rss: npr

  • I wrote about George Santos. Then he made a violent threat and lied about it
    NPR reported on new federal investigations examining the former Congressman's bets on the prediction market site Kalshi. Then he threatened the NPR reporter who broke the story.
  • Republicans' sweeping election overhaul fails in the Senate
    The SAVE America Act, a far-reaching Republican election overhaul that President Trump said should be his congressional allies' top priority, has failed in the Senate.
  • Weakened public health powers raise outbreak risks
    Some jurisdictions have weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions.
  • NTSB says United jet was too slow and too low in Newark landing accident
    Federal investigators say the captain flying the United 767 from Italy was too slow and too low before landing last month at Newark, N.J. The jet struck a light pole, damaging a truck on the turnpike.
  • New York City reshapes mass transit system to handle World Cup, NBA finals crowds
    New York transit officials are preparing to handle up to 100,000 extra travelers a day as fans arrive in New York and New Jersey for FIFA World Cup matches.
  • North Korea unveils a new plant to produce fuel for nuclear weapons
    State media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium.
  • Embedded: "We Keep Us Safe" from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times
    In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.
  • What will it take to get a vaccine for the Ebola strain driving the current outbreak?
    There is an effective vaccine for Ebola — but not for the variety spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trials are going on for several candidates. How long will it take?
  • Gun control group sues ATF over records release
    Brady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are.
  • Hezbollah rejects ceasefire deal agreed on by Israel and Lebanon
    The U.N. peacekeeping mission for Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said one peacekeeper was killed and others were wounded when they came under mortar fire in southeastern Lebanon.


rss: bbc

  • Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest
    The Greater Manchester mayor would need to win the by-election in Makerfield to be a possible candidate.
  • Andrew was sub-letting Royal Lodge cottages, watchdog reveals
    A public spending watchdog examines the property arrangements of royals including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
  • 'World-first' vaccine designed by artificial intelligence
    Cambridge scientists say they have, for the first time, tested a vaccine designed by AI.
  • One in four births in England is now emergency caesarean, BBC analysis shows
    The shift marks a significant rise over the last five years, but experts say there is no single, clear explanation for the increase.
  • How Trump's White House ballroom plan has doubled in size and cost over a year
    BBC Verify examines how the biggest change to the White House in decades has transformed in the last year.
  • Royal Navy crew killed in helicopter crash named
    Tributes are paid to Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, and Petty Officer Owen Green, 24.
  • How misinformation about student's murder sent two people into hiding
    A former police officer wrongly identified as being at the scene of Henry Nowak's arrest and death said she is scared for her safety.
  • Henry Nowak deserves legacy that goes beyond tragedy, says PM
    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met the family of Henry Nowak at 10 Downing Street.
  • Conflict over identity politics could lead to civil war in long term, says Badenoch
    In an interview for a BBC Radio 4 documentary, England's Identity Crisis, the Conservative leader warned of rising tensions as groups on the left and the right.
  • AI needs a 'brake pedal', warns Anthropic co-founder
    Jack Clark tells BBC's Newsnight AI could get to the point where it develops without human input.


rss: the register

  • Pink is the latest goon squad to use fake helpdesk calls to steal creds
    A familiar tactic popularized by chaotic crime crew Lapsus$
  • Canada wants to make its own AI, break free from US bots
    Another ally questions reliance on American AI
  • OpenAI's agent chained decade-old DoS attacks to crash web servers in seconds
    Codex drops an HTTP/2 Bomb
  • AI heavyweights warn their tech could help terrorists develop bioweapons
    Scientists and industry leaders push for mandatory DNA synthesis screening
  • Benevolent dictator Zuck will give Meta staff 30-minute breaks from keylogging privacy assault
    Tech biz teaching AI to use computers by slurping staff activity
  • AMD takes a third of server CPU market as shipments grow
    Intel still owns the room, but Epyc keeps nicking the furniture
  • 'Please do not vibe f--- up this software': Broken backups spark AI coding row in rsync project
    Users probe backup failures find Claude-assisted commits. Veteran engineer retorts: "I did not just vibe-code 'convert test suite to python'."
  • Intel's mysterious new datacenter GPU is what Nvidia's Rubin CPX nearly was
    Nvidia's prefill accelerator was shelved, but Chipzilla's Crescent Island could fill the void
  • Palantir wins £9M contract to run UK firearms licensing: CIA-backed biz to hold gun, bomb, and poison records
    Pips Accenture and NEC to bag decade-long deal for cops across England, Wales, and beyond
  • Five Eyes: Watch out for odd LinkedIn connection requests, China's back on the hunt for state secrets
    Cash-for-intel tradecraft continues to concern intelligence officials years after it was first spotted


rss: ars technica

  • The skeptic’s guide to humanoid robots going viral on the Internet
    Robot demonstrations can distort public perceptions of robotic capabilities.
  • AT&T and Verizon lose Supreme Court case over fines for selling location data
    FCC did not violate carriers' right to jury trial, court says in 8-1 ruling.
  • These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda
    Estonian government benchmark shows how dozens of models combat Russia's "strategic narratives."
  • Dashlane explains how attackers managed to download encrypted password vaults
    By targeting large numbers of users, attackers increased their chances of success.
  • Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling
    Musk can't be trusted to protect X user privacy, public commenters warn FTC.
  • Cable lobby warns of chaos if FCC doesn't relax ban on foreign routers
    NCTA seeks waiver from foreign-router ban, citing memory and substrate shortages.
  • Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds
    Scientists in Finland found bees could solve an insect version of the classic "box-and-banana" problem.
  • After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper
    “I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission.”
  • It doesn't feel very agricultural: The 2026 Subaru Solterra review
    Subaru's badge-engineered SUV remains on sale alongside the new Trailseeker.
  • How some data center operators are tackling their water use problems
    Hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.


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