rss: npr

  • World Press Photo Contest winners cast a lens on resilience, pain and bliss
    A selection of prize honorees from the 2026 World Press Photo Contest capture the pain of the past year — but also focus on moments of strength, determination and joy.
  • Trump doubts shooter motivated by Iran war as peace talks on hold
    A shooting incident at the White House Correspondent's Dinner took focus away from the war in Iran, as Iran's foreign minister planned to return to Islamabad, the site of previous peace talks.
  • Kenya's Sabastian Sawe is first person to run sub-2-hour marathon to win in London
    In a huge moment in sports history, Sabastian Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday.
  • King Charles U.S. visit comes at tense moment in transatlantic relationship
    King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive Monday for a four day U.S. state visit. Some hope the royal touch can heal the transatlantic rift that's emerged under Trump.
  • For students labeled 'emotionally disturbed,' separation can lead to isolation
    Every school has problem students, but some are labeled emotionally disturbed (ED) and taught separately from others.
  • The Supreme Court case that could redefine your digital privacy
    Police in Virginia used a technique called geofencing to tap into Google's databases to find out who was near the scene of a bank robbery. The Supreme Court will consider whether it is constitutional.
  • A suspect is in custody after Trump is rushed from correspondents' dinner
    President Trump and several cabinet members were safely rushed from the event in Washington, D.C. after several loud sounds were heard. The Secret Service said one person was in custody.
  • New CEO Steve O'Donnell vows to unite NASCAR and return the fun
    Steve O'Donnell was introduced as the sanctioning body's chief executive officer at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday and vowed to "make some moves" that will return the storied racing series to its roots.
  • Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior secretary, dies at 74
    Dirk Kempthorne, a Republican, was elected mayor of Boise at age 34 and served seven years before serving one term in the U.S. Senate and then as governor until 2006.
  • In a rare interview, a leader of the world's largest right-wing group talks to NPR
    The second-in-command of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist organization in India, rarely speaks to the Western press. Here's what he said about his group's controversial history.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: How gunfire sparked chaos at Trump press dinner
    President Trump and Vice-President Vance were rushed off the stage, after gunshots were heard at the event at the Washington Hilton hotel.
  • Suspected gunman identified as 31-year-old Californian
    The man arrested at the event attended by President Trump has been named in US media as Cole Tomas Allen from California.
  • Higher prices could last for eight months after Iran war, minister says
    Officials are monitoring stock levels and planning for any potential disruptions to the supply chain.
  • Sabastian Sawe smashes two-hour barrier to make history at London Marathon
    Sabastian Sawe makes history at the London Marathon as the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race.
  • Palace holding talks over plans for King's US visit after Washington shooting
    The King is "being kept fully informed of developments" after the shooting, Buckingham Palace says.
  • I didn't tell my boyfriend my age when we started dating. I worried he might end things
    Two couples tell BBC News about overcoming social stigma in their age-gap relationships.
  • In pictures: Chaos as gunfire heard in Washington DC ballroom
    Armed Secret Service agents flood the ballroom of a Washington DC hotel as President Trump is rushed off stage.
  • What we know about the incident
    Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rushed from a ballroom after gunfire was heard.
  • Video shows suspect charge through checkpoint
    Surveillance video released by Donald Trump shows the suspect running past metal detectors as security agents draw their guns.
  • What it was like in the room as shots rang out
    The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue describes the moment he and others dived for cover as shots rang out at the venue.


rss: the register

  • Go straight to sell! Windows second-chance setup hawks Microsoft services at IT's expense

    The OS trying to upsell you subscriptions is more than just an annoyance

    opinion You’ve had your laptop for months, and you’ve always made sure it installed Microsoft updates. Then one day you boot up, and Windows 11 greets you with a confusing message: “You’re almost done setting up your PC.”…

  • Hot take: AI's not going to kill open source code security

    Cal.com considers AGPL a license to drill, but not everyone feels that way

    Opinion Cal.com has closed its commercial codebase, abandoning years of AGPL-3.0 licensing in a move that has alarmed the developer community that helped build it and sent ripples through the broader open source world.…

  • Ex-AWS legend explains what enterprises need to make AI actually work

    AI transformation is about people and organization, not technology

    Enterprise AI projects go off the rails when companies focus on the technology instead of the people.…

  • Crime crew impersonates help desk, abuses Microsoft Teams to steal your data

    Coming in cold with custom Snow malware

    A previously unknown threat group using tried-and-tested social engineering tactics - Microsoft Teams chat invitations and helpdesk staff impersonation - is also using custom malware in its data-stealing attacks, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group.…

  • DeepSeek's new models are so efficient they'll run on a toaster ... by which we mean Huawei's NPUs

    Now available in preview, DeepSeek V4 cuts inference costs to a fraction of R1

    Chinese AI darling DeepSeek is back with a new open weights large language model that promises performance to rival the best proprietary American LLMs. Perhaps more importantly, it claims to dramatically reduce inference costs and it extends support for Huawei's Ascend family of AI accelerators.…

  • Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon spits out Xorg, but still lets you run X11 apps

    New LTS is here, with more tooling for GPGPU and AI workloads

    Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon," the latest LTS release from Canonical, arrives with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.0, and drops the Xorg option from Ubuntu Desktop while still running X11 applications through Xwayland.…

  • Pentagon wants to water down drone program with autonomous subs

    What, you didn't expect autonomous military craft to stay in the sky forever?

    Drones: they're not just for the sky anymore. DARPA is seeking compact deep-ocean autonomous craft developed faster, smaller, and cheaper than today's full-ocean-depth AUV systems.…

  • US clarifies mobile hotspots part of foreign router ban despite rarity of American made consumer kit

    Silicon often from US, but the kit from APAC and elsewhere

    America's telco regulator has clarified its ban on foreign-made routers also includes mobile hotspots and domestic routers that use a 5G cellular connection to the internet.…

  • ShinyHunters claim they have cruise giant Carnival's booty as 7.5M emails surface

    Leak-site bragging meets breach hunters as Have I Been Pwned flags millions of records

    Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, is dealing with choppy waters after Have I Been Pwned flagged what it claimed were 7.5 million unique email addresses all allegedly tied to one of its subsidiaries. …

  • Governments on high alert after CISA snuffs out Firestarter backdoor on fed network

    Latest in long-running pwning of Cisco kit found in mystery Fed agency

    A US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cybersnoops and their UK counterparts – neither of which disclosed the agency's name.…



rss: ars technica

  • Artemis II broke Fred Haise's distance record, but he is happy to pass it on
    "It wasn't a big deal. It just coincided with the fact that Moon was farther away from the Earth."
  • Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"
    Slack messages, interviews with current and former works paint picture of company in turmoil.
  • This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built
    "If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."
  • Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic
    This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.
  • Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
    Amid RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda, Moderna withdrew its FDA application last year.
  • FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features
    FCC defines consumer routers expansively, updates FAQ to include Wi-Fi hotspots.
  • Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.
    Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.
  • In rare chickenpox case, itchy blisters mushroom into large, rubbery nodules
    Treatment options are tricky. The teen opted to live with the masses.
  • Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges
    It's like "Pete Rose betting on his own team," Trump says of arrested soldier.
  • Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs
    Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator.


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