rss: npr

  • Virginia Democrats show map to counter Trump redistricting but its future is unclear
    The new map still requires approval from the courts and the voters but, if enacted, it could help Democrats win four more House seats
  • What to watch at the 2026 Olympics
    NPR journalists are at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Join host A Martinez and correspondents Becky Sullivan, Brian Mann, and Rachel Triesman as they talk about what's coming up.
  • A 'Jane Doe' in the R. Kelly trials is ready to share her real name. And her story
    A once anonymous R. Kelly survivor, Reshona Landfair is now ready to reclaim her voice.
  • What a crowded congressional primary in N.J. says about the state of Democrats
    The contest is one of the first congressional primaries of the year where we will find out what issues are currently resonating with some Democratic voters. Here are some key things to know.
  • The Winter Olympics in Italy were meant to be sustainable. Are they?
    Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.
  • Their film was shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran. It won an award at Sundance
    Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's underground arts scene to the prestigious film festival.
  • Day 5 of search for Nancy Guthrie: 'We still believe Nancy is still out there'
    The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.
  • Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census
    The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.
  • Some Public Health Service officers deployed in detention centers suffer 'moral distress'
    A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
  • 'More relevant every day' in the U.S.: A filmmaker documented Russia's journalists
    Julia Loktev's documentary My Undesirable Friends follows young independent journalists covering Putin's invasion of Ukraine.


rss: bbc

  • Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for believing Mandelson's 'lies'
    The PM says the depth of the pair's relationship was not known when he was appointed US ambassador.
  • Could this be the beginning of the end for Starmer?
    Few Labour MPs are publicly calling for Sir Keir Starmer to go but this is very serious moment for the PM.
  • Trump backs Chagos handover deal, says No 10
    It comes after the US president suggested last month he could withdraw his support for the deal.
  • We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands
    A couple who stayed in Shenzhen discovered their intimate moments were filmed as spy-cam porn.
  • Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC finds
    Analysis of government data shows numbers increased from 3,560 in 2021/22 to 19,310 in 2024/25.
  • Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds
    The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.
  • Louvre Museum crown left crushed but 'intact' after raid
    The Paris museum issues the first pictures of the crown since the theft, saying it was left "badly deformed".
  • US and Iran talks to begin as fears of direct conflict continue
    The US has built up its military presence in the Middle East in response to Iran's violent crackdown on protests.
  • Jacob Elordi: I practised my Northern accent in the bath
    The Australian actor is starring opposite Margot Robbie in new film, Wuthering Heights, set in Yorkshire.
  • Boy, 15, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after teacher injured at school
    The teacher has since been discharged and the teenager remains in custody, police said.


rss: the register

  • Amazon can't build AI capacity fast enough, throws another $200B at the problem

    'As fast as we install this AI capacity, we are monetizing it,' says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

    AWS has an open cash spigot for AI infrastructure, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy telling investors the company has been monetizing compute capacity as fast as it brings it online and it plans to double capacity by the end of 2027.…

  • Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder

    The end isn't nigh after all

    Chrome's latest revision of its browser extension architecture, known as Manifest v3 (MV3), was widely expected to make content blocking and privacy extensions less effective than its predecessor, Manifest v2 (MV2).…

  • OpenClaw reveals meaty personal information after simple cracks

    Skills marketplace is full of stuff - like API keys and credit card numbers - that crims will find tasty

    Another day, another vulnerability (or two, or 200) in the security nightmare that is OpenClaw.…

  • OpenAI chases business bucks with confusingly named Frontier platform

    IPO, we’re halfway there: AI, livin’ on a prayer

    OpenAI, a maker of frontier models, has announced a platform called Frontier to help enterprises implement software agents. That's not confusing at all.…

  • Substack says intruder lifted emails, phone numbers in months-old breach

    Contact details were accessed in an intrusion that went undetected for months, the blogging outfit says

    Newsletter platform Substack has admitted that an intruder swiped user contact details months before the company noticed, forcing it to warn writers and readers that their email addresses and other account metadata were accessed without permission.…

  • Asia-based government spies quietly broke into critical networks across 37 countries

    And their toolkit includes a new, Linux kernel rootkit

    A state-aligned cyber group in Asia compromised government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries in an ongoing espionage campaign, according to security researchers.…

  • Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station

    What about storing it in high orbit?

    US lawmakers have asked NASA to look into storing the International Space Station (ISS) in a higher orbit at the end of its operational life, instead of sending the structure hurtling into the ocean when the time comes.…

  • Anthropic apes OpenAI with cheeky chatbot commercials

    The Claude maker wants you to know about ChatGPT’s ad plans

    AI companies are looking for new ways of burning cash other than by handing it to hyperscalers for model training. So now they're setting money on fire by buying Super Bowl ads that mock rivals.…

  • SpaceX wants to fill Earth orbit with a million datacenter satellites

    The FCC is taking public comments - now’s your chance to tell them this plan is bonkers

    Elon Musk's pie-in-the-sky plan to launch a massive orbital datacenter satellite constellation has taken a rapid step closer to reality with the Federal Communications Commission advancing SpaceX's application for public comment, technical feasibility be damned. …

  • Most SAP migrations bust budgets and project timelines, research finds

    As 2027 ECC support cliff looms, half choose not to re-engineer processes in critical ERP upgrade

    Nearly 60 percent of SAP migration projects are delayed and over budget as organizations underestimate complexity, allow expansion of scope, and fail to understand internal constraints, according to research from ISG.…



rss: ars technica

  • AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them
    Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents.
  • The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)
    Hamster Corp.'s new "Console Archives" does what Nintendon't.
  • With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code
    The emphasis is on "mid-turn steering and frequent progress updates."
  • "ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition
    Senator: ICE and CBP "have built an arsenal of surveillance technologies."
  • Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites
    Microsoft won’t explain why Bing blocked 1.5 million Neocities websites.
  • Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party
    “Kanzi is able to generate an idea of this pretend object and at the same time know it’s not real.”
  • Bad sleep made woman's eyelids so floppy they flipped inside out, got stuck
    Never underestimate the value of a good night's sleep.
  • Google hints at big AirDrop expansion for Android "very soon"
    AirDrop came to the Pixel 10 last year, and more Android phones will join the party in 2026.
  • OpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads
    Sam Altman calls AI competitor "dishonest" and "authoritarian" in lengthy post on X.
  • This black hole "burps" with Death Star energy
    Dubbed "Jetty McJetface," the tidal disruption event's energy keeps getting brighter and should peak in 2027.


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