rss: npr

  • Thick smog shrouds New Delhi after Diwali firecrackers add to seasonal pollution
    New Delhi, home to over 30 million people, regularly ranks among the world's most polluted areas during winter, with pollution worsening in late October and November.



  • British comedian Russell Brand sentenced to over 10 years for rape and sexual assault
    Russell Brand, who became a celebrity darling in the early 2000s, was found guilty on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault in a case brought by six women.
  • Congress is back after GOP's midterm defeat. And, Trump appoints new chief of staff
    Republicans have just weeks left of control of Congress. Here's what to expect. And, Trump has appointed Stephen Miller as his new chief of staff, signaling his readiness to confront his opposition.
  • Why a South Korean city is turning to a U.S. college to outsmart AI?
    Through civic participation and liberal education, South Korean educators hope to "quietly stitch the fabric of our democracy…before it unravels beyond repair."
  • Democrats won big on issues like immigration. But ICE still has the money
    Following Tuesday's "blue wave," Democrats have vowed to reign in ICE's power. What could they actually accomplish?
  • On wild Cumberland Island, a land swap proposal stirs controversy
    Visitors, ecologists, park rangers and residents all love this wild barrier island off the coast of southern Georgia. But they have different ideas of how to best protect it.
  • Palantir hires a former Democratic senator as it faces scrutiny in new Congress
    The secretive software company has been accused of letting its powerful tools be used by the Trump administration to surveil Americans. Now it's hiring former Sen. Jon Tester to burnish its image.
  • He was diagnosed with cancer. Then he was told he lost his Medicaid
    Health clinics and organizations advocating for poor and working-class Nebraskans say the rollout of Medicaid work requirements has been rife with problems.
  • Congress is coming back to Washington. Here's what to expect
    Lawmakers are coming back to Washington this week after the midterm elections. Republicans plan to finish work on several outstanding issues before Democrats take control of Congress in January.
  • U.N. climate talks begin today. Here are 3 things to know
    Countries are gathering in Antalya, Turkey, for the annual U.N. climate conference. Many are frustrated with the lack of focus on fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change.


rss: bbc

  • Russell Brand sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for rape and sexual assault
    The disgraced entertainer was sentenced on Monday following a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court.
  • Watch: Moment judge sentences Brand in court
    Russell Brand was sentenced for rape and three counts of sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.
  • France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacking
    The cyber-attack last month saw fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets across France heated up.
  • Civil servant who secretly held five jobs found guilty of fraud
    Kashim Chowdhury had secretly held multiple public sector jobs on full-time salaries.
  • Poundland unable to buy new stock as fears over collapse grow
    The discount chain is continuing to edge towards collapse and is said to be "running on fumes", according to one insider.
  • Ground Force and Homes Under the Hammer star Tommy Walsh dies aged 69
    The building and DIY expert also appeared on TV shows like Challenge Tommy Walsh and Clean It, Fix It.
  • Trump questions midterm elections integrity after previously accepting results
    Trump made the claims, without evidence, on Truth Social on Monday.
  • Watch: Rare insight into France's drug gangs recruiting children to commit violence
    "It destroys people, but we all make our own choices" - Marseille drug-gang members spoke to the BBC.
  • Krakow shooting suspect has died in hospital, police say
    Six people were killed in the shooting, and three bodies of the suspect's family members were found at their home.
  • Man jailed over racist Badenoch death threats
    Kieran Kyle sent emails to the Tory party leader in which he made racist references, a court hears.


rss: the register

  • Machine learning researchers build a better world model
    Leibniz lives! Insight about how 'nature makes no leaps' promises better robot predictions
  • Microsoft takes three decades to make Sticky Keys less sticky
    Windows preview adds a 'don't ask again' option to accessibility prompts, sparing users a trip through Settings
  • NASA keeps its PROMISE to raid Mars testbeds for parts
    Cut-and-shut trundlebot with spiffy new paint job meant to be headed to the Moon in 2028
  • Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching session
    A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams
  • Who Gives A Crap? Hackers, apparently, after toilet paper maker's customer data exposed
    UK shoppers caught up in third-party security mess, and nobody knows whether the data was flushed away
  • The AI bubble can wait, but your exit plan can't
    Infrastructure spending outruns measurable returns, with supplier finances key to judging when trouble arrives
  • Outlook.com bounces legit emails as Microsoft's authentication crackdown goes sideways
    Missing DMARC or wobbly SPF means your mail may be treated as suspicious
  • Who can still open your files after they've left?
    EVENT: Peers compare how they find the shares nobody closed, over dinner with The Register in London.
  • Japanese homeware giant pulls online store after cloud breach puts 7.7M records at risk
    No reopening date as orders face delays and some customers are told to refuse deliveries to cancel purchases
  • Datacenters, Elon Musk, and AI are all on the chopping block once Congress changes hands in 2027
    Rage, rage against the dying of the right


rss: ars technica

  • SpaceX now fundamentally an "infrastructure company," senior official says
    "Grok analyzing the same video is 99.9 percent perfect."
  • Nvidia CEO's affair becomes a national security problem
    Nvidia is probing whether Chinese intelligence targeted its CEO through an affair.
  • F1 in Brazil: You’ve got to keep your tires alive
    A topsy-turvy grid and intermittent rain resulted in a very entertaining race.
  • New Democratic Congress will likely strip the gilding from Trump's Golden Dome
    "There’s no doubt that whatever it’s going to be called, it won’t be called Golden Dome."
  • 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.


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