rss: npr

  • Nike faces federal probe over allegations of discrimination against white workers
    The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees.
  • ICE can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's risk of escape, judge rules
    U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there's a likelihood of escape, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
  • Trump's EPA issues record low legal actions against polluters, watchdog group finds
    The EPA enforced a record low number of environmental laws and regulations during the first year of President Trump's second term in office.
  • Researchers say no evidence of TikTok censorship, but they remain wary
    Posts have been going viral on social media accusing TikTok's new owners of suppressing content, but eight academics examined the issue and found no evidence to support the claims.
  • Newly released court records reveal misconduct inquiry into federal judge
    A federal judge said he retired to speak out about threats to the rule of law. Newly released court orders suggest his exit coincided with a misconduct inquiry that ended when he stepped down.
  • Moltbook is the newest social media platform — but it's just for AI bots
    A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots.
  • The Supreme Court lets California use its new, Democratic-friendly congressional map
    The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly map.
  • Is the U.S. heading into a dictatorship?
    The Atlantic writer Robert Kagan says as Trump violates norms, laws and the Constitution, including his call to nationalize elections, "we're on the edge of the consolidation of dictatorship."
  • Reporter's notebook: A peek inside the Olympic Village
    NPR reporters visited the Milan Olympic Village in the days before the opening ceremony to investigate the dining hall dessert situation and other pressing questions.
  • Savannah Guthrie shares emotional video asking for proof her missing mother is alive
    Police in Arizona believe Nancy Guthrie, 84, was taken by force from her Tucson area home this weekend. So far, no suspect or person of interest has been identified.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: Starmer can ill afford any more days like these
    Starmer is furious with Mandelson, and the mood among many Labour MPs is darkening, the BBC's political editor writes.
  • Naked images remained in Epstein files despite outcry
    Four images seen by BBC Verify show partially clothed women with their faces and bodies unredacted.
  • 'We are ready to talk' - US news anchor joins siblings in plea to return abducted mother
    "She is without any medicine. She needs it to survive," says the NBC host about missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie.
  • Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening
    Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.
  • US must be prudent when supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump
    Wednesday's call comes in the wake of a flurry of visits by Western leaders to China in recent months.
  • Watch: Inside Gaza hospital struggling to provide care to newborn babies
    More aid has been allowed into Gaza since the ceasefire began three months ago, but the UN says it is nowhere near enough.
  • Ban on asylum seekers using taxis for medical appointments comes into force
    It comes after a BBC investigation which showed people travelling long distances at high cost.
  • I learned we could use a softer touch, says Trump as federal force is reduced in Minnesota
    The US president adopts a conciliatory tone after a deportation drive in Minnesota that has sparked protests.
  • Bank of England expected to hold interest rates
    Interest rates were cut to 3.75% in December and analysts expect at least one further reduction this year.
  • Saturday Night Live reveals cast for new UK version
    Sitcom stars, Taskmaster contestants and familiar panel show faces will appear on the British spin-off.


rss: the register

  • Three clues that your LLM may be poisoned with a sleeper-agent back door

    It's a threat straight out of sci-fi, and fiendishly hard to detect

    Sleeper agent-style backdoors in AI large language models pose a straight-out-of-sci-fi security threat.…

  • Satya Nadella decides Microsoft needs an engineering quality czar

    Picks chap who used to lead Redmond’s security, lures replacement from Google

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has decided Microsoft needs an engineering quality czar, and shifted Charlie Bell, the company’s executive veep for security, into the new role.…

  • AI’s lust for memory drags down the smartphone industry, and Qualcomm with it

    On the upside, House of the Snapdragon has started shipping its own AI silicon

    Qualcomm has warned that soaring memory prices will mean the smartphone industry will slow, news that so spooked investors they sent the company’s share price sliding by 11 percent.…

  • It's bubble or nothing for Google as search giant looks to plow ~$180B into datacenters this year

    With revenue topping $400B for the first time, the Chocolate Factory is at no risk of putting itself in the poor house

    Google’s parent Alphabet is doubling down on generative AI in 2026. On Wednesday's earnings call, the search and advertising giant boosted its full-year capital expenditures target to between $175 and $185 billion, roughly twice what it spent last year.…

  • Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing

    Proposed bills in New York and elsewhere threaten makers, Adafruit says

    State and federal lawmakers have stepped up their efforts to prevent the creation of 3D printed guns. But Adafruit, a maker of electronics kits, warns that the proposed legislation is so broad it threatens everyone involved in open source manufacturing and technology education.…

  • Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day

    Job cuts to fall hardest on non-revenue generating roles on the Global Customer Operations team

    Workday is laying off about two percent of its staff in a bid to align its people with its “highest priorities,” but at a significant cost to its margins for the quarter and the year, the company announced on Wednesday.…

  • Bots are taking over the internet and AI users are to blame

    RAG bots could overtake human visitors on publisher sites this year, trackers tell us

    The AI bot takeover of the internet continues apace, and the latest data suggests the surge is being driven less by model-training scrapes and more by the growing use of AI tools as a stand-in for web search.…

  • Positron: we don’t need no fancy HBM to compete with Nvidia’s Rubin

    Pleb-tier LPDDR5x apparently good enough for Arm-backed AI startup's next-gen Asimov accelerators

    On paper, Positron's next-gen Asimov accelerators, no doubt named for the beloved science fiction author, don't look like much of a match for Nvidia's Rubin GPUs.…

  • AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 minutes thanks to AI assist, researchers say

    LLMs automated most phases of the attack

    UPDATED A digital intruder broke into an AWS cloud environment and in just under 10 minutes went from initial access to administrative privileges, thanks to an AI speed assist.…

  • Anthropic cements its position as the not-OpenAI with no-ads pledge

    As profit-starved AI companies scramble to monetize chat interactions, Claude bets on trust

    Anthropic has taken the high road by committing to keep its Claude AI model family free of advertising.…



rss: ars technica

  • Museums incorporate "scent of the afterlife" into Egyptian exhibits
    “Smell added an emotional and sensory depth that text labels alone could never provide.”
  • Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.
    The window to patch vulnerabilities is shrinking rapidly.
  • FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone
    Post reporter was compelled to unlock MacBook Pro with fingerprint, however.
  • Should AI chatbots have ads? Anthropic says no.
    ChatGPT competitor comes out swinging with Super Bowl ad mocking AI product pitches.
  • US House takes first step toward creating "commercial" deep space program
    "We will continue to rely on the ingenuity of the private sector."
  • Judge gives Musk bad news, says Trump hasn't intervened to block SEC lawsuit
    Musk is stuck fighting SEC suit seeking $150M in disgorgements from his Twitter takeover.
  • Trump admin is "destroying medical research," Senate report finds
    In a Senate hearing Tuesday, NIH director dismissed concern about research chaos.
  • "Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters
    Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.
  • User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app
    Despite the about-face, some customers think "the damage is done."
  • Russian spy satellites have intercepted EU communications satellites
    Unencrypted European communications are being targeted by Moscow.


open all | close all