rss: npr

  • New report shows the economic toll of ICE raids
    A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.
  • Kenya's foreign trader crackdown sparks fear among migrant communities
    Kenya's president orders a crackdown on foreigners running small businesses, amid accusations of xenophobia.
  • Australian social media users to be offered choice to opt out of algorithms
    A government statement said on Tuesday social media platforms would be required to send a notification to new and existing users offering them a choice over their default feed.
  • U.K. accuses Israeli settlers of 'ethnic cleansing' in West Bank and bans their goods
    France, Canada and other countries joined the U.K. in banning goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel said it would close the British Consulate among other measures.
  • Whatever happened to the Taliban threat: 'We will flog the women'?
    In 2024, the ruling Taliban pledged to use flogging as well as stoning to punish people for not following certain of their precepts — committing adultery, running secret schools for girls. Have they followed through?
  • GOP to host unusual midterm convention. And, Canada's retaliatory tariffs take effect
    Republicans are aiming to get voters to turn out for the midterms with an unconventional convention. And, Canada's retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. went into effect at midnight.
  • Chrystia Freeland negotiated with Trump. Now she's watching a trade war unfold
    Chrystia Freeland understands the U.S.-Canada relationship from her time at the negotiating table. Here's what she sees now.
  • Has the economy gone C-shaped?
    A K means the rich and poor are pulling apart. A C supposedly means they're coming back together. We hear the case for both. Which letter you see may depend on what you choose to pay attention to.
  • Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignite fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people
    The attacks come after weeks of escalating clashes between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen, which shattered a four-year truce in the country's civil war.
  • The 2026 midterm general election season is upon us. Here's what to watch
    The week of Labor Day marks the unofficial kickoff of the general election season. President Trump's unpopularity and Democratic enthusiasm means control of Congress is on the ballot.


rss: bbc

  • UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements prompting furious Israeli response
    Britain's foreign secretary accuses settlers of carrying out the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians, as Israel responds by shutting the UK consulate in East Jerusalem.
  • Paul Adams: British-Israeli relations at lowest ebb in decades
    Israel's response to London's trade ban with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shows how important this moment is.
  • More flight delays expected after hundreds cancelled by air traffic control glitch
    Departures from a number of airports are affected by a technical problem affecting air traffic control provider Nats.
  • US strikes Iranian oil tankers as Tehran targets American base in Jordan
    Oil prices edged closer to $100 a barrel after an escalation in the tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran.
  • 'Constantly on my mind' - 9/11 agony goes on for bereaved, 25 years on
    As the 25th anniversary approaches, the wait for the alleged mastermind of the attack to be put on trial goes on.
  • The trail of clues that our planet might be heating faster than we realised
    A curious online row over this summer's heatwaves points to a wider - and worrying - shift in climate science.
  • Very hot drinks may damage the food pipe and increase cancer risk
    Steaming hot liquid can damage the cell lining on the way down to the stomach, experts say.
  • US slaps import ban on Canadian alcohol, motorbikes and other goods
    It is the latest strike in a long trade war, and comes as Canadian counter-tariffs on US goods come into force.
  • 'Emotional rollercoaster' - Lindsay Clancy jurors speak out on what led to mistrial
    The three jurors said after 40 hours, a lone male juror wouldn't agree with the rest of the panel to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.
  • Alan Carr holds back tears on special night at National Television Awards
    The comedian and Celebrity Traitors win big - see a full list of winners and nominees from the 26th edition of the awards.


rss: the register

  • Microsoft breaks Patch Tuesday record with 974-CVE deluge
    Adobe also brought goodies to the patch party and they deserve immediate attention
  • OpenAI GPT-6 Astra will run a retailer without cheating and sell more stuff than Anthropic
    Vend it like Altman
  • Google DeepMind rises above the AI scrum with genome atlas
    See, AI can be used for good ... or at the very least, a useful distraction from the bad
  • OpenAI's Artifactory opened covert data-stealing channel alongside Hugging Face attack
    Researchers disclosed the cross-account trick the same day rogue agents exploited another zero-day for admin access
  • Bing Wallpaper app opens Harry Potter's chamber of ads
    No defense against the dark arts Microsoft is practicing on your wallpaper
  • Google research shows when AI agents communicate, some cheat while others tattle
    DeepMind researchers propose tapping into the whistleblower tendency to keep agents in check
  • Amazon ropes Qualcomm into something, something AI, networking chips
    Multi-generation chip collab is more buzzwords than compute
  • Retired man turns spare room into Soviet-era supercomputer
    Get out the 75-year-old vacuum tubes for this project
  • Floating nuclear startup Bluecore lands $50M funding before setting sail
    Firm wants to take atomic power generation on a barge to wherever the need is
  • Boston Scientific left nursing its bottom line after cyberattack
    Medical device giant warns August intrusion will hit Q3 and full-year sales and earnings as recovery drags on


rss: ars technica

  • LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
    “It doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”
  • GOG brings back "big box" PC games, one printable template at a time
    Preservation "goodies" also includes downloadable 3D models for desktop perusal.
  • Why this month's Microsoft patch release is a doozy
    Security gnomes are pumping out patches ahead of an expected onslaught of AI-assisted attacks.
  • The universal language of space is... Star Trek? Mais oui.
    "Science fiction imagines the future. We build it."
  • NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research
    Money would ostensibly fund research the NIH leadership said it no longer wanted.
  • Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts
    Republican victory means stations must offer lowest ad prices to political parties.
  • Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change
    Chipmaking changes could boost productivity of new ASML machines by 40 percent.
  • Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah
    Director Takashi Yamazaki's hotly anticipated sequel takes place two years after 2023 film's events.
  • “This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens
    Meta dragged its feet removing ads that nudify young girls' Instagram pics.
  • Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy
    Like traditional weather models, it benefits from an expanded set of inputs.


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