rss: npr

  • Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds launched at Moscow
    Moscow's mayor described the wave of drones as the "largest ever" attack on the Russian capital and said there had been damage to a Moscow oil refinery and a residential building.
  • How the NPR College Podcast Challenge changed lives
    Tee up those entries: It's time for the next NPR College Podcast Challenge, and hear how the contest changed the lives of past participants.
  • Thousands of planned launches, terms of deal, worry some near Louisiana SpaceX site
    State officials say the new SpaceX site will be a $100 billion investment and launch thousands of rockets. Lawmakers helped ease regulations and negotiations were covered under nondisclosure agreements.
  • NPR's College Podcast Challenge is back for 2026
    Students: It's time to turn on the mic and hit 'record.' Send us your podcasts and we'll pick the best ones. It's $5,000 for our grand prize and $500 for our finalists.
  • Saudi Arabia says Houthis tried to attack its capital
    Saudi Arabia on Saturday said that Yemen's Houthi rebels tried to attack Riyadh with a ballistic missile, the first time the Saudi capital has been targeted since the escalation in fighting with the Iran-backed rebels opened a new front in the Iran war.
  • Ed Sheeran says situation in Gaza is 'catastrophic and unjustifiable' as he opens solo concert
    Ed Sheeran opened a solo concert Saturday with comments about Gaza after controversy swirled around his tour and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage.
  • The new lines of southern Lebanon
    The U.N. expanded the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon's mandate 20 years ago to include monitoring adherence to a ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah — the militant group created in 1982 to counter a second Israeli invasion.
  • CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters denied access to White House following Trump ban
    Three reporters were blocked from the White House grounds Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said CNN, Politico, and MS NOW would be banned for reporting "FICTION and LIES."
  • Opinion: Remembering Annie Dillard, nature writer
    With her 1974 book, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," Annie Dillard became the youngest woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. We take a moment to remember her and her work.
  • Life in Kabul 5 years after the Taliban's return
    Five years after the return of Taliban rule, NPR visited Kabul to see how Afghans are dealing with their new government's strict social restrictions.


rss: bbc

  • Harry and Meghan's media treatment echoes what happened to Diana, Earl Spencer tells BBC
    Princess Diana's brother describes press coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan as a "cancerous influence in their life" and says he saw his sister cry "tears of despair" over interest in her.
  • Watch: Diana's brother says press has 'cancerous influence' on Harry and Meghan's lives
    Earl Spencer says that he can see echoes of Princess Diana's treatment from the press in the way Harry and Meghan are scrutinised.
  • Two killed in 'massive' Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow region, Russia says
    An oil refinery was also hit in the Russian capital and flights were suspended at two airports.
  • Ed Sheeran admits 'mistakes' at first show since Macklemore controversy
    The singer spoke about Israel and Gaza after Macklemore was dropped from his tour for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage.
  • The deadly new drugs making Scotland's fight against addiction even harder
    Experts warn potent new substances are making an already deadly crisis more dangerous.
  • German elections under way which could decide fate of Chancellor Merz
    The chancellor is facing intense political pressure which will increase if his party struggles in Sunday's polls.
  • Strictly returns with new hosting trio as celebrities find out dance pairings
    Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe take over from long-running presenting duo Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
  • Our head teacher was an abuser. We joined forces to get justice - now we're married
    Students spent years collecting evidence against their Indonesian principal, before falling in love.
  • Sex and dating for the sandwich generation - Sharon Horgan on her latest comedy Youth
    "It's really weird watching yourself age on screen because that's not fun," Horgan reveals.
  • Cultural treasures are being destroyed by war, and people want justice
    A cauldron of conflicts is bubbling across the world, with cultural monuments being destroyed. These people are fighting against it.


rss: the register

  • How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
    Windows is getting more efficient. The updates, not so much
  • Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve
    High time to stop kicking the security can down the road, investor tells The Reg
  • AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth
    Report says estimates focused on GPUs miss the mountains of power, cooling, and networking gear destined for scrap
  • Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake
    From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter
  • Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec
    Devs cheer relief from compatibility headache
  • Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K
    The Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM
  • Virginia governor wakes up to fact datacenters have become political cancer
    Executive order puts the kibosh on NDAs, limits permitting, and calls for stiffer environmental protections
  • Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI
    Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any more, say Census Bureau economists
  • Claude Code revamps projects so you can work and pay in parallel
    Running multiple Claude sessions at once means less waiting around to hit your usage limit
  • Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts
    Agentic exploits for the win (again)


rss: ars technica

  • Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy
    Research suggests that bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits.
  • Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade
    Chariklo is only about 250 km across, but it has two rings, and they're changing.
  • AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
    But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
  • FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
    FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
  • FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
    FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
  • Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
    Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.
  • US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"
    The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.
  • Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest
    Ning Xu of Tsinghua University captured tiny cilia beating in airways of a child with rare respiratory disorder.
  • Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI
    Researchers used Claude to reach an OpenAI employee account and sensitive GitHub data.
  • Rocket Report: China wants a Raptor 3 engine; SpaceX set for big Starship test
    “I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive."


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