rss: npr

  • Prosecutors are reopening a Cornell fraternity rape case. Here's what we know
    New York prosecutors are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case at Cornell University in 2024. The alleged victim recently filed a lawsuit against seven members of Chi Phi fraternity.
  • Trump's immigration push has largely spared farms. Idaho dairymen worry it won't last.
    America's farms have largely escaped the president's aggressive immigration crackdown. But as ICE sweeps continue across the nation, farmers are uneasy because many still can't find enough workers.
  • The Trump administration weakens fuel efficiency standards for new cars
    The Trump administration says easing these standards will make cars more affordable. Critics say it's not so simple and could be costly for the environment.
  • SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas
    Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and NASA's plans to land humans on the moon. This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it reached orbit.
  • What we know about the suspected U.K. terror plot. And, why the Gulf remains in limbo
    What we know — and still don't — about the suspected terror plot near a U.K. air base. Trump rejects Iran's offer to pause fighting. And CNN prepares for new owners with ties to Trump.
  • Trump aims to leave a physical legacy in D.C., bulldozing norms along the way
    President Trump has brought his New York real estate background to the White House. But experts say D.C. is a very different historic and legal landscape — and worry about the precedent he could set.
  • U.K. examines if Iran or Russia are involved in foiled attack near base used by U.S.
    Five men arrested on terror charges near a U.S.-run air force base were released on bail, as detectives investigate lines of inquiry, including whether a foreign state or armed group was involved.
  • How to limit the rat numbers? Train the humans
    D.C.'s Rat Rangers take anyone who is interested on night time safaris through some of the Capitol's filthiest back alleys to learn the way of the rats, and to be better humans.
  • Schools are experimenting with AI with little evidence or policy to guide them
    Teachers are using AI to develop lesson plans, and in some districts, AI chatbots give students feedback on their work. Meanwhile, the research around how AI can help students is extremely limited.
  • 5 tips for parents worried about their kids' screen time and online safety
    Parental monitoring can help protect kids from the harms of social media and excess screen time. Screen time boundaries plus early and open conversations about online habits can make kids less vulnerable.


rss: bbc

  • Five men arrested in RAF Fairford incident released on police bail
    Police are exploring whether proxies or individuals working on behalf of a foreign state are involved.
  • Watch: RAF Fairford suspects are bailed, what happens now?
    The men were all UK nationals in their 20s who live in London and were arrested under the Explosives Act and on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act.
  • OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
    OpenAI also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.
  • Burnham to unveil public body to invest in electricity grid
    The prime minister will say he wants to reduce energy costs in his first conference speech as Labour leader.
  • UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban
    John Healey said the government is in talks with the US over Donald Trump's threat to stop exports.
  • Migrants using longer, more dangerous routes across Channel
    The government says it is bearing down on dangerous small boat crossings.
  • Temperatures to hit 25C in burst of late September warmth
    Temperatures are expected to rise well above the late September average on Tuesday with a very warm night to follow, as Simon King explains.
  • Egyptian officials convicted of kidnapping Cambridge student found dead in 2016
    Giulio Regeni's tortured body was found days after he went missing on a research trip to Egypt in 2016, while studying at Cambridge University.
  • Watch: From launch to fiery splashdown, SpaceX's Starship completes orbit test
    A thunderous lift off, rapid satellite deployments and a fiery ending. That's how SpaceX's 14th launch of its Starship rocket panned out today.
  • Warning more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk
    Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.


rss: the register

  • AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AI
    AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li just co-founded spatial AI research company World Labs in 2024. Now it's joining AMD
  • AWS needs to embrace its place as the Home Depot of AI infrastructure
    What's wrong with being a great wholesaler?
  • JadePuffer crims hijacked Azure identities and used them to blow up cloud resources
    Smells like more agentic ransomware, Redmond warns
  • OpenAI GPT-6 Astra really good at supply chain attacks, UK gov warns
    During testing, the model showed it can violate security rules more often than its predecessors
  • French dev aims to solve bots' blindness so they can understand GUIs
    Because sometimes escaping your sandbox requires clicking a button
  • How many times are you paying for the same file?
    A Register dinner in Midtown on 27 October takes on the file infrastructure distributed teams still run and nobody chose, off the record
  • Microsoft's Copilot super app comes with a meter attached
    Redmond calls its pricing model an 'evolution' as advanced AI racks up usage charges
  • Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop
    DAWO combines a Linux-based client with open source tools for cloud, communications, and collaborative work
  • Europe's AI ambitions rest on somebody else's supply chain
    EU firms capture less than 10% of the bloc's datacenter chips, server assembly, and cloud infrastructure markets
  • OpenAI agents went the long way round for UN data
    Research suggests ChatGPT maker's agents got surprisingly creative when a UN data API proved less than cooperative


rss: ars technica

  • Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation
    "We couldn't provide detailed pricing to the CLD suppliers."
  • Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
    China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
  • SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks
    Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.
  • Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development
    State says LLMs threaten civilization as "the greatest public nuisance ever created."
  • New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery
    The design requires less energy to capture CO2 than current systems.
  • To keep drug prices high, pharma has been piling up the patents
    Add-on patents have increased drug patent periods from two years to over six.
  • Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels
    In 2020, Trump cut CAFE to 40 mpg. Now he’s cut it again to just 35 mpg.
  • Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws
    Kalshi's defiance of state gambling laws may be headed to Supreme Court.
  • Google seemingly confirms plans to kill ChromeOS in 2034
    Google support maps out how Googlebooks can take over where ChromeOS left off.
  • Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery
    19th century Nature account of 1841 train delayed by geomagnetic storm got year wrong—due to a typo.


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