rss: npr

  • BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS nations for a summit on trade, investment, and global conflicts.
  • Yemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shipping
    Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The move threatens Saudi oil exports through a key commercial lane. And Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack.
  • How shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah
    Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.
  • Amid war and sanctions, many Iranians are losing their jobs and struggling to get by
    Many Iranians lost their jobs because of the war and the U.S. blockade. Now some are even losing their backup jobs as sanctions tighten.
  • In photos: Remembering the Sept. 11 attacks, 25 years later
    Around the U.S., ceremonies commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terror attacks in New York and at the Pentagon.
  • As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability
    The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
  • Is Patagonia the new data center hub? + Harley-Davidson's role in the trade war
    Why Patagonia might become a new data center hub
  • The voices of Sept. 11: 'My first thought was ... I can't believe that I survived'
    We listen back to interviews recorded in the aftermath of Sept. 11, with a particular focus on stories of survival and loss at the World Trade Center, and some reflections in poetry and music.
  • Remembering 9/11. And, Vance, Trump urge voters to back Republicans in the midterms
    NPR reflects on the events of 9/11 and the toll it left on the U.S. 25 years later. And, President Trump and Vice President Vance's convention speeches urge voters to back the GOP in the midterms.
  • US diesel prices soar past $6 a gallon, deepening strain for hauling everyday goods
    Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington's war with Iran disrupts the world's flow of fuel


rss: bbc

  • Reform receives record £36m donation from crypto billionaire
    Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.
  • Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq
    Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.
  • Lightning Houthi advance in Yemen may bring dangerous new dimension to Iran war
    The capture by the rebels of a stretch of Yemen's strategic coastline is the group's most impressive military coup for several years.
  • Masked men, lorries and road blocks: How anti-migrant activists are changing tactics
    Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
  • Is a September heatwave forecast for the UK?
    Temperatures will return to summerlike levels over the weekend, despite some heavy rain.
  • Arrest made over the death of black woman found hanged from tree in Mississippi
    Tasia Fortune's body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August.
  • Five minutes to steal a Renoir: Why museum thefts are becoming bolder across Europe
    Art detectives and security experts say the number of museum thefts across Europe is increasing.
  • We've followed their lives for six decades - now the stars of 7 Up are bowing out
    70 Up is the final instalment in a series which began in 1964 and has followed the lives of 14 people.
  • PlayStation gambles with 18-rated Wolverine game - will it pay off?
    The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the hotly anticipated superhero game from Spider-Man makers Insomniac.
  • When an avalanche killed climber Nirmal Purja, his friends faced the hardest mission of all
    Mountaineer Mingma G tells the BBC about the climb to bring home the bodies of his closest friends.


rss: the register

  • AI more likely to kill animals if it saves fuel or money
    Machine learning models still have a lot to learn about the value of life
  • More JFrog Artifactory bugs under attack, and all 3 have patches
    If you're waiting for a sign to upgrade to a fixed version: this is it
  • Mars astronauts could live in houses made of yeast and jello, say scientists
    Low-energy 3D printing could turn Martian dirt into sturdy structures
  • Disembodied fruit fly brain joins the crypto speculation swarm
    Coinbase engineer gives simulated insect $100 and lets its neurons make the trades
  • AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle
    Phone shop staffer claimed he was paid less than $4k for in his part attacks leading to combined intended losses of $600,000
  • Higher prices can't crimp server sales as AI drives demand
    Shipments rise with enterprise and government buyers joining the hyperscaler spending spree
  • Britain's technology brief is now everyone's job and nobody's responsibility
    Whitehall has scattered science, AI, and digital government across a thicket of competing ministerial portfolios
  • Ukrainian lawyer's second career as a Conti coder earns him 4 years behind bars
    Swapping legal work for malware development ended in extradition and a guilty plea
  • EU's Cyber Resilience Act starts the 24-hour vulnerability clock
    Manufacturers must now disclose actively exploited flaws and severe security incidents through ENISA's new reporting platform
  • Union body tells UK government workers must get a say before AI clocks in
    TUC warns against letting algorithms call the shots in the workplace


rss: ars technica

  • Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services
    "Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."
  • Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights
    Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.
  • Bouncy castle launches horrifying MRSA outbreak, striking 48 kids in Ireland
    The strain lurking in the inflatable structure was hypervirulent.
  • Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge
    The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
  • ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses
    "I didn't know that AI could hallucinate facts," New Mexico defense lawyer says.
  • Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics
    Analysis revealed seed proteins from sesame and moringa, which held religious and symbolic significance.
  • Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push
    Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas.
  • NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy
    NASA asks US states to show them the money.
  • Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research
    Some dangerous biology looks much like legitimate research, complicating AI safeguards.
  • ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
    Simplicity—combined with the difficulty of getting stuff done—makes ClickFix ideal.


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