rss: npr

  • Hackers expose the identities of more than 40,000 DHS employees
    A group of hacktivists calling themselves Distributed Denial of Secrets, said the unmasking of ICE agents, DHS operatives and contractors was fair play, given the government's lack of transparency.
  • Forecasters are predicting a warmer and wetter winter. Here's how El Niño will affect your region.
    El Niño years typically lead to more precipitation and higher-than-average temperatures. The latest data shows the different potential impacts by region.
  • Judge denies the Justice Department's bid to stop processing California ballots
    While the judge rejected the Department of Justice's unprecedented demand in California, the case isn't over yet. The federal government immediately filed notice that it will  appeal.
  • Trump administration will allow pharmacies to make popular peptides
    The Department of Health and Human Services will let small compounding pharmacies make six peptides that haven't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It may not be enough to meet demand.
  • Brazilian political drama unfolds as defeated Flavio Bolsonaro arrives in Miami
    Defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his family have arrived in the U.S. after Brazilian authorities ordered him to surrender his passport. He is facing multiple investigations in Brazil.
  • Trump administration wants to remove regulations on a super planet-heating gas
    The Trump administration wants to undo a Biden-era rule that would reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
  • New book revisits the 2023 killing of an unhoused man in crisis on the NYC subway
    Jordan Neely was frightening fellow passengers. A former Marine named Daniel Penny put Neely into a chokehold, killing him. Journalist Anand Giridharadas investigates the incident in Man in the Mirror.
  • Fed holds interest rates steady even as inflation remains stubborn
    The Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged — but investors widely expect the central bank to raise rates at its next meeting in December to combat stubborn inflation.
  • Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
    Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Sí, se puede!" that became a widespread rallying cry.
  • What's gone up even faster than gas or rent? The cost of caregiving
    A new study from AARP shows caregivers' out-of-pocket costs rose about 60% in the last five years.


rss: bbc

  • Healey unveils £100 for energy bills and bank tax in first Budget
    The chancellor targets the cost of living amid global economic turmoil but opposition parties say he has not been bold enough.
  • I earn £30,000. I'm angry there was no fuel duty cut in the Budget
    People on a range of incomes from £4,062 to £150,000 a year tell the BBC what they made of this year's Budget.
  • High-speed train crash kills at least 68 people in Spain
    The crash, between a moving train and another that was stopped further up the track, was caused by an "inexplicable" error, the transport minister said.
  • Netanyahu's bloc leading Israel election but short of majority, partial results show
    With 85% of ballots counted, Netanyahu's Likud party and its allies are set to win 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.
  • Flávio Bolsonaro denies fleeing Brazil after landing in Miami
    The defeated Brazilian candidate claims to be the victim of a coup d’état and political persecution, recycling unsubstantiated allegations of “electoral fraud”.
  • Death of US actress Hayden Panettiere ruled accidental, ending local police probe
    The Heroes and Nashville star died in August from the toxic effects of fentanyl, Xanax and several other drugs.
  • Family row over George Michael items up for auction - including Faith guitar
    The brother of the singer's late personal assistant says she would not have wanted the items to be sold.
  • King Charles shows off dance moves on second day of Caribbean tour
    Earlier in the day, the King paid his respects to the island's fallen servicemen and women.
  • Details of thousands of US immigration agents leaked in major hack
    A group called the Department of Peace released information on more than 41,000 DHS staff.
  • Building boom puts 300,000 people in the path of potential Himalayan disasters
    The construction of tourism facilities, housing, and infrastructure has surged in parts of Nepal and India's Uttarakhand.


rss: the register

  • Google struggling to make AI Mode searches pay
    That’s a problem, cos it just spent $51 billion on infrastructure and still needs to rent compute from others to run its cloud
  • Please state the nature of the medical emergency: Google is building a robot medic for NASA
    The AI medical assistant is still being tested. Now the space boffins want to give it hands
  • Anthropic engineer declares the coding interview dead
    Why give people tests that AI aces?
  • Oracle celebrates end of Cybersecurity Awareness Month with quadruple trouble
    Attackers probe another EBS bug, and ShinyHunters' PeopleSoft 0-day turns out to involve three vulns
  • Amazon tells tokenmaxxing devs to slow their AI roll
    Focus more on what matters, please, like creating useful software and accomplishing company goals
  • GitHub powering up four million extra cores to stop its service going down
    Re-architects site to cope with AI slop-pocalypse
  • Serial ransomware crook gets 70 months behind bars for Nefilim, Hive roles
    Artem Stryzhak joined both gangs, which targeted businesses and a hospital during the pandemic
  • How Google fumbled the frontend with Angular 2
    All Things Open Talk provided lessons in how not to upgrade a software package
  • Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions
    Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the company promised to become carbon-negative by 2030
  • China's spaceplane bears striking resemblance to America's X-37B
    Defense Intelligence Agency space report includes a rare orbital snap of the Chinese craft, and it looks rather familiar


rss: ars technica

  • ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
    This Vulcan launch will be the first to utilize a full complement of six solid rocket boosters.
  • As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland
    Europe's Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea.
  • Peptide peddlers cheer as RFK Jr. unilaterally grants access, overruling FDA
    Six unproven peptides popular with MAHA now under "enforcement discretion policy."
  • Trump admin sues Utah to save Kalshi from the state's total ban on gambling
    US agency has sued 10 states for trying to stop gambling on prediction markets.
  • The last, best hope for space tourism just rolled onto a runway in Arizona
    It has been nearly a year since any space tourism flights occurred.
  • Touchscreen MacBook Pro hands-on: OLED looks great on a Mac
    It's not as different from the previous model as you might have expected.
  • Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't use
    Gemini 4 Carbon is essentially a slightly better version of Argon.
  • Amazon turns its most capable smart speaker into a smart camera, too
    The Echo Studio with Home Camera can "see and understand what's in front of the camera."
  • Cadillac Escalade IQ review: Huge battery, huge range, huge SUV
    With more than 200 kWh, this luxury three-row can go 460 miles on a charge.
  • Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections
    But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.


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