rss: npr

  • How Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has brought the culture wars to the military
    The New York Times reporter Greg Jaffe says Hegseth has disproportionately blocked promotions of Black and women senior officers, and he's also been purging the military of transgender people.
  • She got Trump's $500 check for health insurance. To her, it's a 'political stunt'
    As checks from President Trump for health costs hit millions of mailboxes, a poll shows Americans don't trust Republicans on healthcare. Experts doubt it will move the needle and say it is likely illegal.
  • Gut microbes followed migrating humans across continents, new study suggests
    New research looks at the surprising similarities in the gut microbiomes of hunter-gathers in Tanzania and horticulturalists in Bolivia, and asks: What role do these bacteria play in human health?
  • Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan, whose high court offers an oasis for chatter and chai
    The Lahore High Court is a near-perfect specimen of British South Asian colonial architecture and its main square is a pleasant spot shaded by banyan trees.
  • DIY fertilizer is a blessing as farmers face steep prices due to the Iran war
    It's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make their own. They call it a "labor of love."
  • U.S. moves long-range bombers from U.K. And, Israel allegedly warned before Oct. 7
    A possible Iranian threat led the U.S. to remove long-range bombers from a U.K. base. And, Israelis are learning that their prime minister may have been warned before the Oct. 7 attacks.
  • Who will win the 2026 Nobel Prize in economics?
    A thinly traded prediction market offers a starting point. We explore potential winners and the big ideas that could earn them economics' biggest prize.
  • Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry
    Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
  • An early flu season means it might be time to think about a flu shot
    Flu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year.
  • 'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
    Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.


rss: bbc

  • Badenoch says Tories would scrap inheritance tax on family homes
    Tory leader says her party is "coming back", as she aims to convince voters it has changed after 2024 election defeat.
  • Chris Mason: Tories united behind Badenoch - but party still needs to win over voters
    Kemi Badenoch has the support of her party but the Tories still trail Labour and Reform in opinion polls.
  • Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family
    The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.
  • Family tribute to 'kind and loving' GP found dead at home
    Hannah Cain's family say they have been "devastated" by her death on Sunday.
  • World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers
    Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island.
  • Southampton manager to stay in role after being given suspended ban over Spygate scandal
    Tonda Eckert is free to continue as Southampton manager after being given a suspended ban for his role in Spygate.
  • Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness
    People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.
  • Watch: Why French police have stopped using stun grenades on student protesters
    France has halted the use of stun grenades after a 15-year-old boys hand was blown off during student protests.
  • Notorious gangland enforcer Paul Ferris dies aged 62
    The criminal-turned-author is believed to have died on Tuesday night after a short illness.
  • Eleven arrested as pro-Palestinian marches held in London
    Five people were arrested for inciting racial hatred at a protest outside the office of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Met says.


rss: the register

  • When one datacenter is no longer enough
    SPONSORED POST: Why training AI across multiple sites is creating a new networking challenge
  • Europe's mobile operators sell fewer phones but gain share as budget market shrivels
    Contract purchases hold up better than independent retail sales, with Apple overtaking Samsung in the carrier channel
  • Nine in 10 VMware customers eye the exit as licensing bills bite
    Rimini Street-sponsored survey finds 48% have no plans to move workloads to Broadcom's preferred subscription platform
  • Dutch tax office ditches Microsoft 365 cloud for on-premises alternative
    Email and calendars move in-house in 2027, with European open source tools to follow
  • FortiBleed still a bleeding nuisance as FBI confirms ongoing attacks
    Tens of thousands more victims and more ransomware groups getting in on the act
  • Rails originator roasted over Rust boosterism
    David Heinemeier Hansson's agent-coded bakeoff produced curious results
  • COSMIC shuts the door on AI code as GNOME debates letting bug reports in
    System76 demands human-written contributions, while a rival desktop developer argues bot-found flaws are too valuable to ignore
  • From reactive to proactive: How endpoint monitoring is fixing broken meeting rooms
    SPONSORED FEATURE: Cloud-based telemetry is turning meeting rooms into managed endpoints, letting IT teams anticipate failures rather than scramble once users complain
  • South Korean president calls for creation of tools that stop all cyber-attacks
    'Complete security paradigm refresh' needed for the AI era
  • Microsoft defines its Azure instance lifecycle, without any info about timing
    Redmond explains how VMs die, but not when you can expect that to happen


rss: ars technica

  • Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
    Car design sure riles people up on the Internet these days. Goes double for EVs.
  • Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech
    Trump's aggressive reshoring push could cost tech firms $230 billion, CTA estimates.
  • Mistral says "Le Chonk" can challenge the best AI models
    Mistral says Le Chonk can rival top closed models while remaining open-weight.
  • Google rolls out improved SynthID AI content detector, now available globally
    The new SynthID website can now identify AI content from Google, OpenAI, and more.
  • AI/ML is becoming a performance factor in motorsport
    More than just a sponsor: OpenAI has been helping Ganassi with setups.
  • Review: Fine, let's talk about Digger
    Its excesses may try one’s patience at times, but the film sticks the landing with a savagely moving finale.
  • If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency
    "We are in the era of people interested in having good deals, and LISA is a very good deal for the US."
  • Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says
    Two cargo ships have sunk, one ship was afire, and sailors are dead or missing.
  • OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT outputs by default—but only in the EU
    Like other solutions, it is not especially reliable, and it's easy to circumvent.
  • HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service”
    A combined service could lead to higher prices.


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