rss: npr

  • Justice Department issues subpoenas to California election workers
    Grand jury subpoenas sent to election workers in Los Angeles come amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and California election officials over the state's voter rolls.
  • Alaska's all-important Senate race is roiled by a report on alleged spoiler candidate
    New reporting alleging Democratic efforts to prop up a spoiler candidate has roiled Alaska's all-important U.S. Senate race.
  • Patrick Stewart, a perceptive patriarch in 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men,' dies at 86
    Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits.
  • Some rural Republicans in California say redistricting has left them without a voice
    California's far northeastern corner used to be a reliably red congressional district. But Proposition 50 carved it up, meaning many voters there may soon have a Democrat representing them in D.C.
  • What killed 500-plus penguins? How scientists solved the mystery
    The penguins that perished lived on the Danger Islands in Antarctica. The prime suspect was avian flu. Researchers were surprised by what they found.
  • Lost your spark? The "silent sister" of depression, and a quiz to spot her
    Always busy, but rarely joyful? Allison Aubrey and Juana Summers discuss a tool to spot "high functioning depression."
  • Even birds get jet lagged, study shows
    A species of seabirds appears to become disoriented on flights back to its nest due to shifting time zones.
  • Fishing is a key issue in Alaska's tight U.S. Senate race
    Alaska's U.S. Senate race is embroiled in an emotional fight over fish. Many in the state rely upon salmon to feed their families but those fish and others are increasingly hard to find.
  • US and Japan agree to establish a Japanese facility for joint missile production
    The announcement Wednesday is the latest action by the allies, who have repeatedly expressed alarm over China's growing assertiveness in Asia.
  • China elevates a military general to the Politburo and seeks to strengthen party discipline
    This move comes about a year before President Xi Jinping is expected to secure his fourth five-year term.


rss: bbc

  • Crypto giant Binance hit by hack suspected to be largest in history
    Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit called TraderTraitor.
  • Australian mushroom murderer loses appeal to overturn convictions
    Erin Patterson argued her trial was unfair due to seven grounds but three appeal judges dismissed them all.
  • Hyrox athlete who soiled herself in race says she put others at risk
    In her first interview since the incident, Joanna Wietrzyk told the BBC she takes responsibility for it but did not deserve such a severe backlash.
  • Syrians struggle with soaring prices as crisis challenges post-Assad recovery
    Fuel price rises are driving discontent, testing support for Ahmed al-Sharaa's government.
  • Democrats have an identity crisis - it won't be an easy fix
    Whatever the result of the midterm elections, the party is facing tough questions over what they stand for and who should represent them.
  • Bombshell confession in The Traitors as faithfuls finally turn the screw
    Could the faithfuls finally come good in Thursday's penultimate episode?
  • Google value plunges by $500bn as AI fears rattle Wall Street
    Google spooked investors so badly that its stock hit a six-month low, after it revealed its AI search summaries were affecting ad revenue.
  • 'Continue your journey': Key moments of leaked Spain train crash audio
    Recordings between a control centre and the train drivers appear to show one train was given clearance to move even though another train had stalled on the track.
  • What are the government's options for reducing welfare spending?
    BBC Verify examines how much the welfare system costs and the options the government could use to reduce it.
  • Student-backed election winners demand sweeping resignations in Serbia
    Days after ousting Aleksandar Vučić's party from power, Student List MPs call for top figures to stand down.


rss: the register

  • PC chip plunge wipes out a quarter of Intel’s value
    CEO predicts massive datacenter CPU boom, coming soon, but production problems mean Chipzilla may not cash in
  • Researchers find bugs in 5 AI developer tools, with OpenAI and Microsoft flaws still unpatched
    Embedded browsers are at the heart of the problem
  • Howler will have AI answer your questions, then burn the chat
    Ask AI dumb things and leave no local chat history, all with the style of a kids' fantasy novel – or rather, one of its magical letters
  • Startup wants to make AI agents safe for DevOps duty
    Infrastructure automation needs something better than prompt and pray
  • Topcoat enables Rust to render server-side web apps
    Rust guru rejiggers web app reactivity for potentially speedier page loading
  • Suspected Chinese attackers built a custom PHP2Shell exploit and rooted 25 servers
    Snoops 'likely still' have access to US government-affiliated network
  • Ubuntu 27.04 may bring a preview of the long-awaited Core Desktop
    Canonical has a long way to catch up, but it knows who it's chasing
  • BattMan aims to turbocharge US batteries without robbin' critical minerals
    DoE-backed consortium hoping to scale, says orgs can apply to become, literally, part of BattMan
  • GSA left sensitive Google Drive files open to staff, contractors
    Auditors have flagged similar security failures since 2014
  • Oracle wants to bill you for every AI task, not just every seat
    Big Red says AI units will add to subscriptions, as it juggles $90BN-plus capex, mounting debt and a $225BN revenue goal for 2030


rss: ars technica

  • Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says
    Reddit's search traffic "was down meaningfully" last quarter.
  • Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines
    The latest update also brings a cloud recovery option for PCs that won't boot.
  • Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
    Inspector general rejected request from Democratic and Republican senators.
  • Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
    President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.
  • Trump ignored intel on China’s Nvidia spy to protect company’s stock, report says
    Spy accused of exploiting Trump ties to Huang, funneling secrets to China.
  • Turning a solar power system into its own backup
    Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion.
  • Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws
    Charges filed as Trump admin tries to save Kalshi from Utah's total ban on gambling.
  • Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
    Google's negative cash flow balloons to -$9.06 billion, and stock price tumbles following Q3 earnings.
  • Massive leak exposes 41,000 DHS workers and undercover ICE agents
    The leak reveals undercover agents, surveillance groups, and sensitive DHS access.
  • SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency
    "NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it."


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