rss: npr

  • Minnesota officials rebuff DOJ's data demands after latest shooting by federal agents
    Minnesota officials are rebuffing demands from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, as the state continues its clash with the Trump administration over the surge of federal immigration enforcement.
  • Hundreds of thousands without power in the U.S. after a powerful winter storm
    A powerful winter storm walloped a huge swath of the U.S., killing at least 18 people. Electricity is out for hundreds of thousands, and freezing rain and snow have coated streets.
  • Ukrainians are sharing hacks online on how to survive winter power cuts
    After repeated Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid, Ukrainians face long outages during a cold winter at war. On social media, Ukrainians share tips for keeping warm at home.
  • Israel has recovered the final hostage remains from Gaza
    The Israeli military says the body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old special forces policeman killed while fighting Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found.
  • Senators call for Alex Pretti death investigation. And, winter storm recovery efforts
    Minneapolis strikes and protests continue after ICE's fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. And, states work to recover from a massive winter storm that has left widespread power outages and flight chaos.
  • How long do you need to spend in the gym to get strong? Less than you think
    If you're procrastinating working out, here's one less excuse. Short gym sessions can be enough to build meaningful strength — as long as you push yourself while you're there.
  • All eyes are on Rubio as he navigates the world in 2 critical roles
    Rubio is the first person to hold both roles at the same time since Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s.
  • In the wake of Alex Pretti's death, Congress appears on track for a partial shutdown
    Senate Democrats say they are unwilling to fund the Department of Homeland Security without major reforms, raising the likelihood of a partial government shutdown at the end of this week.
  • DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is ending her reelection campaign for Congress
    The 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement has filed paperwork to end her campaign for reelection.
  • Israel launches 'large-scale operation' to locate last hostage in Gaza
    The return of the remaining hostage, Ran Gvili, has been widely seen as removing the remaining obstacle to proceeding with the U.S.-brokered ceasefire's second phase.


rss: bbc

  • Anthony Zurcher: Trump abandons attack mode as Minneapolis shooting backlash grows
    The White House has shifted how it talks about Alex Pretti's killing as more Republicans express concern over the deadly encounter.
  • Braverman accuses Tories of betrayal as she defects to Reform
    The MP was unveiled as Reform's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally, bringing the number of the party's sitting MPs to eight.
  • Israel says it has retrieved remains of final Gaza hostage
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Ran Gvili’s return "an extraordinary achievement".
  • Over 700,000 graduates out of work and claiming benefits, analysis suggests
    The government says it has commissioned a review into "what's holding the younger generation back".
  • Beckhams seen together in Paris for first time since Brooklyn row
    Sir David and Lady Beckham were seen with their children Romeo, Cruz and Harper.
  • Massive overhaul of England and Wales policing announced
    The home secretary told Parliament she wants to make better use of technology - such as live facial recognition and AI.
  • Anxiety in Labour as by-election set to go ahead
    Gorton and Denton has been Labour for more than 90 years but party sources fear it could be won by Reform or the Greens.
  • Nigella Lawson to replace Prue Leith on The Great British Bake Off
    The TV chef says she's "bubbling with excitement" to be joining Paul Hollywood on the Channel 4 show.
  • Revolution Bars to enter administration with 2,200 jobs at risk
    The pub and bar group has blamed government policy for its issues as it searches for a buyer.
  • UK braces for severe wind and rain as Storm Chandra named
    Chandra is the third major storm to hit the UK this month, after Goretti and Ingrid caused widespread damage and destruction.


rss: the register

  • US ownership of TikTok off to a rocky start as outage continues into second day

    The new US-based joint venture blamed a datacenter power outage, but hasn’t elaborated

    TikTok's new life under majority American ownership is off to a rough start, after users complained of widespread service disruptions the company blamed on a datacenter power outage.…

