rss: npr

  • See the full list of 2026 Oscar nominations
    Horror movie Sinners has a record 16 nominations this year, including for best picture, actor Michael B. Jordan and a new category: achievement in casting.
  • World leaders to hold emergency summit on Greenland. And, SCOTUS weighs Fed case
    European leaders hold an emergency summit on a possible U.S.-Greenland deal. And, the Supreme Court weighs whether the president can fire Fed governors.
  • Jack Smith to defend Trump investigations to House Republicans
    Jack Smith's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee marks the first open testimony about his work after presiding over two federal criminal indictments of President Trump.
  • Some voters who backed Trump say ICE is going 'too far'
    A new focus group of Biden-to-Trump voters weighs in on immigration operations and Trump's foreign affairs leadership on Greenland and Venezuela.
  • Rahm Emanuel critiques Democrats and offers advice for the upcoming midterms
    NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with longtime Democrat Rahm Emanuel about politics in the Trump era.
  • Trump vs. U.S. allies: How will this end?
    The president has backed off his threat to take Greenland by force. But his highly inflammatory remarks in Switzerland rattled U.S. allies and threatened to tear down the pillars of the world order.
  • Morning news brief
    European leaders to meet for emergency summit about the U.S. and Greenland, Trump's statements about Greenland threaten long-standing world order, SCOTUS weighs Trump's power to fire Fed governors.
  • Trump's EEOC strikes harassment guidance amid debate over transgender protections
    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2-1 to roll back the agency's 2024 harassment guidance in its entirety. The document gave employers information on what makes up unlawful harassment.
  • The ICE surge is fueling fear and anxiety among Twin Cities children
    Some families aren't leaving their homes as aggressive ICE operations continue in Minnesota, leaving their children confined and stressed. Across the Twin Cities, kids are anxious and afraid.
  • Israeli fire strikes journalists and children in Gaza
    Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the enclave 's deadliest days since the ceasefire took effect.


rss: bbc

  • UK holds off joining Trump's Board of Peace over Putin concerns
    Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Russian president has shown no commitment to peace in Ukraine.
  • Vampire film Sinners breaks Oscar nominations record
    The horror is up for 16 awards - setting a new record for the most Oscar nominations for a single film.
  • MP stands down potentially paving way for Burnham's return
    Greater Manchester MP Andrew Gwynne says he is stepping down due to "significant ill health".
  • What we know about Trump's 'framework of future deal' over Greenland
    Denmark and Greenland have made it clear they will not relinquish sovereignty of the world's largest island.
  • Liz Hurley says microphones put on windows, privacy trial hears
    The actress is one of seven high-profile claimants that allege the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday committed "grave breaches of privacy", which the publisher denies.
  • Weather warnings issued for heavy rain and strong winds in parts of UK
    Heavy rain on Thursday will lead to a risk of some flooding, Simon King reports.
  • ICE detains 5-year-old during Minnesota operation
    Local school officials say the boy was taken with his father. A government spokeswoman denied ICE was targeting the boy.
  • Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios
    The studio, known for Assassin's Creed and Just Dance, is also delaying seven titles in a restructure.
  • Two charged after funeral firm collapse leaves 46,000 out of pocket
    About 46,000 customers lost thousands of pounds when Safe Hands Plans Ltd collapsed in 2022.
  • From Hamnet to One Battle After Another - the nominees list in full
    This year's list of Oscar nominees includes One Battle After Another, Sinners and Hamnet.


rss: the register

  • Cursor used agents to write a browser, proving AI can write shoddy code at scale

    Project kind-of worked but left a lot of messes for humans to clean up

    A week ago, Cursor CEO Michael Truell celebrated what sounded like a remarkable event.…

  • FortiGate firewalls hit by silent SSO intrusions and config theft

    Admins say attackers are still getting in despite recent patches

    FortiGate firewalls are getting quietly reconfigured and stripped down by miscreants who've figured out how to sidestep SSO protections and grab sensitive settings right out of the box.…

  • Uncle Sam's VMware 'bargain' doesn't include the actual hypervisor

    GSA trumpets 64% discounts on Broadcom's VMware portfolio, core vSphere platform mysteriously absent from agreement

    The US General Services Administration is flogging discounts of up to 64 percent under a OneGov Agreement covering Broadcom's VMware portfolio – though the actual hypervisor that made VMware famous isn't included.…

  • EU's Digital Networks Act sets telcos squabbling before the ink is dry

    Comms harmonization plan already drawing fire from operators and Big Tech alike

    The European Commission's proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) to harmonize telecoms regulation is drawing criticism from industry bodies who either say it oversteps the mark or doesn't go far enough to galvanize the sector.…

  • Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it

    Veteran text editor gets more AI enhancements while Paint will be able to generate coloring books

    Microsoft is meddling with Notepad again, this time adding a "What's New" screen so users know the latest indignities heaped on the once-humble text editor.…

  • Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up

    Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force

    GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators were deluged with more than 400 data breach notifications a day, according to a new survey that suggests the post-plateau era of enforcement has well and truly arrived.…

  • Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls

    Mind the cyber gap – similar flaws highlighted multiple years in a row

    Concerned about the orgs that safeguard your money? The UK's annual cybersecurity review for 2025 suggests you should be. Despite years of regulation, financial organizations continue to miss basic cybersecurity safeguards.…

  • Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers

    Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decade

    A recently disclosed critical vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) is "trivial" to exploit, experts say.…

  • House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16

    As public consultation kicks off, members of UK Parliament's second chamber highlight damage to children

    UK government is edging closer to following Australia in blocking under-16s from social media accounts after the House of Lords voted in favor of a ban.…

  • Turing Institute Chief Scientist takes acting CEO role amid defense push

    Professor Mark Girolami keeps seat warm after Jean Innes bailed following ministerial arm-twisting

    The Alan Turing Institute's Chief Scientist has temporarily stepped into the hot seat at the UK's flagship AI research organization after the long-flagged departure of CEO Jean Innes.…



rss: ars technica

  • All sorts of interesting flags and artifacts will fly to the Moon on Artemis II
    More than 2,300 commemorative items fill the duffel bag-size pouch.
  • Meta wants to block data about social media use, mental health in child safety trial
    Company is pulling out all the stops to protect itself in advance of New Mexico trial.
  • Judge orders stop to FBI search of devices seized from Washington Post reporter
    Order says gov't must stop search while court reviews Washington Post motions.
  • Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
    Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.
  • mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
    The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient's unique cancer.
  • Trump FCC threatens to enforce equal-time rule on late-night talk shows
    FCC disputes long-standing view that the shows are exempt from equal-time rule.
  • Why adding modern controls to 1996's Tomb Raider simply doesn't work
    For our C:\ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D.
  • Kioxia's memory is "sold out" for 2026, prolonging a "high-end and expensive phase"
    Kioxia is spinning up more manufacturing capacity, but relief will come slowly.
  • Watch a robot swarm "bloom" like a garden
    The Swarm Garden: An array of modular robot agents that adapt to changing conditions for living architecture.
  • Spotify won court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down .org domain
    Lawsuit was filed under seal; Anna's Archive wasn't notified until after takedown.


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