rss: npr

  • Cesar Chavez abused and raped women and girls, NYT investigation says
    A New York Times investigation has revealed allegations that the late renowned labor leader abused girls and raped Dolores Huerta, his longtime organizing partner.
  • A mom wrote a kids' book on grief. She was just convicted of her husband's murder
    A Utah jury convicted Kouri Richins of fatally spiking her husband's drink with fentanyl in 2022. Prosecutors said she was hoping to collect millions of dollars from multiple life insurance policies.
  • Mamdani put Ramadan at the center of NYC's cultural life, bringing joy -- and a backlash
    NYC Mayor Mamdani observed Ramadan publicly at a time when many politicians and activists on the right are voicing hostility and in some cases open bigotry toward American Muslims.
  • FAA tightens safety rules for helicopters and planes around major airports
    Regulators at the Federal Aviation Administration are tightening safety rules in congested airspace around major airports, suspending the use of visual separation between planes and helicopters.
  • Trump temporarily waives the Jones Act to try to lower gasoline prices. Will it work?
    The Jones Act restricts which ships can carry goods between U.S. ports. Experts say temporarily lifting the act will do little to affect gas prices.
  • Greetings from Nyeri, Kenya, where grandmothers help coach the next generation
    A group of grandmothers in central Kenya have formed a soccer team to keep fit and to give hope to a generation of teenagers — whom they sometimes outrun on the field.
  • A mysterious floral artist has taken over the New York Botanical Garden
    Mr. Flower Fantastic is a graffiti artist turned floral designer who keeps his identity a secret. His new show is an ode to NYC in orchids. Oh, and did we mention he's allergic to flowers?
  • These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating each other's wings
    Salganea taiwanensis, a kind of wood-feeding cockroach, may engage in what's known as pair bonding, a new study finds.
  • The Fed to meet about interest rates. And, Sen. Mullin faces DHS confirmation hearing
    The Federal Reserve is expected to hold the benchmark interest rate steady today amid economic uncertainty. And, Sen. Mullin faces a confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
  • War can't entirely eliminate Iran's nuclear program, the U.N. atomic energy chief says
    International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi said Iran's nuclear program is heavily damaged, "but the material will still be there and the enrichment capacities will be there."


rss: bbc

  • How the Iran war has left Europe facing yet another energy crisis
    It is not the first time that there has been deep energy-linked frustration in the heart of Europe.
  • All doctors in England warned to watch for meningitis symptoms after Kent outbreak
    Health workers across England are urged to look out for signs of infection as thousands have jabs.
  • Pay grows at slowest rate in more than five years
    Annual earnings grew at an annual rate of 3.8% in the November to January period, the Office for National Statistics says.
  • World's longest coastal path opens in England
    The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.
  • 'Designer' dog owners report more problem behaviours, vets warn
    The Royal Veterinary College says popular "doodle" dogs do not always behave as expected.
  • Better NHS care might have saved 58 babies, BBC finds
    There are growing calls for a statutory public inquiry into maternity services in Oxford.
  • Child seen in sex abuse videos identified after researcher spots school badge
    An analyst tells the BBC how she tracked down a victim of child sexual abuse after years of searching.
  • Two men charged with allegedly spying on London Jewish community for Iran
    Counter Terrorism Policing had been investigating alleged surveillance of locations and individuals linked to London's Jewish community.
  • Warm settled weather set to continue into the weekend
    The spring-like weather is set to continue for the rest of the week but is unlikely to hit the highs of Wednesday's warmest day of the year so far, as Simon King explains.
  • US aircraft carrier to sail to Crete for repairs after fire on board
    The USS Gerald R Ford has played a significant role in US operations during the war with Iran.


rss: the register

  • Struggling to put your AI aversion into words? Here's a handy glossary

    From mild vegetarianism to full-blown haterdom, there's a label for everything

    Opinion Are you an AI hater, an AI vegan, or a slightly more moderate AI vegetarian? Or are you on the side of the clankers? A bot-licker, a prompt-fondler, a ChatNPC?…

