rss: npr

  • The family of Renee Good files lawsuits over her death during Minneapolis ICE raids
    The fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent last January in Minneapolis set off a firestorm of protests around the U.S. Her family is speaking out for the first time.
  • 'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy
    Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.
  • A new California law bans child marriage. What's the global outlook on the practice?
    The governor of California has signed into law a ban on child marriage. What is the status of other efforts to ban the practice? And do bans prove effective?
  • Google launches Project Suncatcher, a step towards AI data centers in space
    The fridge-size satellite with AI chips on board is part of Project Suncatcher, the company's moonshot effort to put AI data centers in space and harness solar energy.
  • A judge permanently dismisses former Olympian's Reflecting Pool charges
    Citing "exceptional circumstances," a D.C. judge has ruled that the federal government cannot refile its Reflecting Pool charges against David Hearn, despite pressure from President Trump to do so.
  • AI data centers: How much are ratepayers on the hook for?
    Data centers consume large amounts of power and require upgrading infrastructure. But it's difficult to determine how much residential customers benefit and how much they actually pay for the benefit.
  • Cornell Jane Doe's attorney says she told police in 2024: 'I was raped'
    Counter to what a local prosecutor has claimed, the alleged victim of a 2024 gang rape at Cornell University clearly said in her police statement that she was sexually assaulted, her attorney told NPR.
  • New space station crew launches from Florida on SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule
    The crew of four — two NASA astronauts, one from Canada, and a Russian cosmonaut — heads to the International Space Station after liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
  • What a Pearly King taught me about Cockney rhyming slang and East London history
    In mother-of-pearl suits, the Pearly Kings used to canvass East London for charity. The most famous one, George Major, died in August. A look back on this larger-than-life figure and the Pearly King tradition.
  • Passengers recount chaos on Tel Aviv flight. And, FBI probes employee-data hack
    What we know so far about the tense moments aboard a Tel Aviv-bound flight. And, the FBI investigates a cyberattack involving sensitive employee data.


rss: bbc

  • US pressures Europe over diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban
    President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections.
  • Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery
    The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.
  • Chris Mason: Why Andy Burnham's about-turn on Manchester City matters
    The prime minister's comments on Man City were revealing on several levels - and leapt on by many in football, the BBC's political editor writes.
  • Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says
    Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.
  • UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford incident, police say
    The 25-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London, marking the sixth arrest in connection with Sunday's incident near the airbase.
  • Chaos, coffins and 'Claudiapatra' steal the show in Celebrity Traitors
    There is paranoia, confusion and a battle to survive among the celebrities as they fight for survival.
  • Watch: Celebrity Traitors series two kicks off with a wild curveball
    The BBC's Noor Nanji on the gameshow's new twist and a traitor's shocking admission.
  • Spain and China are cosying up - to the anger of many in the EU
    Amid global tumult, the two countries alliance is not the only unlikely pairing.
  • NY's governor appoints special prosecutor in Cornell frat rape investigation
    The governor said she'd lost faith in prosecutors overseeing the case and handed it over to New York Attorney General Letitia James.
  • 'I was terrified': Alex Ferguson on brain haemorrhage and games that shaped his life
    Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson speaks to BBC Breakfast as he approaches his 85th birthday.


rss: the register

  • AWS turns its best practice framework into an agent that recommends cloudy reconfigs
    Possesses powers equivalent to an 'experienced architect' and will happily make cost-saving suggestions
  • Google launches first datacenter satellite and research that finds orbiting bit barns can work
    If SpaceX can launch 1,800 Starships, and researchers nail gnarly networking, design and formation flying problems,
  • AI agents hacked the hackers, stealing email addresses from security research org
    Chained Zammad flaws enabled session hijacking, code execution, and root escalation in seconds
  • Cloudflare tries to outplay Jev with open-weight Clef models
    Sure, it costs more, but it can handle images and video and it's available on Hugging Face if you have the hardware horsepower to run it locally
  • Stanford prof is beating the drum for a new protocol to replace TCP
    Homa is a rethink of networks for the AI age
  • Cloudflare launches Data Platform with bland 'Basin' branding, promise of fewer fees
    Serverless data management without egress fees, sort of
  • EU’s hodgepodge tech policy exposes members to Chinese vendor risks, says think tank
    RUSI wants procurement rethink that could put US suppliers under scrutiny too
  • Suspected Chinese spies spoofed an Anthropic exec, ex-White House official in AI phishing
    Your invite to a fake AI policy advisory committee has strings attached
  • AWS offers local, open source leash for agent harnesses
    Dogwood Local Engine checks AI tool calls against user-defined temporal rules before they run
  • Microsoft makes Windows settings backup the default in 26H2
    Annual update installed. You're up to date, so nothing seems to have changed. Wait a minute...


rss: ars technica

  • Venus' mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust
    A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties.
  • SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission
    With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
  • Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
    It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
  • Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
    The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it's not an antitrust issue.
  • Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?
    Autonomous vehicle designers have to worry about riders getting frisky in public.
  • Marvel releases one last VisionQuest trailer
    "This is a fight I likely won't win. We have said goodbye before. But remember, family is forever."
  • Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028
    Prices for memory sold for 2027 "are much higher than 2026 prices."
  • Florida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras
    Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.
  • With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI—until now
    Adding in a second neural network that guesses the identity of hidden pieces was key.
  • As US relations fray, Canada gets serious about its own launch industry
    The Canada Rocket Company gets serious about medium-lift launch.


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