rss: npr

  • The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago
    The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.
  • Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84
    ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
  • Drones buzz overhead, troops hunker underground in Ukraine's hellish kill zone
    The front line in the Russia-Ukraine war stretches more than 700 miles and has barely moved in four years. Yet straddling this line is the kill zone, dominated by constantly evolving drone technology.
  • FBI arrests a woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China
    The FBI and U.S. prosecutors say Wanying Zhang, also know as Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president's son and his family.
  • Imran Khan supporters march in Pakistan to demand his release after talks failed
    Talks between Khan's party and the government failed two days ago. Besides Khan's release, protesters demand his transfer to a hospital and family visits.
  • SCOTUS hears major climate change case. And, Brazil's presidential race goes to runoff
    The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call.
  • FlyDubai attacker intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, investigation finds
    The ongoing investigation has found the attacker intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak publicly told NPR.
  • Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity
    The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.
  • Former Prince Andrew files legal action to quash warrants that led to residence searches
    A judicial spokesperson confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had filed a claim with the High Court in London and a hearing would take place Thursday.
  • Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis
    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's housing crisis.


rss: bbc

  • Trump says 'threat' led US to pull bombers from RAF Fairford
    The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America.
  • Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
    Archer sold more than 300 million books in his five-decade writing career, and his last book, Adam and Eve, was due to be released later this month.
  • Tories pledge £10bn 'Britannia Shield' air defence system
    The Conservatives said their plan would protect the UK at a time when Nato allies have warned of Russian drone incursions.
  • Rise in babies in care proceedings raises fears of unnecessary adoptions, experts tell BBC
    With better support, many babies may not have needed to go into care, File on 4 Investigates is told.
  • France braces for national day of school protests after injuries and mass arrests
    France prepares for a day of protests in support of students who’ve been demanding more investment in education.
  • Temperatures set to fall as rain and cloud sweep across UK
    Tuesday will see cool air spread across the UK ahead of a noticeable drop in temperatures for all by Wednesday.
  • Europe is pouring billions into space. Can Glasgow's satellite industry keep up?
    The city's space boom raises questions about the role of the state in backing important industries.
  • King's funding for Andrew not to be used for legal action against police
    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking action over search warrants issued ahead of his arrest in February.
  • MPs call for investigation after Lutnick-Epstein whistleblower dies
    Simon Andriesz said he felt let down by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority before his death last month.
  • I won't accept exclusion within Green Party, says Polanski after criticism of Zionism motion
    Labour MPs and the European Greens have demanded clarity from the Green Party over a "Zionism is racism" motion.


rss: the register

  • Security researcher claims they found KVM guest-host escape flaw
    Firecracker MicroVMs, which started at AWS, seem to be the problem
  • Schneider Electric drops $22.6B on PTC as datacenter boom rains money on infra companies
    Part of a bigger play for smarter power infra
  • Citrix NetScaler security snafus get even worse amid more 0-day reports
    The new vuln, CVE-2026-88779, is a memory overflow bug that leads to denial of service
  • Cohere offers to put agents in lockdown mode with strict ACLs
    Like OpenClaw but with access control
  • Get rid of Apple's AI bloatware and reclaim 12 GB of storage with this open source tool
    Meet RemoveMacAI
  • FBI confirms 'multiple' arrests related to ShinyHunters hack
    Another few bite the dust
  • Windows 11 26H2 blighted by new audio issue
    AC-3 decoder drama also hits Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2
  • Altman-backed Volantis reveals plan to vault the memory wall by baking photonics into AI accelerators
    Who said you had to use wires to connect memory to compute?
  • OpenAI to flood your eyeballs with visual ads
    Want to generate an image with ChatGPT? Then prepare for ads if you're in the US
  • Debian's latest kernel security update has 1,313 reasons to patch
    AI-assisted bug hunting adds to maintainers' workload, while broad CVE rules help explain the sprawling tally


rss: ars technica

  • MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of
    Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another.
  • Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap
    Cable industry to sue, says FCC can't repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
  • Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage
    Prices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells.
  • Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
    The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
  • Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel
    The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.
  • Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps
    Russian attacks on Internet, phone services threaten Ukraine’s wartime economy.
  • F1 in Bahrain... in Malaysia: The race needed a software update to start
    A software bug waylaid half the field and required a race reboot.
  • Mass quarantine issued in Russia after unexplained death of plague researcher
    Unconfirmed reports have suggested there was a laboratory accident.
  • AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
    Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
  • Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of "mechanical" switches
    Ars Technica's guide to new keyboard sensing technologies.


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