rss: npr

  • Despite concerns, the Trump administration still sends pregnant migrant minors to south Texas
    Several children have had to leave the state to receive medical care, including abortions, that is unavailable in Texas.
  • Judge orders an inquiry into potential DOJ misconduct in Trump's golf course case
    A federal judge is opening an formal inquiry into Trump officials' conduct in the East Potomac case, including whether they misled the court about their plans for the municipal golf course.
  • ICE activity is surging ahead of midterms. So is voter turnout.
    Across the country, there are reports of heightened ICE activity. Advocates worry about how close it is to midterms, but so far voter turnout is surging.
  • NPR special: 5 takeaways from a year of listening to swing voters
    Every election, there is a crucial sliver of voters who help determine which candidates win. Here are five takeaways from a year of listening to voters who backed Biden in 2020 and then Trump in 2024.
  • Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance
    The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange reported Thursday that approximately $6.3 billion was impacted in an apparent hack.
  • Why is the Cheesecake Factory at the center of the latest culture war?
    A joke by former President Obama has gone viral and received backlash from the Trump administration as the issue of affordability looms large over next week's midterm elections.
  • Binance flags 'potential security issue,' says approximately $6.3 billion impacted
    It wasn't immediately clear the extent of the damage hackers might have been able to cause, and Binance had not explicitly confirmed that funds had been pilfered. The company said its teams are "working around the clock" to resolve the issue.
  • Alaska's Senate race faces claims of spoiler candidate. And, Hegseth ousts Army general
    Alaska's governor ordered an investigation into claims that Dems recruited a spoiler candidate to confuse voters. And, Hegseth ousted an Army general as the U.S. prepares for potential attacks on Iran.
  • The two most interesting risks to Anthropic
    Anthropic gave a 94-page list of risk factors in its S-1 this week. Two of them stood out.
  • Democrats seek to weaken the Republican lead in state legislatures
    Republicans control 10 more state legislatures than Democrats. That's where most laws on taxes, abortion, crime and schools are made.


rss: bbc

  • US approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine
    The American-made interceptors are the only effective weapon for downing Russia's ballistic missiles.
  • Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea
    The cyber-attack, which the company describes as complex, is believed to be the largest ever of its kind.
  • What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hack
    Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy explains more about what is suspected to be the biggest hack in history.
  • Celebrity Traitors comes to a climax in nail-biting final
    The second series of the hit series reached its climax on Friday after attracting 15 million viewers.
  • Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court
    The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.
  • Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during rare Ukraine ceasefire
    Hundreds of people are also understood to have stayed in the front-line town, despite the dangers.
  • Driver guilty of hitting cyclist and dragging him to death under car
    Simon Richardson is convicted of murdering head teacher Michael Mullins and will be sentenced on Monday.
  • G20 'family photo' cancelled after protests over presence of Russian minister
    UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confronted his Russian counterpart at the meeting and accused his government of killing innocent civilians in Ukraine.
  • US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution
    It is Pike's first public statement since she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection in September.
  • King visits Guyanese slave rebellion site on Caribbean tour
    Hundreds of slaves were killed by colonial leaders in the Demerera rebellion of 1823, with many survivors executed.


rss: the register

  • GM cracks the petty cash box for multistate driver tracking settlement
    $220 million? For all of you? Yeah, we can probably dig that up ...
  • Anthropic: That Claude Code extension compromise… couldn't be us
    Claudeshop fingers 'malicious actor' in targeted supply-chain attack on Cursor
  • Voyager 1 gives controllers the silent treatment
    Whew! Only kidding, here I am
  • AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OS
    Combining the NetBSD kernel with the Alpine Linux userland
  • NASA ponders a Hubble servicing mission or a controlled deorbit
    Agency only looking for information, but reentry countdown ticking for veteran space telescope
  • AI projects not paying off? Keep at it, says Uni Productivity Institute
    All that up-front investment needs time to take effect, and speeding individual tasks won't necessarily boost the entire firm
  • NHS quango warns of risk to GP patient data after website vendor collapse
    Hundreds of practices hit by small health tech firm going into administration
  • British intelligence agency misplaced 'thousands' of storage devices, years later still can't say how many
    Other agency errors included an unchecked software bug that led to Terrorism Act detentions
  • Accenture AI agents are sifting through applicants
    But a human makes final hiring decisions at global tech consultancy
  • Domestic droid gone amok? Don't worry, you're covered
    Insurance firms look to insulate domestic humanoid robot owners against the inevitable chaos they will bring


rss: ars technica

  • Flesh-eating screwworms are feasting on pets; 4 dogs and cat attacked this week
    USDA has identified 74 animal cases in US since parasitic flies invaded in June.
  • Oh captain, our captain: Ars staff remembers Patrick Stewart
    "For huge numbers of people, I will always be Jean-Luc Picard. ... We created an admirable individual."
  • Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
    Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
  • Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
    It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
  • Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
    People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.
  • Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren't even good
    Faked symptoms still point to infections that antibiotics don't treat.
  • Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
    But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.
  • Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
    A meteorite found in the Sahara is a rare piece of Mars' ancient crust.
  • Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
    Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job.
  • Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says
    Applying for FAFSA may get messy as DOJ “ghost student” crackdown ramps up.


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