rss: npr

  • Embattled Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills fights to keep his House seat
    Mills is the latest lawmaker in a recent string of congressional members facing scandals and allegations of domestic abuse while running for elected office.
  • ABC and Disney sue FCC, alleging First Amendment violations
    The ABC Network has sued the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that the Trump administration is violating its First Amendment rights by challenging ABC broadcast licenses and investigating the network's talk show "The View."
  • 'Profits won.' The child safety trial against Meta kicks off in federal court
    Opening arguments are underway in a trial that pits four states against the company that owns Facebook and Instagram. They allege that Meta knew its products could hook kids — and lied about the danger.
  • S. Korea stresses US alliance amid confusion over Trump drill cut
    Lee's comments Tuesday come as many South Koreans remain baffled and concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt order to "substantially reduce" military exercises with South Korea.
  • U.S. and Iran miss peace talks deadline. And, Alaska, Florida and Wyoming primaries
    The U.S. and Iran missed a deadline to begin peace talks this week. The monthslong war has depleted U.S. resources. And, what to know about Alaska's U.S. Senate seat primary.
  • The grueling fight over who profits from AI music
    AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.
  • In Portland, this soap box derby combines downhill speed with extreme pageantry
    Soap box derbies send motorless cars down a steep incline. At one event, contestants make their cars look like cartoon characters, subway cars, food, and giant animals (among other outlandish shapes).
  • She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks
    A 29-year-old woman confided her suicidal thoughts to an AI chatbot — not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?
  • Many recent grads say AI is making it harder to get a job. Economists aren't so sure
    The unemployment rate for young adults with new degrees is higher than the rate for all workers, according to the New York Fed. Is AI the problem, or is it more complicated?
  • This crowded Republican primary in Florida has drawn a unique cast of candidates
    The GOP primary in Florida's 19th District includes candidates who are new to the state, candidates who've run for Congress before and two candidates who have received pardons from President Trump.


rss: bbc

  • Three dead after family get into difficulty in sea
    A man, a woman and a teenage girl die and a younger girl is in a critical condition after swimming off the Sussex coast.
  • 'Everyone in for Christmas' - Burnham unveils rough sleeping plan
    Rough sleepers in England will be offered housing, in a move likened to the “Everyone In” initiative during the pandemic.
  • British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island
    The newlyweds, named as Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, were killed alongside their Greek pilot.
  • Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, court hears
    Meta argued social media addiction does not exist, as a trial stemming from a major lawsuit brought by US states got under way.
  • Burnham received £345,000 of donations ahead of becoming PM
    The prime minister lists his financial interests for the first time since returning to Parliament.
  • How soon will the drought be over?
    Rain has returned to parts of the UK this week but is it enough to end the drought some regions are facing?
  • Earl Spencer to 'tell the truth' about his sister Princess Diana in new book
    Swan Song: Diana, My Sister is due to be released in the UK next month, nearly 30 years after she died.
  • Tracking USS Lincoln's months-long mission as concerns about conditions grow
    BBC Verify has used satellite imagery to monitor the warship on one of the longest ever US deployments.
  • One dead and hundreds ill in UK salmonella outbreak
    Most of the cases were in England in recent weeks, linked to eating imported eggs, experts believe.
  • Join EU migration pact to tackle small boats, says Ed Davey
    The Liberal Democrats say taking part in the scheme would "destroy the business model" of gangs arranging Channel crossings.


rss: the register

  • Expired credit cards revived by researchers to make unauthorized payments
    Gaps in expiry checks could let dead plastic make purchases again
  • Meta and Google mobile apps gorge on user data: Study
    Zuck's empire declares triple the appetite of Apple or Microsoft, while Google packs the leaderboard, dev survey shows
  • CISA gives feds 3 days to fix actively exploited Ray RCE bug
    Phishing, malvertising attacks could target devs to gain access to private corporate networks
  • Apple plugs image-processing hole ripe for spyware abuse
    Patch batch spans current kit, older iGadgets, Macs, and Vision Pro
  • Tim King, AmigaDOS royalty, dies aged 70
    Parallel computing pioneer went on to found early British ISP UK Online
  • Microsoft finally fixing File Explorer and the Context Menu
    Time to flex that Windows 10 muscle memory
  • Copilot tricked into telling reseachers how to hack itself
    How to social engineer an AI's reasoning engine
  • Government Teams users face another ******* month of filtered captions
    Officials must wait a little longer before Live Captions tells it like it is
  • Passport out-of-control at French airport
    Papers please. Windows is watching
  • Sponsor gives KDE Plasma 6.6 the LTS treatment
    Kubuntu 26.04 gets three years of fixes for the desktop, frameworks, and apps


rss: ars technica

  • Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea
    "A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle."
  • Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor
    FCC demands "total capitulation" in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says.
  • Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable
    Peacock's quarterly profitability isn't guaranteed.
  • The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space program
    One big question: Will China assert territorial rights where its rover explores?
  • Fairphone's latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for $650
    Fairphone sells components like the USB port and screen, all swappable with a single torx driver.
  • Ford hopes this Hypercar will be its next Le Mans winner
    The American automaker returns to the top category of endurance racing next year.
  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan’s dream
    Matte paintings—not CGI—warp a world designed to hit a nerve for slasher fans.
  • X-rays add new twist to narwhal's spiral tusk
    New study finds that the tusks have not one but two spirals, twisting in opposite directions.
  • Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked
    Secret parameter allowed hackers to steal passwords when a target clicked on a link.
  • As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers
    Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides.


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