rss: npr

  • U.S. sledder Katie Uhlaender loses appeal, won't race at the 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.
  • This global health leader praises Trump's aid plan — and gears up to beat malaria
    Bill Steiger, who served in the George W. Bush and first Trump administrations, reflects on the past year's changes in the U.S. role — and his new job as head of Malaria No More.
  • The House races to end shutdown. And, Trump wants to close Kennedy Center for 2 years
    Lawmakers are racing to end a partial government shutdown after Congress missed its funding deadline on Friday. And, Trump wants to close the Kennedy Center for two years for renovations.
  • Hemp and marijuana are the same species. So why all the different laws?
    Farmers in the U.S. have grown cannabis since the 1600s — but policymakers are still figuring out how to regulate two famous types of Cannabis sativa. A historian calls the plant "incredibly cryptic."


rss: bbc

  • Mandelson revelations raise further questions about Starmer's judgement
    Historical revelations about Lord Mandelson would have been unlikely to have risked political damage to the prime minister directly.
  • 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.
  • Resident doctors vote in favour of more strike action
    Members of the British Medical Association have backed more walkouts in the dispute over pay and jobs in England.
  • Captain guilty of North Sea tanker crash death
    Vladimir Motin is convicted of gross negligence manslaughter after a crew member died in the crash.
  • Warning for sellers amid rollercoaster gold and silver prices
    Experts say there are things to consider before selling off your gold or silver.
  • Terminally ill bride's final months marred by pension stress
    Caoimhe was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2025 after an optician spotted bleeding behind her eye.
  • January rainfall in parts of UK breaks more than century-long record
    Anyone thinking it had been a particularly drab and wet January, that has been confirmed by the Met Office's latest monthly figures, as Chris Fawkes explains.
  • MP arrested over more alleged sexual offences
    Dan Norris says he "vigorously" denies the allegations, which include rape and sexual assault.


rss: the register

  • 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.…

  • McDonald's is not lovin' your bigmac, happymeal, and mcnuggets passwords

    Your favorite menu item might be easy to remember but it will not secure your account

    Change Your Password Day took place over the weekend, and in case you doubt the need to improve this most basic element of cybersecurity hygiene, even McDonald's – yes, the fast food chain – is urging people to get more creative when it comes to passwords. …

  • Snowflake bets $200M that OpenAI makes databases more chatty

    Cuts out the Azure middleman with multi-year deal for 'tighter alignment'

    Snowflake plans to spend as much as $200 million with OpenAI to bring its models and chatbot into the database vendor's sandbox and toolset. Features such as Cortex AI and Snowflake Intelligence will get a boost from the house of Altman.…

  • Patch Tuesday meets Groundhog Day as Windows hibernation bug returns

    Microsoft concedes January's out-of-band fix didn't stop some PCs from rebooting instead of sleeping

    Microsoft rounded off January by adding more devices to the list of those affected by the hibernation issue it claimed had been fixed by an out-of-band update.…

  • SAP refuses to budge on renewal discounts despite cloud growth slowdown

    Drop in customers' cloud conversion rate causes share price to plunge 22% - steepest decline since 2020

    SAP is refusing to change tack on renewal discounts despite lower-than-expected cloud forecasts prompting its biggest share price slide in five years.…



rss: ars technica

  • 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.
  • Intel Panther Lake Core Ultra review: Intel's best laptop CPU in a very long time
    Intel manages big boosts to CPU and GPU speed without blowing up battery life.
  • Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025
    When the eradication program began in 1986, there were a 3.5 million cases.
  • OpenAI picks up pace against Claude Code with new Codex desktop app
    The macOS app does everything the CLI, IDE, and web interfaces do.
  • Why Civilization VII is the way it is, and how its devs plan to win critics back
    Firaxis' Ed Beach and Dennis Shirk talk major overhauls in "Test of Time" update.


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