rss: npr

  • Tennessee teens sue Elon Musk's xAI over AI-generated child sexual abuse material
    The three girls say that the nonconsensual nude images were created by a perpetrator who used AI company xAI's image generation tools.
  • Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital
    Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital with an airstrike, marking a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month. Pakistan has dismissed the accusation.
  • Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies
    In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.
  • Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants
    The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.
  • A new drug could be the beginning of the end for sleeping sickness
    The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job.
  • Cuba hit by island-wide blackout as energy crisis deepens
    On Monday Cuba was plunged into an island-wide blackout affecting 11 million people after a "complete disconnection" of its electrical system, officials said, amid a worsening fuel shortage.
  • Vaccine critics keep the pressure on, even as RFK Jr. shifts focus
    Anti-vaccine activists rally supporters to try to keep the momentum going on changing federal vaccine policies. This comes even as the White House tries to tamp down attention to the unpopular issue ahead of the midterm elections, and a powerful federal advisory committee plans to meet to consider even more moves.
  • Gasoline prices are still rising as the Iran war stretches into its third week
    U.S. gasoline prices are up nearly 80 cents from a month ago, while diesel prices have shot up even more. Diesel is now just under $5 a gallon, according to AAA, up $1.34 from last month.
  • Team USA won the second-most medals at these Paralympics. See the standout moments
    A mix of decorated veterans and rising stars won 24 medals for Team USA, 13 of them gold. The last one arrived Sunday, when the U.S. sled hockey team beat Canada to win its fifth straight gold medal.
  • Senate prepares to vote on Trump's SAVE Act. And, takeaways from last night's Oscars
    Senate Republicans are gearing up to vote on President Trump's controversial voting overhaul, the SAVE America Act. And, key takeaways from the 2026 Oscars.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: Why Starmer thinks he's called it right on war despite Trump barbs
    The BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason considers the US president's recent jabs at the UK prime minister.
  • Family 'beyond devastated' by meningitis death as hundreds get antibiotics
    A sixth form pupil and a university student have died, while 11 more are seriously ill in hospital.
  • Will Scotland be the first nation in the UK to legalise assisted dying?
    The final vote on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is seen as too close to call.
  • Reeves vows to stop UK tech from 'drifting abroad'
    The Chancellor tells the BBC she wants the "pattern to end" while also pledging closer ties with the EU
  • Dozens killed after Afghanistan rehab centre struck
    The BBC visited the facility and saw more than 30 bodies being carried out on stretchers.
  • Easter holidaymakers switching from Dubai to Spain as flights fill up
    It comes after the war in Iran caused mass disruption to flights across the Middle East and UAE.
  • Train delay repay rule changes to make claims easier
    There will also be additional checks on railcards during a trial to crack down on fraud.
  • Moving English tests for migrants online risks criminal abuse, providers warn
    Moving visa tests online could open the door to fraudsters and criminal gangs, a letter to government warns.
  • Spring to make a comeback with warmest day of the year forecast
    Temperatures are on the rise again this week and as hours of daylight overtake hours of darkness, it will feel like spring has returned.
  • Millions without electricity as Cuba's power grid collapses
    Cuba's chronic fuel shortages have been exacerbated by a US blockade on oil shipments to the island.


rss: the register

  • Everything needed to make DNA and RNA found in asteroid sample

    Results from Ryugu suggest the the Solar System produced the building blocks of life

    Scientists have found that all five of the substances that make up DNA and RNA in samples from Ryugu, the asteroid Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency visited in 2020.…

  • Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because tired users may be too lazy to check its mistakes

    Admins may be even more exhausted by then, because securing Microsoft’s AI helper is not a trivial job

    Gartner analyst Dennis Xu has half-jokingly suggested banning use of Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday afternoons, because he fears at that time of week users may be too lazy to properly check its possibly offensive output.…

  • Bank built its own threat hunting agent because vendors can’t keep pace with new threats

    AI helped send weekly threat signal count from 80 million to 400 billion, then helped response time shrink from two days to 30 minutes

