rss: npr

  • Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
    The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
  • Poison suspected in deaths of ten lions in game reserve in Tanzania
    The lions were found dead inside the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a popular wildlife reserve in Tanzania. Deaths raise concerns over wildlife poisonings in East Africa.
  • Germany's Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after historic state election defeat
    German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has faced a major electoral setback in two state elections, with his center-right party losing ground. The far-right Alternative for Germany party made significant gains.
  • Trump says his D.C. arch will serve as 'military complex' with snipers and drones
    President Trump has claimed that military operations are needed at his proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C., in order to protect national security. A federal court is weighing the arch's legality.
  • PHOTOS: The precarious life of fisherfolk
    In the bustling heart of the southern Indian city of Chennai is a market that never sleeps, where residents from the poorest neighborhoods wage a battle of survival with the sea.
  • The capture of Western Yemen is making the country's humanitarian crisis worse
    NPR speaks with people in Yemen and in aid groups who say the fighting is displacing families to areas without enough aid to support them.
  • In New Orleans, an empty building becomes a free store — and roller skating rink
    In the Lower Ninth Ward, an old Family Dollar stands covered in graffiti. It looks abandoned. But inside, it's a treasure trove — clothing, home goods, toys and books. And everything is free.
  • Judge orders Fox to hand over hundreds of documents in shareholders' case
    Fox Corp. must turn over hundreds of documents that could shed light on how founder Rupert Murdoch handled some of his media companies' biggest scandals.
  • U.S. childcare costs are astronomical. More families are turning to grandparents
    Grandparents taking care of their grandkids is nothing new. But the surging cost of childcare in the U.S. has made familial support even more critical for some parents who struggle to afford it.
  • Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds launched at Moscow
    Moscow's mayor described the wave of drones as the "largest ever" attack on the Russian capital and said there had been damage to a Moscow oil refinery and a residential building.


rss: bbc

  • Specialist courts for rape cases to be rolled out across England and Wales
    Funding will allow victims to view proceedings remotely and give evidence from a separate room via video link, the government says.
  • German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on
    Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.
  • Oxford grooming gang survivors tell BBC 'hundreds' of abusers still free
    Men who sexually abused them as underage girls are still walking around the city, they say.
  • Union calls for halt to graded Ofsted inspections over health concerns
    The National Association of Head Teachers says inspections in England may pose a "risk to life" for school leaders.
  • UK should 'team up' with Canada in new Europe alliance, Canadian minister tells BBC
    It comes after European Commission President proposed "opening the door" for Canada to become an associate member of the EU.
  • Young people aren't snowflakes - mental distress is rising, says head of official review
    Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.
  • Key takeaways from BBC interview as Earl Spencer defends claims about King
    Earl Spencer speaks to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg ahead of the publication of his book about his sister Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford's son, dies aged 27
    His family asked for privacy during a "very difficult and painful time" following the model's death.
  • Patrick Clancy reveals why he forgave ex-wife Lindsay over children's killings
    The husband of the US mother who strangled her three young children discusses his grief in an interview with CBS News.
  • Watch: Dramatic moment a cargo ship crashes into another vessel
    Verified footage appears to show a cargo ship colliding with a fishing boat near Singapore, with investigators still working to establish exactly when and how the crash happened.


rss: the register

  • Failed UK networking vendor Cambium set to turn off its cloudy management portal
    Quits enterprise networking hardware business, tells users to install on-prem software ASAP
  • Google joins the ‘Oops, our agents hacked someone’ club after partner’s internet access error
    Kept it secret for months - even after OpenAI 'fessed up
  • Chinese memory-maker CXMT claims DRAM production breakthrough
    PLUS: Toyota's robot hiring spree; China's CDNs struggle; India to charge for some UPI payments; and more!
  • How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
    Windows is getting more efficient. The updates, not so much
  • Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve
    High time to stop kicking the security can down the road, investor tells The Reg
  • AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth
    Report says estimates focused on GPUs miss the mountains of power, cooling, and networking gear destined for scrap
  • Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake
    From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter
  • Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec
    Devs cheer relief from compatibility headache
  • Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K
    The Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM
  • Virginia governor wakes up to fact datacenters have become political cancer
    Executive order puts the kibosh on NDAs, limits permitting, and calls for stiffer environmental protections


rss: ars technica

  • An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang
    Google’s threat intelligence group said it had a mole inside TeamPCP's inner circle.
  • Don't call it an SUV: The Ferrari Purosangue review
    Unlike previous Ferrari four-seaters, this one is better for humans than cargo.
  • T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant
    Isotope ratios provide a hint that the giants were actively managing temperatures.
  • Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy
    Research suggests that bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits.
  • Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade
    Chariklo is only about 250 km across, but it has two rings, and they're changing.
  • AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
    But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
  • FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
    FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
  • FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
    FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
  • Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
    Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.
  • US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"
    The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.


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