rss: npr

  • Here are the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards
    Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cover the prison system and music, and queer parenthood.
  • What to know about nationwide protests in India over voter list changes
    The campaign is led in part by India's "Cockroach" youth movement, which previously forced the education minister to resign.
  • Vietnamese police arrest 12 suspected of prowling city streets at night, snatching cats for meat
    State media cited investigators who said the network recruited people to ride motorcycles through neighborhoods at night, trapping up to 10 cats a night.
  • Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason
    A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.
  • Dems have edge in midterms, poll shows. And, Paramount-Warner Bros. merger to close
    Polls are showing that Democrats have a clear advantage heading into the midterms, but that doesn't tell the whole story. And, today, a mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. is set to close.
  • A history of presidents naming things after themselves (It's short. They rarely do)
    While Trump pushes to get his name on the Kennedy Center and other public sites, history shows that sitting presidents have almost always avoided putting their brands on government assets.
  • What voters in 6 key states could tell us about the 2026 midterms
    Morning Edition is heading to Maine, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio and Michigan to hear what voters say is shaping their choices ahead of the midterm elections.
  • Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space
    The 82-year-old scientist, originally from Belgium, is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research into capturing neutrinos at the South Pole dates back to the 1980s.
  • Disney, ABC battle Trump's FCC in court over free speech protections
    President Trump has repeatedly called for Disney's ABC to fire late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, for mocking him. Trump has also routinely denounced ABC's The View, accusing it of being unfair.
  • Democrats' advantage is clear with less than a month to go in the midterm elections
    President Trump is facing low approval ratings, and voters are blaming him for rising costs. Republicans are likely to pay the price at the ballot box next month.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: At the scene of student protests in Lille
    The BBC's Europe correspondent Nick Beake reports from a large demonstration in northern France.
  • British national arrested in connection with RAF Fairford incident
    It is the seventh arrest in connection to the incident near RAF Fairford last month.
  • ASOS app users receive push notifications apparently sent by hackers
    Dozens of people appear to have received a strange message from the clothing and beauty store's app.
  • I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK, says Badenoch
    The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds.
  • PCs who used Taser and baton on amputee, 92, sacked
    A disciplinary hearing finds both officers used unnecessary force on Donald Burgess at his care home.
  • From films to streaming prices - how the Warner Bros deal could affect you
    The deal is expected to alter the entertainment and news industries but could it mean higher prices for consumers?
  • Watch: How Russia responded to US after plague researcher death
    The US and Russia have each offered to help each other tackling infectious diseases.
  • Former German spy chief arrested for espionage and treason
    August Hanning is accused of obtaining classified information for a foreign power.
  • UK special forces could face prosecution as Afghanistan evidence referred to police
    Evidence relating to a number of detention operations carried out by British personnel between 2010 and 2013 is being examined.
  • Childminder who left 27 children alone in her home pleads guilty to neglect
    Amanda Mathewson, 55, pleaded guilty to neglect and abandoning children in her care at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.


rss: the register

  • Wikimedia Foundation comes forward as latest OpenAI agent assault victim
    Millions of automated requests may have contributed to partial Wikidata outage in May
  • Microsoft extends the Outlook naughty step with two more file types
    You didn't really want to be sending around .msix and .msixbundle files, did you?
  • Classic Outlook clings to stale search results as Microsoft works on a fix
    Moved messages linger and throw errors when clicked, leaving Windows Desktop Search as the workaround
  • Zombie instructions on carefully constructed web pages could trick GitHub Copilot CLI into sharing secrets
    Run the CLI in autopilot mode and take your chances
  • Asos app delivers a data leak threat instead of fast fashion
    Rogue notification claims Snowflake instance compromised, but customer info theft remains unverified
  • Denmark's ID register spills more people's details than the country has residents
    Abuse of private firm's access exposed 8.8M records, including those of people who had died or moved abroad
  • Atos lands £350M beat keeping Met Police applications running
    Six-year deal covers management and security, with options to add cloud and digital workplace services
  • Legacy sign-on service comes back to bite school software provider Bromcom
    Intruders retrieved email addresses from superseded tech kept running for an internal system
  • KPMG tells staff facing the axe: Here's £100, now zip it
    Staff in AI, Cyber, SAP and Testing told the consultation is over, with notices due Friday
  • Only the finest Swedish Bork will do for Stockholm station
    No, this is not GRUB of the meatball variety


rss: ars technica

  • Big Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trial
    Oil companies say federal law should block state climate deception claims.
  • OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
    The reports of OpenAI agents harming 3rd party sites keep coming.
  • Licensing costs driving 90 percent of VMware users to explore options: Survey
    Users want to "reduce risk and avoid unnecessary disruption" while making changes.
  • MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of
    Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another.
  • Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap
    Cable industry to sue, says FCC can't repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
  • Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage
    Prices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells.
  • Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
    The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
  • Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel
    The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.
  • Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps
    Russian attacks on Internet, phone services threaten Ukraine’s wartime economy.
  • F1 in Bahrain... in Malaysia: The race needed a software update to start
    A software bug waylaid half the field and required a race reboot.


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