rss: npr

  • A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage
    As state governments grapple with how to determine who's sick enough to be excused from new Medicaid work requirements, some families are already struggling with what illnesses guarantee health coverage because of a disability.
  • Trump meets Ireland's leaders before heading to his golf club in Doonbeg
    U.S. President Donald Trump has held talks in Dublin with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin during a weekend visit centered on a major golf tournament.
  • The secret quest to preserve Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh's diaries
    Leading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland
  • Miami crash raises concerns about the jet's operator, and why it's flying for Amazon
    The cargo plane crash in Miami is raising concerns about the safety culture at 21 Air, one of the carriers that fly for Amazon. Former pilots were sounding alarms even before Sunday's accident.
  • Neighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. Is the divide here to stay?
    The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains.
  • Why are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do?
    As an Anthropic resignation and OpenAI agents' hack on Hugging Face capture public attention, some researchers worry the industry is racing too fast to develop powerful AI while safety measures lag.
  • BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS nations for a summit on trade, investment, and global conflicts.
  • Yemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shipping
    Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The move threatens Saudi oil exports through a key commercial lane. And Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack.
  • How shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah
    Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.
  • Amid war and sanctions, many Iranians are losing their jobs and struggling to get by
    Many Iranians lost their jobs because of the war and the U.S. blockade. Now some are even losing their backup jobs as sanctions tighten.


rss: bbc

  • Reform receives record £36m donation from crypto billionaire
    Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.
  • Burnham and Badenoch revive red versus blue politics as Reform land 'gobsmacking' donation
    As Reform slip back in the polls, Labour and the Conservatives rediscover a familiar political divide, writes Laura Kuenssberg
  • Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq
    Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.
  • Lightning Houthi advance in Yemen may bring dangerous new dimension to Iran war
    The capture by the rebels of a stretch of Yemen's strategic coastline is the group's most impressive military coup for several years.
  • We've followed their lives for six decades - now the stars of 7 Up are bowing out
    70 Up is the final instalment in a series which began in 1964 and has followed the lives of 14 people.
  • Masked men, lorries and road blocks: How anti-migrant activists are changing tactics
    Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
  • PlayStation gambles with 18-rated Wolverine game - will it pay off?
    The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the hotly anticipated superhero game from Spider-Man makers Insomniac.
  • Five minutes to steal a Renoir: Why museum thefts are becoming bolder across Europe
    Art crime investigators and security experts say burglaries from galleries across Europe are becoming more brazen.
  • When an avalanche killed climber Nirmal Purja, his friends faced the hardest mission of all
    Mountaineer Mingma G tells the BBC about the climb to bring home the bodies of his closest friends.
  • I never got to experience my baby's scan but blind parents like me can now feel them
    New innovations and workarounds are constantly being made to support blind parents in the challenges they face.


rss: the register

  • The aircraft might not be flying, but the certificate has gone on vacation
    Information is not forthcoming from this screen
  • AI more likely to kill animals if it saves fuel or money
    Machine learning models still have a lot to learn about the value of life
  • More JFrog Artifactory bugs under attack, and all 3 have patches
    If you're waiting for a sign to upgrade to a fixed version: this is it
  • Mars astronauts could live in houses made of yeast and jello, say scientists
    Low-energy 3D printing could turn Martian dirt into sturdy structures
  • Disembodied fruit fly brain joins the crypto speculation swarm
    Coinbase engineer gives simulated insect $100 and lets its neurons make the trades
  • AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle
    Phone shop staffer claimed he was paid less than $4k for in his part attacks leading to combined intended losses of $600,000
  • Higher prices can't crimp server sales as AI drives demand
    Shipments rise with enterprise and government buyers joining the hyperscaler spending spree
  • Britain's technology brief is now everyone's job and nobody's responsibility
    Whitehall has scattered science, AI, and digital government across a thicket of competing ministerial portfolios
  • Ukrainian lawyer's second career as a Conti coder earns him 4 years behind bars
    Swapping legal work for malware development ended in extradition and a guilty plea
  • EU's Cyber Resilience Act starts the 24-hour vulnerability clock
    Manufacturers must now disclose actively exploited flaws and severe security incidents through ENISA's new reporting platform


rss: ars technica

  • Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services
    "Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."
  • Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights
    Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.
  • Bouncy castle launches horrifying MRSA outbreak, striking 48 kids in Ireland
    The strain lurking in the inflatable structure was hypervirulent.
  • Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge
    The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
  • ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses
    "I didn't know that AI could hallucinate facts," New Mexico defense lawyer says.
  • Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics
    Analysis revealed seed proteins from sesame and moringa, which held religious and symbolic significance.
  • Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push
    Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas.
  • NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy
    NASA asks US states to show them the money.
  • Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research
    Some dangerous biology looks much like legitimate research, complicating AI safeguards.
  • ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
    Simplicity—combined with the difficulty of getting stuff done—makes ClickFix ideal.


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