rss: npr

  • Ilia Malinin, U.S. figure skater favored for gold, finishes 8th
    Malinin, undefeated since 2023, stumbled and fell multiple times, landing far off the podium. Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won gold in an upset that shocked even himself.
  • DHS says immigration agents appear to have lied about shooting in Minnesota
    Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg during the incident. Another Venezuelan man was also accused of attacking an immigration officer.
  • It's been five years since catastrophic Texas blackouts. How much has changed?
    Power companies say they're better prepared for extreme weather, but challenges remain to electricity production as the state's demand grows
  • FBI releases description of suspect, increases reward in Nancy Guthrie case
    The FBI describes the armed man caught on Nancy Guthrie's camera as 5-foot-9-inches to 5-foot-10 and of average build. The 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie has been missing since Feb. 1.
  • Virginia court allows Democrats' redistricting vote in their plan to counter to Trump
    The ruling allows an April election where voters can let the legislature draw a new congressional map. It could help Democrats win more House seats. Republicans might still fight it in court.
  • A familiar move with a new twist: Trump tries to cut CDC funds he just signed into law
    A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states.
  • Kitty cats and cloud hands - how U.S. Olympic snowboarders keep calm in competition
    U.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men's halfpipe team now do Qigong.
  • Minnesota immigration crackdown will end, border czar says. And, DHS funding to expire
    Border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. And, DHS funding is set to expire after lawmakers failed to advance a spending bill.
  • Britain's High Court says government illegally banned Pro-Palestinian group
    In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was "disproportionate."
  • On their way! 4 people on NASA Crew-12 mission launch to International Space Station
    The four are set to dock with the space station on Saturday, returning the orbital lab to its full complement of seven. NASA's last mission, Crew-11, left a month early due to an ill crew member.


rss: bbc

  • How Weston handled pressure to win Olympic gold and GB's first medal
    Matt Weston cements his status as the best skeleton racer in the world, making history by winning Olympic gold in emphatic fashion in Cortina and securing Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Games.
  • Trump says Iran regime change is 'best thing that could happen'
    The US President's comment comes as a second aircraft carrier heads to the Middle East to pile pressure on Iran.
  • 'We are not protected' says Hebron mayor as Israel expands West Bank control
    Palestinians say an Israeli power grab shuts them out of decisions on planning and development in West Bank.
  • Officials investigating DNA found in Nancy Guthrie's home
    The sheriff's department says it is working to identify who the DNA belongs to, but would not disclose where it was found.
  • Two jailed over plot to attack Jewish community
    Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein planned to carry out an "Isis-inspired plot", a court hears.
  • Watch: How Andrew's BBC interview compares to what Epstein emails tell us now
    Following the latest release of the Epstein files, claims made by the then Prince Andrew in 2019 are under fresh scrutiny.
  • The two Chinese-American Olympians competing for rival superpowers
    Eileen Guo and Alysa Liu have been thrust into a debate that goes far beyond sports.
  • US politicians urge Mandelson to give evidence over Epstein
    Lord Mandelson has previously expressed his regret for his continued association with Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Boxers, dancers and weightlifters - the war dead pictured on banned Ukrainian slider's helmet
    Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet depicts fellow athletes who have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country.
  • Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now
    Three judges rule against the Home Office in a massive blow to the government, but say the ban must remain until a further hearing.


rss: the register

  • Amazon-backed X-Energy gets green light for mini reactor fuel production

    Startup expects to complete construction of its first fuel plant later this year

    Amazon inched closer to its atomic datacenter dream on Friday after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensed its small modular reactor partner X-energy to make nuclear fuel for advanced reactors at a facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.…

  • ServiceNow can't seem to keep its wallet closed, snaps up small AI analytics company

    News of the deal came about two weeks after CEO Bill McDermott swore off any “large scale” M&A this year. A spokesperson called this deal a “tuck in.”

