rss: npr

  • Denmark says there's a 'fundamental disagreement' with Trump over Greenland
    The two sides agreed to create a working group to discuss ways to work through differences as President Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of Denmark's Arctic territory of Greenland.
  • Kitchen countertop workers are dying. Some lawmakers want to ban their lawsuits
    Some safety experts want California to stop the cutting of quartz countertops saying it can't be done safely. Lawmakers, meanwhile, contemplate a ban on workers' lawsuits against quartz manufacturers.
  • Candidates have legal standing to challenge election laws, the Supreme Court rules
    In a case related to Illinois state law about the return of mail ballots, the U.S. Supreme Court says political candidates have the legal standing to challenge election policies.
  • Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate
    Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported.
  • MLK concert held annually at the Kennedy Center for 23 years is relocating
    Georgetown is moving Let Freedom Ring, its annual event celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the historic Howard Theatre in order to save money, the university said.
  • Democrat Elissa Slotkin says she is under investigation for video on illegal orders
    Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she is under federal investigation for posting a video urging members of the military not to obey illegal orders.
  • How Marco Rubio shifted from Trump critic to Trump champion
    Rubio once called Trump a "con artist." He's now among his most loyal defenders. New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins describes Secretary of State Rubio's character, political transformation and ambition.
  • What's behind this country's dramatic drop in the number of new orphans?
    A new study offers good news from Uganda — although the cuts in U.S. aid cast a shadow over the reduction in deaths of parents from HIV/AIDS.
  • About Us: Global Health and Development
    Here's a look at NPR's Global Health and Development coverage.
  • Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
    The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.


rss: bbc

  • US and UK pulling some personnel from Qatar base as US considers Iran action
    US officials say it is a "precautionary measure" and comes as Donald Trump weighs up whether to take action against Iran.
  • Tehran morgue videos show the brutality of Iran's crackdown on protesters
    Distressing footage reveals nearly 200 bodies with one victim identified as young as 16.
  • Mahmood has no confidence in police chief after Israeli fan ban
    West Midlands Police apologises for errors, but makes no comment on its chief constable's future.
  • Faisal Islam: Why the Northern Powerhouse Rail plan will really go ahead this time
    Faisal Islam says the Labour argues the difference in its plans this time is that the planning has come first.
  • US launches phase two of Gaza peace plan with new technocratic government
    It includes the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian government, as well as the reconstruction and demilitarisation of Gaza, US envoy Steve Witkoff says.
  • Sting pays Police bandmates £600,000 in royalties
    The musician discovered a "historic underpayment" after being sued in London's High Court.
  • Actor John Alford jailed for sex assaults on teens
    The former London's Burning and Grange Hill star bought vodka for the girls before assaulting them.
  • White House defends Trump over middle-finger gesture at heckler
    Thousands of people have sent donations totalling nearly $700,000 (£521,000) to the heckler, who was suspended from his job at Ford.
  • California investigates Grok over AI deepfakes
    The state attorney general urges xAI to take action over the "shocking" material as Musk denies the allegations.
  • BBC on site after crane collapses and crushes train in Thailand
    Correspondent Jonathan Head says the 'devastating' accident is an enormous setback for Thailand's efforts to modernise its infrastructure.


rss: the register

  • New Linux malware targets the cloud, steals creds, and then vanishes

    Cloud-native, 37 plugins … an attacker's dream

    A brand-new Linux malware named VoidLink targets victims' cloud infrastructure with more than 30 plugins that allow attackers to perform a range of illicit activities, from silent reconnaissance and credential theft to lateral movement and container abuse. …

  • Ignore rosy datacenter expansion projections – there isn't enough power

    Grid and generation capacity are not being added fast enough to support the scale of growth many forecasts assume

    A looming shortage of electrical power is set to constrain datacenter expansion, potentially leaving many industry growth forecasts looking overly optimistic.…

  • There was so much fraud on COVID loans, the feds trained an anti-fraud AI on the applications

    Had it been around in 2020, it could have flagged tens of billions before payouts, PRAC tells Congress

    A fraud-detection AI model trained on COVID-19 loan data could have flagged potentially tens of billions of dollars in payments before they went out, reducing the feds' pay-and-chase cleanup, the US government's Pandemic Response Accountability Committee told Congress on Tuesday.…

  • France fines telcos €42M for sub-par security prior to 24M customer breach

    Three major GDPR violations, including a lack of basic security controls, lead to hefty dent in profits

    The French data protection regulator, CNIL, today issued a collective €42 million ($48.9 million) fine to two French telecom companies for GDPR violations stemming from a data breach.…

  • Hasta la vista! Microsoft finally ends extended updates for ancient Windows version

    Support expires for Windows Server 2008, and the codebase released to manufacturing in 2006

    Microsoft has quietly maintained support for an OS that's nearly 18 years old, but its time has finally passed - the Windows Vista-powered Windows Server 2008 took its last breath this week.…

  • 'Imagination the limit': DeadLock ransomware gang using smart contracts to hide their work

    New crooks on the block get crafty with blockchain to evade defenses

    Researchers at Group-IB say the DeadLock ransomware operation is using blockchain-based anti-detection methods to evade defenders' attempts to analyze their tradecraft.…

  • AI's $3T infrastructure binge continues despite lack of clear profits

    Investment in datacenters to peak by 2029, place your bets please

    The AI-driven datacenter construction frenzy shows no signs of slowing, but neither do concerns that the whole edifice could collapse under the weight of its own hype and mounting investment demands.…

  • Firefox 147 brings GPU boost, tidier tabs, and video that follows you around

    Latest update focuses on hardware acceleration, security tightening, and a handful of quality-of-life tweaks

    The latest Firefox is here with some handy changes – most of which differ depending on what OS and type of CPU you run it on.…

  • Cyber-stricken Belgian hospitals refuse ambulances, transfer critical patients

    Attack enters second day with major disruption to healthcare provision

    Two hospitals in Belgium have cancelled surgeries and transferred critical patients to other facilities after shutting down servers following a cyberattack.…

  • Eurail passengers taken for a ride as data breach spills passports, bank details

    Travel biz tells customers to change passwords beyond its own services

    Eurail has confirmed customer information was stolen in a data breach, according to notification emails sent out this week.…



rss: ars technica

  • Civilization VII is headed to iPhone and iPad with “Arcade Edition”
    Apple's platforms are also getting Retrocade, a library of classic arcade games.
  • Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform
    Indie music store says it wants fans to have confidence music was largely made by humans.
  • Man got $2,500 whole-body MRI that found no problems—then had massive stroke
    The MRI showed a problem in a brain artery that should have been flagged, man claims.
  • Scientists sequence a woolly rhino genome from a 14,400-year-old wolf’s stomach
    Fortunately for paleogeneticists, wolf puppies don't chew their food thoroughly.
  • Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers
    The feature will start with paid users only, and it's off by default.
  • Deny, deny, admit: UK police used Copilot AI “hallucination” when banning football fans
    Police finally come clean about botched use of AI tools.
  • EPA makes it harder for states, tribes to block pipelines
    A new rule aims to speed up and streamline the permitting process.
  • Is 2026 the year buttons come back to cars? Crash testers say yes.
    The requirements won't go far enough for many, but it's a start.
  • BMW’s first electric M car is coming in 2027—with one motor per wheel
    Here's what we know about the first BMW EV to wear a proper M badge.
  • The RAM shortage’s silver lining: Less talk about “AI PCs”
    “General interest in AI PCs has been wavering for a while..."


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