rss: npr

  • Meet the Dutch art detective who tracks down stolen masterpieces
    For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. He says patience and trust are everything.
  • When health insurance costs $2,500 per month, families make tough choices
    A self-employed couple already had to dip into retirement savings for health costs. Now, they are skipping vacations and canceling streaming to afford health insurance.
  • DHS shutdown hurts families' access to detention facilities, Democrat says
    The difficulties for families adds to the patchwork of complaints about immigration oversight and other issues while the department remains without government funding for five weeks.
  • Iran war enters its fourth week with no clear end in sight
    As the war in the Middle East enters its fourth week, President Trump says the U.S. is considering "winding down" military efforts, as it also seeks to ease the energy crisis by lifting sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.
  • U.S. judge rules against Pentagon restrictions on press coverage
    The policy required media organizations to pledge not to gather information unless Defense officials formally authorized its release. A U.S. judge said the rules are at odds with the First Amendment.
  • Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase
    A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations.
  • Over 5,500 told to evacuate flooding in Hawaii as officials warn that dam could fail
    Muddy floodwaters from severe rains have inundated communities and prompted evacuation orders for more than 5,500 people in towns north of Honolulu. Officials are warning about the possible failure of a 120-year-old dam.
  • CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era
    The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.
  • Federal prosecutors ask to dismiss charges against officers in Breonna Taylor raid
    Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid.
  • 'Everybody was wearing black.' How the Iranian diaspora is observing Nowruz amid war
    Nowruz celebrates the arrival of spring and rebirth. But for many in the Iranian diaspora, this year is different. As the war continues, many are trying to balance the joy of the holiday with grief.


rss: bbc

  • UK allows US to use bases to strike Strait of Hormuz targets
    Downing Street says ministers approved the expansion after accusing Iran of "reckless strikes".
  • Sarah Ferguson is keeping a low profile, but pressure mounts for her to give evidence on Epstein
    There are calls for the former duchess to give testimony in the US, although there is no legal requirement she does so.
  • Remember Chuck Norris memes but never watched his films? You're not alone
    Chuck Norris became an inadvertent source of humour for a viral online celebration of his movie tough-guy persona.
  • Northern Lights forecast to reappear across UK on Saturday
    Forecasters say there's another chance to see the aurora tonight with solar activity remaining high.
  • Iranian man charged after allegedly trying to enter nuclear base
    Police Scotland arrested the 34-year-old man and a 31-year-old Romanian woman at the Faslane naval base on Thursday.
  • Meningitis cases rise as vaccine queues continue
    The UKHSA says the number of confirmed or suspected cases in Kent has risen from 29 to 34.
  • Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows
    Much of the damage was caused in initial retaliatory strikes by Iran in the week after the US and Israel launched its operation.
  • Watch: Israeli strike next to British journalist is not AI-generated
    The video of the strike, hitting just metres from RT's Steve Sweeney and his crew, was recorded on Thursday in southern Lebanon.
  • US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as energy prices soar
    The treasury secretary says the move will quickly bring about 140m barrels of oil to global markets.
  • There are no meningitis restrictions in Canterbury - but something feels different
    Events are cancelled and businesses say the city feels quieter after the start of the outbreak which has killed two young people.


rss: the register

  • Payment biz pulls plug on open source charity after KYC spat

    Free Software Foundation Europe says it was asked for supporters' passwords; Nexi insists it only wanted test credentials to check cancellation flows

    The Free Software Foundation Europe says its electronic-payments provider Nexi Group unexpectedly "cancelled" its account – cutting the charity off from around 450 donors.…

  • Cryptographers engage in war of words over RustSec bug reports and subsequent ban

    Rust security maintainers contend Nadim Kobeissi's vulnerability claims are too much

    Since February, cryptographer Nadim Kobeissi has been trying to get code fixes applied to Rust cryptography libraries to address what he says are critical bugs. For his efforts, he's been dismissed, ignored, and banned from Rust security channels.…

  • Sorry, Amazon, you couldn't pick a worse time to bring a phone to market: IDC analyst

    The market is contracting

    Right product, wrong time? Amazon is reported to be developing a new smartphone, its first since 2014, and, according to industry tracker IDC, it will face entrenched competition with better products and a market that is expected to contract by double digits.…

  • Salesforce snaps up the team who built calendar app Clockwise to work on Agentforce

    Just the team, not the tech

    Salesforce's Agentforce team is getting an infusion of new talent by hiring the team behind Clockwise, a calendar scheduling app, but the app itself isn't sticking around.…

  • WSL graphics driver update brings better GPU support for Linux apps

    Meanwhile, WINE and OpenGL tweaks speed Windows apps on 64-bit hosts

    Whatever OS you run, you have a better chance to run non-native apps. Running Linux virtualized on Windows is set to speed up slightly, and so is running Windows apps on top of 64-bit Linux and macOS.…

  • Starship may chauffeur Orion to the Moon, as NASA mulls ditching SLS after Artemis V

    SpaceX's still-not-quite-orbital rocket tapped as lunar taxi. Musk's minicab anyone?

    NASA is reportedly considering using SpaceX's Starship to transport the Orion capsule to the Moon, with some sources calling it a done deal.…

  • Microsoft breaks Microsoft account sign-ins in Windows 11 with latest update

    OneDrive, Office, Teams Free users greeted with phantom 'no internet' errors, restart may help if you're lucky

    Microsoft has broken account sign-ins in Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 with a recent update, causing error messages in apps like OneDrive and Office.…

  • UK police force presses pause on live facial recognition after study finds racial bias

    Cams statistically more likely to ID Black people, says new research

    A UK police force has suspended its deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study revealed it was statistically more likely to identify Black people on a watchlist database.…

  • Feds disrupt monster IoT botnets behind record-breaking DDoS attacks

    Millions of hijacked devices powered traffic floods targeting defense systems and beyond

    The US government has moved to disrupt a cluster of IoT botnets behind some of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded, including traffic bursts topping 30 terabits per second.…

  • Jaguar Land Rover's cyber bailout sets worrying precedent, watchdog warns

    Lack of clear criteria risks encouraging firms to lean on state support instead of worrying about insurance

    The UK's cyber watchdog has warned that the government's £1.5 billion bailout of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) risks setting a troubling precedent for how Britain handles major cyber crises.…



rss: ars technica

  • DOGE goes nuclear: How trump invited silicon valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
    “Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do.”
  • Jury finds Musk owes damages to Twitter investors for his tweets
    The verdict, while not a complete loss, could still cost him billions.
  • You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of
    Fatal brain infection was thought to be from profound immune suppression. Not anymore.
  • Once again, ULA can't deliver when the US military needs a satellite in orbit
    ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle is grounded after a solid rocket booster anomaly last month.
  • Microsoft keeps insisting that it's deeply committed to the quality of Windows 11
    "Reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points" is one of Microsoft's action items.
  • Writer denies it, but publisher pulls horror novel after multiple allegations of AI use
    One of the first controversies of its kind.
  • Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack
    Admins: Sorry to say, but it's likely a rotate-your-secrets kind of weekend.
  • NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule
    The request goes beyond a one-time move to transporting all types of vehicles.
  • Trump FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna and blow way past 39% TV ownership cap
    Brendan Carr lets Trump-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit.
  • RFK may replace entire panel of CDC vaccine advisors again, ally lets slip
    Robert Malone made the claim, then retracted it, as HHS denied it.


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