rss: npr

  • Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club
    President Trump said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends, describing it as "sort of a Camp David."
  • Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died
    María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.
  • Isaias strengthens into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season
    The National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday that the hurricane was on track to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. It's expected to bring heavy rains and potentially flash flooding.
  • The WHO seeks more details on the death of a plague research lab employee in Russia
    The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.
  • What is the pneumonic plague?
    The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker.
  • This surprising mammal fossil is giving scientists something to chew on
    It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today. But when did that ability emerge? New evidence points to at least the middle Jurassic, back when dinosaurs still reigned.
  • Judge orders that Christa Pike execution evidence be preserved
    A week after the failed execution, Pike is awake but is said to be angry and confused. Her lawyers said Wednesday's hearing was about "transparency."
  • Trump approved the military's 1st firing squad execution since WWII. Why now?
    The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009. The announcement came days after a botched lethal injection in Tennessee.
  • Why Trump just loosened the rules on 'dyed diesel' — normally a farm fuel
    Trump is temporarily allowing this fuel to be used on highways, although it's typically just for off-road farm and construction vehicles. Could that lower the price of diesel?
  • How Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has brought the culture wars to the military
    The New York Times reporter Greg Jaffe says Hegseth has disproportionately blocked promotions of Black and women senior officers, and he's also been purging the military of transgender people.


rss: bbc

  • Burnham to hold security talks with German chancellor in Berlin
    Downing Street said deeper co-operation in the face of rising hybrid threats from Russia would be high on the agenda during Burnham's first official visit to Germany.
  • Syrian general accused of atrocities paid and protected by US and Lebanon, BBC finds
    Bassam al-Hassan, linked to reporter Austin Tice's abduction, is being sheltered in return for information.
  • 'Come all the way' back to EU, French finance minister tells UK
    Roland Lescure tells the BBC that being in the bloc enables members to better address the challenges facing the world.
  • Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' will continue
    Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
  • We spent thousands on a Tui river cruise but ended up on coach trips
    Passengers have described their anger after their itineraries changed to involve hours spent on coach trips instead.
  • 'Every day there is killing': Gazans face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls
    Many Palestinians are still living in cramped tent cities, with the US plan to end the war largely stalled.
  • Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
    Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • 'I was blamed for my baby's death now NHS needs to change'
    Neil and Katie Russell are working with the hospital where their daughter died on the scheme.
  • UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF
    The tuna is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF.
  • Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies
    Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.


rss: the register

  • It's a bird, it's a plane...well, more of a spinning parachute, but really it's a droppable robot boat
    The ALBATROSS has landed
  • ICANN reveals bids for new top-level domains
    Big tech has piled in with plenty of asks, but faces a fight as eight applicants want .api and seven seek .agi
  • Ransomware fixer claimed he could decrypt files, allegedly defrauded clients instead
    Feds claim he charged clients more than ransoms, paid up, pocketed the difference
  • Singapore’s central bank wants all FinTech AI use cases subject to independent review
    Failures of third-party services no excuse for island nation’s financial sector
  • Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system
    But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally. Routers never break right?
  • OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficulties
    Persistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious
  • Argonne scientists create chatty X-ray microscope that zooms in where you tell it to
    Talking to an X-ray nanoprobe beamline is far better than talking to a toaster, we assume
  • Microsoft N1Xes Intel in favor of Nvidia's shiny new SoCs in Surface Laptop Ultra
    Poverty-spec model starts at $2,599 with 24 GB of RAM and 512GB of storage with 128 GB models topping $5,899
  • Attackers hijacked top-level domains, minted fake security certs for Google and other orgs
    Trusted brand impersonation without the usual browser certificate warnings spells trouble
  • Browser-in-browser attacks use fake Meta Muse Ad lure to steal credentials
    Wiley fisherfolk spin up a new page just days after Meta's AI agent launch


rss: ars technica

  • Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
    Get ready for more AI in your Windows and more AI on the desktop.
  • “Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones
    Opus-built Creative Cloud alternatives are ambitious, free, and nowhere near finished.
  • PA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated
    Pennsylvania reported 1,066 outbreak-linked cases on Wednesday.
  • TP-Link problems in US grow amid FCC router ban and four state lawsuits
    TP-Link can't sell latest routers in US, still needs exemption from FCC ban.
  • Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand
    Altering molecular handedness has implications for the origins of life.
  • Pediatricians renew call to ban raw milk as anti-science rhetoric reigns
    In renewed policy, pediatricians review the benefits of heating milk to kill germs.
  • Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
    Man gets 18 months for AI scheme stealing $8M in music streaming royalties.
  • Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
    Car design sure riles people up on the Internet these days. Goes double for EVs.
  • Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech
    Trump's aggressive reshoring push could cost tech firms $230 billion, CTA estimates.
  • Mistral says "Le Chonk" can challenge the best AI models
    Mistral says Le Chonk can rival top closed models while remaining open-weight.


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