rss: npr

  • Brazil's presidential race heads to Lula–Bolsonaro run-off as right gains ground
    Now there are two: Brazil heads into a runoff after a first round that failed to fully energize voters, setting the stage for a more polarized contest that Washington is watching very closely.
  • Brazil votes, with Lula facing Bolsonaro's son
    In Brazil, President Lula da Silva faces Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the jailed former president, in a tight race. If neither wins more than half the votes they'll face each other again on Oct. 25.
  • Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar
    Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence.
  • Cornell president calls gang rape allegations 'deeply disturbing'
    Cornell president Michael I. Kotlikoff said his university "must do better" in a video statement. "This is a defining moment in Cornell's history," he added.
  • U.S. Marine arrested for alleged murder of a woman in Okinawa, Japan
    Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday.
  • How the Cornell case is affecting women who have experienced sexual assault
    The rape allegations that have emerged from a Cornell University frat house are leading many women to remember their own experiences — and call for a wider reckoning over sexual violence.
  • She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter
    The family members of two Fox News journalists killed while covering the war in Ukraine are suing the network, saying it put getting the story ahead of its people.
  • Latter-day Saints women turn away from scandal-plagued Republican candidate in Arizona
    Arizona Republican candidate for Congress Mark Lamb has been accused of sexual misconduct while sheriff. His controversy is turning many voters away as Democrats see an opportunity in the red seat.
  • Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying 6 people
    Flight data shows the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, then leveled off for several more minutes, before disappearing.
  • Can the Cornell lawsuit force changes that make students safer?
    Universities have responsibilities when students report sexual assault, even if prosecutors don't bring charges. Attorney Baine Kerr explains how those protections work.


rss: bbc

  • US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford base
    A statement says all bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have been "re-deployed to their home stations" in the US.
  • Polanski banned from Israel after party's motion declaring 'Zionism is racism'
    The vote has caused divisions among figures at the top of the party at its conference in Brighton.
  • Brazil election goes to run-off as right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round
    With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.
  • Shadow chancellor to unveil Tory plans to cut taxes and regulations
    Shadow ministers will unveil a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
  • Yemen's government announces all-out war to reclaim land from Houthis
    The Yemeni president's announcement comes amid an exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition.
  • Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says
    Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.
  • Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy
    The president named his national intelligence chief as the taskforce's head as worries over AI grow.
  • Protesters gather as migrants brought ashore on south coast
    A dinghy was believed to be carrying 120 migrants, according to French media.
  • I'm a classic old school Conservative, says Kemi Badenoch
    The Tory leader seeks to echo Margaret Thatcher as she sets out her guiding political principles.
  • France to close up to 500 schools on Monday over student protests
    Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some high schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France's education minister says.


rss: the register

  • Fulcrum Echo promises AI text in the style of any writer, so I tested it
    I am just a copy of a copy of a copy, everything I say has come before
  • Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care
    All this, and angry NeoVim users
  • Spies, prime ministers, and balls: The BBC Domesday project @ 40
    The Centre for Computing History gathers the minds behind the project and the ones keeping it alive today
  • Anthropic's super bug-hunting model Mythos is hardcore good at math, as latest vuln under attack shows
    Exploitation attempts came from China-hosted IP, VulnCheck researcher says
  • Clever database, but can it run Doom?
    Reg hack learns the meaning of 'Be careful what you wish for'
  • Palantir's fondness for French food cooked up tech's latest fad – forward-deployed engineers
    Embedded consultants who get you up to speed on new tech in a hurry aren’t new, but they meet the AI moment
  • Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support
    After a decade of false starts, Swift is showing backend appeal
  • Shut up and take our money: Amazon plows $1B+ into quashing datacenter dissent
    Thou shalt love the datacenter! Verily, thou shalt rejoice in the house of the datacenter!
  • arXiv imposes rate limit on paper submissions to stem the AI slop tide
    Two a month per submitter, starting now, and you can thank science slop for the change
  • OpenAI alerts 100+ orgs that its 'misaligned models' attempted to break in - or worse
    Mostly 'routine research tasks,' and 'some involved government websites, which our models often use,' AI giant tells The Reg


rss: ars technica

  • Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife
    Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners, Loki) narrates NatGeo's new documentary Africa: Earth's Wild Home
  • All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.
    The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity.
  • Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
    "...we were making history."
  • The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
    The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.
  • Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
    Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
  • Someone got Doom in an SQL database
    1,300 lines of SQL querying renders accurate bitmapped views of Hell at 35 fps.
  • Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
    Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
  • Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed
    Actors with makeup and fake symptoms staggered into 73 healthcare facilities.
  • Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M
    Critics say workers are still owed far more.
  • The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy
    It wasn't obvious at the time, but the US uncoupled carbon emissions and GDP growth.


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