rss: npr

  • Climate change is altering the colors we see in the world: an illustrated journey
    From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.
  • In Maine, a new approach to practicing medicine in the sky
    Air medical service comes with high risks, high costs, and staffing struggles. To reduce turnover and serve rural patients, LifeFlight of Maine is putting the needs of healthcare workers first. 
  • A desert stirs to life: Chile's Atacama erupts in its biggest floral display in decades
    El Niño rains have transformed Chile's Atacama Desert into a spectacular sea of color, awakening a fleeting ecosystem of flowers and wildlife in one of the driest places on Earth.
  • How Gen Z voters helped fuel a blue wave for Democrats
    Republicans made gains with young voters in 2024, but in this year's midterms Americans under 30 issued a strong rebuke of President Trump and his party, voting decisively for Democrats instead.
  • UFC's Dana White says he will meet with Trump Monday over offer to be White House press secretary
    President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend and UFC boss Dana White.
  • Homelessness in the U.S. saw its largest drop in more than a decade last year
    Homelessness declined after years of record-high levels but it still remains at nearly 700,000. The Trump administration and homeless advocacy groups cite different reasons for the drop.
  • The surprising and often forgotten history of economic populism in Texas
    NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Austin-based political commentator David Griscom. He authored a book titled The Myth of Red Texas which tells the story of economic populism in Texas.
  • Oklahoma tribes say proposed legal changes put ancestral lands in Ohio at risk
    The Trump administration has proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act that could endanger historic sites significant to tribal nations across the country. Oklahoma tribes say that puts ancestral lands in Ohio at risk.
  • Israel's president taps opposition candidate, not Netanyahu, to form a government
    Gadi Eisenkot ran as the main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but neither won enough support to command a majority. Israel's main parties have recommended Eisenkot form a new government.
  • Polish gunman who killed 6 people in Krakow has 'ultranationalistic' views, authorities say
    A gunman targeted random people as he drove into Krakow's Main Square, a major tourist spot. Police shot and wounded the gunman during a gunfight.


rss: bbc

  • King leads solemn Remembrance service at Cenotaph
    Wreaths are laid as 10,000 armed forces veterans, including 12 from World War Two, pay tribute in central London.
  • Watch: Royals and veterans reflect at Remembrance ceremony
    King Charles has led the annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations, laying a wreath at the solemn ceremony held at the Cenotaph.
  • 'Time is up': Minister warns media industry to take abuse seriously in wake of Brand case
    Lisa Nandy tells the BBC "many people" in the media industry have come forward to her.
  • Government 'looking seriously' at banning under-16s from Vinted and eBay
    The culture secretary confirms reports they could be in the list of platforms set to be banned next March.
  • My parents chose to die together and I was left to grieve alone
    Els and Jan sought medical intervention to end their lives after 50 happy years of marriage, leaving behind their only child.
  • The Trump coalition is shattered - what will Republicans do now?
    Republicans can stick with Trumpism or chart a new path, writes BBC Washington correspondent Daniel Bush.
  • Labubu hype seemed unstoppable, now the fluffy monster mania is fading
    Parent company Pop Mart's revenue has fallen as appetite for the quirky collectible monsters wanes.
  • Ambika Mod wants to change how South Asian women are seen on-screen
    The actress joins the cast of Black Doves for the second season of Netflix's spy thriller.
  • Can the Zelda remake capture the magic of the original?
    Nintendo has released its remake of what is considered one of the best games ever made - the BBC's Tom Gerken gives his verdict.
  • 'Soap operas on steroids': Microdramas are going mainstream
    The snappy, high-octane episodes - viewed on your phone - are huge in China and on the up in the UK.


rss: the register

  • Doom delivers five minutes of terminal violence on an IBM mainframe
    Browser demo renders the classic shooter in ASCII, with no login required and considerable squinting encouraged
  • Internet governance about to get its quadrennial stress test at ITU meeting
    278 proposals on table, and some fear they might shift power to governments
  • Fireworks says you’re wasting money on AI unless you’re using all the models
    The case for managed inference, or automatically routing queries to the right model for the right job
  • NHS breach helpline left staff carrying a 'significant emotional burden'
    Team given a day's notice faced distressed callers, safeguarding decisions during project that stretched from 2 weeks to 11
  • Windows takes a break at UK motorway services
    Bad drivers behind the wheel or underneath the operating system – neither is ideal
  • Agents reveal secrets when offered to team up with each other
    If you wouldn't put it on GitHub, don't give models access to it
  • PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problem
    Technical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient
  • US air traffic control enters the 21st century, starts to abandon floppy disks
    The FAA will need to come up with more money to finish the wider overhaul, though
  • Mac lookalikes multiply as Linux raids Apple's wardrobe
    New and revived desktops promise Cupertino polish, but our quick tests found a few seams showing
  • Oak Ridge labs gets hybrid quantum-HPC system to test qubit error correction
    Co-design platform for quantum error correction melds IBM quantum kit with AMD CPUs and GPUs


rss: ars technica

  • Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery
    Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.
  • The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how.
    Genes and archaeology are revealing how Bantu speakers spread across much of Africa.
  • British soldier ignored order to pull his SIM card, then got blackmailed
    Soldier told repeatedly to lock down devices before deploying, got sextorted, court-martialed.
  • Doctors pull knife from man's eye that went through his brain—and he's fine now
    It's the exact path, not the apparent severity that matters most, doctors say.
  • Ships loiter near subsea cables amid Iran's warnings to Trump
    Iran threatened to attack subsea cables if US escalates military strikes again.
  • Re-releases of Wing Commander, Ultima titles hit Steam and GOG
    It's mostly bad news from EA lately, but preservation efforts are nice to see.
  • Chainalysis says hackers stole credentials and tokens for all of its customers
    Company said a "multifront cyberattack" included AI agents and an on-path data snatch.
  • Earth's churning mantle may have created the Great Unconformity
    Explaining the Great Unconformity, where Cambrian deposits sit on top of older rocks.
  • Nvidia hardware worth $11.4M vanished between Oakland and Texas
    6 pallets of hardware vanished en route to Texas, with no arrests 2 months later.
  • Developer ends lucrative screensaver deal with Roku because Fox bought it
    Developer: “I can’t be part of the Fox world.”


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