rss: npr

  • 2025 policing trend: Fewer serious crimes, more minor arrests
    Arrests for more minor offenses, including vagrancy, rose in the U.S., even as violent crime rates dropped to historic lows, according to an analysis from criminal justice reform advocacy group FWD.us
  • Expecting a baby? 5 tips to help you prepare for pregnancy costs
    The cost of having a baby is difficult to predict. The amount families pay varies widely. Here are five tips to help you prepare for the often unexpected costs of pregnancy and giving birth.
  • Morning news brief
    Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to visit Russia in hopes of ending war, Trump campaigns in North Carolina, Saudi Arabia cancels 'Davos in the Desert' due to Houthi strikes.
  • LeBron James talks smack with Knicks fans in victorious 76ers debut
    The Sixers got a first look at the potent lineup they put together this summer in hopes of winning their first title since 1983.
  • FAA clears the way for airlines to put Boeing's long-delayed 737 Max 10 into service
    Nearly a decade after Boeing unveiled its largest 737 Max jet, the company has cleared a major hurdle in its effort to bring the plane to airlines.
  • Zelenskyy says early warning system for Russian missile attacks resumes
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the change happened after talks with his American counterparts, including a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
  • France announces nightly curfews 'for as long as necessary' in Paris and other cities
    Fresh curfews were being imposed across the city centers of Paris and Lyon on Tuesday after the first quiet night since France's most destructive rioting in years.
  • United Nations report highlights significant increase in U.S. climate pollution
    The U.S. is the only major economy where planet-warming pollution dramatically increased last year. The United Nations warns the planet is on track for catastrophic warming.
  • Some on DOJ's 20,000 "likely" noncitizen list in Calif. appear to be U.S.-born
    Election officials in Los Angeles County say their preliminary analysis of the federal government's list of 20,000 "likely" noncitizens registered to vote in California shows the list is "unreliable."
  • Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive
    Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: Jackdaw approved but tricky energy trade-offs remain
    Jackdaw and Rosebank are case studies in the slow motion awkwardness the UK has over energy.
  • Russia frees US citizen Stephen Hubbard, state media reports
    Stephen Hubbard has been taken to Pulkovo Airport, Putin said during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff.
  • Inflation and government borrowing highest for a year ahead of next week's Budget
    Inflation accelerated to 3.5% from 3.1% in the year to September, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
  • Lawyer caught by BBC offering to make illegal-worker fine go away
    Because of our investigation, the home secretary has ordered a review of how fines are issued and collected.
  • Watch: Undercover filming shows lawyer advising how to avoid £45,000 illegal-worker fine
    Mohammad Alias Yousaf made his claim to an undercover reporter posing as a mini-mart owner.
  • Australian MP loses both legs after alleged car attack, husband says
    Her alleged attacker, 43-year-old Brendan Nugent, faces multiple charges and appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday.
  • Watch: Huge crowds watch attempt to save shark stranded in South Korean canal
    A third attempt has been made to guide the 9ft 10in (3m) shark back to the open sea.
  • Zelensky says intelligence sharing 'works now' as US envoy to meet Putin in Russia
    Steve Witkoff has landed in St Petersburg to discuss proposals on ending Russia's years-long conflict with Ukraine.
  • Woman given cancer diagnosis by hospital employee who accessed her records
    Pippa Boardman says she lost "dignity and privacy" after she was told by an acquaintance she had cancer.
  • The Aberfan disaster through the eyes of those who survived, 60 years on
    It is 60 years since one of Wales' darkest days, when a mining community changed forever.


rss: the register

  • The spec is the new code, so brush up on your prose, says Kaseya CTO
    Domain expertise and clear writing will matter more than syntax, and yes, that means documentation
  • Happiness is the next AI KPI if Oxford boffins have their way
    Researchers say public subsidies for AI should be repaid in wellbeing, not just economic growth
  • MPs urge UK government to play venture capitalist with taxpayer-funded tech
    Watchdog says Whitehall is too timid about taking stakes in British startups, leaving taxpayers at risk of missing out when they strike gold
  • Nervous ISPs replace Chrome as strange consumers of DNS resources
    Some network operators like to wear belts and suspenders to keep their services up
  • Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’
    Massive clean-up job under way because this mess makes it possible to impersonate any website or service
  • Auto tech startup claims it traced hack attempt back to rival's IP address
    IQ.Lvbs implies that rival Comma.ai isn't playing fair
  • Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure
    And other fun facts about how Zuckercorp aims to keep a million GPUs running long enough to train a model
  • Palo Alto's firewall OS has been under attack from multiple ransomware groups since June
    Unit 42 investigates network compromises across numerous industries
  • Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche'
    From October 26, only high and critical cases stay private as project seeks help sharing the workload
  • OneDrive loses bunch of Copilot shortcuts in File Explorer clear-out
    Microsoft keeps 'Ask Copilot' as dedicated actions disappear between mid-November and early December


rss: ars technica

  • PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
    Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
  • Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk says
    "I do think there's a lot of merit to combining the companies."
  • Cops raid office of RFK Jr. allies planning “unethical” vaccine trial on babies
    Guinea-Bissau police said hepatitis B vaccine doses were taken as part of an investigation.
  • Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helix
    Xbox maker is also apparently planning its own gaming handheld for next year.
  • JustWatch, which tackles streaming fragmentation, launches own streaming service
    A lifetime ad-free subscription is available.
  • Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
    Meta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt.
  • Gemini's Personal Intelligence is coming to cars
    It's probably time to audit your Gemini settings.
  • OpenBSD 8.0 arrives with security record still intact
    OpenBSD 8.0 lands with Intel Arc support, ARM64 hibernation, and 64-vCPU guests
  • The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs
    Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server.
  • TP-Link tries to appease Trump admin with pledge to assemble routers in US
    TP-Link can't sell latest routers in US despite rivals getting FCC approvals.


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