rss: npr

  • Legendary Photographer on getting that perfect election night picture
    On election night, photographers will be in position, ready to snap history-making moments. It's something Pulitzer-prize-winner photographer David Hume Kennerly, has done for decades.
  • Connecticut bakers are bringing joy back to election day, one cake at a time
    Nicole Sousa from the Old Statehouse in Hartford, CT, discusses the history of election cakes, a sweet civic tradition dating back to 1771.
  • Japan faces diplomatic dilemma amid joint pressure from nuclear neighbors
    As the Ukraine war grinds on, ties between Russia and neighboring Japan are at their worst in decades. Tokyo wants more support from Washington, but some Japanese are concerned they may not get it.
  • A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced
    North Korean hackers pulled off the biggest cyber heist ever by duping a Binance engineer into thinking he was being recruited for a job, the crypto exchange says.
  • When caring for aging family members becomes cost prohibitive
    AARP reports family caregivers are spending 60% more than they were five years ago. Journalist Paula Span discusses the rising costs of caregiving and senior living, and the options available to us.
  • For Ukraine's Kherson region, a short ceasefire meant a momentary return to normal life
    In Kherson city, usually seething with Russian drones, friends met at cafes, families were out together and shoppers stocked up. "The city seems alive," said one resident, "just like it used to be."
  • Indian navy rescues 20 crew from Iranian fishing boat hijacked off Somalia
    he operation involved a warship, a maritime surveillance aircraft and marine commandos. The hijacking followed a resurgence of Somali piracy across the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean.
  • Control of Congress is at stake today. And, judge to consider motion in Clancy case
    Election Day is here, and voters are heading to the polls in an election that may change control of Congress. And, a judge is considering whether to dismiss Lindsay Clancy's murder case.
  • Death toll hits 29 after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site, with 48 still missing
    Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles across nine regions, President Zelenskyy said in an online post that noted the barrage coincided with U.S. elections.
  • Four types of House races to watch on election night to know how it might go
    As polls close on Election Day and results start rolling in, these are some of the House races that will help explain how the midterms are unfolding.


rss: bbc

  • How the US midterm results could unfold - as millions of Americans head to the polls
    The BBC's North America correspondent considers three different scenarios, and what they would mean for the country.
  • Spanish transport minister resigns days after deadly train crash
    At least 69 people were killed and dozens injured in the collision south of the capital, Madrid.
  • King calls slave trade a 'shameful chapter' during Commonwealth address
    The speech comes after calls for the UK government to issue a formal apology for Britain's historic role in the trade.
  • Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
    Planes in Poland, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy have been checked for explosives following separate threats.
  • Celebrity loses injunction bid but will stay anonymous pending appeal
    The unnamed man asked for an injunction to stop his identity being reported in connection with allegations against him.
  • How 'mogging' went from toxic term to mainstream
    Mogging, named Collins English Dictionary's word of the year, was once the preserve of the manosphere but has become part of everyday discourse.
  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor called to give evidence in fraud trial in December
    Mountbatten-Windsor has been summonsed to give evidence in a businessman's High Court fraud trial.
  • Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russia attacks aid centre, hospice and hospital
    At least 38 people are killed in 24 hours and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky warns dozens more could be trapped under rubble.
  • Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
    An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.
  • Third teen arrested after Halloween party stabbings
    Five teenage boys, aged 16 and 17, were found with stab wounds at the party on Saturday night.


rss: the register

  • North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist
    'It was not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident,' exchange says
  • Microsoft improves Windows 11 performance on 8 GB PCs as RAM prices keep climbing
    We've got a hunch the memory crunch is taking a bite out of Windows revenue
  • Nvidia is happy to take your money whether you're using open or closed models, says Jensen Huang
    At Fireworks Forge, a celebration of specialized models
  • British fintech Revolut slashes AI coding costs 10x by cutting out Claude and going self-hosted
    Turns out cheap tokens get engineers doing things that save time, like debugging and tackling Jira tickets
  • AI policy wonks declare 'sovereign agents' a threat to civilization
    These are AI agents that operate outside of human control and 'pursue open-ended, evolving survival'
  • GSMA warns of growing risks to mobile networks from extreme weather
    Mobile comms body wants a joined-up approach from governments and regulators to mitigate downtime
  • Improved asteroid deflection model runs faster, reveals more doomsday worries
    “We expected aim to matter ... What surprised us was how much,' says Sandia physicist Nathan Moore
  • Password manager mSecure tells users to change passwords, won't say why
    Customers left wondering what's been compromised after vendor advises resetting passwords, 2FA and passkeys
  • GhostBSD 26.2 takes the fright out of FreeBSD with a friendlier installer
    Full-disk encryption joins the toolkit, MATE and Xfce stay while Gershwin sits this one out
  • ShinyHunters hit 850k alumni, donors, students, and fam in last year's Harvard University raid
    How about them apples? Plenty of personal + donation data leaked by crims, data-sifting breach site claims a year after attack


rss: ars technica

  • Ukraine’s drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers
    Russia tries to fix exposed digital infrastructure as data center war backfires.
  • NYT demands Brave shut down its paywall blocker and end deals with AI firms
    Lawsuit calls Brave "supplier, dealer, and distributor" of stolen news content.
  • Buttons are back and storage is king when it comes to car interiors
    We talk with Nissan designer Hiren Patel about how vehicle interior designs are changing.
  • Google will let schools skip AI tools, but they have to give up search, too
    Google will offer schools AI tools that purportedly don't give away the answers.
  • Another child dies of measles as CDC reportedly holds up health alert
    NY governor pointed to Kennedy's long-standing anti-vaccine work as spurring outbreaks.
  • Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes
    Google has cut ties with the company behind the botnet campaign.
  • This space company is betting its future on a propellant available everywhere
    Is that water in your spacecraft, or are you just happy to see the delta-V?
  • UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?
    UEFI bootkit BlackX exploits Microsoft's lack of clarity around Secure Boot protections.
  • Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.
    Meta faces pressure to protect No Kings Instagram on election day.
  • EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms
    Critics say EPA is effectively abandoning Clean Air Act enforcement at factory farms.


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