rss: npr

  • 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.
  • How the Iran war threatens global food supply
    About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.
  • The second death of Cesar Chavez and his legacy
    Accusations of sexual abuse by the famed union leader and champion of farmworker rights Cesar Chavez broke his legacy and those who admired him.
  • Why is the 'Bachelorette' canceled? A guide to the Taylor Frankie Paul controversy
    Taylor Frankie Paul rose to fame on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, then filmed a season of The Bachelorette. But it won't air as planned because of resurfaced domestic violence allegations.
  • Epstein's former attorney testifies he had 'no knowledge whatsoever' of crimes
    Darren Indyke, longtime attorney for Jeffrey Epstein, testified he "did not know" of Epstein's sexual abuse of women and girls. He also confirmed the existence of hard drives held by Epstein's estate.


rss: bbc

  • UK allows US to use bases to strike Strait of Hormuz targets
    Downing Street said ministers approved the expansion after accusing Iran of "reckless strikes".
  • Sarah Ferguson is lying low, but pressure is mounting 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.
  • Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak
    The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 29 people, killing two of them, has been labelled "unprecedented".
  • Dame Jenni Murray, former BBC Woman's Hour presenter, dies at 75
    She was the Radio 4 programme's longest-serving presenter, having left in 2020 after 33 years.
  • Chuck Norris memes were undefeated for a generation of young fans
    Chuck Norris became an inadvertent source of humour for a viral online celebration of his movie tough guy persona.
  • Traitors and Idris Elba help Comic Relief raise £30m
    The annual charity telethon was hosted by Davina McCall and featured appearances from Idris Elba, Katherine Ryan and Catherine Tate.
  • Elon Musk misled Twitter investors, jury finds
    A San Francisco jury concludes Musk’s claims in 2022 were damaging to a group of Twitter investors.
  • Work from home and drive more slowly to save energy, global body urges
    People should change how they travel, work and cook to tackle the energy price crisis, the International Energy Agency says.
  • Socialists battle to hold Paris in key mayoral elections across France
    Emmanuel Grégoire is facing a challenge from Rachida Dati on the right who is behind in the opinion polls.
  • Reform suspends Scotland candidate less than a day after he was announced
    Scotland leader Malcolm Offord told BBC Radio Scotland that the party had "spent a lot of time on vetting" candidates


rss: the register

  • 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.…

  • Supermicro co-founder arrested, charged over $2.5B Nvidia GPU sales to China

    Indictment claims dummy servers and bogus docs used to slip past US export controls

    A co-founder of Supermicro is among three people charged with diverting servers fitted with Nvidia GPUs worth $2.5 billion to Chinese customers in violation of US export controls.…



rss: ars technica

  • 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.
  • Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars
    There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater.


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