart baby formula fast enough after botulism recall, FDA says
    The FDA says four major retailers including Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons continued to sell ByHeart baby formula products for days or weeks after the Nov. 11 recall.
  • 'General Hospital' star Anthony Geary of Luke and Laura fame dies at 78
    Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and '80s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on "General Hospital," has died. He was 78.
  • Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over Jan. 6 speech edit
    The British broadcaster apologized to Trump last month, calling the edit an "error of judgment," but denies its reporting was defamatory.
  • Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
    A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's police said Tuesday.
  • Trump designates street fentanyl as WMD, escalating militarization of drug war
    Trump has already declared the drug cartels terrorist organizations and ordered military strikes against suspected drug boats. Now he's declaring fentanyl a WMD. Experts on street drugs and fentanyl are skeptical these moves will reduce the supply of fentanyl on America's streets or reduce overdose deaths.
  • Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck
    Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid.
  • Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
    Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
  • Executions nearly double in 2025 due to dramatic rise in Florida
    This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and public support for the death penalty is at its lowest point in over 50 years.
  • Brian Walshe, who searched for crime tips online, is convicted of his wife's murder
    Walshe said his wife left town for a work emergency in January 2023. Investigators found items like a hacksaw, bloody rugs and her COVID vaccine card in dumpsters — and chilling searches on his devices.


rss: bbc

  • Trump files $5bn defamation lawsuit against BBC over Panorama speech edit
    The US president has requested $5bn (£3.7bn) in damages, according to court documents filed in Florida.
  • Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment, BBC finds
    Huge amounts appear to have been raised for seriously ill children who never received the money.
  • How divides emerged at the heart of Trump’s Maga world
    The next presidential election may seem a long way off, but current frictions within Trump’s coalition suggest the jockeying to succeed Trump is well under way
  • Epstein's UK flights had alleged British abuse victims on board - BBC investigation
    Lawyers representing victims say it is “shocking” there has never been a “full-scale” UK inquiry.
  • Thousands of drivers wrongly fined for speeding since 2021
    An anomaly identified by National Highways caused thousands of incorrect speed camera activations.
  • UK unemployment rate rises slightly to 5.1%
    Unemployment rises slightly as job vacancies flatline in a "subdued labour market"
  • UK says South Korea trade deal will bring billions into economy
    UK pharmaceuticals, car manufacturing and financial services are expected to benefit.
  • Whole-of-society effort needed to deter Russia threat, armed forces chief says
    Sir Richard Knighton says more families will know what "sacrifice for our nation means" as the threat from Russia worsens.
  • Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested for murder after director and wife found dead
    The couple's son is in custody after the couple was found dead in their home on Sunday.
  • Eight killed in latest strikes on alleged drug boats, US military says
    The US has carried out more than 20 strikes in international waters on alleged drug vessels since September.


rss: the register

  • No, SoundCloud hasn’t started tuning out VPNs. It’s mopping up after a cyberattack

    Bum note for 20 percent of users whose data leaked

    Music hosting and streaming service SoundCloud has admitted it suffered a cyberattack.…

  • Ford shifts gears to build batteries for datacenters

    EV sales didn’t accelerate as hoped, so it will repurpose idling factories

    Automotive giant Ford has decided to start a business building big batteries, in part to cash in on the datacenter construction boom.…

  • Repent ye inefficient – the ‘Palantir-ization’ of IT services is upon us

    Palantir's former IT boss just took over as CEO of Thrive-backed AI MSP platform

    Former Palantir CIO Jim Siders has departed the company to join Shield Technology Partners as CEO, in a bid he says is meant to bring AI to bear in the sprawling managed services landscape.…

  • Amazon security boss blames Russia's GRU for years-long energy-sector hacks

    'Sustained focus on Western critical infrastructure'

    Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) is behind a years-long campaign targeting energy, telecommunications, and tech providers, stealing credentials and compromising misconfigured devices hosted on AWS to give the Kremlin's snoops persistent access to sensitive networks, according to Amazon's security boss.…

  • Oracle isn't done with Ampere yet as A4 instances arrive on OCI boasting 96 cores

    Big Red said it had sold its stake in its long-time silicon partner last week

    Oracle last week announced that it had divested from Ampere Computing. But while Big Red may no longer own part of the Arm CPU maker, it's not ready to stop using the chips just yet.…

  • IBM unleashes CUGA, an open-source AI agent that actually completes more than half its tasks

    Framework looks great for scenarios where a 62 percent completion rate is acceptable

    IBM researchers have released an open source AI agent called CUGA that aspires to automate complex enterprise workflows and get it right about half the time, depending on the task.…

  • ServiceNow mulls buying Armis to gain full visibility into the IT stack

    If the buy happens, the big question is will they integrate the codebase or keep it separate?

    ServiceNow is reportedly nearing a deal to buy security software company Armis for $7.1 billion to give its customers full stack visibility of their IT estate and eliminate security blindspots, according to Bloomberg.…

  • US gov't launches 'Tech Force' to replace IT staff DOGE fired

    Washington rediscovers that modern IT doesn’t run itself

    After dissolving several federal tech modernization units and shedding large numbers of technologists, the Trump administration has launched a new talent recruitment initiative, suggesting it still needs people to help drag the government's IT into the present.…

  • Delays? What delays? Oracle insists its $300B cloud contract with OpenAI is on track

    And don't sweat the debt either, we've got plenty of capital at our disposal

    Despite Wall Street jitters and reports to the contrary, Oracle insists its $300 billion datacenter deal with OpenAI is on track and proceeding on schedule.…

  • New Jolla phone and Sailfish 5 offer a break from iOS-Android monotony

    Powered by the original mobile Linux OS with crowdsourced specs

    hands on After successful crowdfunding, the latest release of the original handheld Linux distro will power a new handset coming in mid-2026.…



rss: ars technica

  • Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
    Dictionary codifies the term that took hold in 2024 for low-quality AI-generated content.
  • Stranger Things S5 trailer teases Vol. 2
    "Everything we've ever assumed about the Upside Down has been dead wrong."
  • Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc
    The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades.
  • Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business
    It looks like battery electric vehicles are out of fashion at the Blue Oval.
  • Microsoft takes down mod that re-created Halo 3 in Counter-Strike 2
    Project Misriah creator vows to use new experience "to cook up something else."
  • Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
    OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
  • Filmmaker Rob Reiner, wife, killed in horrific home attack
    The Reiners' troubled 32-year-old son, Nick, has been arrested in conjunction with the killings.
  • UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones
    Government seeks "nudity-detection algorithms" in iOS and Android, report says.
  • Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data
    Google says the reports lacked "helpful next steps."
  • Oh look, yet another Starship clone has popped up in China
    Chinese companies are no longer hiding their intent to clone SpaceX. They're advertising it.


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