rss: npr

  • AI steps in to detect the world's deadliest infectious disease
    There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in hard-to-reach communities.

    open this item on npr
  • Trump urges GOP to end shutdown. And, SCOTUS skeptical of reasoning behind tariffs
    President Trump calls on Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown. And, the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Trump overstepped his authority by imposing tariffs.

    open this item on npr
  • Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
    Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.

    open this item on npr
  • The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means across the country
    The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Reporters from the NPR Network are digging into the ways the government shutdown is playing out in their region.

    open this item on npr
  • ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
    The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.

    open this item on npr
  • The government shutdown is delaying an assistance program families use to heat homes
    The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, helps about 6 million U.S. households pay energy bills, buy fuel, or fix broken heaters. The shutdown has stalled funds.

    open this item on npr
  • The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds
    NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of dismissals.

    open this item on npr
  • Trump plan for smaller SNAP benefits this month may leave millions with none at all
    Under court order to restart SNAP food aid, the Trump administration said it would provide 50% of benefits. But a policy group says the formula for calculating them will leave many with far less.

    open this item on npr
  • The shutdown leaves telehealth for Medicare patients in limbo
    Telehealth for Medicare started during the pandemic and became popular quickly. But the shutdown put an abrupt halt to payments for the service.

    open this item on npr
  • Is your electric bill going up? AI is partly to blame
    Across the country, demand for electricity is on the rise ? and so is the price of electric power.

    open this item on npr


rss: bbc

  • Crime fixer caught by BBC offering to erase £60k fines on migrant workers
    Calling himself "the accountant", the fixer told undercover reporters how he could ?confuse? immigration enforcement.

    open this item on bbc
  • Watch: BBC reporter confronts man at centre of illegal worker network
    The BBC's Ed Thomas confronted Kardos Mateen, who is at the centre of an illegal worker network.

    open this item on bbc
  • ADHD services shutting door to new NHS patients as demand soars, BBC finds
    A BBC investigation finds that a host of areas in England are closing waiting lists and others are rationing care.

    open this item on bbc
  • Celebrity Traitors final briefly uploaded 24 hours early outside UK
    The show was uploaded a day early by streaming service Crave in Canada, with hundreds able to watch.

    open this item on bbc
  • Record referrals to Prevent anti-terror programme
    The number of referrals to the scheme increased 27% in the year to March 2025, according to new data.

    open this item on bbc
  • Man who murdered 'Good Samaritan' after ploughing car into him during wedding brawl jailed
    Hassan Jhangur is jailed for a minimum of 26 years for killing Chris Marriott in Sheffield in 2023.

    open this item on bbc
  • UK facing long, tough flu season, NHS chiefs warn
    Vulnerable urged to come forward for flu jab quickly as virus has come early this year.

    open this item on bbc
  • Chris Mason: The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
    Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them.

    open this item on bbc
  • Are Christians being persecuted in Nigeria as Trump claims?
    Donald Trump says thousands of Christians are being killed in Nigeria - where has he got the numbers from?

    open this item on bbc
  • Why the battle still rages over land ownership in Scotland
    The reaction to the Scottish government's wide-ranging new laws show the divided opinions on the issue.

    open this item on bbc


rss: the register

  • Microsoft Configuration Manager to switch to an annual release cadence

    Intune is where the party's at, even if admins might prefer the Configuration Manager kitchen

    Microsoft has officially confirmed that Configuration Manager will transition to an annual release cadence, with Intune as the primary focus for innovation.?



    open this item on the register
  • SonicWall fingers state-backed cyber crew for September firewall breach

    Spies, not crooks, were behind digital heist ? damage stopped at the backups, says US cybersec biz

    SonicWall has blamed an unnamed, state-sponsored collective for the September break-in that saw cybercriminals rifle through a cache of firewall configuration backups.?



    open this item on the register
  • Colt gets greenlight for £2.5bn London datacenter splurge

    Three hyperscale sheds to double capacity near Heathrow

    Colt Data Centre Services has secured approval to invest £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in three hyperscale data centers at its Hayes Digital Park campus in west London.?



    open this item on the register
  • Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei's Slack

    Stolen creds let miscreants waltz into 17K employees' chats, spilling info on staff and partners

    Japanese media behemoth Nikkei has admitted to a data breach after miscreants slipped into its internal Slack workspace, exposing the personal details of more than 17,000 employees and business partners.?



    open this item on the register
  • Boffins: cloud computing's on-demand biz model is failing us

    Science loses when lab workers grapple with costs and availability, claim researchers

    Cloud vendors? commercial models poorly serve scientists, forcing them to struggle for value amid tightening budgets, according to research.?



    open this item on the register
  • UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn

    Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US services

    The UK's House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee has published a scathing report, "The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out," declaring that the 2021 National Space Strategy has "failed to turn its ambitions into reality."?



    open this item on the register
  • China uses Mars orbiter to snap interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

    Middle Kingdom also postpones astronaut return mission after something hit its spaceship

    China has matched the European Space Agency?s feat of taking a snapshot of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from a Mars orbiter.?



    open this item on the register
  • Qualcomm bets on inferencing in the cloud, which Arm says can?t run it all it forever

    Awkward, seeing as they?re close partners

    Qualcomm and Arm have offered differing predictions regarding the market for inferencing silicon.?



    open this item on the register
  • Microsoft apologizes for not explaining cheaper no-AI M365 plans, and all it took was a government lawsuit

    Even offers refunds if users sign up for AI they don?t want, once it fixed a bad link

    Updated Microsoft Australia has apologized to users of its M365 suite after regulators accused it of steering them towards pricey bundles that include its Copilot AI service.?



    open this item on the register
  • Perplexity shows how to run monster AI models more efficiently on aging GPUs, AWS networks

    Some clever networking hacks open the door

    AI search provider Perplexity's research wing has developed a new set of software optimizations that allows for trillion parameter or large models to run efficiently across older, cheaper hardware using a variety of existing network technologies, including Amazon's proprietary Elastic Fabric Adapter.?



    open this item on the register


rss: ars technica

  • Musk and Trump both went to Penn?now hacked by someone sympathetic to their cause
    Social engineering strikes again.

    open this item on ars technica
  • 83-year-old man married 50 years nearly stumps doctors with surprise STI
    Man said he was in a monogamous 50-year marriage, but doctors aren't so sure now.

    open this item on ars technica
  • 5 AI-developed malware families analyzed by Google fail to work and are easily detected
    You wouldn't know it from the hype, but the results fail to impress.

    open this item on ars technica
  • DHS offers ?disturbing new excuses? to seize kids? biometric data, expert says
    Sweeping DHS power grab would collect face, iris, voice scans of all immigrants.

    open this item on ars technica
  • New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics
    As a test case, the machine was used to test a model of superconductivity.

    open this item on ars technica
  • YouTube TV?s Disney blackout reminds users that they don?t own what they stream
    ?This is a hard lesson for us all.?

    open this item on ars technica
  • Flock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone cameras
    Lawmakers' calls for Flock probe may help kill local contracts, expert says.

    open this item on ars technica
  • If you want to satiate AI?s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space
    Google engineers think they already have all the pieces needed to build a data center in orbit.

    open this item on ars technica
  • Google settlement with Epic caps Play Store fees, boosts other Android app stores
    Google will make several changes to Android app support globally, supported through at least 2032.

    open this item on ars technica
  • How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2
    A new major Windows 11 release means a new guide for cleaning up the OS.

    open this item on ars technica


open all | close all