rss: npr

  • Trump says U.S. won't attack Iran before midterms. And, ICE agent shoots man in NYC
    Trump announced that the U.S. will not attack Iran ahead of the midterms. And, a 28-year-old man is receiving treatment at the hospital after an ICE agent shot him in the neck.
  • Why American investors love European defense startups
    As European defense spending takes off, just about half of the funding in Europe's defense tech industry is coming from American investors this year. One reason why: European investment firms have restrictions on how they can invest.
  • Why we remember: One student's journey into memory
    Why one teen can't let go of the time he ate fries with his great-grandpa.
  • Republican congressman tries to outrun a potential blue wave in New York toss-up seat
    Rep. Mike Lawler, R-NY, is in a tight race for re-election in a toss-up district that could help determine control of Congress in November.
  • Fill in the blank in the quiz: A plague research employee in Russia died from ____
    Plus: Nobels! Protests! Ambiguous quotes! A mysterious death in Russia!
  • ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work
    A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.
  • Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark
    If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes.
  • A student hated reading for years. Her podcast explores finding the right diagnosis
    Middle schooler Cora Walsh of Long Island, N.Y., has won the 2026 NPR Student Podcast Challenge with a story about her journey with dyslexia.
  • In Central African Republic, deported immigrants find themselves in limbo
    The Trump administration says it has deported more than 25,000 people to countries to which they have no ties. NPR spoke to three men who say it feels like they've lost control over their own lives.
  • NEWSBRIEF: HURRICANE ISAIAS, UKRAINE WAR LATEST, POLITICS OF IRAN WAR
    Gulf Coast Preps for Isaias, Ukraine expects Russian winter offensive, and Trump's Iran War in focus as Midterms approach.


rss: bbc

  • Polanski vows to stay on as Green leader as he faces criticism after by-election defeat
    Jewish Greens' leader has said Polanski should resign in the wake of a Zionism row and by-election defeat.
  • King pays Andrew's £1.5m repair bill on Royal Lodge
    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was charged £1.5m in repair and restoration costs after surrendering the lease on the 30-room mansion.
  • Widdecombe suspect had 'particular hostility to Reform', court told
    Kerry is charged with the murder of the 78-year-old former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman.
  • Lib Dem MP quits frontbench job over Ed Davey's leadership
    Deputy party leader Daisy Cooper says "the vast majority of our MPs support Ed... and are furious at this distraction."
  • Firing squad execution of man who killed 13 soldiers to be livestreamed, Pentagon says
    Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
  • Alison Hammond: 'I thought I was having heart attack on air'
    The host says a health scare on live TV was one of the "scariest things I've ever been through".
  • Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems
    The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.
  • France promises 3,000 extra teachers in first step to calm student protests
    Education minister Edouard Geffray makes the offer after another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students.
  • Man City titles 'absolutely not' tainted, says manager Enzo Maresca
    Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca says the club's titles are "absolutely not" tainted after they were found guilty of the majority of the 115 charges brought against them by the Premier League.
  • Fury-Joshua tickets priced up to £13,000 sell out in one hour
    Tickets for Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua's fight at Cardiff's Principality Stadium sells out in just one hour.


rss: the register

  • Oracle lets AI agents do the work, provided you stay in Big Red's world
    Analysts welcome Fusion Claw's tighter controls but warn of early adoption and cloud lock-in
  • Global PC shipments crater 20% as rising prices hammer demand
    Buyers rushed to beat hikes earlier this year, but demand has since dried up as AI-fueled component shortages send costs soaring
  • US Navy bets another $150M on fighter drone that skips the runway
    Shield AI matches the funding as autonomous X-BAT heads toward flight testing later this year
  • Citrix gives NetScaler admins another critical reason to patch
    No word on exploitation status, but a 9.5 severity score suggests time is of the essence
  • Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude
    New usage policy cracks down on cruelty to chatbot, alongside slightly more pressing matters of weapons development, surveillance, and election interference
  • Microsoft and Anthropic play invoice tennis with startup's $17,600 Claude bill
    Vegalabs says $21,168 in unused Azure credits expired as separate Marketplace charges piled up
  • BOFH: Smells like team spirit
    In which BOFH and PFY meet 1990s heroes who know how to deal with Bosses
  • Whose roadmap is your software estate running on?
    SPONSORED POST: Vendor roadmaps set the pace of change in most enterprise software estates. Origina argues the business should.
  • Rejecting a promotion sent field service tech into support hell
    Chap who took the job left a trail of wreckage – and invaluable case studies – in his incompetent wake
  • So long, Spokes: GitHub rewrites storage to restore reliability, just in time for agentic hordes
    Octocats claim 35x write improvement


rss: ars technica

  • Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan's time to shine?
    "I can say we’re weeks away from launching on Vulcan."
  • Volkswagen's replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here
    The new EV’s digital cockpit can mimic instrument displays from VWs of old.
  • SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
    "These led to conjunctions of tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Way too close to comfort."
  • Judge weighs if Trump can charge $100K for early access to Truth Social posts
    Judge questioned if Trump delaying access to Truth Social posts by a second harms the press.
  • Trump Mobile hack and apparent lack of FCC authorization raise security alarms
    After hack and data breach, senator asks why Trump Mobile lacks some FCC filings.
  • Feds get ready to rewrite car headlight rules
    Reducing glare and allowing modern light technologies will be two goals.
  • RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
    Hamilton also coined the term "software engineering" and founded two successful software companies.
  • Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027
    Free SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes reduce to 64 days in February.
  • Driver wins $76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches
    Mass surveillance gets stupider.
  • RFK Jr. unveils sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries
    "[T]he Trump-RFK Jr. anti-vax agenda keeps getting more corrupt and dangerous."


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