rss: npr

  • OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaigns
    The company says Russian operatives used its AI chatbot to update their bosses, shedding light on influence campaigns previously not attributed to Russia.
  • The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay
    The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war. The extended deployment drew attention following reports of crew stress and supply shortages.
  • Suicide is up among Black Americans. We need to talk about it.
    NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations.
  • The long-deployed USS Lincoln is returning home to San Diego
    The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea that included reports of deteriorating conditions among its crew.
  • New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture
    U.S. authorities added new torture charges to their case against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, ramping up pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already fighting drug trafficking allegations.
  • 4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space
    Four people — two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Russian cosmonaut — spent nearly eight months at the space station, conducting spacewalks, science experiments and research.
  • White House correspondent April Ryan reflects on reporting while under attack
    Ryan has spent decades pressing presidents for answers. She talks about access, power, race and how asking questions put her in President Trump's crosshairs. Her new book is Notes on a Blacklash.
  • South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute
    The South Korean announcement on Thursday came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation.
  • South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon
    The test follows North Korea's recent hypersonic missile test. Tensions between the Koreas have increased after land mine explosions injured three South Korean soldiers near the border. North Korea denies responsibility.
  • Isaias intensifies to hurricane. And, judge orders Pike execution evidence preserved
    People in the Gulf are preparing for bad weather this weekend after Isaias intensified into a hurricane. And, a judge has ordered Christa Pike's failed execution evidence be preserved.


rss: bbc

  • Polanski failed to show leadership over Zionism motion, ex-Green leader says
    Caroline Lucas tells the BBC Zack Polanski should have taken part in a vote on a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism.
  • ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says government review
    The review, which focuses on younger people, warned there was a risk society was moving from an era of under-diagnosis to over-diagnosis.
  • Warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes were unlawful, court says
    A criminal investigation into the former prince continues and police have retained material seized from his homes.
  • Suspect linked to Monaco bomb attack on millionaire speaks to BBC from Ukrainian prison
    Vitalii Zhykovych gives his own account of the attempted assassination of Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolayev.
  • Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
    The US Defence Secretary says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
  • Emotions run high at the round table as Celebrity Traitors banish two players
    Viewers watched to see whether Richard E Grant could save himself at the first round table of the series.
  • ICE agent shoots man in New York City
    The Department of Homeland Security said ICE was arresting a "criminal illegal alien"; New York's mayor called it "unconscionable".
  • Mark Zuckerberg has an image problem - so why is Meta's business booming?
    A new film paints the Meta founder as a villain. But the tech firm seems immune to bad publicity, writes our North America tech correspondent.
  • 'Add me to WhatsApp' scam calls to be investigated
    The UK's data watchdog is investigating a spike in complaints about "robo calls" that appear to lead to a recruitment scam.
  • Two Latvian men arrested on suspicion of trespass at RAF base in Cambridgeshire
    Police say they apprehended two Latvian men at about 02:00 BST while they were inside the perimeter.


rss: the register

  • Ukrainian drone attack takes out Russian datacenter
    Putin this cloud region back into operation might not be possible, says Yandex
  • AI company moves to defend critical infrastructure and open-source projects from AI
    Anthropic says for the next two years, attackers will have the advantage
  • US disrupts Chinese hacking tools as 7 govts warn of PRC spies stealing sensitive data worldwide
    Infecting devices from 2021 until the FBI stepped in
  • Nvidia found $1B under the couch to help secure American scientific computing dominance
    Commitment comes as GPUzilla prepares to fortify Uncle Sam's arsenal with at least seven AI-optimized supers
  • There can be only one: Google Cloud casts Gemini as your enterprise AI hero
    The Chocolate Factory proposes a single universal agent for work
  • NASA taps DoE to help it build nuclear space reactors
    Space agency claims steady progress on lunar reactor plans, but offers little evidence to back it up
  • High-severity Nvidia bug could crash GPU monitoring on exposed servers
    The GPU giant released a fix for the flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-47483
  • TSMC taps GlobalFoundries to bolster US silicon interposer production in $2B deal
    Advanced packaging tech is essential to the domestic production of high-performance semiconductors used in AI datacenters
  • Gremlin now uses AI to break distributed systems faster
    If there's one thing AI can do well, it's failing more quickly than the average SRE
  • Shai-Hulud worm makes jump to AI infrastructure with Tensorlake compromise
    Credential-stealing malware detected within minutes of npm release, but impact remains unknown


rss: ars technica

  • SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
    "These led to conjunctions of tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Way too close to comfort."
  • Judge weighs if Trump can charge $100K for early access to Truth Social posts
    Judge questioned if Trump delaying access to Truth Social posts by a second harms the press.
  • Trump Mobile hack and apparent lack of FCC authorization raise security alarms
    After hack and data breach, senator asks why Trump Mobile lacks some FCC filings.
  • Feds get ready to rewrite car headlight rules
    Reducing glare and allowing modern light technologies will be two goals.
  • RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
    Hamilton also coined the term "software engineering" and founded two successful software companies.
  • Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027
    Free SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes reduce to 64 days in February.
  • Driver wins $76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches
    Mass surveillance gets stupider.
  • RFK Jr. unveils sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries
    "[T]he Trump-RFK Jr. anti-vax agenda keeps getting more corrupt and dangerous."
  • An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light
    Getting a glass bead to act like a quantum object by entangling it with light.
  • Amazon's new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever
    Amazon killed its app store, so Google Play it is.


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