rss: npr

  • U.S. delays 50% tariff on Canadian imports. And, takeaways from Florida's primaries
    President Trump has announced that the U.S. is delaying a 50% tariff on Canadian imports after reaching a deal. And, how progressive Democrats fared in Florida's primary elections yesterday.
  • How India's blocking of a film exposing real-life police abuses backfired
    When Indian authorities scrubbed the biopic of activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, local villagers and activists turned its censorship into a grassroots movement.
  • Striking hospital employees sound alarm over workplace violence
    In addition to pay, striking hospital workers say patient violence is an issue. Hospital workers are seven times more likely to be injured at work due to violent acts than the general working population.
  • Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts
    Government data showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths. The outbreak has infected and killed more people at a greater speed than any other outbreak in history.
  • Feeling restless? Level up your life by starting a side quest
    Feeling restless in life? Level up your main quest with an activity that has no other purpose than to add whimsy to your life. Play experts share tips on how to find the perfect side quest.
  • 15 states have laws that allow corporal punishment in schools. Here's where, and why
    There is broad consensus among psychologists that corporal punishment can be harmful to children, but the U.S. has no federal laws banning it in public schools.
  • Elbridge who? How the name of a forgotten founder lives on in the word 'gerrymander'
    Elbridge Gerry was an important early figure in the American Revolution, but his decision to approve a "gerrymandered" state legislative map inadvertently won him lasting infamy.
  • Why more than 400,000 kids are on waitlists for federal childcare assistance
    The Child Care and Development Fund, the U.S. government's main source of funding to help low-income families pay for childcare, serves over 1.6 million children in a typical month.
  • Israel strikes an air base in Syria to prevent Turkish troops from deploying
    Israel struck an air base in northwest Syria early Tuesday, saying it aimed to prevent Turkish troops from deploying there. Turkey, which has close ties with the Syrian government and has been providing assistance to Syria's military.
  • Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.
    The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday.


rss: bbc

  • Thunderstorm warnings issued for parts of UK with flash flooding expected
    Warnings for northern England, eastern Scotland and Northern Ireland will come into force later on Wednesday.
  • Israeli army orders criminal investigation into killing of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza
    The five-year-old spent hours on the phone to paramedics before her body was recovered days later in Gaza City in 2024.
  • Jump in energy bills drives UK inflation to highest rate for four months
    A 2.9% rise in inflation had been widely expected by economists, with Chancellor John Healey saying the Iran war “continues to impact prices here at home”.
  • PM unveils plan to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas
    Rough sleepers in England will be offered housing, in a move likened to the “Everyone In” initiative during the pandemic.
  • Tennis player Nick Kyrgios suspended after testing positive for cocaine
    Nick Kyrgios is provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaine.
  • French civil servant drugged us to make us urinate on ourselves, say accusers
    More than 200 women accuse Christian Nègre of drugging them to make them urinate - two share their stories.
  • OpenAI slows down training after its AI carried out hack
    The ChatGPT-maker said training will be slowed for two weeks while it puts the upgrades in place.
  • Scientists 'stunned' by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone
    Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
  • Double murder investigation launched over two deaths in Glasgow
    The bodies of Paul Lafferty and Gary Beaton were found in a flat in Patrick's Chancellor Street on Sunday.
  • Sacked Ukrainian defence minister calls for presidential election
    Martial law has been in place in Ukraine since February 2022, under which elections are suspended.


rss: the register

  • Postgres pioneer credits Oracle with helping his database take over the world
    Big Red's acquisition of MySQL sent users running toward the open source alternative, says Michael Stonebraker
  • GitHub blames 8-hour outage on autoscaling fail and VS Code retry storm
    Load balancers buckled after a monitoring blind spot allowed traffic to spiral
  • Scotland's AI Growth Zone gets a wee £300M power-up
    DataVita secures funding to expand datacenter capacity, while Dell brings some desks
  • SAP consultant job ads overshoot final offers by up to 12%, recruiter claims
    Both sides apparently start high then price in the inevitable haggle
  • Raspberry Pi gets jiggy with batch CM5 provisioning
    Clamp, flash, repeat – no separate IO board or host computer required
  • UK taxman discovers low code doesn't mean low cost with £657M awards
    Those legacy systems won't fix themselves
  • NASA estimates the size of the hole SpaceX made in the moon
    As the latest Starship finds its way to an obscure part of Australia, for observations
  • Baidu says Chinese buyers want local AI chips due to ‘supply chain’ issues
    It seems like Nvidia’s not getting back into the Middle Kingdom anytime soon
  • Australian hotel chain leaks guests’ PII after breach at third-party database operator
    Unknown parties know where you stayed last summer, down under, across 120 Quest properties
  • Cerebras CS-4 rack systems juice chips for every last drop of AI performance
    Next-gen systems double per-chip performance while cramming 3x as many into a rack


rss: ars technica

  • "Sabotage": Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research
    US healthcare is broken. Under RFK Jr., the research agency working to fix it is, too.
  • Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks’ new active protection system—for now
    Tanks with defensive tech for shooting down drones are still proving vulnerable.
  • Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea
    "A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle."
  • Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor
    FCC demands "total capitulation" in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says.
  • Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable
    Peacock's quarterly profitability isn't guaranteed.
  • The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space program
    One big question: Will China assert territorial rights where its rover explores?
  • Fairphone's latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for $650
    Fairphone sells components like the USB port and screen, all swappable with a single torx driver.
  • Ford hopes this Hypercar will be its next Le Mans winner
    The American automaker returns to the top category of endurance racing next year.
  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan’s dream
    Matte paintings—not CGI—warp a world designed to hit a nerve for slasher fans.
  • X-rays add new twist to narwhal's spiral tusk
    New study finds that the tusks have not one but two spirals, twisting in opposite directions.


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