rss: npr

  • Testing the new generation of AI-enabled fire-extinguishing drones
    Drone makers are testing new, big drones that can deliver water or fire retardant with AI assistance. Aspen, Colorado is the first place trying them out. Cool and expensive? Yes. Effective? TBD.
  • U.S. boycotts U.N. human rights review for second year running
    The U.S. has skipped a key U.N. human rights review for the second year running. Rights groups warn the absence risks undermining global accountability.
  • Americans across the economic spectrum feel a 'panic' about finances, author says
    Mona Chalabi spent five years following Americans living paycheck to paycheck, as well as those earning top wages. Her new book, Ten Lives, explores why financial security can feel so elusive.
  • Gas prices dip below $4 but inflation remains stubbornly high
    Gasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high.
  • 'Like gods reigning over humans': Many defectors see daughter of North Korea's Kim as heir apparent
    Little is known about her except that she's reportedly about 13 and named Kim Ju Ae, but Korea's spy agency says she's likely her father's heir.
  • Indonesia's VP offers resignation as questions mount over his eligibility
    His resignation offer comes amid a widening political rift between Prabowo and Widodo and a separate investigation into allegations that senior police officials wiretapped the president.
  • The average cost for a new vehicle in the U.S. hits a record high: over $51,000
    Vehicle transaction prices are up to a new record high, according to the Kelley Blue Book — and some buyers are extending their car loans to finance them.
  • Seven days of chaos in the ER: How this country's healthcare system is unraveling
    Renewed fighting has pushed Ethiopia's healthcare system close to collapse: "The whole emergency (room) was flooded with war trauma patients," one surgeon says of a brutal week in September.
  • Get in, loser: Broadway's newest 'Mean Girls' are ready to insult (and enlighten) you
    "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play," is ending a Broadway run this week and celebrating with livestream broadcasts. We interviewed the Tony-nominated playwright, Jocelyn Bioh.
  • House set to vote to impeach Hegseth. And, SCOTUS allows border wall work to proceed
    The House could vote to impeach Hegseth, but removing him from office will be tough. And, SCOTUS ruled that a federal judge did not have the authority to halt border wall construction.


rss: bbc

  • US Army soldier suspected of spying for Russia arrested in UK
    The 41-year-old senior soldier is accused of national security offences and is being questioned in London.
  • David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct after losing injunction bid
    ITN and the Guardian allege the comedian preyed on teenage girls and young women. He has denied all allegations.
  • Why Walliams' unprecedented legal battle to stay anonymous failed
    The 55-year-old was named in reports by ITV News and the Guardian on Tuesday after losing a court bid to stop allegations being made public.
  • Meghan's father Thomas Markle back in federal custody after allegedly removing ankle monitor
    The 82-year-old was placed under house detention in Florida last week after being charged over possession of child sex abuse material.
  • Inside devastated front-line city that Russia wants Ukraine to give up
    The BBC gains rare access to a specialist drone unit defending the eastern city of Slovyansk from heavy Russian fire.
  • Train attack driver's '10 seconds' to change line
    Andrew Johnson tells jurors he heard over the intercom "'there's a knifeman stabbing people'".
  • Arrests made in Mohamed Al Fayed probe in France, police say
    The Ritz hotel in Paris, which is still owned by the Al Fayed family, is one of the properties searched by police.
  • Nvidia hires major US law firm to investigate alleged Chinese spy affair
    The appointment was made after it emerged Jensen Huang had an affair with a woman believed to be a spy for China.
  • Census should include black English and Asian English options, says MP
    Josh Babarinde's proposal is also supported by other MPs, including David Lammy and Sir James Cleverly.
  • Watch: E-bike battery explodes into massive fireball inside Oregon home
    Surveillance footage from inside the home shows a mother and son noticing smoke coming from the battery before it suddenly bursts into flames.


rss: the register

  • To thwart reverse engineering by agents, dev proposes blinding them
    A poke in the AI with a sharp stick
  • Barracuda’s email security gateways bitten by make-me-root vulns
    Someone's fishing for exposed devices
  • 14-year-old creates tool for AI agents to band together like a team
    Autark can act without constant prompting, but leaves users to enforce their own security boundaries
  • Mozilla Thunderbird email service edges closer to launch with early access
    Some waitlist members get a first look at Thundermail, a paid alternative to Gmail
  • AMD winds up Zen 6 cores for faster clock speeds
    Chips boast up to 256 cores, clocks up to 5.3 GHz, and IPC gains of 20 to 31 percent, just not all on the same SKU
  • AMD's Epyc X-chips are back after a three-year hiatus
    Venice-X promises big speedup for EDA and HPC workloads
  • A closer look at Verano, AMD's first step toward a Zen-based superchip to rival Nvidia's Vera Rubin
    Cores, clocks, memory, and interconnects all perfectly balanced for a singular mission: keeping instinct fed.
  • Trump taps Palantir security chief to run battered US cyber defense agency
    Michael LoSapio could inherit a depleted workforce and a political headache or two, courtesy of his current employer
  • Fireworks AI gets burned twice as customer data exposure widens
    Inference biz pins latest breach on cloud provider and LLMJacking miscreants
  • Another contract extension for Fujitsu on the Post Office's Horizon
    Just a few more months until Accenture takes over running scandal-hit Horizon system


rss: ars technica

  • The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch
    "Launch is extremely constrained and that is exactly the situation we predicted."
  • Ring cameras go mobile as Amazon debuts AI-powered security drone and robot
    Amazon's roaming Ring Robotics devices will debut in late 2026 and early 2027.
  • Democrats oppose plan to stack FCC with Republicans, plan probes of Chairman Carr
    Democrats accuse FCC nominee of evading questions about Carr, her current boss.
  • Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI
    Researcher finds 35,000 Grok Build apps wide open to anyone who looked for them.
  • What happens to mathematics when AI becomes an oracle?
    Mathematician Steven Strogatz discusses his new book, Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World.
  • Google Fi adds support for a second 5G network, won't say which one
    Fi has always supported T-Mobile, but the new one? Google won't say.
  • Pixel phones getting new icon styles, Create My Widget, and more in November Pixel Drop
    Spruce up your home screen with expanded custom icons and AI-generated widgets.
  • Free video-streaming service Tubi lets users share curated watchlists now
    User-based recommendations could make it easier to find stuff to watch on Tubi.
  • Steam Deck performance gets a reality check with Valve's new FPS data
    Benchmark tools for generic gaming rigs could be coming soon.
  • High oil prices have led to a dip in global carbon emissions
    Bucking recent trends, fossil fuel emissions look to be down 0.4 percent.


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