rss: npr

  • Actor Tom Skerritt, who played dads, cops and commanding officers, has died
    Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences.
  • Federal judge restricts DHS field operations looking for noncitizen voters
    The judge found the department's field operations to identify noncitizens who voted likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.
  • Greetings from the Brazil-Argentina border, where waterfalls are flowing at near-record rates
    The Iguazú Falls span more than a mile across both countries. A rain-soaked October, which scientists link to the Super El Niño, has sent near-record volumes of water surging over the towering cliffs.
  • U.S., Israel may attack Iran post-elections. And, SpaceX and Tesla consider merging
    The U.S. and Israel are planning for a possible post-elections attack on Iran, an anonymous source tells NPR. And, Elon Musk considers merging his companies SpaceX and Tesla.
  • Achy from sitting at a desk all day? Try doing this
    Sitting at a desk all day hurts. And it isn't good for us. Strategies to make it a little more comfortable, from eye muscle exercises to alleviate eye strain to a back pain-fighting body movement.
  • Trump merchandise stores are closing: 'He has peaked'
    At least four Trump merchandise stores have closed this year. Store owners say with Trump in his final term, there isn't as much to fire up his consumer fan base and sales have softened.
  • A GOP congressman voted to cut Medicaid. It covers 62% of his district. Can he win?
    Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao is fighting for reelection in central California. 6 in 10 residents of his district are covered by Medicaid, which he voted to cut last year.
  • Trump's redistricting gave Republicans a head start, now it goes to the voters
    President Trump, seeking to reshape the voting map, prompted a rare wave of mid-decade redistricting that gave Republicans a boost for holding the House. But the voters will determine if it works.
  • See how Big Tech is transforming Spain's landscape
    A drought-stricken region of northeast Spain has become a focus for American companies searching for locations to place their data centers.
  • Farm country has beef with Trump as midterms approach
    President Trump's attempts to bring beef prices down has potentially backfired politically in several key states.


rss: bbc

  • Prepare for supply chain disruption from cyber or climate emergencies, Streeting warns public
    The defence secretary says the UK needs to be ready for scenarios including impact to essential supply chains.
  • Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found
    Websites were taken offline after the developers of programming language PHP said "critical vulnerabilities" had been discovered.
  • AI discovered a massive cyber-security flaw - here's what happened
    The BBC's technology correspondent Joe Tidy explains how it happened, and what it means for you.
  • Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit
    Trump is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave in 2021.
  • Russell Brand accuser said alleged rape 'really hurt', court hears
    The friend of a woman claiming to have been raped by Russell Brand says she said he was "quite aggressive".
  • See the Pokémon cards that made a retired decorator a millionaire
    A man from Surrey is now a millionaire after selling a collection of Pokémon cards at auction.
  • Woman charged after police officer injured in shooting
    The officer was injured after approaching two people at a bus stop in Nottingham city centre.
  • Two storms in two days as Austen and Boelo head for UK
    The Met Office has named a new storm, Boelo, which is set to bring another round of stormy weather to the UK over the weekend.
  • Watch: Ukraine hit by strikes after Russia agrees to new peace talks
    The three waves of Russian missiles were launched at hours after Russia said it was "ready in principle" to resume peace talks with the US and Ukraine.
  • Caroline Flack's brother 'never recovered' from her death, inquest hears
    Paul Flack was "everyone's favourite person" but this "took its toll", an inquest hears.


rss: the register

  • Max-severity GitLab bug allows remote code execution over 12 years of releases
    Vendor 'strongly recommends' upgrading to a fixed version 'as soon as possible'
  • Disgraced Indian cert issuer leaves the cert issuing business
    We didn't want to issue SSL/TLS certs anyway, Indian firm suggests after one private key turns out to be the number 4
  • PHP2Shell puts dozens of UK government services out of service
    Ministers report 32 unavailable and four partly disrupted, but no confirmed compromise
  • Apple App Store review process hits a traffic jam
    Apple log jam? Apple fast lane pie-lup? We're here all week, on stage... sweeping it
  • When the attacker becomes the user: Rethinking account takeover
    SPONSORED FEATURE: AI makes phishing easier than ever
  • Singapore boffins weave a GUI into fabric, and it's machine washable too
    For those who find taking a phone out of their pocket just so last century
  • Nvidia's Huang: Don't mention the AI-pocalypse
    GPU chief doesn't want to hear about job losses or the end of human civilization
  • Hackers pile on PHP2Shell as AWS reveals attacks began before disclosure
    Cloudflare reports millions of exploit attempts, while Amazon spotted attackers trying their luck four days before patches landed
  • Microsoft says ConnectWise breach let Chinese spies loose on 2,250 cloud tenants
    AI agents did the dirty work, with hackers gaining privileged access in some environments in under three hours
  • Veteran ESA probe rolls out welcome mat for Japan's Phobos mission
    Mars Express could support MMX's 2027 arrival as another 'last ever' extension keeps old spacecraft in flight


rss: ars technica

  • Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4
    Flubbed key signing "ceremony" allowed minting of web credentials for any site.
  • Leaked Mass Effect: Universe trailer gives a taste of what we're all missing
    We can't have nice things, but at least we can get trailers for them.
  • Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest
    Ole Bielfeldt of Germany captured a microscopic view of an inkjet printer depositing ink onto paper.
  • "Disillusioned" MAHA leader quits as Trump admin's food agenda spoils: Report
    The departure comes amid turmoil in Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again movement.
  • Electric or gas? BMW goes both ways with new 2027 X5 and iX5.
    460 kW charging and 450 miles of range are among the reasons the EV is the one to get.
  • Samsung all but confirms iPhone Duo is goosing Galaxy Z8 sales
    Searches for Samsung foldables just happened to skyrocket following iPhone Duo unveiling.
  • US official: Russia's stalker satellite sure looks like an orbital weapon
    The Russian official who called commercial satellites "legitimate targets" now says concerns are "unfounded."
  • Meta shocked by $25B fine after N.M. refused to join multistate settlement
    Meta will appeal a ruling imposing the largest fine Mark Zuckerberg has ever seen.
  • US-backed vaccine trial on babies canceled after international outcry
    The decried trial was canceled last week before police seized vaccine doses.
  • This emulator reimagines Nintendo’s Virtual Boy with a full color display
    Tile-based color palettes go way beyond the four shades of red on original hardware.


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