  • Google offers ‘vibe design’ tool that you can shout at to create a UI

    Stitch gets voice input and an infinite canvas

    The term “vibe coding” has become associated with use of AI coding assistants to create code that expresses a developer’s intent, even if the results are ropey and require plenty of extra work to put into production. Google’s now proudly adapted the term to describe the workings of its Stitch design tool.…

  • Your next car might need 300 GB of RAM, and so will autonomous robots

    Micron plans to cash in, after already growing revenue $10 billion in a single quarter

    Autonomous cars will need 300 gigabytes of DRAM or more, and robots will need similar quantities, leading memory-maker Micron Technology to predict it has a long and happy future ahead of it.…

  • Tencent says small clouds can’t get hardware, so big clouds can hike prices

    Baidu joins the Chinese cloud price rise party

    Two more Chinese cloud giants have signalled price rises for their services, again due to the impact of AI on their supply chains.…

  • Anthropic's Claude claws its way towards the top of the AI market

    Who knew questioning authority and signaling virtue would lead to growth?

    Anthropic has been killing it in the business market, success that appears to be at least partially attributable to pushback against the Pentagon.…

  • Okta made a nightmare micromanager for your AI agents

    Where are you? What are you working on? Why are you doing that?

    Identity access and management platform Okta announced the general availability of its Okta for AI Agents, which will give customers the ability to do three things: locate agents, see what they’re doing, and shut them down if need be.…

  • State snoops and spyware vendors planting info-stealing malware on iPhones, Google warns

    Darksword is the second iOS exploit chain in a month

    A new exploit kit targeting iPhone users and stealing their sensitive data is being abused by "multiple" spyware vendors and suspected nation-state goons, security researchers said on Wednesday.…

  • Chatbot Romeos keep users talking longer, but harm their mental health

    Flattery and delusional talk have negative outcomes

    Sometimes a compliment is no help at all. Chatbot flattery, a well-known and common problem, makes things worse for humans experiencing mental health issues.…

  • ChatGPT advised exec on how to fire Subnautica founders to avoid payout, court ruling says

    The law is the law, no matter who tells you to break it

    One of your studios is about to make a game that you think will be a huge hit, and you don't want to pay the contractually required bonuses. What to do? One Korean CEO turned to ChatGPT to cook up a plan to get his company out of paying up to $250 million. It went about as well as you'd expect.…

  • Storage vendors orbit the Nvidia sun at GTC

    Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Nutanix, and Seagate all had something to say

    GTC Hitachi Vantara and Nutanix announced support for Nvidia’s new GPUs and software at GTC 2026, much like every other storage system vendor, while IBM integrated Watsonx and other offerings more tightly with GPUzilla's offerings. Seagate demonstrated a two-tier hybrid external KV Cache composed of SSDs and disk drives, as it did last year.…



rss: ars technica

  • Kagi Translate's AI answers the question "What would horny Margaret Thatcher say?"
    Remember when it was fun to play around with LLMs?
  • Musk’s tactic of blaming users for Grok sex images may be foiled by EU law
    Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less "spicy."
  • Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running
    Department of Energy's attempts to prop up coal can look pretty pointless.
  • Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar
    Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant.
  • Cloudflare appeals Piracy Shield fine, hopes to kill Italy's site-blocking law
    Firm says requiring site blocks within 30 minutes breaks core Internet architecture.
  • A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid
    Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station.
  • Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway
    One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security.
  • A station wagon is entering one of the hardest 24-hour races in the world
    Station wagons used to be family cars, but now they're for going fast, too.
  • Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
    “Sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker’s heart.”
  • Users hate it, but age-check tech is coming. Here's how it works.
    On-device face scans and cross-platform age keys decrease privacy risks, but trust issues abound.


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