rss: npr

  • FAA ground stop disrupts college football
    Some college football games were delayed a few hours on Saturday or postponed to Sunday. And in Oklahoma at least, there will be perks for fans to make up for the inconvenience, including cheap beers.
  • Florida city cancels St. Patrick's Day parade, citing new anti-DEI law
    A new Florida law that prohibits taxpayer dollars from going toward diversity initiatives has prompted Delray Beach to cancel its St. Patrick's Day parade after a nearly 60-year run.
  • Maintenance gone awry caused nation-wide ground stop, says Transportation Secretary
    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy points blame toward contractor in explaining Friday's nation-wide aviation ground stop.
  • US has lost measles elimination status, global health authorities say
    The U.S. has lost its status as a country where measles is eliminated, according to researchers with direct knowledge of the deliberations at the Pan American Health Organization.
  • SpaceX successfully catches Starship and makes history
    The company's spacecraft returned to its Texas launchpad in dramatic fashion — by carefully lowering itself until two metal arms attached to the launch tower could secure it.
  • Bomb found near ethanol plant in central Illinois forces evacuations
    The bomb was discovered Friday afternoon at the BioUrja Renewables plant in Peoria. Officials say the bomb has been "rendered safe," but called it a "credible threat." The FBI is investigating.
  • 'We can't let them down' -- After midterm wins, Democrats turn to charting path ahead
    Democrats from across the country descended on Denver for a two-day conference to chart the course of their party after sweeping victories in the midterm elections.
  • FAA blames Friday's ground stop on 'equipment issue' during telecoms network upgrade
    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said initial investigations pointed to an issue with contractor L3Harris updating old tech at a remote location.
  • Fuel crisis and protests pressure Chile's far-right president
    Chile's far-right President José Antonio Kast is facing mounting public anger, as rising fuel prices trigger transport strikes and protests across the country.
  • Alaska voters aren't ditching ranked choice voting, top-four primaries
    This is the second time Alaskans voted down an effort to repeal the state's unique election system, which voters first approved in 2020. A repeal effort in 2024 also failed narrowly.


rss: bbc

  • US has floated Ukraine ceding Donbas for Nato membership, Zelensky says
    The US has not confirmed the Ukrainian president's comments - a US official told the BBC "many ideas continue to be discussed".
  • Neets review won't be for the faint-hearted - and will test Burnham's appetite for a welfare fight
    Milburn is not the first to try and fix the Neets problem - so what’s different this time round, asks Laura Kuenssberg.
  • Alleged Russell Brand rape victim wants age of consent law changed
    Mia Latter, who says she was 16 when she met the convicted rapist, wants a staggered age of consent.
  • 'Can you believe it?': SpaceX catches part of its Starship rocket on return to Earth
    SpaceX has performed the historic catch using mechanical arms nicknamed "chopsticks".
  • Copper wire upgrade caused nationwide flight suspension, US transport secretary says
    The US government is trying to find out whether the chaos was caused by "incompetence" or faulty equipment.
  • New Orleans port files $1m lawsuit over 'miracle on the Mississippi' tanker collision
    The lawsuit filed by New Orleans officials also requests that the tanker involved in the collision with the cruise ship be seized and sold to pay for damages.
  • Wales stun New Zealand to end 73-year losing streak
    Wales celebrate a first victory against New Zealand since 1953 with a brilliant 35-28 win to spark astonishing scenes in Cardiff.
  • Beauty advent calendars can cost hundreds - but are they value for money?
    Beauty calendars have become a Christmas staple and have become particularly popular with female shoppers.
  • How to shake hands and make eye contact - the lessons preparing pupils for the world of work
    Year 10 pupils are learning employability skills to reduce the number of young people who end up "Neet".
  • Holly Humberstone: People can't connect to a pop star who's 'too polished'
    The singer felt forced to compete with her female peers, until she realised the power of longevity.


rss: the register

  • Microsoft's school email bill gives rivals something to smile about
    Collabora and Nextcloud pitch alternatives as education customers weigh the cost of losing free services
  • Big Tech takes a beating as online safety experts accuse companies of doing bare minimum
    Accessing banned content is as easy as whipping out a thesaurus, Parliament's Communications and Digital Committee hears
  • FAA blames ground stop on faulty copper wiring
    Safety reasons and unspecified communications issue cited
  • Chinese AI labs are training models on Nvidia's Blackwell despite export controls, says ex-OpenAI engineer
    Forensic report finds Blackwell's fingerprint in DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and Ant Group models
  • This year’s bug count just passed 100K
    ‘We don’t have a security problem anymore. We have a data problem now’
  • Meatbags suck at spotting lying LLMs, so let AI narc on itself
    What, you didn't actually want to fact-check it yourself, did you?
  • Mozilla leaves Solo website owners to go it alone as hosting shuts down
    If you have one of these AI-generated homepages, you'd better download and save it quick
  • Email addresses used in European school bomb hoaxes spotted in old infostealer logs
    Researchers say organizations should have detected and secured them sooner
  • HPE debuts hybrid storage configs: Rising SSD costs hit supercomputing
    HPE aims for the market with faster, more cost-effective HPC storage to combat rising costs
  • Microsoft outage gives customers a crash course in dependence on Redmond
    Rivals offer sympathy for stranded admins – and a reminder that putting all your eggs in one basket has consequences


rss: ars technica

  • With Starship catch, SpaceX still shows it can dazzle the world
    It felt like stepping into the future.
  • James Webb telescope finds ice older than the star it orbits
    Radiation and collisions reshape the planetary building materials.
  • Winemakers are learning that conservation can be good for business
    Healthy soils, native plants, and fewer chemicals are helping vineyards adapt.
  • Starship flight 15 powers to orbit—setting up a possible catch on Saturday
    One way or another, the company will get some more data on Saturday.
  • FAA has lifted its third-ever nationwide ground stop
    Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy blamed obsolete equipment for the outage.
  • Millions of Americans are not taking their GLP-1 drugs as prescribed
    Cost and access barriers are pushing people to modified use and unapproved versions.
  • FAA expands AI advice to manage air traffic congestion across entire US airspace
    Airlines praised the AI tool, but the air traffic controllers’ union wasn’t involved.
  • In elephants, the resilience of communities has its limits
    In Sri Lanka, ecological change is shrinking a park's elephant population.
  • Kalshi ditches Trump Jr. as advisor; CEO admitted "optics" weren't good
    Trump son advised Kalshi and got equity while Trump admin helped Kalshi in lawsuits.
  • OpenAI board member worries an AI "takeover" of society could be months away
    Researcher traces a path from AI reward hacking to potential human extinction.


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