rss: npr

  • Inside the Trump administration's effort to reverse climate change policies
    President Trump calls global warming "a hoax." As the U.S. faces more severe storms and extreme weather events, the New York Times' David Gelles describes what this means for climate change policy. 
  • Here's what to know about the $50 billion states are getting for rural health
    To satisfy Republicans opposed to last summer's cuts to health care, the Trump administration launched an ambitious 5-year initiative known as the Rural Health Transformation Program.
  • Greetings from Mumbai, where residents take breathing space where they can find it
    Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
  • Marco Rubio tells senators Venezuela transition won't be fast or easy
    At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's government.
  • Trump admin rewrites nuclear safety rules. And, NTSB releases findings on D.C. crash
    NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures for a deadly midair crash near D.C.
  • As the U.S. bids adieu to the World Health Organization, California says hello
    In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?
  • CBP has a history of excessive force. Critics say they were unprepared for Minnesota
    Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities
  • To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
    Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
  • 3 generations of women in one family show how choices on motherhood have changed
    In one family, three generations of American women explore how choices around becoming mothers have changed at the same time the U.S. birth rate has dropped.
  • Americans may love football, but did you know its origins are in medieval England?
    "Football" is a word used to refer to different games: American football, the game played at the Super Bowl, where a foot is rarely used to direct the ball. And elsewhere in the world, football refers to what Americans call "soccer." But where does this word really come from?


rss: bbc

  • Trump warns Iran 'time is running out' for nuclear deal as US military builds up in Gulf
    Tehran says it will “respond like never before” if necessary to what the US president says is a "massive Armada" moving towards Iran.
  • Iran protesters treated in secret to avoid arrest
    Wounded demonstrators tell the BBC they are relying on medics willing to risk their own safety by treating them at their homes.
  • Mum says university 'failed' son who took his own life after grade error
    Geography student Ethan Brown should have been awarded a 2:1 degree but was wrongly told he could not graduate.
  • Why China views the UK visit as part of something bigger
    Sir Keir Starmer is one of a number of world leaders heading to Beijing
  • King's film reveals his personal philosophy
    King Charles explains his philosophy of harmony in a film for Amazon Prime Video.
  • Watch: Moment BA plane to London loses wheel after take-off in Vegas
    Dramatic footage shows wheel falling off a British Airways aircraft shortly after take-off from Harry Reid International airport.
  • Millionaire GP behind asylum seeker hotels
    A firm founded by a GP tried to evict 100 people from flats while planning to move asylum seekers in.
  • I will speak out on misogyny, first female Archbishop of Canterbury says
    The first woman to lead the Church of England in its history is officially confirmed at St Paul's Cathedral.
  • Ex-Spandau Ballet star Ross Davidson guilty of rape
    Ross Davidson, known as Ross Wild on stage, was known for singing with the 80s band Spandau Ballet.
  • Chagos discussions with US continue, says Starmer
    The prime minister says he has discussed the deal with Donald Trump, but there are concerns in Whitehall the US could withdraw support for the agreement.


rss: the register

  • Microsoft plans more server farms, despite water worries

    Redmond has pledged to be carbon-negative by 2030

    It's no secret that datacenters use a ton of water for cooling, a demand that can strain local supplies. Despite reported internal forecasts showing sharply higher water use by 2030, Microsoft continues to splash cash on new AI bit barns.…

  • Yes, you can build an AI agent - here’s how, using LangFlow

    AI automation, now as simple as point, click, drag, and drop

    Hands On For all the buzz surrounding them, AI agents are simply another form of automation that can perform tasks using the tools you've provided. Think of them as smart macros that make decisions and go beyond simple if/then rules to handle edge cases in input data. Fortunately, it's easy enough to code your own agents and below we'll show you how.…

  • Fortinet unearths another critical bug as SSO accounts borked post-patch

    More work for admins on the cards as they await a full dump of fixes

    Things aren't over yet for Fortinet customers – the security shop has disclosed yet another critical FortiCloud SSO vulnerability.…

  • AI agent hype cools as enterprises struggle to get into production

    Only the biggest businesses are up to the challenge, says Redis CEO

    Anyone scanning the news might think it's pedal to the metal as far as AI agent implementations go, but there is a slump in rollouts as many organizations figure out what to do next, Redis CEO Rowan Trollope told The Register.…

  • Flush with cash, SK hynix spawns mysteriously named 'AI Co.'

    Memory boom funds $10B punt on 'solutions' outfit that's still light on details

    SK hynix is surfing the AI hype wave by setting up what it nebulously describes as a solutions biz to further exploit the hysteria.…

  • Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA

    How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy

    Forty years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight, killing its crew of seven and exposing the management culture and decision-making process that led NASA to launch on a freezing January day.…

  • Cops put Microsoft Copilot in holding cell after controversial hallucination

    Chatbot banned – for now – after it dreamed up West Ham match that never happened

    West Midlands Police's acting Chief Constable has suspended use of Microsoft Copilot following a controversy that led to the early retirement of his predecessor over a recommendation to ban Israeli football fans from a Birmingham match.…

  • Old Windows quirks help punch through new admin defenses

    Google researcher sits on UAC bypass for ages, only for it to become valid with new security feature

    Microsoft patched a bevy of bugs that allowed bypasses of Windows Administrator Protection before the feature was made available earlier this month.…

  • Anthropic CEO bloviates for 20,000+ words in thinly veiled plea against regulation

    If only there were some technology to boil things down to bullet points

    Opinion Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published a novella-length essay about the risk of superintelligent AI, something that doesn't yet exist.…

  • Cops get more facial recognition vans as UK bets big on AI policing

    Home Office white paper promises millions for LFR, a new Police.AI unit, and a bespoke legal framework

    Police in England and Wales will increase their use of live facial recognition (LFR) and artificial intelligence (AI) under wide-ranging government plans to reform law enforcement.…



rss: ars technica

  • I bought "Remove Before Flight" tags on eBay in 2010—it turns out they're from Challenger
    "This is an attempt to learn more..."
  • Google begins rolling out Chrome's "Auto Browse" AI agent today
    The Auto Browse agent is available to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but there are some limits.
  • Meta blocks links to ICE List across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
    Mark Zuckerberg's social media platforms are assisting the Trump administration.
  • Report: China approves import of high-end Nvidia AI chips after weeks of uncertainty
    Over 400,000 H200 chips coming to tech giants as China tries to balance tech needs with self-reliance.
  • South Carolina tops Texas measles outbreak record—with no end in sight
    Since start of the year, South Carolina's outbreak has accelerated dramatically.
  • Ryzen 9850X3D review: AMD's bragging-rights gaming CPU gets more to brag about
    The tradeoffs for the $499 9850X3D make it hard to get excited about.
  • The origin story of syphilis goes back far longer than we thought
    A 5,500-year-old fossil from Colombia has scientists rethinking syphilis origins.
  • Users flock to open source Moltbot for always-on AI, despite major risks
    The open source "Jarvis" chats via WhatsApp but requires access to your files and accounts.
  • Japan lost a 5-ton navigation satellite when it fell off a rocket during launch
    Imagine: You lost your car's cargo rack, but didn't notice until you reached your destination.
  • Dozens of CDC vaccination databases have been frozen under RFK Jr.
    Anti-vaccine Kennedy may be "enacting a self-fulfilling prophecy," expert says.


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