rss: npr

  • More federal agents head to Minnesota. And, U.S. Figure Skating announces Olympic team
    The Trump administration will send hundreds of additional federal agents to Minnesota. And, here are the figure skaters who will represent Team USA in the Olympics.
  • DHS sending more agents to Minnesota as protests over Renee Good's death continue
    The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent sparked protests across Minneapolis. Federal authorities have taken over the investigation and say they're sending more Homeland Security agents to Minnesota.
  • Who are the figure skaters representing Team USA? Key names and backstories to know
    Sixteen U.S. figure skaters are competing in all four Olympic disciplines: men's, women's, pairs and ice dance. The team includes a mix of seasoned vets, world champions and rising stars.
  • Exercise is as effective as medication in treating depression, study finds
    New research shows exercise is as effective as medication at reducing symptoms of depression. And you don't need to run a marathon to see benefits. So how much is enough?
  • Marrying for health insurance? The ACA cost crisis forces some drastic choices
    While Congress debates bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies, many Americans have already made life-altering decisions to afford health care.
  • How IVF has led to a record number of single moms in their 40s
    Who gets to be a parent has been reshaped by IVF: Single women in their 40s are increasingly opting to become moms.
  • Venezuela begins releasing political prisoners, but hundreds remain behind bars
    Venezuela has freed a handful of detainees in what it calls a gesture of national unity. Rights groups say releases are slow and the country's repressive system remains in place.
  • How to responsibly recycle your children's old toys
    Now that the holiday gift-giving season is over, parents may be looking for ways to recycle or donate their children's old toys. Here's what you need to know about recycling responsibly.
  • Celebrities wear pins protesting ICE at the Golden Globes
    Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week in Minneapolis.
  • Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk's Grok over AI deepfakes
    Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Mortuary videos show how deadly protests have become
    BBC Verify has been examining disturbing footage from a mortuary in Tehran, showing scores of bodies. These images could hold clues about what’s happening inside Iran.
  • Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
    Zahawi is the latest former Conservative MP to join Nigel Farage's party, as a Tory source claims he had approached Kemi Badenoch seeking a nomination for the Lords.
  • Former Fed chairs condemn criminal investigation into Jerome Powell
    Three former heads of the central bank say the probe seeks to undermine the Fed's independence and "has no place" in the US.
  • Daughter of taxi driver killed in Bolton crash 'in shock'
    Humayra Ali says her first thought was the fear her father must have felt before he died in Bolton.
  • Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
    The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.
  • Hailee Steinfeld's bump and Jessie Buckley's blue dress - Golden Globes red carpet photos
    Ariana Grande, Hailee Steinfeld and Paul Mescal were among the stars pictured ahead of the ceremony.
  • Revolutionary eye injection saved my sight, says first-ever patient
    Nicki's eye had collapsed in on itself, but a new gel injection method has saved her vision.
  • Instagram denies breach after many receive emails asking to reset password
    The social media platform has said there was "no breach of its systems" but questions remain.
  • Trump shouldn't be fooled by Venezuela prisoner release pledge, says jailed politician's son
    Ramón Guanipa's father was accused of treason for challenging the disputed 2024 presidential election result.
  • Watch: Moment skier and dog swept along by avalanche
    Footage recorded by Spanish skier Ares Masip shows the incident on Pic de l'Hortell, a mountain in Andorra.


rss: the register

  • IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship

    Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig

    The new year brings releases from opposite ends of the Linux GUI spectrum: IceWM, an X11 window manager from the late 1990s, and Budgie, a newer full desktop environment that has gone Wayland-native.…

  • Block CISO: We red-teamed our own AI agent to run an infostealer on an employee laptop

    Agents must be 'safer and better than humans,' James Nettesheim tells The Reg

    interview When it comes to security, AI agents are like self-driving cars, according to Block Chief Information Security Officer James Nettesheim.…

