rss: npr

  • Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
    The president chalked the ban up to what he called unfavorable coverage, and he threatened that bans on other media companies could be coming.
  • When Trump and Xi meet they will discuss AI. 'Track Two' talks are already buzzing
    An informal network of dialogues at think tanks and universities is bringing together experts from the U.S. and China to talk about the shared perils of AI — and possible paths forward.
  • Syrian regime planned American journalist's kidnapping for weeks
    New reporting finds the abduction of journalist Austin Tice was planned by the Syrian government for weeks.
  • What expensive sulfur means for your dinner table
    Oil supplies are falling, sulfur prices are threatening food costs, and we measure Lego against Hollywood
  • Will even one of the U.N.'s 17 'sustainable development goals' be met by 2030?
    The 17 goals agreed upon by world leaders are incredibly ambitious. Are we even close to achieving any of them? If we don't, is the project a failure?
  • Judge says Trump can't demolish Kennedy Center. And, lawsuits target voter intimidation
    A federal judge ruled yesterday that President Trump cannot tear down the Kennedy Center without a 30-day notice. And, recent lawsuits seek to keep armed federal officers away from polling sites.
  • Ms. Rachel has entered her album era, and she is so happy about it
    Ms. Rachel has conquered YouTube, Netflix and the toy aisle. Now she's making an album, with real instruments, big feelings and her littlest listeners in mind.
  • Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman
    Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after serving in the role for more than 50 years. His son, Howard, will become Berkshire Hathaway's new chairman
  • South Africa 'feels like a prison' for women amid spate of femicides
    South Africa has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world, and a spate of killings of nine women in the same area in recent weeks has led to renewed outrage.
  • True or false: Trump's name is now on the Kennedy Center. The quiz has the answer
    The world made it to another Friday without an AI apocalypse, so here's the quiz! See you next week … maybe.


rss: bbc

  • 'I'm telling the truth': Earl Spencer defends Diana book claims about Charles in BBC interview
    Princess Diana's brother tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "we'll forget her soon enough" were "exactly" the words used by the then-Prince of Wales.
  • Watch: Diana's brother says Charles 'went ballistic' in phone call after her death
    Earl Spencer spoke exclusively with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about claims he has made in a new book.
  • MI5 accepts it gave evidence based on lies in neo-Nazi spy case
    It is the first time MI5 has confirmed the BBC's revelation that it gave evidence based on lies in court while defending the violent informant.
  • Flight chaos caused by software defect in space of a millisecond, report says
    The failure led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled and hundreds of thousands of passengers affected.
  • Trump says he is banning CNN and Politico from White House
    The US president has had a tense and fiery relationship with the US media throughout his political career.
  • Teen who piloted Channel boat with 165 migrants jailed
    Chan Mathok Atak has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after piloting the boat.
  • Brother didn't match description of 'Putney pusher', suspect's sisters tell BBC
    Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Nicholas Brandram's sisters accused the Metropolitan Police of being "negligent and reckless".
  • Tenko and Coronation Street actress Stephanie Cole dies aged 84
    She was best known for playing Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama Tenko.
  • Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary apologises over 'high-fare rapists' remarks
    O'Leary described his choice of language as "careless" and said "it won't happen again".
  • 'We simply don't know' - JP Morgan struggling to forecast oil prices due to Trump's war with Iran
    The bank said it "assumed" there would be economic red lines, like oil at $100 a barrel, that the US would be unwilling the cross.


rss: the register

  • Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts
    Agentic exploits for the win (again)
  • North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices
    WaterPlum recruiters used bogus coding tests to backdoor jobseekers and raid more than 7,000 crypto wallets
  • FBI: Fake cop and government impersonation scams cost victims $1.6B
    AI, fake uniforms, and mock offices help crooks sell the con
  • Admins, you've been warned: The clock is ticking on Edge's IE Mode
    Legacy web apps have guaranteed shelter only through 2029, and Redmond warns modernization can take years
  • KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal
    Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user
  • Microsoft fixes the fix that broke Excel paste – partly
    Hotfix covers only Excel 2016 and may still come unstuck around conditional formatting
  • The ideal database for AI agents doesn't exist yet, says Percona CEO
    Iterative workloads caught vendors off guard, but requirements for a clean-slate solution remain unclear
  • Former Labour deputy Tom Watson joins Palantir as £330M NHS deal nears break point
    US spy-tech firm insists its new UK senior vice president is there to 'build things, not to open doors'
  • KPMG tech cuts come with a severance sum some staff call insulting
    AI, Cyber, SAP and Testing teams caught in latest reshaping of Big Four consultancy's Advisory arm
  • British Army spends £16M on 1,000 pocket-sized eyes in the sky
    Surveillance and training drone systems will come through three UK suppliers, though some are built overseas


rss: ars technica

  • FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
    FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
  • FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
    FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
  • Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
    Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.
  • US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"
    The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.
  • Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest
    Ning Xu of Tsinghua University captured tiny cilia beating in airways of a child with rare respiratory disorder.
  • Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI
    Researchers used Claude to reach an OpenAI employee account and sensitive GitHub data.
  • Rocket Report: China wants a Raptor 3 engine; SpaceX set for big Starship test
    “I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive."
  • RFK Jr. names 8 new members to influential preventive medicine task force
    The USPSTF sets insurance coverage for preventive services, like colonoscopies.
  • Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets
    Scaleout deploys decentralized AI-driven learning to military bases and drones.
  • Google announces new experimental "CC" AI agent for families
    Multiple family members can share data to help the agent make plans and complete tasks.


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