rss: npr

  • U.S. rock climber Alex Honnold reaches top of Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes
    Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.
  • Here's how 'shared decision making' for childhood vaccines could limit access
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new approach to six shots that were formerly given routinely will introduce new hurdles for getting kids immunized. And it could have a chilling effect on doctors.
  • 5 things to know about the latest Minneapolis shooting
    Tensions are escalating in Minneapolis after Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen, was killed during an encounter with immigration officials on Saturday morning. Here is what to know.
  • Thousands of new Americans opt for 'ultimate act of inclusion' despite obstacles
    Three citizenship ceremonies NPR attended in the Washington, D.C. area in January were largely celebratory experiences, despite a year of hurdles and changes to the naturalization process.
  • 40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
    Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
  • Russian strikes knock out heat in freezing Kyiv as peace talks continue
    Russian strikes left much of Kyiv without heat, water and power during freezing temperature, even as Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. held talks on ending the nearly four-year war.
  • Photos: Massive winter storm sweeps across the U.S.
    A look at the extreme winter storm impacting two-thirds of the U.S.
  • Man shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis
    The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month.
  • A man is fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis
    Federal agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis, this time a 51-year-old man.
  • Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over its new trade deal with China
    The announcement is a reversal for Trump, who initially initially praised the agreement with China as something Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "should be doing."


rss: bbc

  • Video shows moments around fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
    Bystander footage has captured the seconds before the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.
  • Andy Burnham's bid to return as MP blocked by Labour's ruling body
    The Greater Manchester mayor is seen as a potential leadership challenger to Sir Keir Starmer.
  • 'British FBI' will free up forces to tackle everyday crime, home secretary says
    The home secretary says policing is stuck "in a different century" and the new body will be part of wider reforms.
  • As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the 'middle powers' face a grave new challenge
    With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a "rupture" with the post-WW2 order.
  • How weight-loss jabs are changing our spending habits
    With GLP-1 drugs rising in popularity, how are businesses adapting to a new type of consumer?
  • Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis?
    He has been described as an avid outdoorsman who loved mountain biking.
  • Protests and anger after man shot dead by immigration agents
    Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting.
  • What we know about the fatal shooting
    Trump officials says federal agents shot in self-defence, as Pretti's parents accuse them of "sickening lies".
  • Watch: Federal and state officials give conflicting accounts on killing
    Pretti's death comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot dead by an immigration agent in the city.
  • How parents uncovered super hospital's infected water scandal
    Dozens of patients became more unwell and some died with infections picked up at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.


rss: the register

  • Emmabuntüs DE 6: A newbie-friendly Linux to help those in need

    A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste – and helping a charity, too

    Emmabuntüs is just another Linux distro, but it's one guided by ethics more than tech. With exceptional help, documentation, beginner-friendly tooling and accessibility, there's a lot to like.…

  • Future of UK's multibillion Ajax armored vehicle program looks shaky

    Noise and vibration keeps sending soldiers to the medics

    The future of the British Army's troublesome Ajax armored vehicle program has again been called into question after the official in charge was removed and use of Ajax halted over its effects on personnel.…

  • How an experienced developer teamed up with Claude to create Elo programming language

    Bernard Lambeau, the human half of a pair programming team, explains how he's using AI

    feature Bernard Lambeau, a Belgium-based software developer and founder of several technology companies, created a programming language called Elo with the help of Anthropic's Claude Code.…

  • Bill Gates-backed startup aims to revive Moore's Law with optical transistors

    Neurophos is developing a massive optical systolic array clocked at 56GHz good for 470 petaFLOPS of FP4 compute

    As Moore's Law slows to a crawl and the amount of energy required to deliver generational performance gains grows, some chip designers are looking to alternative architectures for salvation.…

  • UK border tech budget swells by £100M as Home Office targets small boat crossings

    Drone, satellite, and other data combined to monitor unwanted vessels

    The UK Home Office is spending up to £100 million on intelligence tech in part to tackle the so-called "small boats" issue of refugees and irregular immigrants coming across the English Channel.…

  • CISA won't attend infosec industry's biggest conference this year

    But ex-CISA boss and new RSAC CEO Jen Easterly will be there

    exclusive The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won't attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register.…

  • Ofcom probes Meta over WhatsApp info it was legally required to provide

    UK watchdog investigates accuracy of data handed over for SMS market review

    Ofcom is formally investigating whether Meta complied with legally binding information requests regarding WhatsApp's role in the UK business messaging ecosystem.…

  • Patch or die: VMware vCenter Server bug fixed in 2024 under attack today

    If you skipped it back then, now’s a very good time

    You've got to keep your software updated. Some unknown miscreants are exploiting a critical VMware vCenter Server bug more than a year after Broadcom patched the flaw.…

  • Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds

    If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys

    updated If you think using Microsoft's BitLocker encryption will keep your data 100 percent safe, think again. Last year, Redmond reportedly provided the FBI with encryption keys to unlock the laptops of Windows users charged in a fraud indictment.…

  • ShinyHunters claims Okta customer breaches, leaks data belonging to 3 orgs

    'A lot more' victims to come, we're told

    ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for an Okta voice-phishing campaign during which the extortionist crew allegedly gained access to Crunchbase and Betterment.…



rss: ars technica

  • A decade of Star Trek-themed fart jokes: The Greatest Generation podcast turns 10
    How two podcasters turned a Star Trek side project into a full-time career.
  • Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
    Destructive payload unleashed on 10-year anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine's grid.
  • Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?
    Rice University chemists replicated Thomas Edison's seminal experiment and found a surprising byproduct.
  • A weird, itchy rash is linked to the keto diet—but no one knows why
    While the rash has a clear link to ketones, the underlying mechanism remains elusive.
  • TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes
    Dense narrative deduction game tells a compellingly academia-tinged sci-fi tale.
  • Demand for Intel's processors is apparently there, but the supply is not
    Intel is allocating more of its own production to its money-making server chips.
  • DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online
    Community watch groups have a playbook to keep ICE away from subscriber information.
  • White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"
    Lawyer calls it "outrageous that the White House would make up stories."
  • Telly’s "free" ad-based TVs make notable revenue—when they’re actually delivered
    The LA startup said it would ship "millions" of TVs by 2024.
  • TikTok deal is done; Trump wants praise while users fear MAGA tweaks
    “I am so happy”: Trump closes deal that hands TikTok US to his allies.


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