rss: npr

  • Questions remain after grand jury declines indictment in Nolan Wells' death
    The Black Mississippi teen's family questions whether his race contributed to his July 4th death on an island off the Mississippi coast.
  • Girl accuses Braden Peters, social media influencer known as 'Clavicular,' of rape
    The allegations claim Braden Peters, also known as Clavicular, had non-consensual sex with the 17-year-old female victim after plying her with alcohol. Peters' representative denies the charges.
  • White House launches 'Trump TV' after ban on major news outlets
    Days after President Trump barred reporters from three major news outlets from the White House, the administration has launched a 24/7 YouTube channel promising to put its "biggest moments all in one place."
  • Trump's D.C. arch is now a military complex. Here's how that complicates things
    The future of Trump's D.C. arch was already fraught. Then he rebranded it as a military complex. Experts say that only raises more legal and logistical questions.
  • Inside a 'modern slavery situation' where cyber scammers are victims themselves
    Wired's Andy Greenberg explains how a cybercrime operation in Southeast Asia trapped computer engineers into defrauding victims of billions of dollars. Plus, he discusses the scam involving Fresh Air.
  • This 'fire amoeba' pushes the limit of what's possible for complex life
    Scientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life.
  • Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly 2019 Easter bombings
    The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners.
  • CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump. And, Paramount settles in massive merger lawsuit
    CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued Trump after the networks were suspended from the White House. And, Paramount makes concessions to resolve a lawsuit over its massive Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
  • Houthis try to push deeper into western Yemen, upending life, witnesses tell NPR
    As the U.S. conflict with Iran drags, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have opened a new front, taking new territory and displacing more than 100,000 people.
  • A journalist once barred from the White House says this media ban is different
    Jim Acosta has already been through a White House press-pass fight. Now, three news organizations are barred, and he says the press is showing solidarity that should have come sooner.


rss: bbc

  • Trump says he can do business with Burnham but criticises 'terrible' Chagos deal
    The UK has proposed handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and paying to lease back an important military base.
  • Watch: Burnham 'gets it' says Trump, as the two leaders meet for first time
    Donald Trump says he can do business with Andy Burnham at their first face-to-face meeting in New York, but criticises the "terrible" Chagos deal.
  • Plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community disrupted, say police
    Two men were arrested in Manchester on Sunday, say counter-terror police.
  • Tim Westwood charged with two more sexual offences
    The alleged sexual offences date back to 1991 and 2004.
  • Earl Spencer should pull Diana book from shelves, Piers Morgan says
    Princess Diana's brother apologised to Morgan for a factual error in his memoir. Morgan said he is "pursuing legal action" against Spencer.
  • Father admits causing death of his son in hotel fall
    The two-year-old boy fell from the window of a hotel in Cyprus in July, a Paphos court hears.
  • Booker Prize judges reveal shortlisted novels after selection 'tussle'
    Past Booker winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are among the nominees for this year's award.
  • Autopsy shows Hayden Panettiere died from a drug overdose
    The death of the child star - who had fentanyl, Xanax, a muscle relaxant and antipsychotic medication in her system - was ruled an accident.
  • US to build two military bases in Greenland under new deal with Denmark
    The defence deal signed at the UN General Assembly also re-affirms Denmark's sovereignty over its semi-autonomous Arctic territory.
  • Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials meet on sidelines
    In his speech, the US president pondered whether a peace deal would be agreed or whether he would have to take extreme action against Iran.


rss: the register

  • Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions
    'first' publicly documented Windows implant to use LLMs for C2
  • Security firm finds naming AI agents after Seinfeld characters helps bots join the team
    Not that there's anything wrong with it
  • ShinyHunters claims FBI hack: 'This is NOT financially motivated'
    This time it's personal
  • ABBYY gives old-school OCR a job in the AI pipeline
    FineParser runs in a CPU-powered container, preserving tables and layout before handing documents to an LLM
  • NightmareEclipse's latest zero-day leaves Microsoft Defender stuck in the past
    BigDiskBuster leaves Microsoft's antivirus running but unable to install updates
  • Z.ai says sorry for slurping up your code, open sources ZCode
    China’s AI darling goes on the defense after engineer highlighted Grok-esque security flaws
  • Privacy group slams EU for changing the data rules to cater to AI
    Schrems campaign raises specter of another legal challenge as legislators propose changes to GDPR
  • UK cops arrest 2 EvilTokens suspects, Microsoft seizes 50 phishing kit websites
    Used by crims to compromise 12K+ email inboxes across 10K+ global orgs
  • Who signed off on that AI agent? Nobody? Thought so.
    SPONSORED FEATURE: AI agents may be unpredictable. Who they are, what they can do, and who owns them shouldn’t be.
  • Well-done hack flames 3.2M Burger King Russia users
    HIBP confirms cybercrims stuck a straw into marketing reservoir, sucking up six-years of leaky Whopper secrets


rss: ars technica

  • Woman's brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test
    There is no single definitive test for these worms, but the tail is fairly convincing.
  • New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money
    The frontier AI model race has entered its comparison shopping phase.
  • Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules
    Cities defend permit requirements, say ISPs aren't building networks fast enough.
  • Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
    EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.
  • Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting
    British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.
  • Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free
    You don't even need a Creative Cloud login to edit clips, but AI features cost extra.
  • Review: Resident Evil might just be the best gaming adaptation yet
    Director Zach Cregger's clever reboot strikes perfect balance between horror, humor, and over-the-top gore.
  • Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced
    Toyota's push comes as automakers race to develop and deploy humanoid robots.
  • IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records
    The English hospitals recovered patient care data only.
  • Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report
    First paper added to community collection is a roadmap for research.


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