rss: npr

  • As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk
    Food stamps have a direct link to other critical resources, such as free breakfast and lunch at school. Now, experts say they're starting to see that link break.
  • He tried to eliminate FEMA. Now he says the Trump administration has changed course
    David Richardson worked to eliminate the country's top disaster agency when he led FEMA last year. Now, he says the administration has abandoned that goal.
  • Democrats demand Homeland Security officials fund election security ahead of midterms
    The lawmakers wrote that they share "grave concern that time is running out … to assist state and local election officials in protecting our elections from cyber and mis-and disinformation threats."
  • Morning News Brief
    Exodus of experienced military leadership continues in the Pentagon, Trump touts Venezuela oil deal as critics question legality, the jury is deadlocked in the trial of Lindsay Clancy.
  • Xi visits Egypt as China seeks deeper influence across the Mideast
    China's President Xi Jinping visits Egypt this week for the first time in a decade. The trip illustrates China's growing ambitions at a time when U.S. influence has been weakened by its war in Iran.
  • Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds
    Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have asked a judge to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country
  • NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case
    Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was suspended for one year by the NBA, and the team was ordered to pay $30 million for violating salary cap circumvention rules in a case involving Kawhi Leonard.
  • The IRS slashed its staff. One result? More taxes going uncollected
    The IRS slashed its auditing staff last year — but the move may have backfired as tax collections from enforcement efforts plummeted, an Inspector General report shows.
  • A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
    Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had written extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles in Malta. She was killed by a car bomb in 2017, at age 53.
  • New Jersey asks Supreme Court to resolve fight over Kalshi's future
    If the high court accepts the petition, it would tee up a case with sweeping implications for prediction markets, an industry that has unleashed billions of dollars of betting across nearly every aspect of modern life.


rss: bbc

  • Channel smuggling gangs resort to 'mega-dinghies' as crackdown limits small boat supply
    Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found. 
  • Watch: BBC witnesses 'taxi boat' picking up migrants multiple times in a day
    A BBC investigation has found smuggling gangs are running low on small boats, forcing rival gangs to work together and load more migrants on larger boats.
  • Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem dies at 92
    Her foundation said she "passed away peacefully" at her home in New York City, "surrounded by many who loved her".
  • Zack Polanski says he'll run for former PM Starmer's seat in by-election
    The Green Party leader intends to run in the Holborn and St Pancras seat following Sir Keir Starmer's resignation as MP.
  • UN warns of 'supersized' El Niño as countries prepare for impact
    The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies.
  • Watch: Uber launches UK's first robotaxis with a driver - here's what it's like to ride in one
    The BBC's Zoe Kleinman takes a ride on Uber's self-driving robotaxi as the service rolls out on Thursday.
  • Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules
    Workers should weigh no more than 19.5st fully clothed so that they can be winched to safety in an emergency.
  • Could Lindsay Clancy trial end in a mistrial? Here are the jury's options
    Jurors have five options before them as they decide the fate of the former nurse charged with murdering her three children.
  • Chris Mason: Reform face headwinds as they gather for conference
    The party's continued prominence has brought what prominence always brings: scrutiny, says BBC political editor Chris Mason.
  • B&Q and Five Guys among firms that paid staff below minimum wage
    More than 600 companies underpaid staff, with £4m returned to workers, according to the government.


rss: the register

  • Spurs boots VMware, cites 85% licensing saving
    Part of wider infrastructure replacement upgrade project with HPE
  • UK's Online Safety Act has made 'absolutely no difference,' kids say
    Children's Commissioner also furious with Ofcom over a string of failures
  • British wind power to drive Maersk container ship
    Rotor sails claimed to deliver fuel and emissions savings of 21%
  • Your VMware renewal invoice ate your AI budget – what now?
    SPONSORED POST: A free event with Nutanix on Oct 7 can win some of it back
  • Terminated employee cost company hundreds of thousands of dollars because nobody revoked access
    They had more access than the average Joe, and IT didn't track what needed to be cut off
  • To keep the AI hacking genie bottled up, try one-way networks
    Sandboxes, permissions, and VMs aren't enough to keep frontier models at bay. "Data diodes" might do the job
  • Zuck's Muse to Spark joy with open weights release 'soon'
    While you wait, Meta says it’s taught the model to stop wasting tokens and ask for help a bit more often
  • VMware swings its focus back to low-end server virt, promises vSphere Standard upgrade
    Found the time to focus and ‘corrected’ incentives that saw sales drive users to full private clouds
  • Claude Mythos only model to complete full cyber kill chain, experts say
    Cyber Weapon Index finds AI attacks 'imminent'
  • Microsoft devs rejoice: Union types coming to C# in November
    The unsafe keyword will do more heavy lifting, while union types unify disparate forms of data


rss: ars technica

  • Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants
    Congress pauses the OMB's attempt to rewrite how research is funded.
  • I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale
    The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
  • FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking
    Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.
  • Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design
    "Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."
  • Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks
    Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.
  • Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing
    Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.
  • US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case
    The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted.
  • Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84
    He reported from space that only "fat" Japanese tree frogs enjoyed weightlessness.
  • The Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones
    The Army says its laser system can track and destroy hostile drones.
  • Is Russia's rival to Starlink failing? Here's what we know.
    At least three of the first 32 Rassvet satellites likely suffered outright failures, and more may be in trouble.


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