rss: npr

  • Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims
    White House officials allege these individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program or do not exist. Vice President Vance said the move would save $2.2 billion.
  • Questions remain after grand jury declines indictment in Nolan Wells' death
    The Black Mississippi teen's family questions whether his race contributed to his July 4th death on an island off the Mississippi coast.
  • Girl accuses Braden Peters, social media influencer known as 'Clavicular,' of rape
    The allegations claim Braden Peters, also known as Clavicular, had non-consensual sex with the 17-year-old female victim after plying her with alcohol. Peters' representative denies the charges.
  • White House launches 'Trump TV' after ban on major news outlets
    Days after President Trump barred reporters from three major news outlets from the White House, the administration has launched a 24/7 YouTube channel promising to put its "biggest moments all in one place."
  • Trump's D.C. arch is now a military complex. Here's how that complicates things
    The future of Trump's D.C. arch was already fraught. Then he rebranded it as a military complex. Experts say that only raises more legal and logistical questions.
  • Inside a 'modern slavery situation' where cyber scammers are victims themselves
    Wired's Andy Greenberg explains how a cybercrime operation in Southeast Asia trapped computer engineers into defrauding victims of billions of dollars. Plus, he discusses the scam involving Fresh Air.
  • This 'fire amoeba' pushes the limit of what's possible for complex life
    Scientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life.
  • Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly 2019 Easter bombings
    The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners.
  • CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump. And, Paramount settles in massive merger lawsuit
    CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued Trump after the networks were suspended from the White House. And, Paramount makes concessions to resolve a lawsuit over its massive Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
  • Houthis try to push deeper into western Yemen, upending life, witnesses tell NPR
    As the U.S. conflict with Iran drags, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have opened a new front, taking new territory and displacing more than 100,000 people.


rss: bbc

  • UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says
    The UK could act as "an honest broker" on AI and other global challenges, the prime minister tells world leaders at the UN.
  • Watch: Key moments from Andy Burnham's first UN speech
    In his first speech to the UN as UK prime minister, Burnham highlighted the risks posed by Russian disinformation.
  • Chris Mason: From inside the room, how Burnham survived first Trump meeting
    Burnham seemed nervous at first, knowing how explosive these encounters with Trump can be, writes BBC political editor Chris Mason.
  • Open wounds and eyes that can't close - women warn about cheap bleph eyelid surgery
    A concerning number of patients are reporting problems from treatment abroad, say doctors.
  • 'My eyelids became infected - I was scared to sleep'
    Three women describe what happened when they travelled abroad for cheap "bleph" eyelid surgery.
  • 'Poison seller' who sold my daughter deadly drugs should rot in hell
    Louise Nunn's daughter bought drugs from Canadian Kenneth Law, who sold toxic chemicals online.
  • Child ketamine users getting bladder damage describe 'peeing a jellyfish'
    Doctors running the UK's first and only dedicated NHS clinic for children with ketamine bladder say they are seeing patients as young as 13.
  • Rich nations must cut debt as global shocks push up borrowing costs, IMF chief tells BBC
    In an interview with the BBC, Kristalina Georgieva says economic shocks had pushed "debt levels up like a staircase not to heaven".
  • Watch: Rare look at the remote engine rooms powering China's AI ambitions
    The BBC is in Inner Mongolia where dozen of Chinese data centres are being constructed, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence.
  • Europe's car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?
    Auto executives across Europe hope rearmament can help them flex their industrial muscles once more.


rss: the register

  • Frontier AI keeps racing despite calls to slow down
    Anthropic and OpenAI debut Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol and Luna
  • Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions
    'first' publicly documented Windows implant to use LLMs for C2
  • Security firm finds naming AI agents after Seinfeld characters helps bots join the team
    Not that there's anything wrong with it
  • ShinyHunters claims FBI hack: 'This is NOT financially motivated'
    This time it's personal
  • ABBYY gives old-school OCR a job in the AI pipeline
    FineParser runs in a CPU-powered container, preserving tables and layout before handing documents to an LLM
  • NightmareEclipse's latest zero-day leaves Microsoft Defender stuck in the past
    BigDiskBuster leaves Microsoft's antivirus running but unable to install updates
  • Z.ai says sorry for slurping up your code, open sources ZCode
    China’s AI darling goes on the defense after engineer highlighted Grok-esque security flaws
  • Privacy group slams EU for changing the data rules to cater to AI
    Schrems campaign raises specter of another legal challenge as legislators propose changes to GDPR
  • UK cops arrest 2 EvilTokens suspects, Microsoft seizes 50 phishing kit websites
    Used by crims to compromise 12K+ email inboxes across 10K+ global orgs
  • Who signed off on that AI agent? Nobody? Thought so.
    SPONSORED FEATURE: AI agents may be unpredictable. Who they are, what they can do, and who owns them shouldn’t be.


rss: ars technica

  • Woman's brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test
    There is no single definitive test for these worms, but the tail is fairly convincing.
  • New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money
    The frontier AI model race has entered its comparison shopping phase.
  • Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules
    Cities defend permit requirements, say ISPs aren't building networks fast enough.
  • Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
    EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.
  • Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting
    British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.
  • Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free
    You don't even need a Creative Cloud login to edit clips, but AI features cost extra.
  • Review: Resident Evil might just be the best gaming adaptation yet
    Director Zach Cregger's clever reboot strikes perfect balance between horror, humor, and over-the-top gore.
  • Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced
    Toyota's push comes as automakers race to develop and deploy humanoid robots.
  • IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records
    The English hospitals recovered patient care data only.
  • Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report
    First paper added to community collection is a roadmap for research.


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