rss: npr

  • DHS funding battle risks shutdown. And, Fed holds rates steady despite Trump pressure
    Senate Democrats threaten a partial government shutdown over DHS funding. And, the Fed defies President Trump's pressure and holds rates steady to fight inflation.
  • Saying Minnesota has 'been through a lot,' Klobuchar announces bid for governor
    Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced her run for Minnesota governor early Thursday. There is already a crowded field of Republicans in a race where immigration enforcement has become a key issue.
  • Senegal and Morocco fined and players banned after African Cup final chaos
    Africa's soccer body issued fines worth more than $1 million and banned Senegal's coach and Senegalese and Morocco players Wednesday following a shambolic African Cup soccer final this month.
  • Trump has sued universities for billions. Here's what the strategy tells us
    Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's.
  • 'Philadelphia,' 'Clueless,' 'The Karate Kid' added to the National Film Registry
    Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 ranges from 'The Thing' to 'White Christmas'
  • Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal
    The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly.
  • Big budget Melania Trump documentary premieres with splashy rollout
    A film about first lady Melania Trump premieres this week, with big presidential promotion.
  • Car rams into Chabad headquarters in New York City, damaging doors
    A man was arrested after repeatedly crashing his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in New York City on Wednesday night while people were gathered for prayer.
  • Starmer and Xi call for deeper UK-China ties as Trump shakes up global relations
    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing called for a "comprehensive strategic partnership" to deepen ties amid global uncertainty.
  • How the Minneapolis killings look from Trump country
    The shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal agents in Minneapolis have enraged many people across the country. NPR wanted to know what supporters of President Trump's immigration policy think about the shootings.


rss: bbc

  • Great Ormond Street doctor who botched surgery harmed nearly 100 children
    Hospital report highlights widespread problems with Yaser Jabbar's operations.
  • Ministers reject Waspi calls for compensation after rethink
    Women hit by changes to the state pension age say the decision shows "utter contempt" for their situation.
  • Teen admits murdering schoolboy, 12, on walk home
    Leo Ross is thought to be the youngest knife crime victim in the West Midlands.
  • Number of term-time school holiday fines hits another record high
    New government data shows that fines for term-time holidays have risen again in the last academic year.
  • Hampstead ponds trans access challenge dismissed
    The current policy is that trans men and trans women are entitled to use the pond of their choice.
  • Stay on this stunning island for free... if you're willing to count puffins
    Successful applicants will spend several months helping conservation efforts on Skomer Island, off the Pembrokeshire coast.
  • Labour blocking my MP bid was hard to take, says Burnham
    The Greater Manchester mayor said he would be campaigning in support of Labour in Gorton and Denton.
  • Girl, 12, strangled and raped, court hears
    Ahmad Mulakhil and Mohammad Kabir deny offences against the youngster in Nuneaton.
  • Watch: How Alex Pretti shooting led Trump to shift course in Minneapolis
    BBC analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at why tensions have been running so high in the city - and how we got here.
  • Water bills to rise again: Use our tool to find out by how much
    The average annual household bill in England and Wales will increase by £33 from April.


rss: the register

  • Sat Nad declares Windows 11 has a billion users – just don't bother asking for details

    Terrible start to 2026 offset by optimistic operating system numbers

    Microsoft is famously reticent about operating system usage figures unless it has something to boast about. So CEO Satya Nadella stating that Windows 11 had reached one billion users raised a few eyebrows.…

  • Meta to pour the GDP of Kenya into AI infrastructure push in 2026

    Zuck bets big on 'personal superintelligence' with $135B splurge

    Meta is to nearly double its capital investments aimed at AI this year, spending more on infrastructure than the entire output of some mid-sized economies, as the AI datacenter feeding frenzy shows no sign of ending.…

  • Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment

    'What we are finding is that people hate AI'

    Interview Vivaldi has raised a middle finger to the influx of AI in the browser space with its latest version.…

  • Cyberattack on Poland's power grid could have turned deadly in winter cold

    Close call after an apparently deliberate attempt to starve a country of energy at the worst time

    Cybersecurity experts involved in the cleanup of the cyberattacks on Poland's power network say the consequences could have been lethal.…

  • Capita pension portal 'fiasco' forces Cabinet Office into damage control

    150-strong 'surge team' deployed as 8,500 retirees left high and dry, some waiting 9 months for legally owed cash

    The UK Cabinet Office is being forced to promise "interim support measures" for struggling retired government workers as Capita's botched takeover of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) lurches from bad to worse.…

  • Birmingham City Council's Oracle ERP fiasco now £144M and still not working

    Five years after its planned go-live, the system remains incomplete as costs balloon more than sevenfold

    Birmingham City Council's SAP-to-Oracle project is set to cost £144.4 million – more than seven times earlier estimates – as it waits for a fully functioning system five years after its planned go-live date.…

  • If you're one of the 16,000 Amazon employees getting laid off, read this

    It's not your fault

    Opinion It's not your fault Amazon hired you for a position that it no longer deems necessary – blame bad planning or unanticipated market conditions. Everybody guesses wrong sometimes, even with the power of the most sophisticated business analysis software and the smartest prognosticators one can hire.…

  • Irony alert: Anthropic helps UK.gov to build chatbot for job seekers

    The jobs that will be eradicated by our AI overlords

    The UK government will work with supplier Anthropic to build an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant for job seekers, despite its chief executive’s doom-laden views of the job market.…

  • Bork ventures to the Middle of Lidl

    Happier days at Intel nailed to the wall of discount retailer

    Bork!Bork!Bork! Lidl is a well-known purveyor of inexpensive groceries, random goods via the Middle of Lidl, and now… bork.…

  • Microsoft investors sweat cloud giant's OpenAI exposure

    All the promises in the world won't pay the GPU bills when the music stops

    What should have been a banner second quarter for Microsoft was met with tepid apprehension on Wall Street on Wednesday, sending its share price down by 6 percent in after-hours trading.…



rss: ars technica

  • Early Universe's supermassive black holes grew in cocoons like butterflies
    During cocoon phase, young, supermassive black holes are surrounded by high-density gas.
  • Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent
    More than half its profit came from emissions credits as sales fell 8.6 percent.
  • Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI
    One of the last holdouts for ransomware discussions, RAMP is taken down.
  • Seven things to know about how Apple's Creator Studio subscriptions work
    For the Mac versions of pro apps, things aren't actually changing much (yet).
  • Stranded boys struggle to survive in Lord of the Flies trailer
    “We need to think about food and shelter. We need to help each other and be good camp mates.”
  • SpaceX sends list of demands to US states giving broadband grants to Starlink
    SpaceX won't make specific promises on Starlink network capacity or subscribers.
  • Angry Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop Flock license plate scanners
    Plaintiffs called Norfolk's Flock camera network a “dragnet."
  • US cyber defense chief accidentally uploaded secret government info to ChatGPT
    Congress recently grilled the acting chief on mass layoffs and a failed polygraph.
  • Why reviving the shuttered Anthem is turning out tougher than expected
    Despite proof-of-concept video, EA's Frostbite Engine servers are difficult to pick apart.
  • I bought "Remove Before Flight" tags on eBay in 2010—it turns out they're from Challenger
    "This is an attempt to learn more..."


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