    Australia’s Commonwealth Bank built its own agentic AI threat hunting tools, because vendors are too slow to develop tools that can cope with emerging AI-powered threats, according to General Manager of Cyber Defence Operations Andrew Pade.…

  • AI still doesn't work very well, businesses are faking it, and a reckoning is coming

    Codestrap founders say we need to dial down the hype and sort through the mess

    interview Enterprise organizations are still struggling to figure out how AI fits into their business, and that may be for the best because it will take time to understand any problems caused by AI-generated code and content.…

  • Salesforce stock buyback to saddle company with debt until 2066

    'We want to use our capital correctly, and I think debt is a great way to do that,' says CEO Benioff

    Here today; here tomorrow. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s stock buyback will saddle the company with debt until 2066, when he turns 102 years old.…

  • Nvidia's DLSS 5 promises to bring you out the other side of the uncanny valley

    The latest generation of Nvidia’s AI image enhancer brings characters to life

    GTC Computer graphics have come a long way from chasing Donkey Kong around a 2D board and fragging 3D demons in Doom. However, even with the most powerful graphics cards, human faces in games still look surreal and lifeless, with dead eyes,saran-wrap-smooth faces, and beards that blend into their chins. With Nvidia’s upcoming DLSS 5, you can play with characters that look like they’re stepped out of a movie screen – and we’re not talking about a Pixar movie either.…

  • Nvidia wraps its NemoClaw around OpenClaw for the sake of security

    'OpenClaw is the operating system for personal AI,' insists Nvidia CEO

    gtc In Pixar's Toy Story, a trio little green aliens explain, "The claw chooses who will go and who will stay." The claw in that instance was a mechanical claw in a vending machine. …

  • Robotics surgical biz Intuitive discloses phishing attack

    Operations and hospital networks not affected, we're told

    Robotics-assisted surgical tech firm Intuitive said that unauthorized intruders gained access to some of its internal IT business applications after stealing an employee's credentials during a phishing attack.…

  • Nvidia powers further into the CPU market with new rack systems packing 256 Vera processors

    The cubicals of the agentic AI age are cores

    GTC Intel and AMD take notice. At GTC on Monday, Nvidia unveiled its latest liquid-cooled rack systems. But unlike its NVL72 racks, this one isn't powered by GPUs or even Groq LPUs, but rather 256 of its custom Vera CPUs.…

  • Nvidia slaps $20B Groq tech into massive new LPX racks to speed AI response time

    GPUzilla's $20B acquihire paves to way to AI agents that halucinate faster than ever

    GTC Nvidia will use Groq's language processing units (LPUs), a technology it paid $20 billion for, to boost the inference performance of its newly-announced Vera Rubin rack systems, CEO Jensen Huang revealed during his GTC keynote on Monday. …



rss: ars technica

  • RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine changes to CDC vaccine guidance blocked by judge
    Ruling temporarily blocks changes to vaccine recommendations and an advisory board.
  • Elon Musk's xAI sued for turning three girls' real photos into AI CSAM
    Discord user led cops to Grok-generated CSAM of real girls, lawsuit says.
  • National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info
    State attorneys general won't get climate chapter removed from a legal manual.
  • New "vibe coded" AI translation tool splits the video game preservation community
    Creator apologizes after using Patreon funds for Gemini-powered magazine scan processor.
  • Trump and his FCC chair demand more positive news coverage of Iran war
    Carr makes evidence-free claim of "hoaxes and news distortions." Trump is thrilled.
  • OpenAI’s own mental health experts unanimously opposed “naughty” ChatGPT launch
    OpenAI draws a line between AI “smut” and porn. Experts fear it’s all unhealthy.
  • Driving the $375,000 Porsche race car that debuted as a $12 DLC in iRacing
    Porsche's new 911 Cup debuted in iRacing, and then we took it out on the track.
  • F1 in China: I've never seen so many people in those grandstands
    Formula 1's new style of racing puts on an entertaining sprint weekend in Shanghai.
  • Apple’s AirPods Max 2 bring H2 chip, boosted ANC in April for $549
    Apple's over-head headphones get an update after over five years.
  • 100 years later, where is Robert Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket?
    "He didn't preserve it as a sacred object... "


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