rss: npr

  • Fears about an AI crackdown after midterms sparks a $2 trillion rout in tech stocks
    Shares sank, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropping over 5%, as investors reacted with fear that a Democratic Congress — and states across the country -— would crack down on AI and data centers.
  • These are the races in the House and Senate that haven't been called yet
    Democrats are poised to have a strong majority in the upcoming Congress. The final numbers are still being determined. Here's where things stand in the races that are waiting to be called by the AP.
  • Melania Trump touts rare agreement she brokered between Russia and Ukraine
    The six-day pause from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky comes as the administration ramps up efforts to secure an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
  • How North Carolina Democrats flipped several House seats in historically GOP districts
    All of these seats were in districts redrawn in 2023 to favor Republican candidates.
  • Paraguay's president is impeached minutes after resigning following a bank collapse
    Paraguayan lawmakers voted to impeach President Santiago Peña minutes after his resignation, as the collapse of a digital bank tied to his government froze millions of people's savings.
  • Head of Justice Department office on Civil Rights resigns
    The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, is out after 18 tumultuous months in charge.
  • Discursive Verses: Is 'Spend Dat' the best financial indicator of America's grift economy?
    NPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: How Yung Miami's summer bop became a sweeping indictment.
  • Russell Brand is convicted of rape, and judge says he'll get a prison term
    A prosecutor described Brand as a ruthless, calculating, manipulative "sexual predator." Brand, 51, denied the charges, saying he had never forced anyone to do something against their will.
  • First-time homebuyers remain scarce, but a record share of them pay all cash
    A new report finds generational wealth is widening the divide between homebuyers and those priced out. The median age of first-time buyers also remains at a record high.
  • Teens worldwide aren't getting enough exercise -- especially girls
    A new study looks at the recommended amount of daily exercise for adolescents — and how few are getting it.


rss: bbc

  • Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault
    Brand is told to expect a prison sentence "of some length" and faces more rape allegations, it can now be reported.
  • Major tech stocks plunge as US midterms add to fears of AI slowdown
    Markets have been reacting to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry following the US midterms.
  • Met chief warns policing 'heading for failure' without reform
    Sir Mark Rowley will argue that the current system is unable to cope with the sophistication of modern criminals.
  • Firms told to publish salaries in job adverts ahead of new law
    The government argues the change will help jobseekers and could help to prevent pay discrimination.
  • California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates
    California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US.
  • Thatcher's Right to Buy split my estate. Now its days could be numbered
    Labour is weakening Margaret Thatcher's landmark housing policy. Will it really fix Britain's social housing woes?
  • Trump signs order preventing future presidents from changing Oval Office
    The order comes after Trump made a series of big changes the Oval Office decor and launched landmark construction projects across Washington.
  • King relishes 'politically charged' deployments, Palace aide says
    The monarch faced questions on the UK's involvement in the slave trade during his Caribbean tour.
  • Andrew received up to £2,000 per month from sub-letting, watchdog reports
    The income went to the former prince rather than his landlord the Crown Estate.
  • Messages reveal how hoax threat was passed on by air traffic control
    BBC Verify has been analysing messages after flights across Europe were targeted by fake bomb threats - the second such incident this week.


rss: the register

  • Threat actor targets Indian fintechs on weekends when defenders aren’t watching
    CERT-IN warns of ‘significant escalation’ in AI-powered attacks, some after victims tried to improve defences
  • Feds warn grocers: Don't chill on cyber defenses as freezer hacking spree heats up
    No documented attacks against American supermarkets…yet
  • AWS Kiro aims to solve identity crisis by adding another identity: bot orchestrator
    The cloud giant refits its agentic dev tools for agent orchestration
  • The White House is apparently a popular residential proxy exit spot
    How it got there is another matter entirely
  • Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password
    Decade-old vulnerability in OpenSSH is now fixed, so get a-patchin'
  • October crypto-tracker hack: Access cracked, law enforcement tokens packed
    Agentic 'on-path attack' went after Chainalysis's tools, which are routinely called upon to assist police investigations
  • openSUSE Leap 16.1 gives Linux users the right to remain immutable
    One installer now offers conventional and read-only systems as separate Micro distro bows out
  • OpenAI releases GPT-6 Cyber, and promises this one stays within 'rules of engagement'
    The latest bug hunting model 'avoided exploiting out-of-scope services over 99 percent of the time', claims House of Altman
  • Copilot Chat has usage caps, and Microsoft would rather you found them by hitting them
    Mystery limits expand for users without the paid add-on, with upgrade prompts ready when features run dry
  • Tobacco company got smoked by leaving secret recipes on a file share
    They denied the data was real...then removed it


rss: ars technica

  • Blue Origin says it is building a higher-performing rocket engine at 1/4 the cost
    "This is going to be a game-changer."
  • Meet *sshole, the vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices
    Certain configurations of Alpine are affected. Other distros may be as well.
  • NASA unveils mysterious X-70 experimental aircraft using AI-generated image
    NASA’s X-70 Fractal announcement comes as agency aims to grow X-plane fleet.
  • Sony revives the original Walkman headphones, adds USB-C
    Orange ear cushions included.
  • Google: Schools can keep search while skipping Gemini, but AI search is non-negotiable
    Google is technically offering schools more choice but not the choices anyone wants.
  • Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.
    Bitter energy drinks turned out to be ChatGPT-steered poisoning, lawsuit says.
  • BMW bumps battery for the better: The 2027 i7 60 xDrive, driven
    BMW has updated its flagship sedan with the newest EV and infotainment tech.
  • Software squeezes more data out of Webb Telescope for imaging exoplanets
    Software optimizes a physical model of the telescope to reduce noise.
  • Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws
    Kalshi can't avoid gambling law by claiming it doesn't offer gambling, state AG says.
  • MAHA lost bigly in the midterms—is it at death's door?
    RFK Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement was in trouble before voting began.


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