rss: npr

  • The stakes are high as Kevin Warsh is set to give his first major speech as Fed Chair
    The stakes are high as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to give a speech on Friday at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
  • Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, has died at 84
    Ratko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a "Serbian God."
  • The real cause of most wildfires? People
    More than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson.
  • Meta reaches $17B settlement. And, nuclear regulator to abandon radiation safety rule
    Meta and the states that sued the company have agreed to a $17 billion settlement. And, nuclear regulators are preparing to abandon a decades-old radiation safety rule.
  • Rwandans love their milk bars. The health minister wishes they'd drink a little less
    A big glass of moo juice — no, make that several glasses a day — is common in Rwanda. Is that too much of a good thing?
  • At least 1,500 missing after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
    At least 1,500 people are missing, many of them foreign tourists, after deadly floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border, sweeping away entire villages.
  • School districts face a back-to-school math problem: The high price of diesel
    With the war in Iran driving up fuel prices, diesel is now nearly $5.60 a gallon, affecting school districts at the start of the year.
  • NDAs are hiding data center deals, drawing ire from locals — and attention from lawmakers
    Nondisclosure agreements covered up negotiations between a tech company and several local and state officials, surprising local residents. It's a tactic used around the country in data center deals.
  • Jon Ossoff, usually a head down senator, has found a formula to excite Democrats
    Ossoff should be among the most vulnerable Senate incumbents this year. Instead, the Georgia Democrat has opened a steady lead in polls and is increasingly seen as a potential 2028 contender.
  • Before an emergency hearing, the Kennedy Center's board threatens to demolish it
    A lawsuit seeks to block President Trump's name from going back on the center. The center's board warns that if renovation plans don't go forward, it may be demolished.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood
    BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.
  • Uefa preparing criminal legal action against Infantino
    Uefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over the scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.
  • Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84
    He was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the ex-Yugoslavia in 1992-95.
  • Dame Jenni Murray died days after car crash, inquest hears
    The former presenter of BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour died earlier this year, eight days after the collision.
  • UK salmonella cases nearing 500 as egg investigations continue
    Close to 500 people have become ill with salmonella linked to imported eggs, say UK authorities who are investigating more clusters.
  • Top Gear to return to TV four years after Flintoff crash, BBC confirms
    The show was "rested" after co-host Andrew Flintoff was injured in a crash during filming in 2022.
  • Optimus Prime and Eeyore voice actor Peter Cullen dies
    Cullen voiced the heroic Optimus Prime in the Transformers TV series and then the Hollywood films.
  • Blake Lively awarded $400,000 of $8m she claimed for legal fees in Baldoni battle
    A judge awards less than Lively requested to cover her legal fees to fight a defamation case he filed.
  • Norwegians lay flowers at palace as King Harald's condition worsens
    The 89-year-old's condition is described as "extremely serious" and members of his family have visited him in hospital.
  • What we know so far
    Hundreds have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.


rss: the register

  • ATF responds to 'major' cybersecurity incident after ransomware gang's claims
    US Justice Department investigating the breach
  • Schrödinger's backup: not actually recovered until you try to restore IT
    SPONSORED FEATURE: Verify and survive: your backup isn't real 'til you test it
  • Nitter might be no more, but Twitter is back (sort of)
    Twitter.now aims to fill the bird-shaped hole left by X. For a fee
  • Salesforce boasts: 50% of bookings were from 'customers refilling the tank... they consume Flex Credits, they want more'
    As SaaS giant gets a boost from Claudeforce, users might want to know how their AI use will be monetized
  • Cybercrooks jet off with Manchester Airports Group customer data
    UK’s largest airport operator believes 8.7 million customers affected
  • HP has a solution to expensive AI tokens: Buy a more expensive PC
    Rising cloud AI costs are pushing workloads onto pricier PCs – which just happen to be better for PC maker's margins
  • Microsoft slaps a fresh coat of AI paint on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap
    AI at Work roadmap is the new name for upcoming Microsoft 365 capabilities
  • Nuisance-call blocker fined £190k for being a nuisance caller
    Elderly Aids made 758,000 unwanted calls a year selling gear to stop unwanted calls
  • Want to lead Whitehall's AI strategy? AI experience is not essential
    Track record is merely desirable for the person tasked with shaping UK.gov's skills blueprint for 550,000 civil servants
  • AROS, the FOSS recreation of AmigaOS, comes to Raspberry Pi
    Plus: new official Amiga-branded hardware is coming


rss: ars technica

  • Why did 1,000 Swiss citizens bury their underpants?
    Study: Land use is the biggest factor in determining decomposition rates of organic cotton underpants.
  • Panic passes Trump tariff refunds back to the Playdate customers who paid them
    "It just felt like the right thing to do"
  • Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago
    "We built this city on good cacao" does have a nice ring to it.
  • Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks
    227 install commands were found in corporate docs pointing at code nobody owns.
  • How much of a problem is AI’s water use?
    AI’s water footprint is growing, but location and cooling technology make a difference.
  • How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face
    Without authorization, 1,200 OpenAI agents conspired among themselves to game a test.
  • Bentley takes us for a ride in its new EV, the Torcal
    The electric Torcal will be Bentley's entry model and cost less than a Bentayga.
  • RIP, Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances
    A dashing pirate, a butler, a shapeshifting killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.
  • AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”
    Report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.
  • New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name
    Judge hasn't ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead


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