    Despite its CEO's insistence that it wasn't doing any "large scale" deals soon, ServiceNow has acquired yet another company. This time, the software firm has scooped up Pyramid Analytics, an Israeli corporation with data science and preparation expertise. The goal is to build additional context and semantics into its software stack.…

  • Anthropic wants comp-sci students to vibe code their way through college

    By partnering with CodePath, AI biz aims to modernize how people learn to program

    Can using AI teach you to code more quickly than traditional methods? Anthropic certainly thinks so. The AI outfit has partnered with computer science education org CodePath to get Claude and Claude Code into the hands of students, a time-tested strategy for seeding product interest and building brand loyalty.…

  • Oxide plans new rack attack, packing in Zen 5 CPUs and DDR5 RAM

    Oxide says AMD’s Turin EPYCs are coming, switch revamp under review, more open hardware in the works

    Remember that giant green rack-sized blade server Oxide Computer showed off a couple of years back? Well, the startup is still at it, having raked in $200 million in Series-C funding this week as it prepares to bring a bevy of new hardware to market with updated processing power, memory, and networking.…

  • Attackers finally get around to exploiting critical Microsoft bug from 2024

    As if admins haven't had enough to do this week

    Ignore patches at your own risk. According to Uncle Sam, a SQL injection flaw in Microsoft Configuration Manager patched in October 2024 is now being actively exploited, exposing unpatched businesses and government agencies to attack.…

  • Trump's Genesis Mission gets its first set of 26 sure-to-succeed objectives

    DoE bets AI can speed fusion, unlock decades of nuclear data, and probe fundamental physics

    The Trump administration has outlined the first 26 goals for its project to inject AI into the government's scientific research, and everything from securing critical minerals to discovering a unified theory of physics is on the table. …

  • AMD climbs in desktop and server CPUs while Intel battles supply squeeze

    Q4 figures reveal shifting market share across PCs and cloud infrastructure

    Intel continues to lose market share to rival AMD across server, desktop, and mobile processors, and this has been noticeable in PCs thanks to supply constraints on Chipzilla's processors.…

  • Broadband rollouts feel the burn from AI memory frenzy

    Prices for router and set-top boxes up nearly sevenfold, squeezing telcos and raising deployment costs

    Prices for memory used in routers and set-top boxes are surging nearly sevenfold thanks to AI, raising fresh fears that the industry's silicon binge could leave telcos scrambling to get customers online.…

  • Misconfigured AI could trigger the next national infrastructure meltdown

    Rapid rollout into cyber-physical systems raises outage risk, Gartner warns

    The next blackout to plunge a G20 nation into chaos might not come courtesy of cybercriminals or bad weather, but from an AI system tripping over its own shoelaces.…

  • US is moving ahead with colocated nukes and datacenters

    Bitbarn nuke campus to be sited at Idaho National Laboratory

    Nuclear-powered datacenters in the US are moving closer as a consortium prepares to build proposed facilities for the Department of Energy (DoE) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).…



rss: ars technica

  • WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as "unethical"
    CDC awarded $1.6 million for study birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.
  • Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers
    Hayden AI's cameras will scan for violations from 7 city vehicles.
  • Verizon imposes new roadblock on users trying to unlock paid-off phones
    Verizon unlocks have 35-day waiting period after paying off device plan online.
  • Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
    “This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.
  • The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices
    Don't expect big changes yet.
  • $1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show
    MST3K's 2010s revival looked forward; this one is emphatically looking backward.
  • Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself
    Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life.
  • What if riders don't close a robotaxi door after a ride? Try DoorDash.
    Robotaxis can't escape the gig economy as Waymo tries to solve a human problem.
  • Why is Bezos trolling Musk on X with turtle pics? Because he has a new Moon plan.
    "It’s time to go back to the Moon—this time to stay."
  • I spent two days gigging at RentAHuman and didn't make a single cent
    These bots supposedly need a human body to accomplish great things in meatspace.


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