  • Microsoft euthanizes ancient deployment toolkit

    Immediate retirement for freebie automation platform

    Microsoft has abruptly pulled the plug on the venerable Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), sending any administrators still clinging to the platform scrambling for alternatives.…

  • Claude joins the ward as Anthropic eyes US healthcare data

    AI firm promises HIPAA-compliant integrations as chatbot moves into hospital admin

    Fresh from watching rival OpenAI stick its nose into patient records, Anthropic has decided now is the perfect moment to march Claude into US healthcare too, promising to fix medicine with yet more AI, APIs, and carefully-worded reassurances about privacy.…

  • ISS stint ends early as NASA aborts Crew-11 over crew illness

    Sick astronaut back on Earth by Thursday, nature of ailment remains undisclosed

    NASA astronaut Mike Fincke has handed command of the ISS to Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov as Fincke and the rest of Crew-11 are scheduled to head back to Earth on Wednesday.…

  • Microsoft teases targeted Copilot removal for admins

    Yes, you can get rid of it – assuming nobody's looked at it in 28 days

    Microsoft's latest Windows Insider release introduces a policy allowing admins to remove the Copilot app from managed devices. But there's a catch - actually, several.…

  • Infamous BreachForums forum breached, spilling data on 325K users

    Website built around buying and selling stolen data has lost control of its own

    BreachForums, the serially resurrected cybercrime marketplace, has tripped over itself after a data breach spilled details tied to about 324,000 user accounts.…

  • The world is one bad decision away from a silicon ice age

    Venezuela today, Taiwan tomorrow? This might be the last good year for buying hardware

    Opinion For a world economy driven by consumerism, it's become markedly unkind to consumers. This goes double – literally – for digital tech, where memory prices have increased by between 100 and 250 percent in six months. If you think GPUs are pricey now, you'll only have to wait six weeks, during which both AMD and Nvidia are expected to demonstrate supply-side economics much as the Road Runner demonstrated gravity to Wile E Coyote.…

  • Ofcom officially investigating X as Grok's nudify button stays switched on

    Tech minister Liz Kendall says the government will back a robust regulatory response

    Ofcom is investigating X over potential violations of the Online Safety Act, Britian's comms watchdog has confirmed.…

  • How CP/M-86's delay handed Microsoft the keys to the kingdom

    A late operating system, a stopgap deal, and the accident that made DOS dominant

    A blog post by programmer Nemanja Trifunovic, The Late Arrival of 16-bit CP/M, is on the face of it an interesting little excursion into the late delivery of a long-forgotten bit of software – one that turned out to be pivotal for the entire computer industry.…



rss: ars technica

  • The Chevrolet Bolt is back... but for how long?
    The new LFP battery pack has 262 miles of range and fast-charges at 150 kW.
  • New research shows how shunning ultraprocessed foods helps with aging
    Studies have linked ultraprocessed foods to poor health outcomes.
  • NASA topples towers used to test Saturn rockets, space shuttle
    The Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and Dynamic Test Facility are no more.
  • The most fascinating monitors at CES 2026
    Big sizes, big resolution, and big ideas.
  • That time Will Smith helped discover new species of anaconda
    Footage of the 2024 discovery appears in NatGeo's new documentary series Pole to Pole with Will Smith.
  • The oceans just keep getting hotter
    For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025.
  • Conservative lawmakers want porn taxes. Critics say they’re unconstitutional.
    Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn.
  • SpaceX gets FCC permission to launch another 7,500 Starlink satellites
    Including previous approvals, Starlink can now deploy 15,000 Gen2 satellites.
  • ESA considers righting the wrongs of Ariane 6 by turning it into a Franken-rocket
    ArianeGroup is still trying to catch up to where the bleeding edge of the launch industry was 15 years ago.
  • Measles continues raging in South Carolina; 99 new cases since Tuesday
    With so many exposures sites, officials can't figure out where people were infected.


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