rss: npr

  • Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have been subpoenaed by the DOJ
    The Minnesota attorney general and St. Paul mayor have also been subpoenaed as local, state and federal officials have clashed in the aftermath of the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
  • ASEAN won't endorse election in military-ruled Myanmar, Malaysia says
    Malaysia's foreign minister Mohamad Hasan cited concerns over the lack of inclusive and free participation.
  • 'The miracle': A 6-year-old walked away from the train wreck that killed her family
    Her parents, brother and cousin were killed in the collision, but the girl was found walking barefoot on the tracks. She's being cared for by grandparents after receiving three stitches in her head.
  • Trump says U.K. return of Chagos Islands to Mauritius is reason to acquire Greenland
    The president previously supported Britain's agreement to hand back sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago, where the U.K. continues to lease the U.S.-U.K. Diego Garcia military base.
  • Here's who's canceled their Kennedy Center performances since Trump took over
    The Martha Graham Dance Company is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year.
  • The divorce between the U.S. and WHO is final this week. Or is it?
    The U.S. is the only country allowed to withdraw from the World Health Organization. And Jan. 22 is the day when Trump's pullout announcement should go into effect. But ... it's complicated.
  • Trump leaks world leaders' messages. And, Indiana wins its first national title
    President Trump explains why he wants to acquire Greenland in private messages with world leaders. And, Indiana caps off a perfect football season with a national championship win over Miami.
  • Trump's Board of Peace has several invited leaders trying to figure out how it'll work
    It's unclear how many leaders have been asked to join the board, and the large number of invitations being sent out, including to countries that don't get along, has raised questions about the board's mandate and decision-making processes.
  • Researchers find Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up sooner
    Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.
  • As Trump dismantles the existing world order, his version is still taking shape
    In his second term, the president is embracing a foreign policy that breaks sharply from U.S. tradition. Both supporters and critics say he's upending a global system in place for 80 years.


rss: bbc

  • Trump doubles down on Greenland ahead of Davos visit, saying there is 'no going back'
    Trump was due to arrive at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, but a minor electrical issue on Air Force One has forced his plane to turn around.
  • Lyse Doucet: Trump is shaking the world order more than any president since WW2
    Trump's demands over Greenland are a rude awakening in a moment fraught with risk.
  • Driver killed in Spain train crash days after high-speed collision
    At least 37 people have been injured, five seriously, in a second crash, after Sunday's two-train collision in Andalusia.
  • Beckham vs Peltz Beckham: Could Brooklyn torpedo the family brand?
    Brooklyn's explosive post about Brand Beckham "has ruptured it from within", one commentator says.
  • UK homes to get £15bn for solar and green tech to cut energy bills
    The government has announced the details of its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan which promises to cut energy bills.
  • Driving test cheating soars as candidates turn to Bluetooth headsets and impersonators
    Experts blamed persistently long waits for practical tests while the DVSA blamed better detection.
  • Why doing a mix of exercise could be the key to longer life
    Don't just focus on one activity - doing a variety every week gives you more health benefits, a study suggests.
  • Why is Emmanuel Macron wearing sunglasses indoors at Davos?
    The French leader drew attention for his rebuke of Trump's tariff threat - and also his choice of eyewear.
  • Life sentence for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe
    Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.
  • Woman who was groomed as teen 'insulted' after compensation claims denied
    Fiona Goddard from Bradford says she feels "gaslit" as she sought compensation for abuse.


rss: the register

  • Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop

    Maintainer hopes hackers send bug reports anyway, will keep shaming ‘silly ones’

    The maintainer of popular open-source data transfer tool cURL has ended the project’s bug bounty program after maintainers struggled to assess a flood of AI-generated contributions.…

  • Sony no longer home of the Bravia as it plans TV biz spin-out to China’s TCL

    Hasn't said why, but low share in a slow-growing market suggests it can't be bothered

    Sony wants to stop making televisions.…

  • OpenAI will try to guess your age before ChatGPT gets spicy

    Think of the children...and the monetization options available where they're not allowed

    OpenAI says it has begun deploying an age prediction model to determine whether ChatGPT users are old enough to view "sensitive or potentially harmful content."…

  • Cloudflare whacks WAF bypass bug that opened side door for attackers

    ACME validation had a challenge-request hole

    Cloudflare has fixed a flaw in its web application firewall (WAF) that allowed attackers to bypass security rules and directly access origin servers, which could lead to data theft or full server takeover.…

  • Anthropic CEO: Selling H200s to China is like giving nukes to North Korea

    This is totally not because China is giving away its best models away for free, right?

    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei isn’t happy about the US allowing Nvidia to sell GPUs to Chinese companies, and likened the decision to giving nuclear weapons to an adversary.…

  • Amazon CEO Andy Jassy goes wobbly on AI bubble possibility

    Sure it's a bubble and the deals are circular - that doesn't mean Amazon's not going to try to extract value from it

    Could one of the most prominent tech company leaders be less-than-enthused about the AI economy? In an interview, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn't dismiss the idea that the AI bubble could pop, despite his company's massive investments in the technology. …

  • AI researchers map models to banish 'demon' persona

    Keeping models on the Assistant Axis improves AI safety

    Researchers from Anthropic and other orgs have observed situations in which LLMs act like a helpful personal assistant, and are trying to study the phenomenon further to make sure chatbots don't go off the rails and cause harm.…

  • Mozilla starts offering RPMs of Firefox Nightly

    More packaging options for the leading all-FOSS browser

    If you can't wait to get the bleeding-edge version of Firefox, we have good news. Mozilla is offering native RPM packages of Firefox Nightly for Linux distros in the greater Red Hat and SUSE families.…

  • Remember VoidLink, the cloud-targeting Linux malware? An AI agent wrote it

    AI + skilled malware developers = security threat

    VoidLink, the newly spotted Linux malware that targets victims' clouds with 37 evil plugins, was generated "almost entirely by artificial intelligence" and likely developed by just one person, according to the research team that discovered the do-it-all implant.…

  • Dead batteries cough up lithium after a bath in CO₂ and water, boffins say

    Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains

    Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, and recycling them cleanly and safely at scale is still hard. Now, a Chinese research team claims to have discovered a way to recycle Li-ion batteries using carbon dioxide and water. Just don't expect it to revolutionize the market overnight.…



rss: ars technica

  • Webb reveals a planetary nebula with phenomenal clarity, and it is spectacular
    The colors show the star’s final breath transforming into the raw ingredients for new worlds.
  • Zuck stuck on Trump’s bad side: FTC appeals loss in Meta monopoly case
    FTC will appeal ruling that found Meta has no monopoly in social networking.
  • Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones
    Verizon changed prepaid brands' policy a week after FCC waived unlocking rule.
  • Google temporarily disabled YouTube's advanced captions without warning
    Google says SRV3 was causing playback errors, so it has "temporarily" disabled them.
  • Flesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns
    Eight animal cases in Mexico's Tamaulipas spur CDC to warn doctors of festering wounds.
  • Macaque facial gestures are more than just a reflex, study finds
    Study is first to implant micro-electrode arrays to record neurons as they produce facial gestures.
  • Netflix to pay all cash for Warner Bros. to fend off Paramount hostile takeover
    Netflix and Warner seek quick shareholder vote as Paramount tries to upend deal.
  • Sony is giving TCL control over its high-end Bravia TVs
    TCL will own 51 percent of the high-end TVs.
  • The first commercial space station, Haven-1, is now undergoing assembly for launch
    "We have a very strong incentive to send a crew as quickly as we can safely do so."
  • The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
    After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon.


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