rss: npr

  • Morning news brief
    President Trump shakes up his staff after midterm losses, Congress returns to Washington, Nvidia launches investigation into CEO's alleged relationship with Chinese spy.
  • Palantir hires a former Democratic senator as it faces scrutiny in new Congress
    Facing likely investigations by incoming congressional Democrats, the controversial tech company Palantir {PAL-en-teer} is hiring a former Democratic senator to burnish its image.
  • How a bank collapse left millions in limbo and toppled Paraguay's president
    A bank's collapse in Paraguay left millions locked out of their money, toppled the president and exposed a web of political and financial ties.
  • Nvidia launches investigation into CEO's alleged relationship with Chinese spy
    The chipmaking giant says it is looking into reports by The New York Times that its CEO, Jensen Huang, was the target of a Chinese intelligence operation.
  • NASA is looking for astronauts to live and work on the Moon
    NASA needs more recruits in order to return to the moon after being gone more than half a century.
  • Europe to join U.S.-brokered Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, defying Kremlin objections
    France says European officials will attend this week's U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, the first three-way round of negotiations since February.
  • No clear winner in New Zealand election, as leaders prepare for weeks of talks
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who will lead a caretaker government while negotiations take place, said: "I think everyone's over politics so let's all have a bit of a break for the next three weeks".
  • After a successful trip to Uruguay, Pope Leo heads to Argentina
    On Sunday, tens of thousands packed the main square in Florida, Uruguay, to watch Pope Leo speak.
  • Russell Brand to learn sentence after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault
    Comedian Brand faces a "significant" prison sentence, which a London court judge is set to hand down on Monday.
  • SS United States, a historic ship will be sunk to create an artificial reef
    NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Alex Fogg, Natural Resources Chief of Okaloosa County, Florida, about efforts to deliberately sink the SS United States and create an artificial reef in its wreckage.


rss: bbc

  • What do we know about Jensen Huang's affair?
    Adoration for the US tech giant’s CEO Jensen Huang has been labelled “Jensanity”, but can his reputation survive the news of his affair?
  • Inside the French drug gangs recruiting children to kill
    The BBC enters Marseille's dangerous underworld, where young people are trapped, brutalised and exploited.
  • Krakow shooting suspect has died in hospital, police say
    At least six people were killed in the shooting, and three bodies of the suspect's family members were found at their home.
  • Woman says Al Fayed's brother drugged and sexually abused her at Highland estate
    The woman says she was flown to the Fayed family's Balnagown estate, where she was repeatedly assaulted.
  • Cruise ship pianist rescued from sea after nine hours in Pacific Ocean
    Two US fishermen say they spotted the man treading water around 20 miles (32km) off the Californian coast.
  • Thick fog disrupts morning travel as yellow weather warnings in effect
    Fog is causing disruption on Monday morning amid Met Office yellow weather warnings for many across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  • Scientists predict 2026 hottest year on record as climate talks begin
    Scientists are predictng this could be the hottest year on record as the COP31 climate summit opens.
  • Government's EV targets expected to be reduced this week
    New petrol or diesel cars are due to be phased out by 2030 and by 2035 all new cars must be zero emission.
  • Trump says he was 'kidding' about Dana White press secretary offer
    The president told the Ultimate Fighting Championship boss to "please take the job" in a Truth Social post on Saturday.
  • Society needs to act to help white working-class pupils, inquiry says
    The education secretary says she is backing the inquiry to "get to the heart of the barriers holding children back".


rss: the register

  • Memory crunch makes refurbished kit look a lot less secondhand
    Soaring component costs and warranties of up to three years give buyers more reason to consider pre-loved hardware
  • Dev error bricked 600 PCs, caused $1M CD-ROM write-off
    One lucky engineer scored a free dinner during the frantic fix, the rest got to explain their mistake
  • Linus Torvalds sees signs AI-prompted patch flood has peaked
    Fixes are arriving faster than new bug reports for one major Linux project
  • Huawei says it’s made a 100 percent Chinese PC
    PLUS: Japan declares infosec emergency; Apple’s makes biggest school Mac sale, ever, anywhere, in the Philippines; And more!
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang starring in possible remake of The Spy Who Shagged Me
    Admits to affair after company board opens probe into alleged contact with possible Chinese asset who bought GPUs in bulk
  • Doom delivers five minutes of terminal violence on an IBM mainframe
    Browser demo renders the classic shooter in ASCII, with no login required and considerable squinting encouraged
  • Internet governance about to get its quadrennial stress test at ITU meeting
    278 proposals on table, and some fear they might shift power to governments
  • Fireworks says you’re wasting money on AI unless you’re using all the models
    The case for managed inference, or automatically routing queries to the right model for the right job
  • NHS breach helpline left staff carrying a 'significant emotional burden'
    Team given a day's notice faced distressed callers, safeguarding decisions during project that stretched from 2 weeks to 11
  • Windows takes a break at UK motorway services
    Bad drivers behind the wheel or underneath the operating system – neither is ideal


rss: ars technica

  • Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery
    Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.
  • The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how.
    Genes and archaeology are revealing how Bantu speakers spread across much of Africa.
  • British soldier ignored order to pull his SIM card, then got blackmailed
    Soldier told repeatedly to lock down devices before deploying, got sextorted, court-martialed.
  • Doctors pull knife from man's eye that went through his brain—and he's fine now
    It's the exact path, not the apparent severity that matters most, doctors say.
  • Ships loiter near subsea cables amid Iran's warnings to Trump
    Iran threatened to attack subsea cables if US escalates military strikes again.
  • Re-releases of Wing Commander, Ultima titles hit Steam and GOG
    It's mostly bad news from EA lately, but preservation efforts are nice to see.
  • Chainalysis says hackers stole credentials and tokens for all of its customers
    Company said a "multifront cyberattack" included AI agents and an on-path data snatch.
  • Earth's churning mantle may have created the Great Unconformity
    Explaining the Great Unconformity, where Cambrian deposits sit on top of older rocks.
  • Nvidia hardware worth $11.4M vanished between Oakland and Texas
    6 pallets of hardware vanished en route to Texas, with no arrests 2 months later.
  • Developer ends lucrative screensaver deal with Roku because Fox bought it
    Developer: “I can’t be part of the Fox world.”


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