The Fed is likely to lower interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in an effort to cushion the sagging job market. The move comes as policymakers face growing pressure from Trump.

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When Juli Cobb's car ran out of gas in the middle of the road, three men from a nearby homeless encampment rushed over to push her car to safety.

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For NPR's Word of the Week, we're getting hot: During the Ottoman Empire, people used devices called "zarfs" to hold their coffee cups. Here's what to know about this word's history.

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NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.

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While legally questionable, the extension comes just as it appears China and the U.S. may finally have a deal on TikTok's fate.

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House Republicans put forth a proposal to fund the government that includes $30 million for lawmaker security, as Congress grapples with increasing political violence.

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Questions about their fate swirled after the government's July deadline for destruction came and went. Then came a false report they'd been incinerated. Aid groups say it's not too late to save them.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are against schools giving kids standardized questionnaires about their mental well-being. But experts say they are wrong.

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Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She also answers the question: Is it kosher to receive an organ donation from a pig?

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Utah prosecutors charged Tyler Robinson, 22, with the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Officials say they are seeking the death penalty.

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The ambassador's residence in central London has a colourful history and may be on Trump's itinerary.

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The pace of price rises matched the inflation rate in July and comes as the Bank of England meets to discuss interest rates.

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The 22-year-old has been charged with murder and is facing the death penalty if convicted at trial.

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Christian Brückner has never been charged with any crime in relation to the McCann case.

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Pet owners are being urged to check all medicines carefully before using them.

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Boss Satya Nadella said it was the biggest investment the firm had made outside of the US.

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The UK's 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars is said to be driving the trend.

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His resignation marks the latest development in a dispute with parent company Unilever.

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Lucy Powell also hits back at claims she is running to be deputy leader as a "proxy" for Andy Burnham.

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Some migrants who arrived in the UK by small boat had been told they would be put on flights to France as early as Tuesday.

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Officials say there's no time to switch suppliers if they want the PNC off life support before March 2026

The Home Office is flinging nearly £40 million in taxpayer cash at PA Consulting to get the big-ticket successor to the Police National Computer (PNC) over the finish line.?

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Nice hardware, shame about the OS

COMMENT The Arm-based Surface Laptop 7 was introduced in 2024, followed by an Intel-powered version a few months later. As with much of the Surface line, it's a well-engineered piece of hardware. I needed something that could run off the battery for a full day, wouldn't break the strap of a courier bag or the bank, and featured a decent spec.?

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Still exotic for now, but moves are afoot

Arm devices are everywhere today and many of them run Linux. The operating system also powers cloud computing and IT environments all over the world. However, x86 is still the dominant architecture of global computer hardware, where the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) with Secure Boot incorporated is a standard. But what does UEFI look like from an Arm perspective??

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Project to get off Google remains a red risk, according to government assessment

The Cabinet Office, the strategic center of UK government, has handed a much-delayed project to migrate from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 (M365) to another department.?

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Google and ETH Zurich found problems with AMD/SK Hynix combo, will probe other hardware

Researchers from Google and Swiss university ETH Zurich have found a new class of Rowhammer vulnerability that could allow attackers to access info stored in DDR5 memory.?

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Suggests using multiple overlapping approaches and being kind to kids who get kicked off

Australia?s eSafety commissioner has told social media operators it expects them to employ multiple age assurance techniques and technologies to keep children under sixteen off social media, as required by local law from December 10th.?

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Redmond names alleged ringleader, claims 5K+ creds stolen and $100k pocketed

Microsoft has seized 338 websites associated with RaccoonO365 and identified the leader of the phishing service - Joshua Ogundipe - as part of a larger effort to disrupt what Redmond's Digital Crimes Unit calls the "fastest-growing tool used by cybercriminals to steal Microsoft 365 usernames and passwords."?

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Batteries emit distinct acoustic signatures depending on how they're failing - a bit like people, really

When lithium-ion batteries degrade, they emit acoustic signals that reveal what's going wrong inside. Now, MIT researchers say they've figured out how to interpret those sounds, and the subtle creaks and pops that come before major failures, to help predict problems before things go up in smoke.?

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Talk about an inside job

Google confirmed that miscreants created a fraudulent account in its Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) portal, which police and other government agencies use to ask for data about Google users.?

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250 people now have the chance to sell their freelance services on the site

ai-pocalypse Freelance services marketplace Fiverr has told around 250 staffers that they are back on the market as it pivots to having "a modern, clean, AI-focused infrastructure from the ground up."?

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The problem arose early Tuesday when the spacecraft's main engine shut down earlier than expected.

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Trump?s TikTok deal requires US to make its own version of the app.

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Boar's Head plans to reopen the plant linked to an outbreak that killed 10 people.

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AI-designed crash structures, thin acoustic coatings, adhesive recovery, and more.

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0.1 percent of active mods will be affected, Reddit says.

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Chatbot will "default to the under-18 experience" when age is uncertain after teen suicide lawsuit.

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State review of Verizon/Frontier deal targets low-income plans, fiber expansion.

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Google's search app comes to Windows.

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China "poised to overtake us in the next five to 10 years if we don't do something."

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Cooperative cruising cuts congestion in Contra Costa during ProPilot pilot study.

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