rss: npr

  • World leaders convene for UNGA. And, Trump says D.C. arch will be a 'military complex'
    This week, world leaders convene for the U.N. General Assembly as war continues in Ukraine and the Gulf. And, President Trump has proposed that his arch serve as a military complex.
  • Many GOP candidates still echo Trump's 2020 claims. Lots of voters want to move on
    While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on.
  • The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time
    With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.
  • German chancellor stands his ground after his party loses in state elections
    German Chancellor Freidrich Merz conceded that the night spells "disaster" for the political center, but assured the public he'd push ahead with his federal agenda of tax and welfare reforms.
  • This farm raised thousands of pigs for slaughter. Now it's growing mushrooms instead
    The U.S. gets nearly a third of its pork from Iowa. One family is making the switch from pigs to more sustainable specialty mushrooms and trying to show other pig farmers how they did it.
  • What to know as world leaders converge at the United Nations this week
    United Nations head António Guterres returns to New York for his final U.N. General Assembly as diplomacy falters over wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the global body faces deep divisions.
  • 18 suspects accused in the 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited to U.S.
    Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were being extradited to the U.S. on Sunday to face justice in Florida.
  • Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
    The Department of Homeland Security said Monday it was leading the investigation into the officer involved in a shooting of "an illegal alien from Venezuela" during an operation in Austin, Texas.
  • Poison suspected in deaths of ten lions in game reserve in Tanzania
    The lions were found dead inside the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a popular wildlife reserve in Tanzania. Deaths raise concerns over wildlife poisonings in East Africa.
  • Germany's Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after historic state election defeat
    German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has faced a major electoral setback in two state elections, with his center-right party losing ground. The far-right Alternative for Germany party made significant gains.


rss: bbc

  • Young people aren't snowflakes - mental distress is rising, says head of official review
    Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.
  • 'I see my abusers in the supermarket' - Oxford grooming gang survivors' ongoing torment
    Men who sexually abused them as underage girls are still walking around the city, they say.
  • Inside Djibouti refugee camp for thousands fleeing Houthi advance in Yemen
    Fighting on Yemen's west coast has prompted thousands of people to flee by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
  • Russia's elections had few surprises - but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucial
    Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
  • Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford's son, dies aged 27
    His family asked for privacy during a "very difficult and painful time" following the model's death.
  • Southport killer accused of throwing boiling water mixed with sugar at prison officer
    Axel Rudakubana is accused of grievous bodily harm and two other assaults of prison officers while serving a life sentence.
  • German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on
    Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.
  • BBC removes 11 Mitchell and Webb comedy sketches from iPlayer
    The corporation said it had included "the ones that still work today and not the ones that don't."
  • Helen Jenner announced by Nigel Farage as new leader of Reform in Wales
    Jenner, who represents Bangor Conwy Mon in the Senedd, was previously Reform's Welsh deputy leader.
  • UK should 'team up' with Canada in new Europe alliance, Canadian minister tells BBC
    It comes after European Commission President proposed "opening the door" for Canada to become an associate member of the EU.


rss: the register

  • American datacenters might be getting dirtier, but at least they'll be efficient
    US power emissions restrictions are being wiped out, but hey – datacenters running Nvidia kit are getting better at extracting ever bit of compute they can from a megawatt, for what it's worth
  • Rustaceans warned of job interviews with a malicious payload
    Attackers are courting crate owners with plausible company profiles and booby-trapped recruitment calls
  • It's raining, the transport isn't working, and now an Android app wants to walk out in solidarity
    Please release me, let me close...
  • Salesforce wants to charge for AI outcomes, but first it needs to figure out how
    Seats, Flex Credits, and all-you-can-eat contracts make for an 'anxiety-filled architecture'
  • Your cloud survived everything except the real world
    War damage, air traffic chaos, and a storage shortage expose the cost of treating resilience as someone else's problem
  • VMware has quietly walked back its SmartNIC ambitions
    Virtzilla’s bet on hyperscale hardware going mainstream didn’t excite customers, but may live on
  • Boss bought cheap 'printer' from a catalog and was left without a leg to stand on
    Attempt to prove procurement prowess ended up gathering dust
  • Failed networking vendor Cambium set to turn off its cloudy management portal
    Quits enterprise networking hardware business, tells users to install on-prem software ASAP
  • Google joins the ‘Oops, our agents hacked someone’ club after partner’s internet access error
    Kept it secret for months - even after OpenAI 'fessed up
  • Chinese memory-maker CXMT claims DRAM production breakthrough
    PLUS: Toyota's robot hiring spree; China's CDNs struggle; India to charge for some UPI payments; and more!


rss: ars technica

  • An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang
    Google’s threat intelligence group said it had a mole inside TeamPCP's inner circle.
  • Don't call it an SUV: The Ferrari Purosangue review
    Unlike previous Ferrari four-seaters, this one is better for humans than cargo.
  • T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant
    Isotope ratios provide a hint that the giants were actively managing temperatures.
  • Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy
    Research suggests that bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits.
  • Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade
    Chariklo is only about 250 km across, but it has two rings, and they're changing.
  • AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
    But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
  • FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
    FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
  • FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
    FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
  • Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
    Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.
  • US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"
    The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.


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