rss: npr

  • GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas ends reelection bid after admitting to affair with aide
    Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas said late Thursday he was withdrawing from his reelection race, after having admitted an affair with a former staff member.
  • Pentagon labels AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk
    The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that it has "officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately."
  • Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump
    The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.
  • Pregnant women in ERs took less Tylenol after Trump autism warning
    A study in The Lancet finds that pregnant women in emergency rooms used less Tylenol after President Trump said it could raise their babies' risk of autism. Scientists say there is no proven link.
  • What you need to know about Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump's new pick to lead DHS
    President Trump announced Thursday that Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., is his pick to replace Kristi Noem as the head of the Department of Homeland Security.
  • Travel industry pushes Congress to end DHS shutdown and pay federal security workers
    With the busy spring break travel season looming, travel and aviation industry leaders urged Congress to end the stalemate over DHS funding before workers at TSA and ports miss a full paycheck.
  • Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS chief, names Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her
    President Trump has fired his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and said Markwayne Mullin, a senator from Oklahoma, would replace her.
  • Can a digital tablet cut back a country's overuse of antibiotics?
    Overprescribing antibiotics breeds antibiotic resistance. A new tool aims to lower a notably high rate of such prescriptions in Rwanda.
  • They were led off course in a big race. But a fix is more complicated than prize money
    Top finishers in the Atlanta half marathon are calling for U.S. track officials to ensure that Jess McClain and two other athletes aren't excluded from the world championships because of an error.
  • A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse
    Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.


rss: bbc

  • Four arrested on suspicion of aiding Iran's intelligence service
    The men were arrested on Friday on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service.
  • Passengers describe 'surreal' scramble to reach first government flight out of Middle East
    The plane landed at London's Stansted Airport in the early hours of Friday morning.
  • Five ways the Iran war could affect you - in charts
    With fuel and gas prices having risen in recent days, here are some ways the conflict could affect households.
  • Iran's high-risk war strategy seems to centre on endurance and deterrence
    Tehran's approach appears to rest on a belief it can absorb strikes longer than its adversaries sustain pain and costs, writes BBC Persian's Amir Azimi.
  • 'I'm still haunted that he died alone': The last voices of the Covid inquiry
    Bereaved families have the final say as the Covid inquiry completes three years of public hearings.
  • Travelodge staff gave sex attacker key to woman's room, then offered £30 refund
    The woman, who woke to find Kyran Smith sexually assaulting her, branded a £30 reward offer "insulting".
  • Sheep are disappearing from the UK's hills - and its dinner plates
    Have we have passed "peak sheep" in the UK?
  • US and Venezuela agree to resume diplomatic ties after Maduro capture
    The US said the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability after the US seized Maduro and his wife.
  • Trump cuts his losses on Kristi Noem after controversial tenure at homeland security
    Noem was one of the administration's brightest stars when she stepped into the role, but has faced a mounting backlash in recent months.
  • Meet the UK's Eurovision entrant: 'The BBC is taking a risk on me'
    Look Mum No Computer unveils his "completely wacky" song, and says he's surprised it was selected.


rss: the register

  • Techie was given strict instructions not to disrupt client. Then he touched one box and the lights went out

    Discovering, and explaining, the bizarre cause was harder than the job he was sent to do

    On Call Welcome to another instalment of On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that tells tales of times when tech support turned troublesome.…

  • Microsoft previews tech to ease creation of keyboard-accessible websites

    ‘focusgroup’ has nothing to do with market research, offers devs faster coding and faster websites for everyone

    Microsoft has started a preview of technology that eases the task of developing websites with complex navigation elements that don’t need a pointing device to operate.…

  • Iranian news service claims drone strikes on AWS were deliberate, to probe for US datacenter dependencies

    Remember: Truth is the first casualty of war

    Iranian publisher Fars News Agency, which is aligned with the country’s government, has claimed the drone strikes on Amazon Web Services’ Middle East datacenters were deliberate and had strategic significance.…

  • China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan

    Call to do better with chips and put AI everywhere is more than rhetoric because China’s scientists are sprinting ahead

    China’s government has again made reducing reliance on imported digital technology a major goal.…

  • Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens

    Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at risk

    Earlier this week, Dan Blanchard, maintainer of a Python character encoding detection library called chardet, released a new version of the library under a new software license.…

  • Google says spyware makers and China-linked groups dominated zero-day attacks last year

    Of the 90 zero-days GTIG tracked in 2025, 43 hit enterprise tech

    Zero-day exploitation targeting enterprise tech products reached an all-time high last year, with China-linked cyber-espionage groups remaining the most prolific state-backed users, according to Google.…

  • Okta CEO ‘paranoid’ as vibe coders stir SaaS-pocalypse fears

    It’s ok, Todd. You’re only paranoid if you’re wrong.

    Okta chairman and CEO Todd McKinnon said he believes it would be difficult for an LLM alone to replicate the quality of SaaS applications his company provides, but that doesn’t stop him from worrying about competition from bots.…

  • TerraPower gets permission to build, not operate, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor

    Don't flip the switch until the NRC says you can, okay?

    Bill Gates-backed nuclear outfit TerraPower finally has approval to build its Natrium reactor. However, it may still face issues finding a steady fuel supply. And, oh yeah, it hasn't built any reactors like this before.…

  • Iran intelligence backdoored US bank, airport, software outfit networks

    MOIS-linked MuddyWater crew has a new, custom implant

    An Iranian cyber crew believed to be part of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been embedded in multiple US companies' networks - including a bank, software firm, and airport, among others - since the beginning of February, with more activity in the days following the US and Israeli military strikes, according to security researchers.…

  • Munificent 7 vow to spare US households from AI's rising energy costs

    Bit tricky enforcing this. What's the penalty if they go up anyway?

    Seven of the top US AI companies and hyperscalers have officially agreed to protect American consumers from price hikes due to datacenter energy and infrastructure increases caused by the AI build boom.…



rss: ars technica

  • Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom
    Meta accused of "concealing the facts" about smart glass users' privacy.
  • MS exec: Microsoft's next console will play "Xbox and PC games"
    Project Helix is set to open the closed-console ecosystem, but the details will matter.
  • RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies are "unreviewable," DOJ lawyer tells judge
    The startling claim came amid a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  • Amazon appears to be down, with over 20,000 reported problems
    Problems viewing products and checking out.
  • OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 with more knowledge-work capability
    Updates come amid user blowback over the company's Pentagon deal.
  • The Boys S5 trailer tees up a bloody final season
    "My power is absolute. At heights no one ever dreamed of. But I have a bigger destiny."
  • Trump gets data center companies to pledge to pay for power generation
    With no enforcement and questionable economics, it may not make a difference.
  • Nerve damage, energy management, and Apple TV: F1 in 2026 starts today
    Drivers aren't happy about energy management, and one team won't finish the race.
  • Lanterns teaser swaps superhero hijinks for gritty realism
    DC's Green Lantern is reimagined as part True Detective, part Slow Horses, and we're here for it.
  • Congress extends ISS and tells NASA to get moving on private space stations
    "We were happy to see the renewed commitment to transition from the ISS."


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