rss: npr

  • Miami mayor calls for Trump to 'immediately' reinstate TPS for Venezuelans
    Higgins said the Trump administration ending TPS for Venezuelans in early 2025 was "reckless, dangerous, and wrong."
  • Nicolás Maduro will appear in U.S. federal court on Monday
    The Venezuelan president, who was captured by U.S. forces early Saturday, is awaiting trial in New York City on federal criminal charges.
  • Rubio says there's 'not a war against Venezuela' despite U.S. capture of Maduro
    Top Democrat calls operation 'a violation of the law' and promises Senate vote on President Trump's war powers.
  • Denmark's prime minister says 'stop the threats' of U.S. annexing Greenland
    The wife of Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a photo implying a U.S. takeover of Greenland, hours after the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
  • Here's a partial list of U.S. elected officials opposing Trump's invasion of Venezuela
    Trump's decision to depose Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has drawn praise inside the U.S., especially from Republican leaders. But the invasion also faces significant opposition from elected officials across the political spectrum.
  • Venezuela is the latest in the U.S.'s long history of interventions in Latin America
    NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Eduardo Gamarra, professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University, about the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America.
  • Wellness trends worth taking into the new year (and some that aren't)
    We reported on all sorts of products and practices promising to make you healthy last year. Here are the ones that stood up to science, and those that were mostly hype.
  • Trump tried to bury evidence of the Jan. 6 riot. NPR's archive preserves the facts
    NPR's Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
  • A tale of two U.S. interventions and why Venezuela is not Panama 2.0
    Operation Absolute Resolve, that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro, echoes the 1990 U.S. invasion of Panama that brought down Manuel Noriega. But big differences abound.
  • Trump wants U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. Here's what to know
    President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy. Here's what you need to know about oil in Venezuela.


rss: bbc

  • Trump warns new Venezuelan leader as Maduro set to appear in court
    Trump said Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez could "pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro" if she "doesn't do what's right".
  • Jeremy Bowen: Trump's action could set precedent for authoritarian powers across globe
    Trump seems to believe he makes the rules and others cannot have the same privileges.
  • Teen girl educated in UK confirmed to have died in Swiss bar fire
    The family of Charlotte Niddam announced her death "with great sadness" as Swiss authorities confirmed all victims had been identified.
  • Faisal Islam: What's behind PM's notable shift on closer ties to Europe?
    Sir Keir Starmer has given details of his plans for a "Brexit reset". What could it mean for the UK?
  • Danish PM tells Trump to stop 'threats' against Greenland
    Mette Frederiksen said the "US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom".
  • Mother and daughter named as sea tragedy victims alongside man who tried to save them
    Mark Ratcliffe and Sarah Keeling died on Friday and the police search for Grace Keeling continues.
  • The myth of willpower - and why some people struggle to lose weight more than others
    Thousands of genes that have an influence on weight, say experts - which means weight loss isn't a level playing field
  • Steve Coogan on his Roy Keane film - and his part in Posh and Becks' first meeting
    Coogan stars as football boss Mick McCarthy in the film Saipan, about the fall-out between him and captain Roy Keane.
  • More snow and ice warnings take effect as schools due to return
    The Met Office warns of disruption to travel as many people return to work and school after Christmas.
  • New powers to seize phones from migrants come into force
    The government says it will help gather intelligence on smuggling gangs.


rss: the register

  • Trump admin sends heart emoji to commercial spyware makers with lifted Predator sanctions

    Also, Korean Air hacked, EmEditor installer hijacked, a perfect 10 router RCE vuln, and more

    infosec in brief The Trump administration has cleared a trio of individuals sanctioned by the Biden administration for involvement with the Intellexa spyware consortium behind the Predator surveillance tool, removing restrictions that had barred them from doing business with the US.…

  • Palo Alto Networks security-intel boss calls AI agents 2026's biggest insider threat

