rss: npr

  • Trump says he's ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling
    President Donald Trump said that his administration is "terminating" a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling.
  • Rays stun Brewers with 2-run rally in 12th inning and force World Series Game 5
    Tampa Bay became the fourth team in World Series history to avoid elimination with an extra-inning comeback. Game 5 in the best-of-seven matchup is Wednesday night at Tropicana Field.
  • U.S. to issue visas to Flávio Bolsonaro as his whereabouts remain unclear
    Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the U.S. amid a money-laundering probe, as Washington agrees to issue visas to him and his family.
  • Southwest flood damage estimates are hundreds of millions for New Mexico alone
    Intense rainstorms linked to a very active El Niño-driven Pacific hurricane season have left thousands of people in the Four Corners states displaced.
  • Israel's voter turnout soars as Netanyahu faces a tight election
    Israelis voted in their highest numbers in over two decades in a tense national election to decide whether to stick with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition.
  • The Ebola outbreak is breaking records -- and just marked a grim milestone
    The current outbreak, first identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has now counted 10,000 patients and has spread with great speed. How can it be stopped?
  • A judge halted D.C. golf course renovations. Trump says they'll still start next month
    A federal judge has barred the government from clearing more trees or making other alterations to D.C.'s East Potomac Park without proper notice. Trump says his administration will appeal.
  • Bolsonaro's party accepts Brazil election defeat, but he refuses to concede
    Brazil's opposition party accepts President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's election victory, but Flávio Bolsonaro won't concede, while President Trump calls the vote "rigged" without offering evidence.
  • Discursive Verses: Jay-Z, the Super Bowl and playing with house money
    NPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: Is the rap mogul's self-selection a crowning achievement or a final affront?
  • A 'Green Army' is out to thwart El Niño flooding
    In Nairobi, a city prone to floods, workers in the "Green Army" are making preparations to prevent disaster when El Niño arrives.


rss: bbc

  • Tax on banks, energy bill help and minimum wage rise - what could be in the Budget?
    Chancellor John Healey will set out his plans for UK taxes on 28 October.
  • Israeli exit polls suggest no clear winner in pivotal general election
    Two polls project that veteran PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot are tied, with neither winning a majority.
  • Watch: What happens now after close vote in Israeli election?
    Polls have closed in the Israeli election, but there is no clear winner.
  • Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro arrives in US after Brazil cancels his passports
    The defeated presidential candidate's arrival in the US came hours after he failed to turn in his passports to Brazilian authorities.
  • King acknowledges 'suffering of the past' as Caribbean tour begins
    The King is on a nine-day tour that will take him to three countries, including the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda.
  • Thick fog to create dangerous driving conditions for UK commuters
    After storms across the UK, the weather is set to turn calmer with mist and fog at times over the coming week.
  • Neil Young again sues Trump campaign for playing Rockin' in the Free World at rally
    The Canadian-American musician sued Trump in 2020 over unauthorised use of song at a political event.
  • Landline switchover could cut people off in emergency, minister warned
    Plans to switch to digital landlines by January could leave remote areas of the UK vulnerable, MPs say.
  • Alexander brothers each sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case
    The trio - two of whom were high-profile US real estate moguls - were found guilty using their social status to lure women to parties and then raping them.
  • Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to teenage girl's murder after 52 years
    Authorities in Utah used advanced DNA technology to solve the cold case decades after the notorious killer was executed.


rss: the register

  • SK Hynix says memory shortages to persist until 2030
    Good for its bottom line, not great news for yours, or for the PC and smartphone markets
  • AI slows growth for Infosys and keeps it afloat at the same time
    Predicts slower growth as savings from automation hit price of extended deals
  • Big Red gets cozy with Google to offer TPUs to AI customers
    Oracle plans to add those chips alongside new Nvidia hardware and OpenAI services as businesses await AI payoffs
  • Anthropic now lets Claude users jump out of plane without parachute
    Meet CLAUDE_CODE_EVEN_MORE_DANGEROUSLY_SKIP_PERMISSIONS
  • AI 'hacker' finds 4 severe bugs in popular industrial control software in under 4 hours
    One critical, three high-severity EPICS bugs could disrupt research experiments
  • Apple takes powerful M6 chip to the MacBook Pro, iMac
    6th-gen M-series silicon promises more cores, faster memory, a fatter NPU, and better connectivity, now in more form factors
  • EU privacy advocates accuse US data annotation firm of snooping on contractors
    Noyb files five complaints in four member states over alleged tracking of workers on Scale AI's Outlier platform
  • ZacOS 9 and Mavernix: Two classic Apple desktops find their Wayland to Linux
    Classic Platinum or lickable Mavericks-era Aqua – it's your choice
  • Day 2 of canceled classes at University of New Mexico after Health Sciences Center cyberattack
    University hospitals once again accepting patients after initial ambulance diversion, but recovery to continue in phases
  • Take it on the chin SatNad: Microsoft chief exec's pay slips 6% in record year
    Revenue up, operating profit up, 30 million paid Copilot seats locked in, 88 DCs added, $43.8 billion returned to shareholders


rss: ars technica

  • Apple refreshes the iMac, entry-level MacBook Pro with the M6 chip
    Additionally, the N1 chip brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.
  • South Carolina's measles outbreak jumped to Washington state 5 times in 2 weeks
    International travel used to be the main risk of measles cases in the US—not anymore.
  • China's top-secret spaceplane can't hide in low-Earth orbit
    The DIA's threat assessment suggests China may soon place directed energy weapons in space.
  • "No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses
    Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for "reckless" AI, US Rep. Comer says.
  • Anthropic IPO warns its AI could blackmail people, become sentient, end humanity
    Seven potential AI nightmares pulled from Anthropic's 93-page "Risk Factor" tome.
  • Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth
    Critical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.
  • Google begins certifying Registered App Stores for Android, but not in the US
    Easier app installs are coming to third-party stores, pending Google's stamp of approval.
  • Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
    You can apparently now tell AI tools what sort of protein you want them to make.
  • Warner Bros. drops final trailer for Dune: Part Three
    "After years of combat, I've become the oppressor Chani had sworn to fight."
  • Ford simplifies using your EV as a home battery with the $30K Fathom
    The Fathom pickup won’t need a wall-mounted inverter to output 10 kW to your house.


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