rss: npr

  • Airport security lines are long. Here's what to know if you're flying
    Travel experts say passengers need to be prepared, and patient, amid the government shutdown. Until a deal is reached, officials say airport disruptions and delays could get even worse.
  • Robert Mueller, ex-FBI director who led 2016 Russia inquiry, dies at 81
    Mueller's family told The New York Times in August that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
  • Iraqi Kurds mark Nowruz, celebrating light over darkness
    In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity.
  • End of an heir-a: The U.K. abolishes aristocrats' right to inherit Parliament seats
    The British Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all older white men. A new law now phases them out, for the first time in nearly 1,000 years.
  • Opinion: Lessons from a bad weather forecast
    Residents in and around Washington braced themselves for damaging storms earlier this week, but turns out it was a forecast flop. One local meteorologist apologized.
  • Meet the Dutch art detective who tracks down stolen masterpieces
    For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. He says patience and trust are everything.
  • When health insurance costs $2,500 per month, families make tough choices
    A self-employed couple already had to dip into retirement savings for health costs. Now, they are skipping vacations and canceling streaming to afford health insurance.
  • DHS shutdown hurts families' access to detention facilities, Democrat says
    The difficulties for families adds to the patchwork of complaints about immigration oversight and other issues while the department remains without government funding for five weeks.
  • Iran war enters its fourth week with no clear end in sight
    As the war in the Middle East enters its fourth week, President Trump says the U.S. is considering "winding down" military efforts, as it also seeks to ease the energy crisis by lifting sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.
  • 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.


rss: bbc

  • Foreign secretary denounces 'reckless Iran threats' after missiles fired at Diego Garcia
    Iran reportedly fired two ballistic missiles at Indian Ocean base, but neither reached the target.
  • Trump administration at crossroads in US-Israel war with Iran
    Statements from President Trump that the war is almost over are not matching up with the reality on the ground.
  • Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia investigation, dies at 81
    A former FBI director, Mueller led the high-profile inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election
  • BTS make live return in front of huge crowd
    RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook perform together for the first time since October 2022.
  • Saturday Night Live UK is here - but can it make you laugh?
    The first episode of the British version of the American sketch show hits screens this weekend, and might face a tough crowd.
  • Food prices likely to rise due to Iran war, farmers' union says
    The National Farmers' Union says the price of cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers could rise over the next six weeks.
  • Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows
    Much of the damage was caused in initial retaliatory strikes by Iran in the week after the US and Israel launched its operation.
  • Watch: Israeli strike next to British journalist is not AI-generated
    The video of the strike, hitting just metres from RT's Steve Sweeney and his crew, was recorded on Thursday in southern Lebanon.
  • US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as energy prices soar
    The treasury secretary says the move will quickly bring about 140m barrels of oil to global markets.
  • As Starmer faces war overseas, his party can't find peace at home
    British politicians tend to stick together during dangerous moments abroad. In 2026? Not so much.


rss: the register

  • Turns out your coffee addiction may be doing your brain a favor

    Decades of data suggest people who stick to a couple of brews fare better in terms of gray matter

    A decades-long study suggests that your daily caffeine fix might be doing more than jolting you through morning meetings – it could also be quietly helping your brain hold it together.…

  • Payment biz pulls plug on open source charity after KYC spat

    Free Software Foundation Europe says it was asked for supporters' passwords; Nexi insists it only wanted test credentials to check cancellation flows

    The Free Software Foundation Europe says its electronic-payments provider Nexi Group unexpectedly "cancelled" its account – cutting the charity off from around 450 donors.…

  • 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.…



rss: ars technica

  • We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?
    This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries.
  • DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
    “Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do.”
  • 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.


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