    Lock 'em down

    interview AI agents represent the new insider threat to companies in 2026, according to Palo Alto Networks Chief Security Intel Officer Wendi Whitmore, and this poses several challenges to executives tasked with securing the expected surge in autonomous agents.…

  • Claude is his copilot: Rust veteran designs new Rue programming language with help from AI bot

    Rust veteran Steve Klabnik is using an LLM to explore memory safety without garbage collection

    Naming a new programming language "Rue" sounds like an acknowledgment of doubt about the project's prospects, if you take "Rue" to mean "regret."…

  • Users prompt Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot to remove clothes in photos then 'apologize' for it

    Repeat after me: Chatbots are not sentient and have no agency

    Grok, the AI chatbot owned and operated by Elon Musk's xAI, is facing a firestorm of outrage after users prompted it to create images of naked and scantily clad people from real photographs, some of whom are underage.…

  • Headset hype meets harsh reality as Apple and Meta VR shipments fizzle in 2025

    But how about some smart glasses instead?

    Apple’s pricey Vision Pro VR headset had a tough 2025.…

  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella becomes AI influencer, asks us all to move beyond slop

    Exec argues we need a new metaphor focused on AI as a lever rather than a job killer

    Microsoft CEO and head AI peddler Satya Nadella wants you to know that it's time for the next phase of AI acceptance, where we focus on how humans are empowered by tools and agents and how we deploy resources to support this growth.…

  • Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release

    Netflix documentary part 2 in the works?

    Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges tied to the 2016 theft of about 120,000 bitcoins from the Bitfinex exchange and was sentenced to five years in prison, has been released after roughly 14 months in the slammer.…

  • Cybercrook claims to be selling infrastructure info about three major US utilities

    For the bargain price of 6.5 bitcoin

    A cybercrook claims to have breached Pickett and Associates, a Florida-based engineering firm whose clients include major US utilities, and is selling what they claim to be about 139 GB of engineering data about Tampa Electric Company, Duke Energy Florida, and American Electric Power. The price is 6.5 bitcoin, which amounts to about $585,000.…

  • Finnish cops grill crew of ship suspected of undersea cable sabotage

    EU 'closely monitoring' along with NATO as state action suspected but not confirmed

    Finnish police have arrested and are interviewing two crew members from a class A cargo ship sailing from Russia after suspected cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea.…

  • Finally - a terminal solution to the browser wars

    A full-featured, Sixel-capable terminal browser for those who’d rather skip AI assistants

    Old-time web users will fondly remember Lynx, a text-only browser that ran from the terminal. Now, there's a Sixel-compatible web browser that runs completely from the terminal, and has all the graphics and modern features you'd expect. …



rss: ars technica

  • No, Grok can’t really “apologize” for posting non-consensual sexual images
    Letting the unreliable Grok be its own "spokesperson" lets xAI off the hook.
  • Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case
    "Welder's Anthrax" was first coined in 2022, when seven cases had been identified.
  • OpenAI reorganizes some teams to build audio-based AI hardware products
    Voice has lagged in adoption behind screens. OpenAI wants to change that.
  • Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”
    Rogue, free-floating planets appear to have two distinct origins.
  • SpaceX begins “significant reconfiguration” of Starlink satellite constellation
    "Biggest advantage of lower altitude is that beam diameter is smaller for a given antenna size."
  • Final reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
    Today is your last chance to add to this year's charity haul of nearly $38,000.
  • xAI silent after Grok sexualized images of kids; dril mocks Grok’s “apology”
    xAI may be liable for Grok generating AI CSAM.
  • Tesla sales fell by 9 percent in 2025, its second yearly decline
    Deadly doors, a busted battery bet, and a toxic owner: What's not to like?
  • After half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking
    "NASA and Roscosmos continue to monitor and investigate the previously observed cracks."
  • Marvel rings in new year with Wonder Man trailer
    "Acting is the sum of everything you've experienced. The joy. Sadness. Loss, Heartbreak."


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