rss: npr

  • Justice Department makes it easier to deport those with DACA status
    Three appellate immigration judges sided with Department of Homeland Security lawyers who appealed a decision from Immigration Judge Michael Pleters terminating removal proceedings for DACA recipient Catalina "Xóchitl" Santiago.
  • The rising cost of fertilizer and fuel prices is pushing some farmers to the brink
    In the Mississippi Delta, a crucial agricultural region, farmers say their patience is wearing thin. Reeling from the effects of tariffs, they must now also navigate rising fertilizer and fuel costs.
  • DOJ wants to shield its lawyers from outside scrutiny. Critics worry about oversight
    Critics say the proposed rule to let the DOJ step into state bar investigations could weaken one of the last independent checks on government lawyers.
  • Some Planned Parenthood clinics are using Botox to smooth over federal cuts
    After President Trump and Congress cut certain Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in last year's budget, some clinics have started offering aesthetic services, including Botox, to stay afloat.
  • Iran's foreign minister awaits U.S. delegation to Pakistan for peace talks
    Iran's Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday, as the White House confirmed Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel there Saturday to try to "move the ball forward towards a deal."
  • Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment
    The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.
  • Appeals court rules that Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal
    A U.S. appeals court ruled Friday that immigration laws allow people to apply for asylum at the border, and the president cannot bypass this. The decision stems from Trump declaring the border situation an invasion and suspending asylum.
  • From night life in Egypt to rice farming in Vietnam, the war in Iran is a drain
    Fuel costs more. Food is harder to get. Jobs are evaporating. And in Cairo, cafes and restaurants are ordered to close at 9 p.m.
  • A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous
    Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, competing with large apex predators.
  • Before sci-fi was everywhere, this pioneering magazine championed 'scientifiction'
    The name didn't stick. The fan communities did.


rss: bbc

  • Katya Adler: Europe's Nato allies push back at reported US threat to Spain
    On Friday morning, souring relations between Europe and the United States reared its Medusa-like head again, writes the BBC's Europe editor.
  • Two children die in house fire in Wolverhampton
    Two other children and a woman were already out of the house before emergency services arrived.
  • Tensions flare in heated I'm A Celebrity live final
    Adam Thomas, Craig Charles, Mo Farah and Harry Redknapp were in the final of I'm A Celebrity... South Africa.
  • Thousands at risk after multi-million dollar Everest flood warning system left to rust
    The flood warning system at Imja glacial lake has not been maintained since 2016, fearful locals tell BBC.
  • Mali army says armed groups launch coordinated attacks across country
    Witnesses report explosions and sustained gunfire near a military base outside the capital, Bamako.
  • The King faces biggest test of his reign as he heads to visit Trump
    The state visit to the US looks fraught with difficulty - but could be key to rescuing the special relationship.
  • Heated Rivalry, The Housemaid and Fourth Wing: TikTok launches BookTok bestseller list
    The inaugural top 20 is entirely made up of female authors, with Chloe Walsh appearing most frequently.
  • Touring is a costly struggle for bands like us. Now Harry Styles is helping
    Ticket money from some stadium and arena gigs is helping support struggling grassroots artists and venues.
  • 'Killing in prison is not difficult' - the rise in cold-blooded attacks behind bars
    Is a culture of prisoners intimidating inmates into inflicting pain on others too normalised to change?
  • Meet the men calling out 'masculinity' trends
    Influencers promoting looksmaxxing and narrow male beauty standards are being called out by a new wave of men on social media.


rss: the register

  • Crime crew impersonates help desk, abuses Microsoft Teams to steal your data

    Coming in cold with custom Snow malware

    A previously unknown threat group using tried-and-tested social engineering tactics - Microsoft Teams chat invitations and helpdesk staff impersonation - is also using custom malware in its data-stealing attacks, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group.…

  • DeepSeek's new models are so efficient they'll run on a toaster ... by which we mean Huawei's NPUs

    Now available in preview, DeepSeek V4 cuts inference costs to a fraction of R1

    Chinese AI darling DeepSeek is back with a new open weights large language model that promises performance to rival the best proprietary American LLMs. Perhaps more importantly, it claims to dramatically reduce inference costs and it extends support for Huawei's Ascend family of AI accelerators.…

  • Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon spits out Xorg, but still lets you run X11 apps

    New LTS is here, with more tooling for GPGPU and AI workloads

    Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon," the latest LTS release from Canonical, arrives with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.0, and drops the Xorg option from Ubuntu Desktop while still running X11 applications through Xwayland.…

  • Pentagon wants to water down drone program with autonomous subs

    What, you didn't expect autonomous military craft to stay in the sky forever?

    Drones: they're not just for the sky anymore. DARPA is seeking compact deep-ocean autonomous craft developed faster, smaller, and cheaper than today's full-ocean-depth AUV systems.…

  • US clarifies mobile hotspots part of foreign router ban despite rarity of American made consumer kit

    Silicon often from US, but the kit from APAC and elsewhere

    America's telco regulator has clarified its ban on foreign-made routers also includes mobile hotspots and domestic routers that use a 5G cellular connection to the internet.…

  • ShinyHunters claim they have cruise giant Carnival's booty as 7.5M emails surface

    Leak-site bragging meets breach hunters as Have I Been Pwned flags millions of records

    Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, is dealing with choppy waters after Have I Been Pwned flagged what it claimed were 7.5 million unique email addresses all allegedly tied to one of its subsidiaries. …

  • Governments on high alert after CISA snuffs out Firestarter backdoor on fed network

    Latest in long-running pwning of Cisco kit found in mystery Fed agency

    A US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cybersnoops and their UK counterparts – neither of which disclosed the agency's name.…

  • More ancient Linux device support faces the chop

    One way to deal with bug hunting LLMs: ditch the old drivers

    One tactic to deal with LLM-powered vulnerability detection is simple – just speed up the removal of old code. If it's gone, it no longer matters if it's buggy.…

  • Open Telemetry founder tools up for project graduation party

    We gotta get boring to get graduated

    Grafanacon The founder of the Open Telemetry project says its maintainers may need to turn to AI tools to get some elements robust enough for the project as a whole to graduate.…

  • Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it's encouraging experienced workers to leave

    Windows giant offers buyouts to eligible staffers willing to walk

    Microsoft has committed to improving the quality and reliability of Windows, and a step on the path to that goal is… encouraging a chunk of its US staff to leave the company.…



rss: ars technica

  • This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built
    "If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."
  • Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic
    This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.
  • Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
    Amid RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda, Moderna withdrew its FDA application last year.
  • FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features
    FCC defines consumer routers expansively, updates FAQ to include Wi-Fi hotspots.
  • Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.
    Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.
  • In rare chickenpox case, itchy blisters mushroom into large, rubbery nodules
    Treatment options are tricky. The teen opted to live with the masses.
  • Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges
    It's like "Pete Rose betting on his own team," Trump says of arrested soldier.
  • Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs
    Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator.
  • Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time
    The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.
  • Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf
    Beloved wolf gripped the nation after burrowing out of the zoo.


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