rss: npr

  • India's opposition parties march to top court as protests over voter lists escalate
    Opposition parties say revisions to the list of eligible voters favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party. Authorities have removed more than 130 million names from the voter roll.
  • DOJ launches antitrust probe of TV networks. And, Trump says Ukraine needs new leader
    The Justice Department is investigating several TV networks for possible antitrust violations. And, President Trump pressures Ukrainians to elect a new leader.
  • Here's what to know if you're unsure about your measles immunity status
    Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself against measles. For most adults, one shot of the MMR is considered enough protection. But there are certain situations that call for a second dose.
  • U.S. restrictions on Chinese drones are hurting cash-strapped police departments
    The U.S. government is trying to end the dominance of high-quality, low-cost drones made in China. But more restrictions mean higher costs for cash-strapped police forces that rely on those drones.
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  • Texas' 15th Congressional District provides clues to state's Latino vote
    The 15th Congressional District runs from the east of San Antonio all the way down into the Rio Grande Valley. This majority-Latino district provides a window into the Latino vote in Texas.
  • 2 Americans win Nobel Prize in economics for work on boom-bust cycles
    Two Americans have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their work on how to smooth boom-and-bust cycles to limit unemployment and inflation.
  • Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to an 'energy ceasefire'
    President Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an "energy ceasefire," but he offered no details on it and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement.
  • Tropical Storm Rachel downgraded as high winds and rain turn inward
    Forecasters say the storm, which brought heavy rain and coastal flooding, is a preview of what may be in store as California braces for a possibly record-setting El Niño.
  • Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery this week
    Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery after doctors found a "localized nodule" in his lung.


rss: bbc

  • Britain won't tolerate threats on our soil, Miliband says as he summons Iran ambassador
    The prime minister says Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard "almost certainly" directed the RAF Fairford incident.
  • Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks on airports
    It comes after the armed group hit Riyadh's international airport and another facility, killing 13 people, in a significant escalation.
  • Why is it so hard to fight the Houthis?
    Security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the Iran-backed Houthis' precision strikes and guerrilla tactics have made it difficult for Saudi forces to gain the upper hand.
  • Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth, BBC finds
    Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, investigation finds.
  • Immigration agents search Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home
    Omar was first elected to Congress in 2018, and is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.
  • French supermarket fridges heated to 50C in 'unprecedented' cyber attack
    Hundreds of stores were targeted by the overnight hack, which spoiled fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
  • Reform pledges to suspend UK's asylum system for up to five years
    All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.
  • Normandy veteran Henry Rice dies aged 100
    Henry Rice, from Cranleigh, Surrey, was a signalman who served off Normandy in the days after D-Day.
  • Tom Cruise film Digger forecast to become one of Hollywood's biggest flops
    The film dropped by around 60% in its second weekend, and could become one of Hollywood's biggest flops.
  • Schoolboy knife attacker texted 'sorry' to mum
    The mother of a boy accused of attempted murder at a high school gives evidence at his trial.


rss: the register

  • AMD unveils Helion racks for AI agents at OCP summit
    CPU-only and mixed CPU/GPU configurations due from partners in November
  • Which AI infrastructure option actually holds a boundary?
    Just over two weeks before The Register’s Washington dinner with HPE and NVIDIA, the questions on the table are the ones that decide the architecture.
  • Windows 11's easiest account bypass gets the Microsoft boot
    'Learn More' shortcut to local setup reportedly patched server-side, leaving users with more involved workarounds
  • Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline
    Techies at 'Russia's Google' work around the clock as users await access to funds and network connectivity falls to 30% of normal
  • UCLA settles Oracle ERP dispute with $3.1M in credits and $1.31M wiped off the bill
    University alleged cloud software couldn't meet its needs after years of delays to financial systems overhaul
  • Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away: Copilot edition
    Office documents in Copilot? Absolutely! Using Copilot to make Outlook themes? Nah…
  • London cabbies want Sadiq Khan to slam the brakes on robotaxis
    Union urges Mayor to halt driverless taxi rollout as City Hall report raises questions about safety, congestion, and who's actually in charge
  • Pigeon-powered internet packet goes under the hammer at Christie's
    25 years after taking flight, a surviving packet from the world's most impractical network has attracted a $4,000 bid
  • Imagine there's no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete
    This week on The Kettle, we discuss some arrests and how Mythos' mathematical expertise has led to a second exploited bug that no human would have found
  • When you just need to build a tiny desktop app: TinyJS
    How a micro JavaScript runtime uses native OS webviews to shrink the desktop footprint.


rss: ars technica

  • F1 in Singapore: There's a new fastest car now
    Also, F1’s final sprint saw our first real wet racing of the year.
  • Google announces the Fitbit Edge, a middle ground between Pixel Watch 5 and Fitbit Air
    The Fitbit Edge offers more than the Air, but it's not a real smartwatch.
  • Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What’s next for human employees?
    The second-largest corporate employer has bet big on robot workers to scale.
  • Review: 4-hour Musk documentary feels like two different films
    Alex Gibney's provocative film is compelling but overlong, and there's not much new here for Ars readers.
  • Prime Video unveils Blade Runner 2099 full trailer at NYCC
    Also: New trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the sequel to Takashi Yamazaki’s kaiju epic Godzilla Minus One.
  • One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
    Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.
  • Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone
    Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.
  • Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"
    One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex’s AI model.
  • A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
    Stylish upcycling, with a retro flair, at Spain's Museo de Historia de la Computación.
  • NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations
    "We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low Earth orbit."


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