rss: npr

  • U.S. to exit 66 international organizations in further retreat from global cooperation
    Most of the targets are U.N.-related agencies, commissions and advisory panels that focus on climate, labor and other issues that the Trump administration has categorized as catering to diversity and "woke" initiatives.
  • White House says 'all options' are on the table for Greenland, including diplomacy
    President Trump has long expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Trump isn't ruling out any options, but that diplomacy is his "first option."
  • What we know so far about the fatal ICE shooting of a Minneapolis woman
    Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and acknowledged that they hold "very different viewpoints" on the shooting that killed a 37-year-old woman.
  • U.S. population growth is slowing. The immigration crackdown is a major factor
    Congressional forecasters have lowered their projection for U.S. population growth over the next decade by 7 million people as a result of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown as well as falling birth rates.
  • Nick Reiner's attorney removes himself from case
    Defense attorney Alan Jackson said that circumstances beyond his and Reiner's control made it "impossible" to continue representation.
  • Béla Fleck cancels Kennedy Center appearance, says it's become 'charged and political'
    The 18-time Grammy Award winner is the latest musician to cancel an show at the Kennedy Center. Béla Fleck says he cannot currently perform there because it "has become charged and political."
  • One year into an uneven recovery, L.A.'s fire survivors mark a somber milestone
    The recovery from last year's deadly wildfires in Los Angeles has been slow and uneven for a lot of reasons, with survivors struggling to navigate a complex patchwork of systems to rebuild.
  • How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you
    Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is.
  • RFK Jr.'s new food pyramid puts meat, cheese and vegetables at the top
    Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced new dietary guidelines for Americans focused on promoting whole foods, healthy proteins and fats. And he has "declare[d] war" on added sugar.
  • Rubio and Hegseth brief lawmakers on 'threefold process' for Venezuela
    Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed lawmakers Wednesday on a threefold process for Venezuela's future.


rss: bbc

  • US immigration agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis
    Trump says the woman was attempting to run over ICE agents. Local leaders disagree.
  • Watch: Police chief describes how Minneapolis shooting unfolded
    A woman in a car was shot and killed by a US immigration officer on a residential street in Minnesota.
  • Storm Goretti heads to UK bringing more snow, ice and wind
    Fresh snow and wind warnings come into place as Storm Goretti arrives on Thursday.
  • Inside the sub-zero lair of the world's most powerful computer
    Faisal Islam gets rare access to Willow - Google's quantum computer.
  • UK armed forces helped US seizure of tanker, says MoD
    Venezuelan-linked Marinera was stopped by the US Coast Guard as it travelled through waters between Iceland and Scotland.
  • Tracking the oil tankers seized by the US
    The US has announced the seizure of two oil tankers: the Marinera formerly known as the Bella 1 in the North Atlantic and the Sophia in international waters near the Caribbean.
  • People who come off slimming jabs regain weight four times faster than dieters
    Overweight people shed large amounts on jabs but gain 0.8 kg a month on average once off them, study shows.
  • Two rapists among Met officers not properly vetted
    David Carrick and Cliff Mitchell were among 131 Met staff who were not vetted properly, a report finds.
  • GCSE results in England will be available online this summer
    Year 11 students will have a digital record of their results on an app for future use.
  • Unions accuse McDonald's of 'repeated harassment' against 'mostly teenage' staff
    It follows a BBC investigation three years ago which exposed a toxic culture at the fast-food chain.


rss: the register

  • AMD threatens to go medieval on Nvidia with Epyc and Instinct: What we know so far

    AMD boasts 1000x higher AI perf by 2027 and pulls the lid off Helios compute tray ahead of 2H 2026 launch

    AMD teased its next-generation of AI accelerators at CES 2026, with CEO Lisa Su boasting the the MI500-series will deliver a 1,000x uplift in performance over its two-year-old MI300X GPUs.…

  • IBM's AI agent Bob easily duped to run malware, researchers show

    Prompt injection lets risky commands slip past guardrails

    IBM describes its coding agent thus: "Bob is your AI software development partner that understands your intent, repo, and security standards." Unfortunately, Bob doesn't always follow those security standards.…

  • New carbon capture tech could save us from datacenter doom

    Maybe our AI overlords, hell-bent on securing power any way they can, should invest in getting this to market

    Researchers in Finland have found a new way to capture carbon dioxide from ambient air that they say is more efficient than existing methods, cheap to produce, reusable, and allows for easy recycling of captured CO₂. …

  • British Palantir rival, whose founder touted UK tech sovereignty, sells to Accenture

    Let the co-opetition commence

    Accenture plans to buy UK-based AI firm Faculty, a Palantir competitor, and onboard the company’s CEO as Accenture’s new chief technology officer. The move suggests the two companies, while partners today, could start taking each others' business.…

  • SanDisk heals WD Black and Blues, rebrands beloved client SSDs

    NVMe drives to live on under the Optimus banner

    WD Black and Blue SSDs are some of the most widely recognized client drives on the market, but their branding is about to disappear. Following Western Digital's flash-business spinoff, SanDisk announced it was retiring the beloved names and rebranding its NVMe lineup under the SANDISK Optimus banner.…

  • ESA calls cops as crims lift off 500 GB of files, say security black hole still open

    Two weeks, two major data leaks … not a good look for the European Space Agency

    exclusive The European Space Agency on Wednesday confirmed yet another massive security breach, and told The Register that the data thieves responsible will be subject to a criminal investigation. And this could be a biggie.…

  • Stalkerware slinger pleads guilty for selling snooper software to suspicious spouses

    pcTattletale boss Bryan Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced later this year

    The US government has secured a guilty plea from a stalkerware maker in federal court, marking just the second time in more than a decade that the US has managed to prosecute a consumer spyware vendor successfully. …

  • FAA signs radar deals to drag US air traffic control out of the 1980s

    RTX and Indra land contracts as long-delayed overhaul moves ahead

    The US government has announced contracts for new radar infrastructure as part of its long-running effort to replace the country's aging air traffic control system.…

  • Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown

    Apollo-era Saturn V and Shuttle stands set for controlled demolition as Artemis ramps up

    With less than a month to go until NASA attempts to send astronauts around the Moon, the agency is demolishing facilities that got it there the first time around.…

  • Luggable datacenter: startup straps handles to server with 4 H200 GPUs

    Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead?

    Fancy having an AI system packed with Nvidia H200 GPUs that you can take with you from place to place? According to hardware maker Odinn, now you can, so long as you don't mind carrying a 77-pound (35 kg) box around.…



rss: ars technica

  • A crew member’s “medical concern” foils a planned spacewalk outside the ISS
    "The situation is stable," NASA said in a statement Wednesday.
  • Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars
    The Blue Oval is also working on new hands-free driver assists.
  • Samsung’s Ballie home robot, once promised for summer 2025, gets grim update
    Six years after its CES debut, Samsung has demoted Ballie to internal use.
  • AI starts autonomously writing prescription refills in Utah
    The program allows patients in the state to get prescription refills for 190 common meds.
  • Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramount’s $108B bid “illusory”
    Larry Ellison pledged $40B, but "he didn’t raise the price," Warner chair says.
  • Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
    If companies insist on bricking gadgets, this is a better way to do it.
  • Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations
    Even with a fix available, broken apps won't be able to update themselves.
  • SteamOS continues its slow spread across the PC gaming landscape
    Legion Go 2 support announced at CES, wide support for Arm hardware coming soon.
  • Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data
    Company staff were very selective about how they modeled earthquake dangers.
  • EVs remain a niche choice in the US, according to survey
    Consumers around the world told Deloitte what they want in their next vehicle.


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