rss: npr

  • Essential items to stock in your medicine cabinet for cold and flu season
    Cold and flu season is here. Before someone in your household gets hit, make sure you have these essential meds and comfort items in your medicine cabinet.
  • For some Christians, Hegseth's plan for public execution fits a biblical mandate
    Defense Secretary Hegseth's announcement of a livestreamed execution elicited reactions of disgust and condemnation from some faith leaders and politicians. But within his church, it's not an outlier.
  • These swing voters regret voting for Trump and it's influencing their midterm choices
    Some key voters in Georgia say deep frustration and disappointment with President Trump are motivating their election plans just weeks before Election Day.
  • Morning news brief
    Trump's campaign tour continues as Republicans rally voters ahead of midterms, Ukraine faces limited access to Starshield technology, Houthi rebels hit Saudi oil company building.
  • School roof collapse kills at least 29, injures more than 3 dozen in Pakistan
    The roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a female teacher and injuring more than 50 other people.
  • Aboard an icebreaker, a writer got a closer look at the Arctic's 'Sea Change'
    As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar explains the stakes in Sea Change.
  • Inflation sizzled in September — and Social Security benefits will get a boost
    Consumer prices in September jumped 3.7% from a year ago. The Social Security Administration said benefits will increase next year to help keep pace with the rising cost of living.
  • Hands-on with the Ocarina of Time remake, the most ornate Zelda game ever made
    We got to play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time early. Here are our impressions of the remake and its elaborate new style.
  • Zelenskyy sits down with NPR. And, Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a sit-down interview with NPR as Russia's full-scale invasion nears the 5-year mark. And, Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
  • These workers help train robots who could one day steal their jobs
    Factory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPro cameras to record the way they do their jobs. The ultimate goal is to train robots to take over. Will it work?


rss: bbc

  • Ukraine to restart strikes on Russian oil refineries, Zelensky says
    Ukraine's president says a pause is over after fresh Russian attacks and US attempts to pressure Kyiv, while suggesting a Starlink slowdown is deliberate.
  • Why Starlink internet is so important on the battlefield in Ukraine
    It is the "backbone of military communications in Ukraine" that provides vital high-speed internet to forces across the country.
  • UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy
    The home secretary said she would not hesitate to impose measures on other countries "refusing to co-operate".
  • UK economy sees surprise growth in August ahead of Healey's first Budget
    The uptick helped the economy grow by 0.7% over the three months to August, official figures show.
  • Reform faces criticism after councillors filmed making racist comments
    Reform says all of those people filmed by ITV are under investigation having resigned or been suspended.
  • Hundreds of IDF investigations into killings still have no public outcome, BBC Verify finds
    BBC Verify has identified 254 incidents from the past three years the Israeli military said it is reviewing after being accused of harm.
  • White House defends new press secretary after questions about her legal credentials
    Katie Zacharia does not appear to be registered to the legal bar in any state where she has lived.
  • PM launches brain cancer review after meeting 'inspirational' patient
    The Scottish athlete, who has inoperable brain tumours, previously made a tearful plea for more investment in brain cancer research on BBC Breakfast.
  • UK temperatures to rise to 23C before autumn chill sets in
    Warm air will bring unseasonable warmth to the south and east of the UK on Thursday but chillier conditions are set to spread to all areas by the weekend.
  • Russell Brand was a 'sexual predator', prosecution alleges as rape trial begins
    The actor and comedian has pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.


rss: the register

  • Royal Navy goes fishing for suppliers to build its Type 93 robot submarine
    Preliminary notice seeks XLUUV builders, payload makers and AI developers, with Excalibur and Herne the obvious candidates
  • Metropolitan Police's unchecked use of shoplifting platform lands force in trouble with data watchdog
    Officers unlawfully uploaded 179 people's details to Auror without required privacy checks or corporate approval
  • Jev and other decision models can still be tricked with prompt injection
    Never making type errors does not mean never making errors
  • Cisco make-me-root email bug exploited as a 0-day by unknown crims
    Both Switchzilla and CISA sound the alarm
  • Chaos ensues when AI interviewer meets AI interviewee
    Things got weird, but there's a lesson to be learned: Don't trust a bot to negotiate for you
  • Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage
    Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use
  • Security researchers spent 6 days doing their Chromework, built 1B user exploit
    Xbow earned a $250K bug bounty and all the AI model got was a lousy t-shirt
  • Ivanti patches Connect Secure zero-day after researchers confirm in-the-wild attacks
    Vendor promises fix for separate privilege-escalation flaw in the coming weeks
  • Leap seconds face judgment day as time lords prepare to vote
    Proposal would let UTC drift an hour from Earth's rotation, sparing computer systems awkward adjustments for centuries
  • Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking
    What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Reg it's a bad bet


rss: ars technica

  • Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security
    Incident hitting 700 supermarkets exploited outdated devices exposed to the Internet.
  • Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam
    But the new "Preview" app "will have some bugs," Epic warns.
  • NATO may redeploy anti-drone defenses as attacks sink more Black Sea shipping
    Suspected Russian drones have sunk or damaged 5 ships near Bulgaria and Romania.
  • Things are finally looking up for NASA's first missions to Venus in a generation
    "This is great news for us. We're staffing up. We're accelerating."
  • Schools across US protest FCC plan that could disconnect kids from Internet
    FCC chair threatens E-Rate fund, blames schools for kids' excessive screen time.
  • Georgia man sues Flock, sheriff's office over alleged ALPR-fueled retaliation
    Plaintiff claims cameras enabled warrantless tracking and monitoring after he previously sued over excessive force.
  • Software development and rules stability: Prototype racing in 2030
    With the end of IMSA’s 2026 season, we have thoughts about the future of the sport.
  • Greta Gerwig channels Bowie in psychedelic The Magician's Nephew trailer
    "Have you ever seen a world born?"
  • Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
    AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.
  • Recording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room
    OpenAI engineer faces 5 years and $250K fine as FBI lobs foreign spy charges.


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