rss: npr

  • Tennessee GOP Rep says Muslims 'don't belong in American society' 
    Rep. Andy Ogles' social media post is the latest in a series of Islamophobic statements from House Republicans.
  • Trump says U.S. is 'achieving major strides' in Iran but doesn't cite endpoint
    President Trump held his first news conference since the beginning of the U.S.-Israel-led Iran war on Monday as oil and gas prices soared, throwing the global economy into turmoil.
  • Epstein used his ties to Nobel laureate scientists to try to rebuild his image
    A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.
  • Top Arizona lawmaker says he's complied with a subpoena for 2020 election records
    Arizona's state Senate president says he has complied with a subpoena he received last week seeking records from a flawed, Republican-led review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.
  • What to know about Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader
    The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile. But he's long been viewed as wielding his power behind the scenes, from crushing dissent to influencing presidential elections.
  • Anthropic sues the Trump administration over 'supply chain risk' label
    The Pentagon told suppliers they can't use Anthropic's artificial intelligence tools after the company said it would not let its tech be used for autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance.
  • This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America
    In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.
  • Two suspects charged with aiding ISIS in attempted explosives attack in New York City
    New York City NYPD Commissioner says the explosive devices "could have caused serious injury or death."
  • Trump is using immigration policy to suppress speech, lawsuit claims
    A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas of researchers for work on disinformation and content moderation of social media.
  • Why young girls are disguised as boys in Afghanistan
    The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this patriarchal society but now appears to be happening with some frequency.


rss: bbc

  • US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows
    A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows.
  • Iran's new leader has never been tested. He now faces an existential battle
    Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, enters power as the Islamic republic faces its most serious crisis.
  • Five Iranian footballers granted Australian visas after anthem protest
    Concern has grown for team after one critic called them "wartime traitors" for failing to salute during the Iranian anthem.
  • Faisal Islam: Trump comments may have eased oil price surge, but havoc remains
    It has been the most volatile day of oil trading in world history, and there is much still to play out.
  • RAF jets have taken out two more drones, says Healey
    The defence secretary also told MPs that the warship HMS Dragon would set sail for the Mediterranean in the next couple of days.
  • Business owners 'heartbroken' after retail units destroyed in Glasgow fire
    Union Corner was home to many independent businesses that have been left with nowhere to work after the building next to Glasgow Central Station collapsed.
  • MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers
    The House of Lords had backed a move to ban under-16s in the UK from social media platforms in January.
  • Reeves to look at how to help households with heating oil bills
    The chancellor said a meeting on Wednesday will explore ways to help households.
  • Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan
    Lawyers including top barristers and retired judges urge the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials.
  • Snow for some as winter weather returns to UK this week
    The weather is set to get a lot colder as the week progresses, as Tomasz Shafernaker explains.


rss: the register

  • Palantir’s lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff

    As Department of Agriculture staff come back to the office, it needs ‘real-time analytics to optimize employee seat assignments’

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture is using Palantir to figure out where its staff should sit, after deciding only the colorful AI company can do the job.…

  • Anthropic debuts pricey and sluggish automated Code Review tool

    First vibe coding, now vibe reviewing ... but the buzz is good as it finds worthy issues

    Anthropic has introduced a more extensive – and expensive – way to review source code in hosted repositories, many of which already contain large swaths of AI-generated code.…

  • AI vs AI: Agent hacked McKinsey's chatbot and gained full read-write access in just two hours

    David and Goliath…but with AI agents

    Researchers at red-team security startup CodeWall say their AI agent hacked McKinsey's internal AI platform and gained full read and write access to the chatbot in just two hours.…

  • Moody humans should let AI handle bad public feedback first, study finds

    Enjoy meltdowns from businesses on Yelp over negative reviews? AI is threatening to take that away

    Angry company responses to customer complaints are a favorite topic of internet amusement and outrage, but they're also embarrassing for the employees who post them. Having AI process customer reviews could be a better way. …

  • Microsoft taps Claude to make Copilot Cowork a better agent

    Copilot gets tuned to handle long-running knowledge work tasks

    Microsoft on Monday celebrated freedom of choice by giving customers in the company's Frontier program the option to use Anthropic and OpenAI models via Copilot Chat.…

  • ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist

    And they abused a Mandiant-developed open source tool in the attacks

    ShinyHunters told The Register that it has stolen data from about 100 high-profile companies in its latest Salesforce customer data heist, including Salesforce itself.…

  • Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream

    Calls Musk’s orbital plans “speculative” despite Bezos touting orbiting compute

    Amazon wants US regulators to reject a SpaceX application for permission to launch a fleet of orbital datacenter satellites, criticizing it as incomplete, speculative, and unrealistic.…

  • China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon

    Not a US flag in sight

    Researchers from China are narrowing down the landing sites for the nation’s first crewed mission to the Moon, set to take place before 2030.…

  • Vulture rediscovers RSS to dull the pain of the modern web

    Feeds are alive, well and can help deshittify things

    opinion A couple of timely blog posts remind us that RSS is alive, well, and can help you resist enshittification of the Web.…

  • 'AI brain fry' affects employees managing too many agents

    Three agents is about all we can handle

    As AI adoption in the workplace accelerates, many people find themselves in a position where babysitting bots and agents is a significant part of their day. Those people are feeling a bit like AI has fried their brains. …



rss: ars technica

  • After falling far behind the rest of industry, Blue Origin creates new stock option plan
    "It's a big fat middle finger for those that thought they had something."
  • Quad Cortex mini amp modeler: All the power, half the size
    A warehouse of guitar gear in the palm of your hand.
  • Testing Apple's 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro, M5 Max, and its new "performance" cores
    M5 Pro Max's "performance" CPU cores definitely aren't just rebranded E-cores.
  • US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial
    States seek mistrial, saying "sudden disappearance" of US will influence jury.
  • An unlikely set of clues helps reconstruct ancient Chinese disasters
    Shang Dynasty oracle bones and modern weather models feature in the same study.
  • Nintendo sues to prevent Trump from dodging full tariff refunds
    Nintendo may face pressure to share refunds with gamers who helped pay tariffs.
  • Flexible feline spines shed light on "falling cat" problem
    Falling cats in the study also seemed to show a marked preference for turning to the right.
  • Don't worry, Valve still plans to launch the Steam Machine "this year"
    What part of "this year," exactly, is still anyone's guess.
  • 2026 Australian Grand Prix: Formula 1 debuts a new style of racing
    The key is understanding how to conserve energy across a lap. Oh, and be reliable.
  • Chevrolet killed it then brought it back, now we drive it: The 2027 Bolt
    Faster charging, more modern infotainment, and a new LFP battery are highlights.


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