rss: npr

  • Morning news brief
    European leaders to meet for emergency summit about the U.S. and Greenland, Trump's statements about Greenland threaten long-standing world order, SCOTUS weighs Trump's power to fire Fed governors.
  • The ICE surge is fueling fear and anxiety among Twin Cities children
    Some families aren't leaving their homes as aggressive ICE operations continue in Minnesota, leaving their children confined and stressed. Across the Twin Cities, kids are anxious and afraid.
  • Israeli fire strikes journalists and children in Gaza
    Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the enclave 's deadliest days since the ceasefire took effect.
  • Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia
    A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.
  • Confused by all the notices issued for intense winter weather? Here's your guide
    The National Weather Service issues a litany of notices before and during inclement weather events. They can be important signals on how to respond.
  • A massive winter storm will hit large parts of the U.S. through the weekend
    A large storm system is expected to hit this weekend, with snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas and up the Eastern seaboard. The winter system could bring more than a foot of snow.
  • In Davos speech, Trump ruled out using military force to acquire Greenland
    During a speech in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump ruled out using military force to acquire Greenland. But he left many questions about the U.S. role in the world.
  • House Oversight panel votes to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress
    Republicans on the committee have been seeking to question the Clintons as part of a probe into the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The vote sends the matter to the full House.
  • Lindsey Halligan, Trump's former personal attorney, exits federal prosecutor post
    The move comes after a federal judge wrote in a court document that the "charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney … must come to an end."
  • Global buzzwords that will be buzzing in your ear in 2026
    Will it be a year of "fractured resilience"? Or "pragmatic empathy"? Will "MOUs" be the next global health strategy? Are we in a new age of "decolonization" — or of "localization"?


rss: bbc

  • UK holds off joining Trump's Board of Peace over Putin concerns
    Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Russian president has shown no commitment to peace in Ukraine.
  • Two dead and several missing in New Zealand landslides
    Heavy rains have ravaged the country's North Island, with a minister comparing it to a "war zone".
  • What to expect from today's Oscar nominations
    Sinners, Marty Supreme, Hamnet and One Battle After Another are all in contention this year.
  • Liverpool top English club in Deloitte Football Money League
    Liverpool become the top-earning Premier League club for the first time, according to analysis from financial firm Deloitte.
  • Weather warnings issued for heavy rain and flooding risk in parts of UK
    Heavy rain on Thursday will lead to a risk of some flooding, Simon King reports.
  • Sharp fall in government borrowing in December, figures show
    More money than expected was collected through tax and higher National Insurance Contributions, although public sector spending also increased.
  • Ex-intelligence officer in Austria's biggest spy trial for years
    Egisto Ott, 63, denies charges of handing over information to Russian agents.
  • Gymnast Alice Kinsella prepares for rare return to elite competition after baby
    Olympic bronze medalist Alice Kinsella on her hopes of being the first British artistic gymnast to return to elite competition after childbirth.
  • Japan suspends world's largest nuclear plant hours after restart
    The operator says reactor remains "stable" and has no "radioactive impact outside".
  • Three dead in shooting in Australia's New South Wales
    Residents have been told to stay indoors and avoid the area of the shooting.


rss: the register

  • SAP scores £275M award from UK tax collector – sans competition

    System handling £800B must be SaaS and sovereign. Only German vendor fits the bill, says HMRC

    The UK tax collector has awarded SAP a £275 million ($370 million) contract to move the system, which handles over £800 billion (c $1 trillion) in tax revenue and payments annually, off an aging legacy platform and onto its latest software.…

  • British Army's drone degree program set to take flight

    Program will train just 20 people per year

    The UK government is investing in a defense-focused degree course to train both civilian students and soldiers to become drone technology specialists. However, it's only targeting a small number of people.…

  • Splash-screen memories from a Bangkok ticket machine

    When the operating system is older than the transport network

    Bork!Bork!Bork! There's no keeping an obsolete operating system down, although keeping it operational can sometimes be a challenge, if public terminals are any indication. Today's bork uses an OS that dates back 26 years, but is still serving up train tickets.…

  • Anthropic writes Constitution for Claude it thinks will soon be proven ‘misguided’

    Describes its LLMs as an ‘entity’ that probably has something like emotions

    The Constitution of the United States of America is about 7,500 words long, a factoid The Register mentions because on Wednesday AI company Anthropic delivered an updated 23,000-word constitution for its Claude family of AI models.…

  • eBay updates legalese to ban AI-powered shop-bots

    This establishment does not serve agents, says digital tat bazaar

    eBay has decided to ban agentic shopping bots from its digital tat bazaar.…

  • Future jobs in AI will come with a hardhat and boots, tech bigshots argue

    Jensen Huang and Alex Karp talk up trade skills as AI datacenters multiply, while Satya Nadella says the real test comes later

    The leaders of the AI world descended on Davos, Switzerland, this week for the World Economic Forum, where they took turns lobbing their best guesses about what the next phase of AI would mean for jobs, as well as whether the AI bubble was real and when it may pop.…

  • AI networking startup Upscale scores $200M to challenge Nvidia's NVSwitch

    Plans to swing SkyHammer silicon into UALink switches later this year

    AI networking startup Upscale AI on Wednesday announced it has raised $200 million in Series A funding to challenge Nvidia's dominance of switches for rack-scale AI systems, putting it in competition with the likes of Cisco and AMD.…

  • Davos discussion mulls how to keep AI agents from running wild

    Where the shiny new FOMO object collides with insider-threat reality

    AI agents arrived in Davos this week with the question of how to secure them - and prevent agents from becoming the ultimate insider threat - taking center stage during a panel discussion on cyber threats.…

  • AI hasn't delivered the profits it was hyped for, says Deloitte

    Business transformation, but not much remuneration

    Making money isn't everything ... at least not when it comes to AI. Research from professional services firm Deloitte shows that, for most companies, adopting AI tools hasn't helped the bottom line at all. But researchers still sing the technology's praises.…

  • MIT boffins create device that 'paints' iridescent structural color in real time

    From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next

    The feathers of a hummingbird, the wings of a butterfly, and the sparkle of an opal are all examples of nature's ability to produce structural, iridescent colors that typically require lab-grade materials and techniques to replicate. An MIT team says it has found a way to make that process far more accessible.…



rss: ars technica

  • Judge orders stop to FBI search of devices seized from Washington Post reporter
    Order says gov't must stop search while court reviews Washington Post motions.
  • Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
    Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.
  • mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
    The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient's unique cancer.
  • Trump FCC threatens to enforce equal-time rule on late-night talk shows
    FCC disputes long-standing view that the shows are exempt from equal-time rule.
  • Why adding modern controls to 1996's Tomb Raider simply doesn't work
    For our C:\ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D.
  • Kioxia's memory is "sold out" for 2026, prolonging a "high-end and expensive phase"
    Kioxia is spinning up more manufacturing capacity, but relief will come slowly.
  • Watch a robot swarm "bloom" like a garden
    The Swarm Garden: An array of modular robot agents that adapt to changing conditions for living architecture.
  • Spotify won court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down .org domain
    Lawsuit was filed under seal; Anna's Archive wasn't notified until after takedown.
  • Another Jeff Bezos company has announced plans to develop a megaconstellation
    With data speeds of up to 6Tbps, one could stream a lot of HD movies.
  • Here's Volvo's new EX60 $60,000 electric midsize SUV
    The EX60 goes into production in April 2026.


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