rss: npr

  • Hindu pilgrims, on arduous trek, among Nepal's missing
    Among the hundreds still missing on Nepal's border with China are Hindus from India and beyond, participating in a journey of devotion to a sacred mountain
  • Amid backlash, museum cancels planned Met Gala exhibit on fashion designer John Galliano
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling exhibit honoring British designer John Galliano. The exhibit had led to backlash because of the designer's past antisemitic and racist statements.
  • Jury convicts a man of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur
    A jury found Duane "Keffe D" Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, finally bringing a measure of resolution to a case that had gripped hip-hop fans for decades.
  • Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down, White House says
    Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration.
  • Nearly 200 witnesses to Charlie Kirk shooting apply for victims' benefits in Utah
    While the high-profile shooting at Utah Valley University had only one homicide victim, Kirk's assassination was witnessed by thousands in person and even more as video spread online.

  • Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
    After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.
  • Whatever happened to the U.S. famine alert system that Trump shut down, then reopened
    The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth?
  • Kalshi bans former congressman George Santos for life after State of the Union trades
    Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman more than $71,000.
  • The U.S. sues Amazon again
    Federal regulators and 22 states allege that the tech giant made billions by manipulating how much brands and sellers paid for ads on its platform.
  • Paperwork, lines, hours on hold: There's a 'Time Tax' on Americans who need help most
    Annie Lowrey explores the administrative burdens people face applying for government benefits. It's not just about wasted time: "When the government treats us like this, we don't trust it," she says.


rss: bbc

  • Ex-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
    Duane "Keffe D" Davis was convicted over the drive-by shooting of the rap superstar 30 years ago.
  • Man charged with murder of woman and girl after fatal Teesside house fire
    A girl, 7, and her aunt died in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on Wednesday.
  • 'I've never been to Afghanistan': Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban
    As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.
  • US army secretary resigns after months of tension
    Dan Driscoll, the youngest-ever army secretary, was about 18 months into his post.
  • Shein shares fall in long-awaited stock market debut
    The firm's Hong Kong listing on Tuesday comes after a years-long quest to sell shares in New York and London.
  • Nepal death toll crosses 1,000 as rescuers race to find workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels
    Thousands are still missing as Chinese state media report the official number of fatalities in Tibet at 16.
  • New super flu vaccine rollout begins as NHS regroups from 'busiest summer'
    This year's jab has a few tweaks, including changes to better combat the Super-K strain.
  • New storm names for 2026-2027 released by Met Office
    Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn.
  • Russian strike hits rail workers in new deadly attacks on Kyiv
    Ukrainian officials say 17 people, including two children, were injured in the capital and the wider region.
  • 'Baby Tommy's here, Chelsea's not': First-time mum dies in childbirth
    Chelsea McGillivray, from Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, fell into cardiac arrest during labour after what was believed to be a textbook pregnancy.


rss: the register

  • If hardware price squeezes make you sad, VMware says it will all end in tiers
    Virtzilla finding more ways to pull data out of DRAM to enable ‘densification’ and dodge the RAMpocalypse
  • AI adoption at work is broad but shallow
    GenAI now reaches 80% of occupations, but in most of those fewer than half of workers use it
  • Nvidia is building an IP licensing empire on the back of NVLink
    Even when you think you're not buying Nvidia, you might still be buying Nvidia
  • Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
    McKesson admits breach as ShinyHunters demands $55.2M
  • VMware uses Nvidia-favored 'AI factory' brand to build something with rival AMD
    Forget the confusing branding and focus on your shrinking token bill
  • Orbify.eu pitches warped Inception-style 3D maps for navigation
    'You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling'
  • OpenClaw 2.0 pours glitter on slow-burning security dumpster fire
    Making installation easier and putting a new wrapper on the interface while leaving most of the security to users is a recipe for more trouble with the popular agent harness
  • Attack hides malware in PNGs and drops custom reverse tunnel on victims' machines
    Next-level ClickFix wave sets off multi-stage attack chain
  • Broadcom pledges to lock down open source Python, Java libraries
    Promises ‘secure artifacts’ for Spring and RabbitMQ, and other projects that matter to its Tanzu suite
  • Anthropic cracks down on hijacked user accounts mining AI tokens
    Commodity malware steals authenticated sessions, letting thieves freeload on victims' paid usage


rss: ars technica

  • The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer's indulgence
    It's the lightest Bentley in 85 years.
  • Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak
    The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer.
  • Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article
    You've read the stories. Now check out our forums.
  • Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes
    Director Dave Green's live action/animated hybrid captures smart, subversive weirdness of the classic cartoons.
  • Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results "mixed"
    Trump furious at NBC's Kristen Welker for saying he had mixed results in primary endorsements.
  • “Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit
    Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts.
  • Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds
    Finding reveals an overlooked way that water can damage surfaces.
  • Think twice before installing this device promising free movies
    In exchange for free stuff, devices make home connections part of a proxy network.
  • El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds
    “One more warning sign here of what we're facing in a warmer world.”
  • Google Maps renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" even faster than US government
    Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.


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