rss: npr

  • Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
    Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
  • Here's the latest sticker shock: Borrowing for a mortgage -- or a car
    It's not just mortgages being at their highest level in almost three years — but the cost of loans for cars and higher education are among the borrowing costs affected, too.
  • An early flu season means it might be time to think about a flu shot
    Flu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year.
  • 'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
    Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.
  • 3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks
    On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.
  • Deep in Appalachia, a rail-to-trail project builds bipartisan support for a bridge
    The Trump administration has been hostile to federal spending on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. But there's bipartisan support for a multiuse trail that would connect Ohio and West Virginia.
  • BTS frontman RM is showing his art collection. Fans are flocking to see it
    The pop superstar is showing art from his personal collection for the first time. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is packed with fans.
  • 5 things civil rights data says about public schools
    The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are still stark in American public schools.
  • Carpetbagger allegation, misplaced valor make Nevada's safe red House seat competitive
    Northern Nevada has a reliably red congressional seat, represented by a Republican since it was drawn in the early 1980s. A complicated candidate and a potential blue wave this year could change that.
  • Morning news brief
    The investigation continues into whether Iran is linked it an incident at a U.K. air base, thousands join student-led protest in France, former German spy chief to face charges including espionage.


rss: bbc

  • US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say
    Experts and lawyers called the apparent recovery unprecedented, noting she is believed to be the only known person to survive a lethal injection.
  • Residents of kibbutz destroyed in 7 October Hamas-led attacks grapple with how to rebuild
    Three years on from the attack on Nir Oz, in which 47 people were killed and 76 taken hostage, some survivors have returned to live there.
  • Husband appears in court accused of GP's murder
    Mark Cain is charged with the murder of Dr Hannah Terry, whose body was found at her home.
  • Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
    The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
  • Trump to speak to Putin about plague lab worker's death in Russia
    Fears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.
  • Military training sites to be investigated following rape and abuse claims at Army college
    In August, four young women told the BBC they were sexually assaulted and harassed at the school in Harrogate.
  • Jaguar unveils new electric car after 'woke' ridicule
    Two years after JLR relaunched Jaguar into a blizzard of controversy, it has launched its new EV.
  • Children under 10 should not be given obesity drugs, World Health Organization warns
    Care should focus on healthy eating and exercise, not medicines such as weight-loss injections, says the World Health Organization
  • Watch: Police raid on gang behind fake gay asylum claims
    The arrests come after a BBC investigation in April revealed that law firms and advisers were helping migrants pose as gay in an effort to get asylum.
  • Puffin island on cusp of closure as it runs out of water
    Lundy is in "real jeopardy" and could be evacuated if supplies run out, bosses say.


rss: the register

  • Rails originator roasted over Rust boosterism
    David Heinemeier Hansson's agent-coded bakeoff produced curious results
  • COSMIC shuts the door on AI code as GNOME debates letting bug reports in
    System76 demands human-written contributions, while a rival desktop developer argues bot-found flaws are too valuable to ignore
  • From reactive to proactive: How endpoint monitoring is fixing broken meeting rooms
    SPONSORED FEATURE: Cloud-based telemetry is turning meeting rooms into managed endpoints, letting IT teams anticipate failures rather than scramble once users complain
  • South Korean president calls for creation of tools that stop all cyber-attacks
    'Complete security paradigm refresh' needed for the AI era
  • Microsoft defines its Azure instance lifecycle, without any info about timing
    Redmond explains how VMs die, but not when you can expect that to happen
  • Anthropic reconfigures its cool kids security program
    Company's Project Glasswing and Cyber Verification Program metamorphose into triple tier threat hunting club
  • Google teams with nuclear power giant to give reactors a tune-up
    Upgraded turbines, generators, and digital controls are expected to unlock an addition 890MW of capacity
  • Anthropic Claude subscription plan provides more value than OpenAI's, study says
    Research firm not exactly thrilled by House of Altman's subscription changes
  • Permanent daylight saving time could be a public health time bomb
    Trump pushes the US to adopt pDST, but Canadian researchers say darker mornings come with costs for sleep, learning, and productivity
  • European AI flag bearer Mistral's new open weights model is 'Le Chonk'
    Oh lawd it is coming ... to Hugging Face later this month


rss: ars technica

  • Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says
    Two cargo ships have sunk, one ship was afire, and sailors are dead or missing.
  • OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT outputs by default—but only in the EU
    Like other solutions, it is not especially reliable, and it's easy to circumvent.
  • HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service”
    A combined service could lead to higher prices.
  • It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane
    To date, this Atlantic tropics year has been exceptionally quiet.
  • Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services
    Compromise of 3 domain registries allows hackers to walk off with unauthorized certs.
  • Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth
    Paramount now owns Warner Bros. as last-ditch effort to stop $111B merger fails.
  • Support Ars and get a better reading experience in return
    ArsPro gives you more ways to read while directly supporting our journalism.
  • Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input
    Amazon hasn't made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.
  • Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
    Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
  • Googlebook "Better Together" phone features don't work with Samsung at launch
    Googlebooks require Android 17, but Samsung's Android 17 phones won't work yet.


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