rss: npr

  • Is the YIMBY movement doomed?
    For decades, rising home prices have been an engine for middle-class wealth. Now a growing movement wants to slow — or even reverse — that trend. Are the politics around new housing development inherently stacked against them?
  • What you need to know as Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine enters its 5th year
    Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, and the fighting continues. Here's a look at where the war stands today.
  • A U.S. veteran adopted an orphan from Iran. Decades later, ICE is trying to deport her
    The woman has no criminal record and is unsure what prompted the threat of removal. She fears being deported to Iran given her father's military service and her Christian faith.
  • What you need to know about tonight's State of the Union address
    The primetime address is a chance for the president to tout his record ahead of this year's midterm elections. But it comes at a moment when Trump has seen his agenda complicated on multiple fronts.
  • 'Fear of Flying Clinic' helps anxious travelers back into the skies
    For 50 years, a San Francisco-based group has created a space where fearful flyers can get supported exposure to air travel.
  • Why Gavin Newsom refuses to be a "bystander" in this political moment
    What does the Democratic leader see for himself in the years to come?
  • These small business owners are owed tariff refunds. Will they ever get them?
    Anyone who paid the taxes should get reimbursed, but the high court did not address how. Business owners wonder if they'll need lawyers, brokers, money — or luck.
  • Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
    An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
  • Morning news brief
    Trump to deliver first State of the Union address of his second term, what's next for Mexico after killing of cartel leader, NPR investigation finds DOJ withheld some Epstein files related to Trump.
  • FBI director invites fresh scrutiny over travels with appearance at US men's hockey team celebration
    When the American men's hockey team retreated to their locker room to celebrate their Winter Olympics gold medal win, they were joined by a special guest from the United States: FBI Director Kash Patel.


rss: bbc

  • Russian soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders' orders
    Four men expose the horror and brutality of conditions in the Ukraine war, with two saying they saw soldiers being shot for refusing orders.
  • 'Anyone who runs is shot': Watch Russian soldiers describe killings of troops who refuse orders
    The men, who are on the run, told of the horrors they witnessed on the Russian side of the front lines in Ukraine.
  • Bowen: Why Ukraine remains defiant and does not feel close to defeat
    This month marks four gruelling years since the full‑scale invasion began and a genuine ceasefire still feels far from assured
  • Lord Mandelson released on bail after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
    The Metropolitan Police says a 72-year-old man has been released on bail pending further investigation.
  • First British baby born using transplanted womb from dead donor
    Grace Bell, who was born without a viable womb, says her little boy is "simply a miracle".
  • Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as shops warn it's being stolen to order
    Retailers and police forces tell the BBC that thieves are targeting chocolate and selling it on.
  • Hilary Duff pays tribute to Robert Carradine, after star of Lizzie McGuire dies age 71
    His family says the actor took his own life after living with bipolar disorder for nearly two decades.
  • GPs to get £3,000 bonus to maximise weight loss drug prescriptions
    Bid to improve access to Mounjaro in England, but experts warn eligibility still tightly restricted.
  • Labour MP Dawn Butler asks for 'urgent explanation' over racial slur during BBC's Baftas broadcast
    MP asks why racial slur was not removed from the Bafta Film Awards show when it was on a two-hour delay.
  • Love Island winners revealed after drama-filled All Stars series
    The third series of the ITV2 dating show spin-off saw six American bombshells enter halfway through.


rss: the register

  • West Midlands Police earn red card over Copilot's imaginary football match

    Parliament committee finds AI BS helped shape a real-world decision

    UK Parliament has delivered the official postmortem on West Midlands Police's Copilot saga, and it reads like a case study in how not to mix generative AI with public order decision-making.…

  • Intel backs SambaNova's $350M bid to challenge GPUs in AI inference

    Upstart's 5th-gen RDU aims to undercut Nvidia's B200 on speed and cost

    AI infrastructure company SambaNova has raised $350 million to advance its dataflow architecture, which it pitches as an alternative to GPU-based AI systems.…

  • UK tech hit by double trouble: Fewer foreign techies amid skills squeeze

    Visa applications down, executives emigrating, and AI blamed for the rest

    The number of international workers applying for a visa to work in the UK's tech sector dropped 11 percent between Q2 and Q3 2025, and was down 6 percent year-on-year, according to consultancy RSM UK.…

  • Euro allies aiming to rapidly build low-cost air defense weapons

    We like our surface-to-air weapons affordable

    Britain has joined a handful of European allies in a program to develop low-cost air defense systems, including autonomous drones or missiles, with project delivery of the first elements scheduled for as early as 2027.…

  • Microsoft teases ‘reimagined SharePoint experience’ landing in April

    Redmond also offers to take the OneDrive name out of your OneDrive

    Microsoft has teased a significant upgrade to its SharePoint collaborationware package.…

  • Cisco turns to titanium spoons and sand dunes to build a better … box?

    As Pure Storage adopts a watered-down name for a rebrand

    Logowatch Cisco and the vendor formerly known as Pure Storage have let their designers and marketers loose on the internet to explain some recent decisions.…

  • Anthropic accuses China's AI labs of ripping off content - just like it did

    Says DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax are using 'distillation' to gin up their own models

    Having built a business by remixing content created by others, Anthropic worries that Chinese AI labs are stealing its data.…

  • IBM stock dives after Anthropic points out AI can rewrite COBOL fast

    Big Blue has been saying this itself since 2023

    IBM’s share price slumped by 13 percent on Monday, seemingly caused by investors reacting to an Anthropic blog post that points out its Claude Code tools can accelerate refactoring of apps written in the ancient COBOL language.…

  • ICE watchers say agents used software to threaten and follow them home

    'This is a warning. We know you live right here'

    Two US residents have sued several Homeland Security agencies and officials, including Secretary Kristi Noem, for allegedly using surveillance tools to harass them, branding them as "domestic terrorists," and even showing up at their homes based on license-plate recognition. …

  • Pop music fans literally dying to stream hot new albums - in car crashes, that is

    What do Taylor Swift and Drake’s release days have to do with road deaths? More than you’d think

    Who doesn’t like streaming music while driving? Unfortunately, new research suggests that when major albums drop and streaming spikes, traffic fatalities rise too.…



rss: ars technica

  • Pentagon buyer: We're happy with our launch industry, but payloads are lagging
    "The point is to get missions out the door as fast as possible. Two to three years is too slow."
  • Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise
    Even in a fragile farm economy, million-dollar offers can't sway dedicated farmers.
  • Panasonic, the former plasma king, will no longer make its own TVs
    Panasonic was one of the last Japanese companies still manufacturing TVs.
  • New Microsoft gaming chief has "no tolerance for bad AI"
    But Asha Sharma faces scrutiny for lack of gaming experience.
  • The 2026 Mazda CX-5, driven: It got bigger; plus, radical tech upgrade
    Starting at $29,990, there's a lot to like about the all-new Mazda, but it's not perfect.
  • AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data
    LLMs memorize more training data than previously thought.
  • Review: Knight of the Seven Kingdoms brings back that Westeros magic
    Prequel series is just great storytelling, reminding GoT fans why they loved the original so much.
  • The first cars bold enough to drive themselves
    Quevedo's telekino of 1904 was the first step on the road to autonomous Waymos.
  • Study shows how rocket launches pollute the atmosphere
    Is the global atmospheric commons destined to be an industrial waste dumping ground?
  • NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs
    "Accessing and remediating any of these issues can only be performed in the VAB."


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