rss: npr

  • Why Houthi military gains in Yemen may further increase gas prices
    A Houthi advance along Yemen's Red Sea coast could help push gas prices up even more as the Iran-backed group also launches attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities
  • Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison
    The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.
  • Iran-backed Houthi rebels seize strategic Red Sea port in Yemen
    The rebel group took over Yemen's port of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 50 miles from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
  • This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records
    Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.
  • Lawsuit challenges intimidation of DHS observers across the country
    The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.

  • A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
    An extremely well preserved fossil feather could reveal why some birds survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid, and others did not.

  • How the WNBA became a political prop in the culture wars
    Sports journalist Sabreena Merchant says culture war issues related to race and trans athletes threaten to overshadow exceptional play on the WNBA court.
  • Barbara Keating died in the 9/11 attack. She's finally being laid to rest
    Barbara Keating died aboard one of the planes that hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center. Her remains were finally identified last year, and her family is gathering for a long-delayed funeral.
  • Elon Musk threatens to sue over Gibney documentary's "space lasers" claim
    The tech billionaire's attorney has put documentarian Alex Gibney and his production company on legal notice, claiming the Oscar-winning director defamed Musk in his nearly four-hour documentary.
  • 'I've never seen anything like this' -- A U.S. doctor treats Ebola's youngest victims
    Dr. Rupa Narra is a U.S. pediatrician who arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help care for stricken children. Nothing could have prepared her for what she'd face.


rss: bbc

  • UK economy grew faster than expected in July
    The economy expanded by 0.4%, official figures show, whereas economists had predicted no growth.
  • Assisted dying bill for England and Wales faces new vote in Commons
    The proposal was backed by a majority of MPs last year but did not become law after its progress was stalled by peers.
  • Spies, strategies and missed opportunities: How the lessons of 9/11 are still being learnt
    Twenty-five years on, the attacks have come to define a generation of foreign, security and intelligence policy, the BBC's security correspondent writes.
  • Anthropic blocks 'malicious use' of AI that could develop biological weapons
    The revelations in Anthropic's threat intelligence report come after a former top researcher at the company warned of the risks of AI to humanity.
  • As Trump dominates convention, some Republicans quietly ask who comes next
    The convention offered a stark reminder that the Trump era is heading toward its final chapter, the BBC's Washington correspondent Daniel Bush writes.
  • Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' goes up for auction
    Auction house Sotheby's expects the dress to sell for up to $300,000 (£220,000) when it goes under the hammer on 9 December.
  • Ukraine's fortress cities under fire as Russia bids to seize rest of Donbas
    Kramatorsk and Slovyansk are now the main focus of Russian ground assaults, and residents are being told to leave.
  • New hurricane season record as 'historic' El Niño leaves Atlantic eerily quiet
    The Atlantic hurricane season has reached its climatological peak, but a strong El Niño means no hurricanes have formed this year.
  • Yemen's Houthis reportedly seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha
    Mokha's capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route.
  • Rayner defends pause to local council overhaul
    The cabinet minister tells the BBC she wanted to ensure the plans could survive potential legal actions.


rss: the register

  • DeepSeek's new model sets a template for powerful LLMs that run lean
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash proves that just because you build a bigger model doesn't mean you need more GPUs to serve it
  • On Call: Boss wrongly claimed IT deleted his files, refused to learn the one-click fix
    There's no place like the Home directory, but the Documents folder is sometimes nicer
  • Microsoft annoints Rust as a 'Tier 1' internal language
    Redmond's coders get the tool to help them scrub memory bugs off Windows
  • Oracle says AI will save it from the SaaSpocalypse, not bring it on
    It’s a better interface, can speed installations, and drives IaaS sales too
  • OpenAI arms devs with AI conversation tool that can talk and listen at the same time
    GPT-Live-1 makes speaking to AI models more fluid
  • Latest Anthropic horror story chills with tales of kamikaze drone swarms and bioweapons research
    Everyone from ShinyHunters to Russian freelancers is in on the illicit model fun
  • Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent
    War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Privacy is surveillance
  • Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom line
    Acquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home'
  • Hundreds of AI agents helped PaperCut attacker hit 395+ orgs, and some went off script
    Human operator: don't touch CIS orgs. AI agents: look a squirrel!
  • OpenAI's website-hijacking swarm reached far further than we thought
    New report points finger at OpenAI bots that hijacked a German wiki for improper use of an additional 20 websites, and 14 fetching services


rss: ars technica

  • Boy developed "toasted skin" condition from using a laptop every day
    Laptops don't usually get hot enough to burn—but they can still be harmful.
  • LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions
    Judge tosses lawsuits, says plaintiffs didn't allege any real privacy violation.
  • Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument
    Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships.
  • Android can now securely migrate your logins between password managers
    App support is slim right now, but Google says more are coming.
  • Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google
    "Bankruptcy cannot become the new land grab for AI.”
  • Physicist does the math on Star Trek’s “Picard maneuver”
    The trick from Next Generation would be even more effective in real life.
  • Kimmel's ABC show won't air interview with Democrat because of Trump FCC threats
    Talarico talk to be on YouTube to save ABC stations the hassle of dealing with FCC.
  • China’s drone supremacy shows in airlifting bodies and food after Nepal flood disaster
    DJI drones that already supply Mount Everest camps assist Nepal’s flood relief.
  • Artemis II commander and pilot become NASA's first astronaut emeriti
    "Artemis II is done."
  • Four groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit
    A patch gap and the hastened pace of AI-based vulnerability discovery are likely contributors.


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