rss: npr

  • 4 ways to avoid getting ripped off, according to a pricing expert
    Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal.
  • As the U.S. signals a smaller Middle East footprint, Turkey is ready to step in
    Turkey's bid for regional influence comes at a time when the Middle East has been hit by profound shocks that started with the Hamas-led 2023 attack on Israel, and continues with the stalemated, seven-month-old war on Iran.
  • Morning news brief
    Five men arrested on terror charges near U.K. air base released on bail, Trump administration rolls back fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles, prosecutors reopen Cornell fraternity rape case.
  • News organizations ask court to bar White House enforcement of access ban
    Three news outlets that President Trump banished from White House grounds asked a federal court to block the ban until the case is resolved.
  • OpenAI delays latest model over security concerns, as industry faces pressure
    OpenAI's decision to hold back the model, called GPT-6.1 Astra, comes amid a broader push within the industry to slow the development of increasingly autonomous systems until safety measures catch up.
  • Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years
    One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee. If carried out as scheduled Wednesday, it would be Tennessee's first execution of a woman in 200 years.
  • The Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act, but the bill's future is unclear
    The bill's supporters, which include the NCAA, say it will tame what they call a "Wild West" era of college sports as litigation chips away at long-held rules around eligibility, transfers and pay.
  • 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.


rss: bbc

  • OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
    The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.
  • Sir Ranulph Fiennes' relatives say it's 'very painful' not being able to visit him
    It has been alleged that Sir Ranulph has been admitted to a number of care homes under assumed names.
  • 'We don't know where he is,' family of Sir Ranulph Fiennes tell BBC
    Speaking to BBC Newsnight, his former sister-in-law told the BBC that she did not know where he was, and nobody had been able to see him.
  • Watch: 'Ship buster' missiles sink old US warship in live fire training off Scotland
    The 43-year-old decommissioned frigate was used for target practice off the Outer Hebrides.
  • Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas refused bail over alleged boat damage
    Daniel Thomas is remanded in custody after appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court.
  • Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration
    President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped.
  • Met Police officer charged after BBC Charing Cross investigation
    The police watchdog began an investigation into alleged misconduct at Charing Cross police station in London as a result of a BBC Panorama investigation.
  • Celine Dion kicks off Paris Fashion Week with surprise performance
    The singer appeared at the end of L'Oreal's annual show as the French fashion bonanza kicked off.
  • Watch: Luxury units uncovered inside an Indonesian prison
    A surprise inspection at the prison revealed apartment-like units appearing to house inmates, equipped with televisions, a gym and fridges stocked with alcohol.
  • I paid £30,000 for an 'influencer' degree. Here's why
    Content creation degrees aim to help people make money from social media, but are they worth the money?


rss: the register

  • Redmond to millions of Power BI users: You’re Fabric app devs now
    Software giant expands audience for agent coding of data apps by an order of magnitude
  • What eldritch horror lurks behind Heathrow's information screens?
    A triptych of airport bork awaits the unwary passenger
  • HMRC bets up to £2.4B on Salesforce for taxpayer CRM overhaul
    Ten-year deal covers customer records, case management, portals, analytics, and AI, with extensions possible to 2041
  • Which copy of the file is the real one?
    A Register dinner in Soho on 20 October takes on the file infrastructure everyone still runs and nobody chose, off the record.
  • Fresh CSS constructs move web design beyond ticky-tacky little boxes
    Let us bury the web's 30-year layout reliance on rectangles
  • Google ending ChromeOS support two years early
    Rise of the Googlebook means ChromeOS users get eight years' support, not a decade
  • OpenAI’s dirty deeds Down Under included security bypass attempts, using exposed keys, source code siphon
    Admits its agents side-swiped four Australian government sites
  • 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


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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