rss: npr

  • Populist conservative Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica's presidential election
    Candidate Laura Fernández won a resounding victory, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation's politics started by her predecessor.
  • What Jared Kushner's 'New Gaza' plan includes, and what it leaves out
    President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner laid out a plan for a "New Gaza." A close look suggests it makes room for fewer Palestinians and less housing.
  • Trump administration sued over visa freeze on immigrants from 75 countries
    A group of nonprofit organizations and U.S. citizens Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's sweeping suspension of immigrant visa processing for people from nearly half of the world's countries.
  • U.S. sledder Katie Uhlaender appeal denied, won't race at Milan Cortina Olympics
    International officials say a point-rigging scheme denied American Katie Uhlaender a shot to compete in the Milan Cortina Olympics. But a sports tribunal based in Switzerland says it can't intervene.
  • The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review
    The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.
  • The 'Melania' movie audience: Older white women
    The pricey Amazon documentary did well in areas like Dallas, Tampa, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta and West Palm Beach. Amazon says a docuseries is also on the way.
  • Trump says he's closing the Kennedy Center for renovations. We have questions
    After President Trump announced plans for a "Complete Rebuilding" of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., what exactly did he mean, and what does it mean for the arts?
  • A major census test faces cutbacks — with postal workers tapped to help count
    The Trump administration has shrunk the number of locations for this year's field test of the 2030 census and has added plans to test replacing temporary census workers with U.S. Postal Service staff.
  • N.Y. Republican met with jeers over ICE tactics during town hall in swing district
    Discontent over ICE enforcement tactics is spilling out into races across the country, including competitive congressional districts held by Republicans, like Rep. Mike Lawler of New York.
  • Meet Milo and Tina, the 'first openly Gen Z' Olympic mascots
    The 2026 Olympics and Paralympics mascots are Milo and Tina, a pair of teenage, scarf-clad stoat siblings with big dreams. If you're wondering what a stoat is, you're in the right place.


rss: bbc

  • Police review misconduct claims after files suggest Mandelson sent government information to Epstein
    The peer is accused of passing sensitive information to the convicted sex offender while he was business secretary.
  • Sarah Ferguson's charity to close days after new Epstein revelations
    Sarah's Trust announced it was shutting "for the foreseeable future" after "some months" of discussion.
  • Serial killer Steve Wright admits murder of teenager Victoria Hall in 1999
    Steve Wright is already serving a whole life jail sentence for the murders of five women in 2006.
  • The 17 most memorable moments from the Grammy Awards
    The best and worst moments of the 68th Grammy Awards, which were held in Los Angeles.
  • Crown Princess's son arrested for alleged assault before rape trial in Norway
    Marius Borg Høiby, who goes on trial on Tuesday, has been remanded in custody for four weeks after new allegations.
  • Families with children battling cancer to have travel costs covered
    The government sets aside £10 million a year to help families and young people under 24 access cancer treatment.
  • Clintons agree to testify on Epstein as vote looms to hold them in contempt of Congress
    The couple bows to the House Oversight Committee's demands after arguing for months that its subpoenas were invalid.
  • Captain guilty of North Sea tanker crash death
    Vladimir Motin is convicted of gross negligence manslaughter after a crew member died in the crash.
  • Door is open to customs union talks with UK, EU says
    Valdis Dombrovskis says the EU is willing to engage with Britain amid mounting global uncertainty.
  • Federal officers in Minneapolis to get body cameras 'effective immediately'
    The decision follows bipartisan push for more accountablility after two US citizens were shot and killed by federal immigration officers in Minnesota.


rss: the register

  • Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun

    Burning Man woo woo values rocket factory at $250 billion

    Elon Musk on Monday revealed his space company SpaceX has acquired his AI outfit xAI, and that the two will work together to escape the surly bonds of Earthly powers by tapping the sun's enduring glow.…

  • Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor

    The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgs

    Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which abused weaknesses in the update infrastructure to gain a foothold in high-value targets by delivering a newly identified backdoor dubbed Chrysalis.…

  • Let them eat Pi: RAM shortage bumps Raspberry prices as much as $60

    Second price increase in just two months

    That slice of Pi is getting much more expensive. Everyone’s favorite single-board computer, the Raspberry Pi, is jumping up in price again, with increases ranging from $10 to $60, depending on how much memory your board has.…

  • Intel welcomes memory apocalypse with Xeon workstation refresh

    Chipzilla touts 4 TB of DDR5 and 128 lanes of PCIe 5 for less than the House of Zen just in time for memory winter

    Intel's workstation lineup is getting a much-needed refresh with the launch of its Xeon 600-series processors, boasting up to 86 cores and clocks topping 4.9 GHz. Chipzilla's timing couldn't be worse.…

  • There's nothing micro about this super-sized Arduino Uno

    It's 7x the size of the regular board

    Arduino boards power everything from robots to RGB lights, but they're a little on the small side. YouTuber UncleStem has his own solution: build a gigantic, yet fully functional one.…

  • Want more ads on your web pages? Try the AdBoost extension

    'If we don't feed the advertisers, then we'll be forced to pay artists for their creative work'

    Come on, admit it. You like seeing banner ads on your favorite web pages, because they provide a nice break from reading text. If you're honest about this feeling, there's a new extension for you.…

  • DRAM prices expected to double in Q1 as AI ambitions push memory fabs to their limit

    NAND flash now expected to surge 55–60% compared to Q4

    The memory shortage is worse than most of us first thought. Prices on DRAM and NAND flash memory are expected to surge in the first quarter of 2026 as AI-driven hyperscalers and cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to strain supply chains.…

  • StopICE hacked to send alarming text messages, admins accuse border patrol agent of sabotage

    The ICE-tracking service says it doesn't store usernames or addresses

    ICE-reporting service StopICE has blamed a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent for attacking its app and website and sending users text messages warning them that their information had been "sent to the authorities."…

  • Russia-linked APT28 attackers already abusing new Microsoft Office zero-day

    Ukraine’s CERT says the bug went from disclosure to active exploitation in days

    Russia-linked attackers are already exploiting Microsoft's latest Office zero-day, with Ukraine's national cyber defense team warning that the same bug is being used to target government agencies inside the country and organizations across the EU.…

  • Oracle's first general on-prem release of its .ai database iteration draws skeptics

    Users happy with 19c as experts question AI lock-in

    Last week, Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle AI Database 26ai Enterprise Edition for Linux x86‑64, but 13-year support for 19c and the prospect of AI lock-in might make users think twice about upgrading to it.…



rss: ars technica

  • Looking back at Catacomb 3D, the game that led to Wolfenstein 3D
    Romero, Carmack, and colleagues discuss an oft-forgotten piece of PC gaming history
  • Streaming service Crunchyroll raises prices weeks after killing its free tier
    Sony has made streaming anime pricier since buying Crunchyroll.
  • SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power it
    "This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission."
  • Russian drones use Starlink, but Ukraine has plan to block their Internet access
    Defense chief: "No Ukrainians have been killed by Russian drones using Starlink."
  • Court orders restart of all US offshore wind construction
    Trump admin's "it's classified" ploy put on hold in five different cases.
  • Notepad++ users take note: It's time to check if you're hacked
    Suspected China-state hackers used update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version.
  • A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked
    “We should not forget the lessons of history. And the lesson is those regulations have been very important.”
  • Ongoing RAM crisis prompts Raspberry Pi's second price hike in two months
    The more RAM the Pi board has, the more its price is increasing.
  • Judge rules Department of Energy's climate working group was illegal
    Meant to undercut EPA regulations, the group tried to work in secret.
  • DOJ released Epstein files with dozens of nudes and victims' names, reports say
    DOJ reportedly failed to redact nearly 40 nude photos and 43 victims' names.


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