  • Claude can now disgorge interface elements from other apps

    An official Model Context Protocol extension

    Anthropic's Claude can now present the interfaces of other applications within its chat window, thanks to an extension of the Model Context Protocol (MCP).…

  • Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE

    But CEOs remain frozen in place

    More than 400 tech workers have urged their CEOs to "call the White House and demand ICE leave our cities" after masked federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti over the weekend and the world's richest and most powerful chief executives remained silent.…

  • AI adoption at work flatlined in Q4, says Gallup

    Points to a use-case problem

    AI adoption in the workplace stalled in the fourth quarter of 2025, but those who have already started using it are making increased use of it, according to a survey by pollster Gallup. Don't let that fool you into thinking AI is taking over work, though: frequent AI users are still a tiny minority of overall workers.…

  • Keep it simple, stupid: Agentic AI tools choke on complexity

    Even agents checking other agents can still get it wrong

    Agents may be the next big thing in AI, but they have limits beyond which they will make mistakes, so exercise extreme caution, a recent research paper says.…

  • Internet spent Q4 '25 losing fights with cables, power, and itself

    Latest data from Cloudflare shows cable cuts, power failures, and network faults drive steady run of internet outages

    The internet spent the closing months of 2025 being knocked over by cut cables, broken power grids, bad weather, military strikes, and the occasional self-inflicted technical wound, according to Cloudflare's latest global traffic data.…

  • KDE Plasma 6.6 beta ships a login manager that won't log in without systemd

    Bad luck, BSDs – although alternatives still work

    KDE Plasma 6.6 is approaching, and one of its more controversial changes is a new login screen that depends on systemd – meaning that it won't work on the non-Linux operating systems KDE still nominally supports.…

  • Three is the magic number for Alaska Airlines: triple redundancy

    Thankfully they only sufffered two outages in 2025. And now it has flown in experts to play with configurations

    Alaska Air's CEO says IT outages last year damaged the company on multiple fronts despite "triple redundancies" built into its disaster recovery plan.…

  • Knee-Deep in the CAD: Boffin gets Doom running inside a design modeler

    The seminal shooter finds yet another unlikely home

    Not content with rendering Doom in PCB design software or playing it on an oscilloscope, engineer Mike Ayles has got the 1990s shooter running in a computer-aided design (CAD) modeler.…

  • Sandia boffins let three AI agents loose in the lab. Science, not chaos, ensued

    Researchers demonstrate fourfold improvement to LED steering results after enlisting the help of some good old-fashion AI

    Boffins at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Labs are working to develop cheap and power efficient LEDs to replace lasers. One day, they let a trio of AI assistants loose in their lab.…



rss: ars technica

  • Apple's AirTag 2 is easier to find thanks to new chip
    This is the first major upgrade since Apple introduced AirTags five years ago.
  • “Wildly irresponsible”: DOT's use of AI to draft safety rules sparks concerns
    Staffers warn DOT's use of Gemini to draft rules could cause injuries and deaths.
  • How to encrypt your PC's disk without giving the keys to Microsoft
    Storing recovery keys with Microsoft allows the company to unlock your disk.
  • The brothers meet Yoshi in Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer
    Toad: "So some dinosaur just shows up and he's now part of the group. Cool."
  • Data center power outage took out TikTok first weekend under US ownership
    US TikTok users experienced a wide range of errors, sparking conspiracies.
  • How to get Doom running on a pair of earbuds
    No display? No problem for the UART-to-web-server "Doombuds" project.
  • EU launches formal investigation of xAI over Grok's sexualized deepfakes
    Elon Musk's company faces fines of up to 6 percent of its daily turnover.
  • Former astronaut on lunar spacesuits: "I don't think they're great right now"
    "These are just the difficulties of designing a spacesuit for the lunar environment."
  • A decade of Star Trek-themed fart jokes: The Greatest Generation podcast turns 10
    How two podcasters turned a Star Trek side project into a full-time career.
  • Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
    Destructive payload unleashed on tenth anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine's grid.


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