rss: npr

  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to unveil new economic sanctions on Iran
    The Trump administration calls this "economic D-Day" on Iran. Iran vows to respond to fresh sanctions in a "seismic manner."
  • U.S. to detail new economic pressures on Iran. And, Canada to impose tariffs on U.S.
    Today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to announce details on new economic pressures on Iran. And, Canada has vowed to impose retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.
  • Washington, D.C.'s first IndyCar race packed the National Mall
    IndyCar drivers zoomed past some of the nation's most famous landmarks this weekend. They faced novel challenges on an unconventional route.
  • In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment
    As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.
  • Sean Grayson, former deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey, dies in prison, lawyer says
    Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff's deputy whose fatal shooting of Sonya Massey inside her home became a flashpoint over police use of force, died Sunday while serving a 20-year prison sentence.
  • Morning news brief
    Treasury secretary to detail new round of economic pressure on Iran, Iran warns of 'seismic' retaliation if U.S. follow through with economic threat, Canada vows to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S.
  • Thousands forced to evacuate parts of Reno, Nevada, as new wildfire rages
    Officials say the fire, which has now burned more than 15,000 acres and is zero percent contained, was human caused. Nearly 90,000 people have been told to evacuate or prepare to leave.
  • Learning to live in a post-American world
    In a recent article for Foregin Affairs, Mark Leonard makes that argument that America's leading role in the world order is fading. He discusses his argument with NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben.
  • Thousands in northwest Indiana still without power nearly two weeks after storm
    A round of storms impacted the region on Aug. 11
  • Nonprofits are helping musicians pay for insurance in Austin, Texas, and beyond
     A nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin musicians , even as rising healthcare costs make the program more expensive.


rss: bbc

  • Sharing dangerous driving videos is 'truly reprehensible', PM says
    His comments come as the government urged TikTok and other social media firms to remove wrong-way driving videos.
  • UK missiles offer may help Ukraine - but they are not what Zelensky needs most
    UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing over blueprints so Kyiv can build its own long-range missiles.
  • Divorce, smartphones and control - BBC sees how Taliban run Afghanistan
    Five years after the Taliban’s return, the BBC follows senior figures as the group reshapes the country.
  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott guilty of child sex abuse
    The former world champion was found guilty of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and boy.
  • Race Across the World star Jo Gardiner dies aged 61 one year after son's death
    Former TV contestant, Jo Gardiner, 61, dies of cancer one year after her son's death in a crash.
  • Graduate job vacancies drop by almost 50% in a year, survey suggests
    Job site Adzuna said the number of graduate vacancies was the lowest since 2016
  • Victims describe 'house of terror' abuse by mother, grandmother and stepfather
    Shirley Freeman, Julia Stephen and David McColl's victims were beaten, starved and psychologically tormented.
  • 'It's not Alton Towers' - rows break out over queuing at Wales' highest mountain
    There has been disagreement between queuers and others skipping the line to reach the top of Yr Wyddfa.
  • Russia's second-biggest online retailer targeted in Ukrainian strikes
    Ozon says its warehouses across southern Russia, including in Dagestan and Krasnodar, were hit in the overnight strikes.
  • Toddler with sun allergy can play in daylight thanks to UV window film
    Two-year-old Mollie Murray from Montrose has a rare genetic disorder that makes her extremely sensitive to ultraviolet light


rss: the register

  • I picked Task Manager 'to see how ready AI is for primetime… or if it would just degrade to slop' – OG dev talks to The Reg
    Original author of legendary 1996 system utility tries to answer the question: 'How would I do it today?'
  • AliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev's headphones
    Sawtooth waves you can't hear still mess with your Bluetooth. Firefox and Brave say they've got you covered
  • US datacenters tripled their water footprint in 10 years
    ... and those are figures from the start of the AI boom. It can only be worse now. Silo-ed reporting isn't helping
  • $1T investment giant Apollo breached after social engineering attack
    Hackers spent four days inside the org's cloud platforms after apparently talking their way in
  • AI vendors are turning to custom hardware as Microsoft winds back the clock on Windows
    Vendors are moving way beyond Nvidia’s GPUs in the datacenter
  • Security vets rally around $4 paper password books for sale in Australia
    Once shunned by the IT crowd, pen-and-paper password vaults are getting the love they deserve in 2026
  • Canonical backs quest to translate mountains of C into safe Rust with AI
    Bungs banknotes at Bristol boffins to find out if mature code survives the machine
  • Software should work, and talking about it needn't be boring
    Bingeing the boxed set of binary bafflement
  • China calls off ambitious ice-hunting moonshot a day before flight
    Chang'e 7 didn’t meet unspecified ‘launch requirements’
  • Batch file automated a clean-up job, then fouled itself by deleting the wrong directory
    It survived testing and the boss signed off, so who was really to blame?


rss: ars technica

  • Review: Chuwi's $449 Unibook laptop is a funhouse-mirror MacBook Neo
    The Unibook is a weird entry-level laptop for people with patience.
  • Due to need for "absolute success," China delays critical Moon launch to 2027
    "The Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the conditions for launch."
  • Volcanoes that made history
    Enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe.
  • Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses
    Hibernation cuts down on synapses, but mice seem to retain memories anyway.
  • Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US
    Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback.
  • Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land
    "We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."
  • Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging
    Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features.
  • Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says
    Renters say hidden Zillow listings make it harder to afford living in New York City.
  • Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels
    The private Android-based OS will expand beyond Pixels next year.
  • Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers
    Logitech increased prices by up to 25 percent last year.


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