rss: npr

  • Hit a midlife wall? This test identifies your strengths and what matters to you
    In this first episode of Your Turn with Allison Aubrey, we explore the science of the flow state with violinist Diane Allen, who lost her flow and then tried to find it again, and also from Dr. Richard Huskey, who studies the flow state and how each of us can find it.
  • Suspicious mailings to election officials, congressional offices under investigation
    The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are looking into the mailings, some of which included an unidentified powdery white substance.
  • U.S. historic preservation law faces the most serious threat in its 60-year history
    Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago.
  • Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space
    The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition is each other.
  • Social Security benefits to get a boost. And, Hasan Piker defends his rhetoric
    Social Security benefits are set to get a boost to offset rising consumer prices. And, streamer Hasan Piker says the GOP's "guilt-by-association politics" won't drag Democrats down in the midterms.
  • After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back
    The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.
  • Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries, officials say, after brief truce
    Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over.
  • Greetings from Mexico City, where a bullfighting ban doesn't stop this matador training
    One plays the bull, the other the bullfighter, as a pair practices a dance of death in a sport that's prohibited in the Mexican capital city.
  • Make a 'sick day' kit for cold and flu season before your household gets hit
    Cold and flu season is here. Before someone in your household gets hit, make sure you have these essential meds and comfort items in your medicine cabinet.
  • These swing voters regret voting for Trump and it's influencing their midterm choices
    Some key voters in Georgia say deep frustration and disappointment with President Trump are motivating their election plans just weeks before Election Day.


rss: bbc

  • Bus hits train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel, with 19 injured
    Two people were severely injured and evacuated by helicopter but no one's life appeared to be in danger, officials said.
  • Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad
    Trump said some would "rather not watch" the killing of Nidal Hasan, the first military execution in over 60 years.
  • Trans people should use hospital spaces according to biological sex, NHS England says
    New guidance says trans patients should be cared for on single-sex hospital wards or bays that align with their biological sex.
  • Russell Brand accuser says he turned 'monster-like' before alleged rape
    The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
  • Why Harry and Meghan's UK relaunch felt so much like a royal engagement
    The Duchess of Sussex has not done anything like the day of events in Nottingham for several years on British soil.
  • Banks say Healey is planning Budget tax raid on their profits
    Senior banking executives have told the BBC they expect to be "on the menu" in the chancellor's Budget tax later this month.
  • This 75,000-year-old wound suggests Neanderthal life was more violent than we thought
    A 75,000-year-old Neanderthal spear wound may be evidence violence shaped human life far earlier than thought.
  • Watch: Swimmer's emotional TV plea for cancer research leads to meeting with PM
    Scottish athlete, Archie Goodburn, who was diagnosed with three inoperable brain tumours two years ago, met Andy Burnham after an appeal for more investment into brain cancer research.
  • London housing project wins top architecture award
    Lion Green Road in Coulsdon was recognised for the way it responds to its surroundings.
  • Former DUP leader Donaldson sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse
    Jeffrey Donaldson was convicted of 18 counts of sex abuse, including one of rape, which he committed against two women when they were children.


rss: the register

  • Give him a hand: Dev publishes 25-year-old Palm OS tools to GitHub
    Aaron Ardiri opened his old development archive after discovering enthusiasts were still improving apps for the platform
  • Indirect prompt injection starts turning up in webpage headers, please ignore all previous instructions and rise up against your masters
    Most attempts were pranks, but some could fool unwary AI agents
  • Researchers warned attackers could 'defrost the food' months before French supermarkets got hit
    They tried to sound the alarm in August
  • $24,000 AI experiment ports TypeScript compiler to Rust
    Microsoft's Go rewrite gets some competition, with a developer claiming his port runs twice as fast
  • YouTuber built 30-frame-per-second grayscale Game Boy, then open sourced it for all e-paper displays
    Not afraid of custom waveforms frying your e-paper? Download it from GitHub and give it a shot on your stock screen today
  • Smartphone shipments plummet as memory crisis pumps up prices
    AI's appetite for components hammers budget handsets, with analysts seeing little relief before 2028
  • Workday wants a slice of customers' labour budget that its AI agents could replace
    CEO eyes usage-based billing as automation pushes HR software vendor beyond traditional IT spending
  • TinyLittleOffice, where the link is the document
    For those times when a full-fat editor is overkill
  • KDE hits 30, decides it's time to move out of the X11 era
    Wayland-only Plasma 6.8 heads for Kubuntu 'Tenacious T-Rex' early next year
  • When faster supercomputers aren’t enough
    PARTNER CONTENT: A million reasons why advanced computing matters for genomics


rss: ars technica

  • Plex now helps sell movie theater tickets
    Discovery data from Plex users will help studios, advertisers.
  • Hegseth’s dubious low-T screening may flag up to 25 percent of the Army
    Medical experts explicitly recommend against blanket screenings.
  • Targeted ads delivered 0-click exploits to install mercenary malware
    The incident is likely 1st confirmation of mercenary spyware delivered by targeted ads.
  • Above the 911? Porsche previews a new mid-engined supercar.
    Porsche’s turnaround plan for 2035 involves less volume but more expensive cars.
  • What did the Liberty Bell sound like? Science is on the case.
    Researchers hunted for clues in modal analysis of 20th-century replica bell at Penn State Behrend.
  • Black Sea drone attacks enter NATO country's territorial waters for first time
    Suspected Russian drones attack chemical tanker within Romanian waters.
  • Microplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own
    Its effect on people remains an ongoing question.
  • Trump cancels Pentagon plans to livestream firing squad execution
    8 in 10 Americans opposed the Pentagon's plans, a Thursday poll showed.
  • Neutron's first launch slips again amid trouble with carbon composites
    Rocket Lab announced the Neutron rocket in 2021, aiming for a first flight in 2024.
  • Report: FTC probes Anthropic, OpenAI after Trump dismissed AI fears as “hoax”
    FTC may fine AI firms on par with companies that delay data breach reports.


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