rss: npr

  • 8 architecture and culture groups sue Trump and the Kennedy Center board
    The groups, which include the American Institute of Architects, are asking for compliance with historic preservation laws and to secure approval from Congress.
  • Supreme Court declines to review press freedom case
    At issue was the 2017 arrest in Texas of a journalist who published news stories about a border agent's public suicide and a car crash.
  • Voice of America staffers sue, alleging Kari Lake put on propaganda
    Voice of America staffers are suing Trump administration official Kari Lake, alleging she put pro-Trump propaganda on its airwaves. She has lost numerous rulings of late.
  • Trump delays strikes on Iran's power plants for 5 days. And, ICE deploys to airports
    Trump says he will deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports to help address delays. And, the president said he would delay strikes on Iranian power plants for five days.
  • Trump says the U.S. is in talks with Iran to end the war, which Iran denies
    Trump said the U.S. will postpone any strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, even as Israel continued hitting Tehran and Iran warned it could retaliate across the Gulf.
  • With more older drivers on the road, states try to balance safety and mobility
    The number of older drivers on the road is climbing. Safety advocates want tougher rules for relicensing, but many drivers say they shouldn't be forced to give up their mobility because of age alone.
  • As D.C.'s cherry blossom trees near peak bloom, here's a guide to their history
    The renowned trees along Washington, D.C's Tidal Basin were sent as a gift from Japan in 1912. Some of the original trees are still there.
  • Mapping ICE's expanding footprint, and the communities fighting back
    Resistance in both Democratic and Republican cities points to broader unease with the direction of immigration enforcement.
  • What does a 'GLP-1 Friendly' diet look like? We asked nutritionists
    Big food companies are starting to market to people on the powerful new obesity meds with labels that say "GLP-1 Friendly." Nutritionists help us decode that message.
  • Worried about a shaky stock market? This is what financial advisers suggest you do
    Their answer depends on how soon you need to tap into your funds — and it might simply be "do nothing."


rss: bbc

  • Arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances investigated by counter-terror police
    Police say they are looking for three suspects after the Hatzola ambulances were set on fire.
  • 'Stop, stop, stop': Listen to LaGuardia control tower audio during collision
    An Air Canada plane carrying 72 passengers and four crew initially landed safely from Montreal on Sunday evening before colliding with a firefighting vehicle.
  • British supplement maker Huel bought by Danone for reported €1bn
    The health firm backed by actor Idris Elba and broadcaster Jonathan Ross is being bought by Danone for €1bn (£860m).
  • How a YouTuber used a fake live stream to cover up the murder of his pregnant partner
    Evidence in the trial of Stephen McCullagh outlined a cold, calculating plan to kill Natalie McNally and get away with it.
  • Slovenia becomes first EU country to introduce fuel rationing
    Until further notice, motorists in Slovenia will be restricted to a maximum purchase of 50 litres of fuel per day.
  • HS2 trains could run slower than planned to save money
    The government is looking at ways to make much-delayed London to Birmingham railway line cheaper to deliver.
  • PM warns against 'false comfort' of thinking Iran war will end quickly
    The PM also tells senior MPs the conflict was "not our war" and there must be a "lawful basis" for any UK involvement.
  • OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43
    Leo Radvinsky became a billionaire after investing in the site, known for its pornographic content.
  • Colombian Air Force plane crashes with 125 people on board
    Colombia's defence minister says it was a "tragic accident" but the cause is not yet clear.
  • Boy admits filming shopping centre chair-throwing prank
    A teenager appears in court after a chair was thrown from the top floor of Westfield, Stratford.


rss: the register

  • AI agents are 'gullible' and easy to turn into your minions

    Zenity CTO demos 0-click AI agent exploits on stage at RSAC

    RSA 2026 There's a very simple reason why just about every enterprise AI agent is vulnerable to zero-click attacks, according to Michael Bargury, CTO of AI security company Zenity.…

  • SoftBank to build massive AI datacenter on former US nuclear weapons site

    10GW server farm, 10GW of new generation, and $4.2bn grid upgrade. And someone else is paying for the uranium cleanup

    Softbank's SB Energy is redeveloping Department of Energy (DoE) land in Ohio for a massive datacenter campus, adding extra generation facilities and power infrastructure alongside it.…

  • Forget drones – the US Army just took delivery of a self-flying Black Hawk helicopter

    Expendable military drones are so 2025

    The US Army just took receipt of what may be the coolest unmanned drone ever flown by the military: A full-sized Black Hawk helicopter. …

  • Avalonia bolts Linux and WebAssembly onto .NET MAUI

    Broader platform coverage lands, if developers can tolerate the rough edges

    AvaloniaUI has previewed MAUI support for Linux and WebAssembly browser applications — platforms Microsoft's own cross-platform .NET framework lacks — but low adoption and persistent bugs are likely to constrain uptake.…

  • Google unleashes Gemini AI agents on the dark web

    Claims it can analyze millions of daily events with 98 percent accuracy

    Google's Gemini AI agents are crawling the dark web, sifting through upward of 10 million posts a day to find a handful of threats relevant to a particular organization.…

  • Smooth criminals talking their way into cloud environments, Google says

    Voice phishing is second most common initial access method across all IR probes, and top in cloud break-ins

    Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No. 1 tactic used when breaking into cloud environments.…

  • SpaceX hits back at Amazon in orbital datacenter dispute

    In space, no one can hear you being petty

    SpaceX has fired back at Amazon with a letter to the US telecoms regulator, after Amazon objected to its plans for orbiting datacenters.…

  • Palantir trial plugs into UK financial watchdog's data trove

    US analytics firm handed access to sensitive intel, raising yet more questions about vendor lock-in

    US data miner Palantir has quietly landed inside the UK's financial watchdog, plugging into a trove of sensitive data as Whitehall simultaneously insists it wants to wean itself off exactly this kind of dependency.…

  • Intel's Core Ultra 270K, 250K Plus are an appeal to cash-strapped PC enthusiasts

    More cores, higher clocks, and lower prices? What's not to like?

    Review It's a tough time to be a PC enthusiast. Between the memory crunch and the AI boom driving up prices on storage, DDR5, and GPUs, it's gotten prohibitively expensive to build a PC.…

  • US chip testing firm shrugged off ransomware hit as minor – then came the data leak

    Trio-Tech International initially said hack wasn't 'material,' but then stolen data was published

    Trio-Tech International initially shrugged off a ransomware attack at a Singapore subsidiary as immaterial, only to reverse course days later after discovering stolen data had been disclosed.…



rss: ars technica

  • Long fingernails vs. touchscreens: This nail polish could help
    Undergraduate's prototype conductive nail polish could turn long fingernails into touchscreen styluses.
  • Republicans in Congress add $250 annual federal EV tax to transport bill
    Five principles should determine how you fund transport, says Consumer Reports.
  • As teens await sentencing for nudifying girls, parents aim to sue school
    Teens will be sentenced Wednesday after admitting to creating AI CSAM.
  • A bit of good news: It's possible to turn around a groundwater crisis
    Analyzing dozens of cases around the world yields some practical lessons.
  • AI is beginning to change the business of law
    Attorneys are finding uses for AI apart from generating fake case quotations.
  • A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it
    Katalyst Space Technologies must launch the Swift rescue mission by this summer.
  • There can (still) be only one: Highlander is 40
    Sure, it's cheesy in many respects, but its central mythology still resonates even decades later.
  • Mining the deep ocean
    Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely.
  • We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?
    This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries.
  • DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
    “Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do.”


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