rss: npr

  • DOJ launches antitrust probe of TV networks. And, Trump says Ukraine needs new leader
    The Justice Department is investigating several TV networks for possible antitrust violations. And, President Trump pressures Ukrainians to elect a new leader.
  • U.S. restrictions on Chinese drones are leaving police departments in the lurch
    The U.S. government is trying to end the dominance of high-quality, low-cost drones made in China. But more restrictions mean higher costs for cash-strapped police forces that rely on those drones.
  • Here's what to know if you're unsure about your measles immunity status
    Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself against measles. For most adults, one shot of the MMR is considered enough protection. But there are certain situations that call for a second dose.
  • Morning news brief
  • 2 Americans win Nobel Prize in economics for work on boom-bust cycles
    Two Americans have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their work on how to smooth boom-and-bust cycles to limit unemployment and inflation.
  • Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to an 'energy ceasefire'
    President Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an "energy ceasefire," but he offered no details on it and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement.
  • Tropical Storm Rachel downgraded as high winds and rain turn inward
    Forecasters say the storm, which brought heavy rain and coastal flooding, is a preview of what may be in store as California braces for a possibly record-setting El Niño.
  • Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery this week
    Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery after doctors found a "localized nodule" in his lung.
  • Hurricane Simon pounds resorts and vulnerable towns along Mexico's Pacific coast
    Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm on Sunday, as its most powerful winds and rain slammed people living between the Sierra Madre and the ocean.
  • Justice Department investigates TV networks, citing possible anti-trust violations
    The move escalates Trump's fight with the press amid court battle over barring CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House.


rss: bbc

  • Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks on airports
    It comes after the armed group hit Riyadh's international airport and another facility, killing 13 people, in a significant escalation.
  • Why is it so hard to fight the Houthis?
    Security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the Iran-backed Houthis' precision strikes and guerrilla tactics have made it difficult for Saudi forces to gain the upper hand.
  • Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth, BBC finds
    Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, investigation finds.
  • Immigration agents search Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home
    Omar was first elected to Congress in 2018, and is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.
  • Reform pledges to suspend UK's asylum system for up to five years
    All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.
  • Normandy veteran Henry Rice dies aged 100
    Henry Rice, from Cranleigh, Surrey, was a signalman who served off Normandy in the days after D-Day.
  • Tom Cruise film Digger forecast to become one of Hollywood's biggest flops
    The film dropped by around 60% in its second weekend, and could become one of Hollywood's biggest flops.
  • Schoolboy knife attacker texted 'sorry' to mum
    The mother of a boy accused of attempted murder at a high school gives evidence at his trial.
  • AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached
    Kanishka Narayan said the government will use advanced AI to strengthen the UK against cyber attacks.
  • US Homeland Security chief defends plan to livestream execution by firing squad
    Markwayne Mullin rejects concerns that livestreaming the execution of convicted killer Nidal Hasan could fuel radicalisation or make him a martyr.


rss: the register

  • Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline
    Techies at 'Russia's Google' work around the clock as users await access to funds and network connectivity falls to 30% of normal
  • UCLA settles Oracle ERP dispute with $3.1M in credits and $1.31M wiped off the bill
    University alleged cloud software couldn't meet its needs after years of delays to financial systems overhaul
  • Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away: Copilot edition
    Office documents in Copilot? Absolutely! Using Copilot to make Outlook themes? Nah…
  • London cabbies want Sadiq Khan to slam the brakes on robotaxis
    Union urges Mayor to halt driverless taxi rollout as City Hall report raises questions about safety, congestion, and who's actually in charge
  • Pigeon-powered internet packet goes under the hammer at Christie's
    25 years after taking flight, a surviving packet from the world's most impractical network has attracted a $4,000 bid
  • Imagine there's no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete
    This week on The Kettle, we discuss some arrests and how Mythos' mathematical expertise has led to a second exploited bug that no human would have found
  • When you just need to build a tiny desktop app: TinyJS
    How a micro JavaScript runtime uses native OS webviews to shrink the desktop footprint.
  • Celebrating the brilliant pragmatism of TCP/IP, the wiring of the world
    Nothing this old should scale this well. Yet here these words are
  • Raspberry Pi Desktop catches up with Debian 13 after 4-year wait
    Want a lightweight GUI OS for an old PC? Try this first
  • To save paper, mainframe tech ruined a week of work
    While three bosses looked on, our hero made a very expensive mistake


rss: ars technica

  • Inside Amazon’s robotic arms race and what it means for the future of human work
    The second-largest corporate employer has bet big on robot workers to scale.
  • Review: 4-hour Musk documentary feels like two different films
    Alex Gibney's provocative film is compelling but overlong, and there's not much new here for Ars readers.
  • Prime Video unveils Blade Runner 2099 full trailer at NYCC
    Also: New trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the sequel to Takashi Yamazaki’s kaiju epic Godzilla Minus One.
  • One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
    Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.
  • Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone
    Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.
  • Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"
    One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex’s AI model.
  • A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
    Stylish upcycling, with a retro flair, at Spain's Museo de Historia de la Computación.
  • NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations
    "We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low Earth orbit."
  • What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?
    Before the lava fountains started, the ground was expanding by half a meter a day.
  • AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software
    Study finds coding efficiency gains get "absorbed" by human review "bottleneck."


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