rss: npr

  • Beloved writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92
    Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.
  • SCOTUS allows Trump's ballroom project to continue. And, the Army secretary resigns
    The Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump's ballroom project may continue. And, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after 18 months on the job.
  • They live by a shrine to a saint. Why are their homes being demolished?
    The neighborhood is a pilgrimage site, with a shrine to the Sufi saint known as Bari Imam. In the past year, hundreds of homes of the working poor were razed. Residents fear more will be demolished.
  • Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms
    A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.
  • AI wealth is creating a 'mansion shortage' and upending San Francisco's housing market
    Spiking prices and rental bidding wars are raising fears of more displacement in a city where previous tech booms and a housing shortage have already driven out many.
  • A makeover for college: No gym, no meal plan and two years of work
    A new model in Vermont emphasizes hands-on learning while stripping away frills like gyms and meal plans that increase costs. Other newly created institutions are also reimagining college.
  • A NY hospital tried to close its birthing center. This city united to fight back
    Democrats and Republicans in Troy, New York, took on a national Catholic health system and kept the county's last birthing center open.
  • Judge to decide if Tyler Robinson will go to trial in Charlie Kirk murder case
    Utah District Judge Tony Graf Jr. will hear arguments over evidence introduced in July, to decide if there's enough probable cause for a trial in the shooting of the conservative activist last year.
  • 'It can outthink me': How a major manufacturer came to embrace AI
    GE Appliances is leaning heavily into artificial intelligence to improve quality and efficiency on the factory floor.
  • As Democratic-led states block ICE cooperation deals, local sheriffs push back in court
    President Trump's ambitious deportation goals depend on the cooperation of local law enforcement, but some states don't want to take part. Now, sheriffs who want to cooperate with ICE are suing.


rss: bbc

  • Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP
    The move will trigger a by-election to replace the former prime minister in his London constituency.
  • Summer 2026 was UK's hottest on record, Met Office says
    Met Office figures show that the previous record, set in 2025, has been broken after an unprecedented summer of persistent heat.
  • 'I've never been to Afghanistan': Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban
    As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.
  • The final minutes before floodwater crashed through Nepal-China border
    More than 100 Indians are missing at a vital Nepal-China trade crossing after devastating Himalayan floods.
  • Sexual assaults happening almost every day in Ceuta, prosecutors say
    Most migrants have returned to neighbouring Morocco, but as many as 5,000 remain in the Spanish exclave.
  • Norway's new king takes oath as mourners pay respects to his late father
    Norway's new King takes the first major step of his reign as his father, the late King Harald V, lies in state at the Royal Palace.
  • Laundry rooms to be turned into cells to tackle prison overcrowding
    The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells.
  • Man in court charged with murder after deaths of woman and girl in Teesside fire
    A seven-year-old girl and her aunt died in the fire in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on 26 August.
  • Trump says US position on Falklands 'one of many' under review
    The UK says Falkland islanders "are British with a right to determine their own future".
  • It's taken me a long time to process Olympics breaking experience, says Raygun
    Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn - known as Raygun - tells BBC Sport about the aftermath of her extraordinary experience at the 2024 Olympics.


rss: the register

  • Microsoft and AWS build the multicloud bridge they said customers barely needed
    New services promise private 100 Gbps links between the rival platforms without months of networking faff
  • ESA's Cluster quartet prepares for its final Tango
    Two-year mission bows out after 26 thanks to some heroic engineering
  • The Gentlemen come calling as Nutex confirms sensitive data theft
    Ransomware crew threatens publication while healthcare biz assesses which records escaped
  • 33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble
    Hosting software vendor tells customers to reset credentials and hunt for malicious packages
  • Windows 11 misses the pointer while Defender cries wolf
    August 27 update reportedly scrambles cursor customizations as bogus antivirus alerts spread
  • Insider: Red Hat is capping devs' bot budgets
    And no sharing your allowance! What do you think we are, communists?
  • AWS: DuckDB will provide 'connective tissue' across the data estate
    Dutch in-process OLAP systems set to be the 'SDK for data' as developers scale systems, cloud giant claims after DuckLab acquisition
  • Next bus to Altrincham delayed by Windows Defender
    Or possibly "AI", it's hard to tell behind the firewall warning
  • The teen Bill Gates has answers to the AI-pocalypse the 70-year-old Gates has forgotten
    Hacking education to thrive in the AI world is the first and best step in keeping control
  • If hardware price squeezes make you sad, VMware says it will all end in tiers
    Virtzilla finding more ways to pull data out of DRAM to enable ‘densification’ and dodge the RAMpocalypse


rss: ars technica

  • Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program
    NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.
  • Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri
    "We could really be facing the great filter."
  • The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer's indulgence
    It's the lightest Bentley in 85 years.
  • Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak
    The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer.
  • Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article
    You've read the stories. Now check out our forums.
  • Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes
    Director Dave Green's live action/animated hybrid captures smart, subversive weirdness of the classic cartoons.
  • Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results "mixed"
    Trump furious at NBC's Kristen Welker for saying he had mixed results in primary endorsements.
  • “Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit
    Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts.
  • Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds
    Finding reveals an overlooked way that water can damage surfaces.
  • Think twice before installing this device promising free movies
    In exchange for free stuff, devices make home connections part of a proxy network.


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