rss: npr

  • Border Patrol has a history of excessive force. Critics say they're out of their depth
    People who study the Border Patrol say it continues to be less well prepared than big city police for handling crowds and situations involving protesters, some of whom are legally armed.
  • U.S. sled racer Uhlaender says she was unfairly denied sixth Olympic bid
    Five-time U.S. Olympian Katie Uhlaender says a point-manipulation scheme blocked her bid to compete in Milan Cortina. U.S. sports officials are backing her bid for a special berth at the Winter Games.
  • GOP lawyer Chris Madel ends bid for Minnesota governor, calls ICE effort a 'disaster'
    Chris Madel — a Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota — has dropped out of the state's gubernatorial race, saying he no longer supports the immigration crackdown taking place in Minneapolis.
  • Amid lawsuits and protests, Trump signals changes to Minnesota immigration surge
    A federal judge on Monday considered the legality of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where backlash has intensified after federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens this month.
  • Treasury cancels Booz Allen contracts over leaks about wealthy taxpayers
    A Booz Allen contractor had leaked confidential tax information that showed how wealthy people like Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos manage to minimize their tax obligations.
  • Josh Shapiro sees light in his constituents, even in dark times
    NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania about his memoir, Where We Keep the Light, immigration raids and the upcoming elections in 2026 and 2028.
  • Minnesota officials rebuff DOJ's data demands after latest shooting by federal agents
    Minnesota officials are rebuffing demands from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, as the state continues its clash with the Trump administration over the surge of federal immigration enforcement.
  • Hundreds of thousands without power in the U.S. after a powerful winter storm
    A powerful winter storm walloped a huge swath of the U.S., killing at least 25 people. Electricity is out for hundreds of thousands, and freezing rain and snow have coated streets.
  • Ukrainians are sharing hacks online on how to survive winter power cuts
    After repeated Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid, Ukrainians face long outages during a cold winter at war. On social media, Ukrainians share tips for keeping warm at home.
  • Israel finds the last hostage body in Gaza, paving the way for next steps in Trump plan
    The Israeli military says the body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old special forces policeman killed while fighting Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found.


rss: bbc

  • Fifty Labour MPs sign letter objecting to Burnham decision
    Labour's ruling National Executive Committee blocked the Greater Manchester mayor from standing in a by-election.
  • Immigration chief at centre of Trump's crackdown departing Minneapolis
    The decision may indicate that the administration is walking back more aggressive immigration enforcement.
  • Anthony Zurcher: Trump abandons attack mode as Minneapolis shooting backlash grows
    The White House has shifted how it talks about Alex Pretti's killing as more Republicans express concern over the deadly encounter.
  • NI to become first in the UK to introduce graduated driving licences
    The new rules will be introduced in October and are described as the most significant reform of driver licensing for 70 years.
  • Menopause linked to Alzheimer's-like brain changes
    Menopause is linked to a loss of grey matter in regions involved with memory and emotion, study suggests.
  • Starmer says he won't 'choose between' the US or China
    Sir Keir says ignoring China "wouldn't be sensible" as he prepares to visit the country.
  • What to expect from today's Bafta nominations
    Emma Stone, Timothée Chalamet and Wunmi Mosaku are among the actors who could be nominated later.
  • Chris Mason: Both Tories and Labour feel the Reform heebie-jeebies
    Both of Westminster's mega brands, Labour and the Conservatives, are feeling discombobulated, the BBC's political editor writes.
  • Cap for ground rent in England and Wales due to be announced
    The government has not confirmed what the cap will be, but campaigners have said they believe £250 a year is likely.
  • Tech giants face landmark trial over social media addiction claims
    Defendants include Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, TikTok's owner ByteDance and YouTube parent Google.


rss: the register

  • Vibe coding may be hazardous to open source

    Researchers argue AI coding tools disrupt community and hinder returns to maintainers

    Tailwind Labs CEO Adam Wathan recently blamed AI for forcing him to lay off three workers.…

  • AWS's inevitable destiny: becoming the next Lumen

    The cloud giant talks loudest about what scares it most. Here's what should terrify it

    For a decade, AWS's position on multi-cloud was clear: don't.…

  • Canva among ~100 targets of ShinyHunters Okta identity-theft campaign

    Atlassian, RingCentral, ZoomInfo also among tech targets

    ShinyHunters has targeted around 100 organizations in its latest Okta single sign-on (SSO) credential stealing campaign, according to researchers and the criminal group itself.…

  • How one developer used Claude to build a memory-safe extension of C

    Robin Rowe talks about coding, programming education, and China in the age of AI

    feature TrapC, a memory-safe version of the C programming language, is almost ready for testing.…

  • Microsoft's Maia 200 promises Blackwell levels of performance for two-thirds the power

    Inference-optimized chip 30% cheaper than any other AI silicon on the market today, Azure's Scott Guthrie claims

    Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new in-house AI accelerator to rival Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs.…

  • US ownership of TikTok off to a rocky start as outage continues into second day

    The new US-based joint venture blamed a datacenter power outage, but hasn’t elaborated

    TikTok's new life under majority American ownership is off to a rough start, after users complained of widespread service disruptions the company blamed on a datacenter power outage.…

  • Claude can now disgorge interface elements from other apps

    An official Model Context Protocol extension

    Anthropic's Claude can now present the interfaces of other applications within its chat window, thanks to an extension of the Model Context Protocol (MCP).…

  • Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE

    But CEOs remain frozen in place

    More than 400 tech workers have urged their CEOs to "call the White House and demand ICE leave our cities" after masked federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti over the weekend and the world's richest and most powerful chief executives remained silent.…

  • AI adoption at work flatlined in Q4, says Gallup

    Points to a use-case problem

    AI adoption in the workplace stalled in the fourth quarter of 2025, but those who have already started using it are making increased use of it, according to a survey by pollster Gallup. Don't let that fool you into thinking AI is taking over work, though: frequent AI users are still a tiny minority of overall workers.…

  • Keep it simple, stupid: Agentic AI tools choke on complexity

    Even agents checking other agents can still get it wrong

    Agents may be the next big thing in AI, but they have limits beyond which they will make mistakes, so exercise extreme caution, a recent research paper says.…



rss: ars technica

  • OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works
    Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop.
  • Doctors face-palm as RFK Jr.’s top vaccine advisor questions need for polio shot
    Kirk Milhoan's comments come as federal vaccine policy slides to insignificance.
  • Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?
    Company's autodiscover caused users' test credentials to be sent outside Microsoft networks.
  • Apple's AirTag 2 is easier to find thanks to new chip
    This is the first major upgrade since Apple introduced AirTags five years ago.
  • “Wildly irresponsible”: DOT's use of AI to draft safety rules sparks concerns
    Staffers warn DOT's use of Gemini to draft rules could cause injuries and deaths.
  • How to encrypt your PC's disk without giving the keys to Microsoft
    Storing recovery keys with Microsoft allows the company to unlock your disk.
  • The brothers meet Yoshi in Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer
    Toad: "So some dinosaur just shows up and he's now part of the group. Cool."
  • TikTok explained why some US creators are seeing posts with "0 views"
    US TikTok users experienced a wide range of errors, sparking conspiracies.
  • How to get Doom running on a pair of earbuds
    No display? No problem for the UART-to-web-server "Doombuds" project.
  • EU launches formal investigation of xAI over Grok's sexualized deepfakes
    Elon Musk's company faces fines of up to 6 percent of its daily turnover.


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