rss: npr

  • An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain is returning home
    María del Carmen Abascal's case has drawn tens of thousands of people to the streets in recent days and led the Spanish government to present measures to address the country's housing crisis.
  • Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self-police' AI development
    President Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews.
  • Hurricane Polo's remnants bringing more rain to flood-struck U.S. Southwest
    The storm's remnants battered the U.S. Southwest, flooding roadways and forcing residents in small New Mexico towns to evacuate over concerns about a dam failing.
  • The federal law aimed at protecting college students from sexual abuse
    The lawsuit by a former Cornell University student, alleging she was raped in 2024 by seven male students, has renewed long-standing concerns about how colleges deal with sexual assault.
  • U.S. Supreme Court sides with Trump administration in third-country deportations
    The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries that are not identified in their removal orders. It also plans to hear full arguments on the case.
  • Lindsay Clancy's lawyer now questions whether she killed her 3 children
    Lindsay Clancy's lawyer is arguing that there wasn't enough evidence to prove she killed her three children. It's a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives.
  • Potential Taiwan tension sparked 'last minute' change in Trump-Xi National Archives visit
    The sudden change was precipitated because of Chinese displeasure over one document that the U.S. had planned to show.
  • This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies
    Origin Genomics aims to prove that the potential benefits of its technology for editing disease-causing genes in human embryos outweigh the risks.
  • This year's MacArthur Fellows include researchers who fuse science and justice
    The MacArthur Foundation has just announced its latest batch of 20 fellows. Among the recipients of the $800,000 "no-strings-attached" fellowships are researchers who were recognized for their work at the intersection of science and justice.
  • Meet the 20 scholars and artists who've just won MacArthur Fellowships
    A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,000 grants.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Burnham says UK could go 'all the way' towards rejoining EU
    Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU is among options the government could look at - telling the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".
  • One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself
    He made the call almost an hour before a farmer also called police after seeing men in balaclavas.
  • Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
    A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
  • Man City charges leave football fans questioning legitimacy of team's achievements
    BBC Sport analyses Manchester City's dominance of English football during the period in which they were breaching financial rules.
  • 'Mum sent them £140,000': How to spot the signs a loved one is being scammed
    Helen discovered her mum was in the grip of a romance scam - here's how she found out and broke her free.
  • Girl has multiple surgeries to control infections after strike in Gaza
    Witnesses say Raseel's tent was hit by an Israeli helicopter strike. Israel’s military says it has no record of the attack.
  • Antisemitism on the rise at universities, charity warns
    The Community Security Trust says reported incidents are "substantially higher" than before the war in Gaza began.
  • Huel ad banned for suggesting its products could replace all conventional food
    The advertising watchdog said that viewers could assume from the ad that replacing all normal food with Huel was "nutritionally appropriate".
  • Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons
    Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits.
  • Israel-bound flight diverted after fight between pilots
    Despite a brief emergency alert signalling a hijacking, the Israeli prime minister's office confirmed this had been ruled out.


rss: the register

  • Spectre bug is back, this time to haunt JIT engines
    Researchers find a way to recover stale indirect branch prediction entries
  • Airbus gets a new freighter – and its giant door – into the air for the first time
    The A350F is apparently good for carrying servers
  • OpenClaw slips on a suit to evade widespread business bans
    Red Hat, Nvidia, OpenAI and friends are working on an enterprise edition they say is ‘Kubernetes for agents’
  • Trump administration gets Big Tech to sign weak, non-binding, AI regulations
    Also requires name change to 'Superintelligence'
  • Add one more AI worry to the nightmare scenario: self-replicating prompt injections
    It's a worm attack, AI-style
  • OpenAI tries disarming AI angst with cute graphics and always-on agents
    It's not OpenClaw. It's dots
  • Trump launches America.gov with AI chatbots at its core
    Gemini, Grok now serving as front door to federal resources on unfinished, poorly designed website
  • FBI to ShinyHunters: 'We know how to find you'
    Federal cops have 'a very particular set of skills'
  • Zuckerberg touts enterprise AI push because Meta would never do anything to damage your reputation
    New business unit to be led by former MongoDB CEO 'CJ' Desai
  • Close the observability gap with agentic observability
    SPONSORED POST: How agentic AI, real-time visibility, and stronger governance can help enterprises protect critical services and manage increasingly complex IT environments.


rss: ars technica

  • Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
    Retatrutide is a triple-hormone obesity drug simulating GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon.
  • Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
    New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.
  • AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
    The deal, which is expected to close by year's end, is worth $8.2 billion.
  • Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
    FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
  • NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
    So is SpaceX just being selfish or what?
  • Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
    Without a "full set of safeguards," agent accessed "system information and source code."
  • Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
    Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
  • This study looks at how and with whom connected cars share your data
    Between the cars and their companion apps, you’re exposed to a lot of trackers.
  • Less protein for maggots means longer lives for fruit flies
    Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults.
  • OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release
    Similar performance, security trade-offs also seen in current public models.


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