rss: npr

  • China bans hidden car door handles, which can trap people after crashes
    China has introduced new regulations, starting in 2027, requiring all car doors to open manually from both sides. Electric door handles can malfunction in a crash or battery failure.
  • Disney names Josh D'Amaro as its new CEO
    D'Amaro will take over next month from Bob Iger, who has led the company for nearly two decades.
  • Syria, once home to a large Jewish community, takes steps to return property to Jews
    A Jewish heritage foundation has set out to help restore private property appropriated after Syrian Jews left the country.
  • NASA delays the launch of Artemis II lunar mission by at least a month
    NASA is targeting March for the launch of four astronauts on a ten-day mission to circle the moon and return safely to Earth, traveling farther than any humans have ventured in deep space.
  • The U.K. investigates its ex-ambassador to the U.S. over alleged leaks to Epstein
    The U.K. government says newly released files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest that the former British ambassador to the U.S. may have shared market-sensitive information with Epstein.
  • What we know about Savannah Guthrie's missing mother
    Nancy Guthrie is 84 and has mobility issues, but she is mentally sharp, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said. She was last seen Saturday evening at her home near Tucson, Ariz.
  • Back seats aren't as safe as they should be. A crash test is trying to help
    Better engineering has made the front seat much safer in head-on collisions. But the back seat hasn't kept pace. It's a problem one vehicle safety group is trying to solve.
  • House votes to end partial government shutdown, setting up contentious talks on ICE
    The House has approved a spending bill to end a short-lived partial government shutdown. Now lawmakers will begin contentious negotiations over new guardrails for immigration enforcement.
  • Despite a 'ruptured' knee ligament, Lindsey Vonn says she will compete in the Olympics
    The 41-year-old's remarkable comeback from retirement was thrown into jeopardy after she hurt her knee during a crash in competition last week. But that won't keep her from racing in the Olympics.
  • PepsiCo will cut prices on Lay's, Cheetos by as much as 15%
    The food giant is among many big brands worried as shoppers pull back on snack budgets after years of stubborn inflation.


rss: bbc

  • Andrew moves out of Royal Lodge home
    The former prince left Royal Lodge on Monday night and is living in a temporary property on the Sandringham Estate, the BBC understands.
  • Mandelson investigated by police over claims he leaked information to Epstein
    The former Labour minister faces allegations of misconduct in public office when he was business secretary.
  • Chris Mason: Mandelson revelations a scandal on another level
    Sir Keir Starmer's decision to send Lord Mandelson to Washington a year ago gives this row political salience, the BBC's political editor writes.
  • Three quarters of patients will survive cancer by 2035, government promises
    There are plans for earlier diagnosis and faster treatment in England but experts worry about lack of staff.
  • Investigator 'did unlawful stuff' regarding Harry, court hears
    In written evidence, Dan Portley-Hanks said the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday were his "best client and biggest payer".
  • BBC on the front line with Colombia's war on drugs
    BBC Senior international correspondent Orla Guerin joined a special operation over Colombia's cocaine heartland, tasked with destroying crude cocaine labs hidden deep in the jungle.
  • Trial of Norway crown princess's son hears tearful account in rape trial
    The first alleged victim begins giving evidence in Marius Borg Høiby's trial for rape and more than 30 other alleged offences.
  • Police told to reinvestigate man's death after suspected blackmail on Grindr
    A new report says police missed opportunities to gather evidence and took too long to deal with complaints.
  • Court system on 'brink of collapse', former senior judge warns
    An independent review made 130 recommendations - including creating a new criminal justice adviser to the PM - to improve the efficiency of the system.
  • Government pledges 10,000 new foster care places in England
    Rule changes aim to create thousands of new foster places and help full-time workers.


rss: the register

  • Clouds rush to deliver OpenClaw-as-a-service offerings

    As analyst house Gartner declares AI tool ‘comes with unacceptable cybersecurity risk’ and urges admins to snuff it out

    If you’re brave enough to want to run the demonstrably insecure AI assistant OpenClaw, several clouds have already started offering it as a service.…

  • For once, Supermicro has dodged drama and just delivered datacenters

    Single customer accounted for 63 percent of surging revenue

    In recent years, Supermicro’s regulatory filings often have delivered dramas such as losing its listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange, an admission its books may not be accurate, another possible delisting, and missing the AI boom.…

  • Too much AI for some, too little for others: Why AMD can't win with investors

    A diverse portfolio is usually a good thing, except when AI is the only thing

    Usually diversity is a sign of a healthy and resilient business. But for the folks on Wall Street, the breadth of AMD's portfolio is a bug, not a feature – one that sent the House of Zen's share price down by more than eight percent in after hours trading on Tuesday.…

  • VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

    Versions installed via Snap don't delete files when users empty system trash

    Linux users who installed Microsoft's Visual Studio Code as a Snap package may want to check to see whether files they sent to the trash with the app have actually been deleted.…

  • AI agents can't yet pull off fully autonomous cyberattacks - but they are already very helpful to crims

    Don't relax: This is a 'when, not if' scenario

    AI agents and other systems can't yet conduct cyberattacks fully on their own - but they can help criminals in many stages of the attack chain, according to the International AI Safety report.…

  • Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support

    Many vital open source resources rely on the devotion of a few individuals

    It's hard to imagine something as fundamental to computing as the sudo command becoming abandonware, yet here we are: its solitary maintainer is asking for help to keep the project alive.…

  • GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop

    Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people away

    GitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that popularized AI-assisted software development, is having some regrets about its Copilot infatuation.…

  • Amazon's European datacenter buildout blows a breaker as grid connection wait list hits 7 years

    E-commerce giant has watts of bit barns to deploy but nowhere to plug them in

    Amazon Web Services' European expansion has hit the buffers as the American cloud provider grapples with aging grid infrastructure and lengthy interconnect delays.…

  • 'Lethal' and 'magical' Palantir tech is in demand by Pentagon, China, Middle East, CEO says

    Less popular in Canada and Northern Europe

    Palantir is shaping the "under-the-hood" practices of the US Defense Department as demand for its software grows across warfighting, shipbuilding, and weapons procurement, CEO Alex Karp said during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call on Monday.…

  • Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void

    Too slow react-ion time

    Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native's Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild attacks still haven't received the "broad public acknowledgement" that they should, according to security researchers.…



rss: ars technica

  • Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive 
    80 percent of HBO Max subscribers subscribe to Netflix, Sarandos tells Senate.
  • Godlike Titan threatens humanity in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 trailer
    "This Titan is like a god, and the sea creatures worship it."
  • Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished
    Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize.
  • Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy
    Raw milk is promoted by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Kennedy.
  • X office raided in France's Grok probe; Elon Musk summoned for questioning
    Paris prosecutor: Illegal content probe includes pornographic images of minors.
  • Nintendo Switch is the second-bestselling game console ever, behind only the PS2
    Switch 2 has already beaten the Wii U and is on its way to overtaking GameCube.
  • Google court filings suggest ChromeOS has an expiration date
    ChromeOS may be canned once the current support guarantee has run its course.
  • Xcode 26.3 adds support for Claude, Codex, and other agentic tools via MCP
    With Model Context Protocol (MCP), this works with more than Codex/Claude, too.
  • Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"
    C:\ArsGames looks at a vanguard of the multimedia FMV future that never quite came to pass.
  • Upset at reports that he'd given up, Trump now wants $1B from Harvard
    Hefty "fine" comes in wake of NY Times reporting of money-free settlement.


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