rss: npr

  • How the U.S. is using AI in the war in Iran
    NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Lauren Kahn of Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology about the role of artificial intelligence in war.
  • Texas's state animals, armadillos, are making North Carolina their home
    Armadillos are making North Carolina their home. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with wildlife biologist Colleen Olfenbuttel about how Texas' state mammal has gotten a foothold in the Tar Heel State.
  • Israeli soldiers fire on family car in occupied West Bank, killing 4
    Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry said.
  • U.S. military names six killed in plane crash as Iran war enters third week
    The conflict in the Middle East has entered a third week, with Israel announcing a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while the U.S. defense department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft crashed.
  • Why the Chicago Bears could be moving to Indiana
    While Illinois is trying to keep the team in Chicago's suburbs, Indiana lawmakers are offering a plan to finance a new stadium

  • Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it "woke"
    The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department's latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists covering the agency.
  • In a small Lebanese town, grief and fear follow the Michigan synagogue attack
    The suspect who attacked a synagogue in Michigan lost family members in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on March 5. Relatives and neighbors in his hometown share their views on his actions.
  • Russian strike on Kyiv region kills 4 and wounds 15, with peace talks stalled
    The strikes comes after the United States paused ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine due to the war with Iran.
  • In South Carolina, measles shows how far apart neighbors can be on vaccines
    In South Carolina, some parents embrace vaccines, others opt out. Why do people make such different choices? A mix of politics, distrust and misinformation is pushing neighbors apart.
  • Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro is in intensive care with pneumonia, hospital says
    One of Bolsonaro's doctors described the former Brazilian president's medical condition as "serious."


rss: bbc

  • UK looking at 'any options' to secure key oil route through Strait of Hormuz
    The energy secretary also hinted at the possibility of sending minesweeping drones to the region.
  • We will intervene on energy bills if necessary, says Miliband
    Oil and gas prices have surged due to the US-Israel war in Iran, with fears over the cost of living.
  • Zelensky accuses EU allies of 'blackmail' in oil pipeline row
    Volodymyr Zelensky says restoring the flow of Russian oil via Ukraine into the EU would be like lifting sanctions on Russia.
  • William shares unseen photo of Princess Diana for Mother's Day
    The Prince of Wales captioned the previously unseen photo: "remembering my mother, today and every day".
  • Police share details of tattoos as they trace man found dead in bin
    Police issue a description of his distinctive tattoos as their efforts to identify him continue.
  • What to expect and who will win
    Sinners, One Battle After Another and Hamnet will all be vying for Hollywood's highest honour on Sunday.
  • How to watch awards-tipped films
    Hamnet, Avatar and Marty Supreme will face One Battle After Another as the awards race heats up.
  • Nominees list in full
    This year's list of Oscar nominees includes One Battle After Another, Sinners and Hamnet.
  • An eccentric new friend entered her life. Then things took a strange, expensive turn
    What began as a dog-sitting favour ended with boutique owner Bridget Hutchcroft being owed more than £1.6m.
  • Sculpting jaws, giving scores: Inside the world of looksmaxxing
    Growing numbers of young men are going to great lengths to achieve what they see as the perfect face.


rss: the register

  • Jury out on whether Americans approve or disapprove of datacenters

    Most don't think they are good for the environment.

    Three-quarters of the American public have heard of datacenters, but they haven't quite made their minds up yet about whether they approve of them or not.…

  • Those who 'circle back' and 'synergize' also tend to be crap at their jobs

    Cornwell Uni researchers pivot to pluck low-hanging fruit to optimize bandwidth

    Workers who believe "leveraging cross-functional synergies" sounds profound may want to rethink their career trajectory because a new study suggests people who fall for corporate word salad also tend to perform worse at their jobs.…

  • Inside the datacenter where the day starts with topping up cerebrospinal fluid

    Biological computing is messy and gassy – It’s now cloudy, too

    At the start of the working day at Cortical Labs’ datacenter in Melbourne, Australia, technicians top up the resident computers with a liquid modelled on the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the human brain.…

  • Claude charts a new course with charts, of course

    Conversations with Anthropic's models may now be accompanied by interactive apps

    Seeing is believing, or so it was said up until AI required questioning everything. But even when braced to resist the slop roulette of online interaction, pictures are worth a thousand tokens.…

  • GitHub infuriates students by removing some models from free Copilot plan

    Coding education may become a bit more challenging, but the economics lesson is free

    You don't get what you don't pay for! Microsoft's GitHub is dialing back on expenses by removing several costly premium models from its free GitHub Copilot Student plan.…

  • AFRINIC accuses litigant of trying to ‘paralyse’ it

    A 'web of litigation'

    The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) has accused one its members of trying to "paralyse" the organization.…

  • 'Are you freaking crazy?' Bot harasses woman, gets led away by cops

    An incident in Macau

    A 70-year old woman in China loudly shouted at a robot to leave her alone, but the bot instead stood its ground and did a “raise the roof” move when the woman called it “freaking crazy.”…

  • Credential-stealing crew spoofs VPN clients from Cisco, Fortinet, and others

    And then they send victims to the legit VPN download to hide their tracks

    A group of cybercriminals tracked as Storm-2561 is using fake enterprise VPN clients from CheckPoint, Cisco, Fortinet, Ivanti, and other vendors to steal users' credentials, according to Microsoft.…

  • After years of being stood up, ARM64 Linux users finally get Chrome date

    Someone, somewhere, ticked a box on a build farm. The wait is over

    Chrome is finally coming to ARM64 Linux devices, years after it turned up on macOS and Windows on Arm.…

  • Watchdog boss calls Capita's £370M DWP win 'extraordinary' amid pension portal dumpster fire

    PAC chair asks Cabinet Office if anyone bothered telling dept about the shambles before handing over the keys

    The chair of the UK Parliament's public spending watchdog has dubbed the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) decision to award Capita a £370 million shared service contract "extraordinary," given the outsourcing firm's "failings" in supporting the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS).…



rss: ars technica

  • An engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: A history of the Honda Prelude
    Technology like four-wheel steering and variable valve timing debuted in the Prelude.
  • Staff complain that xAI is flailing because of constant upheaval
    Staff complain that the constant upheaval is destroying morale.
  • NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there's a reason why
    "This ought to make for some good reading," NASA's mission management team chair said.
  • Woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae get trapped in her deviated septum
    She made a full recovery, despite the maggots.
  • Slay the Spire 2 is a bit too familiar for its own good
    Early Access impressions: New characters shine, but it feels like we've done this before.
  • Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games
    When winning depends on intuiting a mathematical function, AIs come up short.
  • Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
    GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak.
  • Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories
    Unicode that's invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned—until attackers took notice.
  • Adobe settles DOJ cancellation fee lawsuit, will pay $75 million penalty
    Adobe says it will also give customers who "qualify" free services but is vague on details.
  • Doubling the voltage: What 800 V architecture really changes in EVs
    Confused about electric vehicle voltages? You won't be after reading this.


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