rss: npr

  • Trump vows to 'take care of Cuba,' praises Venezuela cooperation at summit
    Trump made the promise in front of an assembled meeting of Latin American leaders.
  • British Columbia to make daylight saving time permanent
    The Canadian province is permanently ending the biannual time shifts for more light at the day's end. But research shows daylight saving increases health risks.
  • How the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran is realigning the politics of the Middle East
    NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with author and journalist Kim Ghattas about the impacts the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran will have on the broader region.
  • Shedding light on how Epstein used visits to Interlochen to target girls
    An NPR reporting team sheds new light on how Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell used their access to the Interlochen Center for the Arts to target girls.
  • First HBCU D1 women's wrestlers compete at championship
    It's a weekend of firsts in Iowa, where the first national women's college wrestling championship is taking place and the first HBCU Division 1 women's wrestling team is fielding players.
  • Jan. 6 plaque honoring police officers is now displayed at the Capitol after a 3-year delay
    Visitors to the Capitol in Washington now have a visible reminder of the siege there on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day.
  • Authorities searching debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma
    A 12-year-old boy is reported to be among the dead following powerful storms that stretched across the middle of the country.
  • Opinion: The immorality of betting on war
    Traders on prediction markets bet on nearly anything. One made more than half a million dollars betting on the U.S. strike against Iran. But should people wager on human suffering?
  • Native Americans react to Sen. Markwayne Mullin's DHS appointment
    Many tribes are encouraged by Trump's choice of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a member of the Cherokee nation, as the new DHS Secretary. ICE agents have been accused of racially profiling Native Americans.
  • European leaders' views on the developing war in the Middle East
    Europeans are divided over how to respond to the US/Israel war with Iran. German leaders have been measured, while Spain's prime minister has been critical of the Trump Administration and of Israel.


rss: bbc

  • Trump says he does not need UK aircraft carriers to win war with Iran
    The remarks come after a public back-and-forth between Trump and Sir Keir Starmer over UK involvement the US's joint offensive with Israel against Iran.
  • 'Our children paid the ultimate price' – How the Dunblane school shooting changed Britain
    A new BBC documentary charts how the murders of 16 children and their teacher in March 1996 led to a handgun ban in the UK.
  • How I've learned that certainty is the thing to really fear
    After five decades hosting radio phone-ins and debates, Nicky Campbell reflects on the state of public debate
  • Jessie Buckley says acting helped her overcome eating disorder as a teenager
    The Oscar-frontrunner says acting is "like water to me" as she credits her craft with helping her mental health.
  • King reflects on 'pressures of conflict' in Commonwealth message
    King Charles hails the value of the Commonwealth in divided times in his annual message.
  • The legacy of Holly and Jessica's murders: Soham 'won't waste its breath' on Huntley
    The trauma and aftermath of events in 2002 are still having an impact on the Cambridgeshire village.
  • Russell wins first race of new F1 era in Australia
    George Russell takes a comfortable victory in the Australian Grand Prix at the start of a new F1 era after an early scrap with Charles Leclerc.
  • Dozens killed as Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village in search of 40-year-old remains
    Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
  • Navy readying aircraft carrier for deployment as Iran conflict deepens
    The move may raise speculation HMS Prince of Wales could be sent to defend British interests during the Middle East conflict.
  • UK to charter flight for British nationals out of Dubai
    The flight is due to depart from Dubai early next week for British nationals wanting to leave the region.


rss: the register

  • Unpacking the deceptively simple science of tokenomics

    Inference at scale is much more complex than more GPUs, more tokens, more profits

    feature By now you've probably heard AI datacenters called factories. It's an apt description: power goes in and tokens come out.…

  • Brits fear AI will strip the human touch from public services

    'There's a naive techno-utopianism in Whitehall'

    Brits are worried that AI will dehumanize public services, leading to less human contact and oversight as well as job losses, according to people questioned by pollster Ipsos.…

  • 60 years since humanity touched the surface of another planet

    Remembering the day the Venera 3 impacted Venus

    It is 60 years since humanity first got up close and personal with another planet, with the impact of the Soviet Union's Venera 3.…

  • Oracle and OpenAI's Texas Stargate datacenter expansion reportedly on the skids

    Meta supposidly considering untapped capacity in deal brokered by Nvidia

    OpenAI and compute partner Oracle have reportedly abandoned a planned expansion of their flagship Stargate datacenter, after negotiations were stalled by financing and Sam Altman's apparent fear of commitment.…

  • Anthropic bods rework AI damage yardstick, find scant labor impact

    It's the end of the world as we know it, and AI feels fine

    Anthropic economists Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory report that AI is not eliminating as many jobs as experts have predicted. …

  • Don’t blame AI yet for poor jobs numbers, analysts say

    US unemployment ticked up to 4.4%

    The US economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, a dramatic downturn from analyst expectations that it would add about 50,000 jobs. The shortfall stoked growing fears that AI could be contributing to higher unemployment.…

  • Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits

    Now if only device makers would deliver higher quality components

    Thanks to Anthropic's AI and its bug-detecting abilities, Firefox users can now enjoy stronger security. Unfortunately, if browser crashes rather than security flaws are the problem, Claude probably can't help.…

  • Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones

    Steals SMS messages, location data, contacts … and delivers it to Hamas-linked crew

    Hamas-linked attackers are dropping spyware disguised as an emergency-alert app on Israelis' smartphones via SMS messages, according to security researchers.…

  • US state laws push age checks into the operating system

    Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS

    Many web sites, social media services, and other platforms require age verification on the theory that it will protect kids from seeing inappropriate content. But now some US states want to require the operating system itself to check your age and that could cause big headaches for FOSS vendors.…

  • Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack

    Switchzilla says flaws could allow file overwrites or privilege escalation

    Just when network admins thought the Cisco SD-WAN patch queue might finally be shrinking, Switchzilla has confirmed miscreants are exploiting more vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN management software.…



rss: ars technica

  • Hunting for elusive "ghost elephants"
    Werner Herzog directed this evocative NatGeo documentary of an ornithologist's quest to find a new species.
  • A unicorn-like Spinosaurus found in the Sahara
    A unique head spike and fish-eating jaws help make sense of these dinosaurs.
  • From Iran to Ukraine, everyone's trying to hack security cameras
    Research shows apparent Iranian state hackers trying to hijack consumer-grade cameras.
  • Ding-dong! The Exploration Upper Stage is dead
    The Exploration Upper Stage did not in any way get NASA closer to landing on the Moon.
  • Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases
    Planet wants to prevent "adversarial actors" from using images for "Battle Damage Assessment" purposes.
  • Fishing crews in the Atlantic keep accidentally dredging up chemical weapons
    Fishing crews face horrifying burns from dredging the dumped chemical weapons.
  • Google's new command-line tool can plug OpenClaw into your Workspace data
    This could make it easier to use multiple Workspace APIs, but it's not yet an official Google product.
  • Feds take notice of iOS vulnerabilities exploited under mysterious circumstances
    The long, strange trip of a large assembly of advanced iOS exploits.
  • Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target
    The binary asteroid's orbit around the Sun was affected by the impact.
  • How moss helped convict grave robbers of a Chicago cemetery
    Burr Oak Cemetery is the final resting place of Emmett Till and blues singer Willie Dixon, among others.


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