rss: npr

  • Why is the Cheesecake Factory at the center of the latest culture war?
    A joke by former President Obama has gone viral and received backlash from the Trump administration as the issue of affordability looms large over next week's midterm elections.
  • Binance flags 'potential security issue,' says approximately $6.3 billion impacted
    It wasn't immediately clear the extent of the damage hackers might have been able to cause, and Binance had not explicitly confirmed that funds had been pilfered. The company said its teams are "working around the clock" to resolve the issue.
  • Alaska's Senate race faces claims of spoiler candidate. And, Hegseth ousts Army general
    Alaska's governor ordered an investigation into claims that Dems recruited a spoiler candidate to confuse voters. And, Hegseth ousted an Army general as the U.S. prepares for potential attacks on Iran.
  • The two most interesting risks to Anthropic
    Anthropic gave a 94-page list of risk factors in its S-1 this week. Two of them stood out.
  • Candy prices got you scared stiff? What to know about the cost of Halloween this year
    Prices for candy, the most popular Halloween purchase, and gum have risen 7.7% in one year and are up more than 18% in two years, according to the latest federal data.
  • Here are the Senate races to watch ahead of Election Day
    The competitive map for control of the U.S. Senate has expanded considerably in the final days before Election Day. Here's a ranking of those competitive races from most likely to flip to least likely.
  • Democrats seek to weaken the Republican lead in state legislatures
    Republicans control 10 more state legislatures than Democrats. That's where most laws on taxes, abortion, crime and schools are made.
  • On what anatomical feature was Trump fixated this week? The quiz knows — do you?
    Hint: He likes them big (and he cannot lie).
  • 2026 midterm election voter guides: Find local resources in your community
    NPR member stations are gathering information for voters — from voter guides down to local races. Scroll through to find your state and the resources available from your local member station.
  • Websites pretending to be local news are boosting Democratic candidates
    The websites of unknown origin are targeting key U.S. House races. They are getting picked up by ChatGPT's responses but Google's products avoid promoting them.


rss: bbc

  • Police Scotland carrying out 'active inquiries' into Andrew and Epstein Balmoral visits
    The force said it had received information and stressed its inquiries were at "an early stage".
  • What we know so far about the Binance hack
    Binance has been hit by what could be the biggest crypto hack ever - here's what we know so far
  • Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to 'beloved actor' Sir Patrick Stewart after his death at 86
    The actor died in Los Angeles following a "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.
  • Watch: Iconic moments from Sir Patrick Stewart's career
    The renowned British actor died after "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia, his spokesperson says.
  • Streeting denies 'kicking can down the road' in defence spending row
    The government is under pressure to set out a path to greater defence spending, as ministers unveil plans to boost UK firms.
  • Residents leave devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky as evacuation corridor opens
    Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the frontline town, despite the lack of gas, electricity and running water.
  • Bombshell confession in The Traitors as faithfuls finally turn the screw
    Could the faithfuls finally come good in Thursday's penultimate episode?
  • 'I made the wrong decision,' Hyrox athlete who soiled herself in race tells BBC
    Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Joanna Wietrzyk says her determination to win the Hyrox race in September had clouded her judgement.
  • Driver guilty of dragging head teacher to his death
    Simon Richardson is convicted of murdering head teacher Michael Mullins and will be sentenced on Monday.
  • Google value plunges by $500bn as its own AI search hits ad sales
    Google spooked investors so badly that its stock hit a six-month low, after it revealed its AI own search summaries were affecting ad revenue.


rss: the register

  • Accenture AI agents are sifting through applicants
    But a human makes final hiring decisions at global tech consultancy
  • Domestic droid gone amok? Don't worry, you're covered
    Insurance firms look to insulate domestic humanoid robot owners against the inevitable chaos they will bring
  • UK Shelly reseller warns payment data stolen after malware found on website
    Customer says they received fraudulent charges on their card hours before company notified them
  • Google's search revenue Ferrari hits an AI-powered speed bump
    Just wait 'til we add more AI and this thing'll really fly
  • Farm PC 'maintained' by a 14-year-old dumped support chap in a steaming pile of tech mess
    Human users can be hard to handle. A few hundred head of cattle and unsupported windows XP can really stink things up
  • AWS installs an AI accelerator every 14 seconds and eyes $1 trillion annual revenue
    Before long, we could be writing about a cloud company with a retail side hustle
  • In the year AI re-wrote the infosec rulebook, it’s comforting to know crypto exchanges still have bad security
    Binance freezes funny money after compromise of engineer’s laptop linked to $6.3 billion of unauthorized trades
  • PC chip plunge wipes out a quarter of Intel’s value
    CEO predicts massive datacenter CPU boom, coming soon, but production problems mean Chipzilla may not cash in
  • Researchers find bugs in 5 AI developer tools, with OpenAI and Microsoft flaws still unpatched
    Embedded browsers are at the heart of the problem
  • Howler will have AI answer your questions, then burn the chat
    Ask AI dumb things and leave no local chat history, all with the style of a kids' fantasy novel – or rather, one of its magical letters


rss: ars technica

  • Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says
    Reddit's search traffic "was down meaningfully" last quarter.
  • Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines
    The latest update also brings a cloud recovery option for PCs that won't boot.
  • Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
    Inspector general rejected request from Democratic and Republican senators.
  • Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
    President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.
  • Trump ignored intel on China’s Nvidia spy to protect company’s stock, report says
    Spy accused of exploiting Trump ties to Huang, funneling secrets to China.
  • Turning a solar power system into its own backup
    Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion.
  • Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws
    Charges filed as Trump admin tries to save Kalshi from Utah's total ban on gambling.
  • Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
    Google's negative cash flow balloons to -$9.06 billion, and stock price tumbles following Q3 earnings.
  • Massive leak exposes 41,000 DHS workers and undercover ICE agents
    The leak reveals undercover agents, surveillance groups, and sensitive DHS access.
  • SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency
    "NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it."


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