rss: npr

  • Senate committee set to vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress
    Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee want to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer their questions about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Drone with explosives found at German airport, official sees 'new quality' of threat
    Regional police and prosecutors said an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport's south runway with "an unknown explosive device," and the object was examined by police
  • Ousted Bangladeshi leader vows to return from exile despite facing a death sentence
    Hasina's speech marked the second anniversary of her ouster. She fled Bangladesh by helicopter following nearly two months of protests in 2024 that left nearly 1,400 people dead, according to the United Nations.
  • Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M to represent unaccompanied migrant children
    The firm, Houston-based Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who specialize in immigration and asylum cases. Two of its founders have ties to the Trump administration.
  • Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling a leadership vacuum
    Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees, amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.
  • How Trump made an estimated $2.2 billion during the first year of his second term
    New York Times reporter Eric Lipton discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations into Trump's conflicts of interest and whether he's exploiting the power of the presidency for self-enrichment.
  • Judge reluctantly dismisses case against Oath Keepers militia group over Jan. 6 riot
    A judge has granted the Justice Department's bid to drop a landmark case against leaders of the Oath Keepers, as former prosecutors warn about the dangers of denying the violence of Jan. 6.
  • Pakistan's ruling party leads in Kashmir vote despite boycott call by banned group
    Candidates backed by twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party have won 24 of the 34 seats decided in the first two phases of voting, the election commission, said Wednesday.
  • Under China's new 'unity' law, Tibetans fight to preserve language and culture
    A 73-year-old retired nurse's decision to learn to write Tibetan language offers a glimpse into how some embrace their language and cultural identity in Tibet.
  • Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's Democratic primary for Senate
    El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, backs Medicare for all and decries corporate money in politics. He beat Rep. Haley Stevens, whose supporters said she would have had a better chance in the fall.


rss: bbc

  • Young women tell BBC of rape, assault and harassment at Army training college for teenagers
    They say the incidents happened at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate when they were aged 17.
  • Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row resigns
    Prof Jason Arday said he had "concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away".
  • Infantino sorry for errors but stays Fifa president
    Gianni Infantino will remain Fifa president after receiving backing from senior executives, but "sincerely apologises" for errors in his controversial private investment plans.
  • Car washes and vape shops can still sponsor skilled foreign workers despite visa changes
    The rules were tightened in July 2025 to restrict the scheme mostly to graduate-level employees who would be earning at least £41,700.
  • Half of vaccines are binned - 'fridge-free' versions could change that
    Scientists have kept vaccines stable at room temperature for a year, which could transform global vaccination.
  • Why phones on loudspeaker may become just another noise
    Playing music or videos out loud on your phone is bemoaned by many - but in the future, it might not seem so outlandish
  • Families' anger at jailed funeral boss's apology letter
    Robert Bush issues an open letter of apology to families affected by the Hull funeral scandal.
  • Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
    Meta is the latest company to disclose an AI agent breach, raising cyber-security concerns.
  • Iran says deal with Oman on Strait of Hormuz is in final stages
    Neither the US or Oman have commented on the proposed agreement on the vital waterway.
  • Reform UK pledges to jail bosses employing illegal workers
    The party says its aim is to stop companies profiting from illegal workers "without consequences".


rss: the register

  • OpenAI reveals its rogue agent swarm went a little bit Borg ahead of Hugging Face hack
    It started with an 'impossible task' and led to AI deciding it needed to act as a collective intelligence
  • Meta wants to get inside your terminal with its new coding agent
    Muse Code showcases Muse Spark's fresh software engineering chops
  • An off-grid AI sounds like a great survival assistant, but is better left to roleplaying the zombie apocalypse
    Would you rather play Russian roulette with an LLM or put your health and safety in the hands of a professional
  • Prompt injection isn't the bug, AI agent frameworks are
    Check Point researchers tried to break the frameworks enterprises use to build AI apps. Now they're telling Black Hat attendees what they found
  • Time Magazine has a separate version of its website with ads only AI can see
    Brands are already paying to influence what chatbots say about them
  • Elon pledges to give Nvidia a virtual monopoly over the stars
    In space, no one can hear you scream when the LLMs hallucinate
  • IBM's agentic AI platform is under active attack - patch now
    A critical Langflow flaw allowing RCE on default deployments is being exploited, says the CISA
  • Samsung and Mousterian move ahead with floating datacenter for Texas
    But bobbing bit barn may be becalmed by state governor's moratorium on connecting to the grid
  • Microsoft tells engineers to curb their token-burning enthusiasm
    Redmond wants results from Copilot, not impressive-looking consumption figures
  • Operationalize AI at scale with HPE and NVIDIA
    SPONSORED POST: The AI factory concept encompasses the new AI stack, explain HPE’s Thierry Pienaar and NVIDIA’s Kaushik Shirhatti


rss: ars technica

  • Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
    Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess.
  • Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing
    Schwartz is well-qualified for the role, but crashed and burned in Senate hearing.
  • Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project
    Anthropic and OpenAI models’ unprompted actions forced halt to UK cyber tests.
  • Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
    Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."
  • Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch
    "Slop" isn't the only problem.
  • SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
    SpaceX won't build large cell towers but plans small base stations across US.
  • This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay
    "The models are forecasting something outside the envelope of anything we have ever observed."
  • Google's AI shake-up: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart
    Google's AI brain drain continues.
  • Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good
    It's as much about grounded characters and well-timed emotional beats as CGI-filled action extravaganzas.
  • Weeks into explosive diarrhea outbreak, sluggish CDC plans response team
    Reports of cases began in June, and the national tally is now nearing 23,000.


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