rss: npr

  • A Curling Scandal Rocks Olympic Ice
    Allegations of cheating, and swearing, on the curling ice have rocked the wholesome sport after the Swedes accused the Canadians of "double touching" in a match on Friday. What happened then, and what's happened since?
  • The U.S. ready to make up, Europe ready to break up in Munich
    Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to reassure Europe at the Munich Security Conference, but European leaders are skeptical.
  • Actor Robert Duvall has died — he brought a compassionate center to edgy hard roles
    Duvall appeared in over 90 films over the course of his career, imbuing stock Hollywood types — cowboys, cops, soldiers — with a nuanced sense of vulnerability.
  • Italy's athletes shine at the Milan Cortina Olympics
    Call it homefield advantage, call it national pride. Italy's athletes are shining in the Winter Olympics underway in Milan and the Alps.
  • Primary care is in trouble. Doctors are banding together to increase market power
    As costs increase, primary care practices are joining forces in Independent Physician Associations. The goal is to leverage better insurance contracts, while ensuring doctors still call the shots.
  • DHS shuts down after a funding lapse. And, why athletes get the 'yips' at the Olympics
    Congress is out on recess as a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security is underway. And, why some superstar athletes have been getting the "yips" at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
  • One Olympic sport doesn't allow women. These Games could determine its future
    Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week.
  • Is that carb ultra-processed? Here's a test even a kid can do
    The latest nutrition guidelines urge Americans to avoid highly processed food. But when it comes to carbs, many people don't know which ones are ultra-processed. Here's an easy way to find out.
  • How to register to vote in the 2026 primaries
    For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
  • U.S. Olympic speed skaters adapt NASCAR 'bump drafting,' revolutionizing team event
    U.S. Team Pursuit speed skaters will top speeds of 30 mph by pushing themselves around the track mere inches from each other.


rss: bbc

  • Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections
    All English elections will now go ahead as originally planned after Reform UK brought a legal challenge over the decision to delay some polls.
  • Actor Robert Duvall, who starred in The Godfather, dies aged 95
    The Oscar-winner died "peacefully" at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, on Sunday, his family says.
  • Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
    It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
  • US build-up of warships and fighter jets tracked near Iran
    BBC Verify has seen US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near Iran ahead of talks between the two countries
  • Teenagers guilty of killing man they thought was a paedophile
    Alexander Cashford was chased and hit with rocks and a bottle before he died.
  • Italy's 'Lovers’ Arch' collapses into sea on Valentine's Day
    The popular tourist attraction was a proposal spot for couples and featured on postcards.
  • Six of Sarah Ferguson's companies winding down
    The move follows further revelations over her friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Intermittent fasting may make little difference to weight loss, review finds
    But researchers say it could still improve someone's overall health through helpful changes to some body functions.
  • Disability and LGBT hate crimes set to become aggravated offences
    The proposed change has been set out in an amendment to the government's Crimes and Policing Bill.
  • Ice and snow warnings as another blast of Arctic air sweeps across the UK
    More than 70 flood warnings have also been issued by the Environment Agency after heavy rain.


rss: the register

  • Canada Goose ruffles feathers over 600K record dump, says leak is old news

    Fashion brand latest to succumb to ShinyHunters' tricks

    Canada Goose says an advertised breach of 600,000 records is an old raid and there are no signs of a recent compromise.…

  • Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake

    Bungled link handed over sensitive docs, and when recipient didn't cooperate, police opted for cuffs

    Dutch police have arrested a man for "computer hacking" after accidentally handing him their own sensitive files and then getting annoyed when he didn't hand them back.…

  • Oracle vows 'new era' for MySQL as users sharpen their forks

    Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to reset

    Oracle has promised a "decisive new approach" to MySQL, the popular open source database it owns, following growing criticism of its approach and the prospect of a significant fork in the code.…

  • You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised

    Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options

    Academics say they found a series of flaws affecting three popular password managers, all of which claim to protect user credentials in the event that their servers are compromised.…

  • KPMG partner in Oz turned to AI to pass an exam on... AI

    Unnamed consultant – one of a dozen cases at the company's Australian arm – now nursing a fine

    AIpocolypse A partner at accounting and consultancy giant KPMG in Australia was forced to cough up a AU$10k ($7,084/ £5,195) fine after he used AI to ace an internal training course on... AI.…

  • X users howl into the void as timelines fail to load

    'All systems operational,' says status page – real life suggests otherwise

    Elon Musk-owned social media platform X is experiencing an outage, with users worldwide reporting that their timelines no longer show the usual information flow.…

  • Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security

    Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money

    fosdem 2026 Open source registries are in financial peril, a co-founder of an open source security foundation warned after inspecting their books. And it's not just the bandwidth costs that are killing them.…

  • Secondhand laptop market goes 'mainstream' amid memory crunch

    Budget-conscious buyers in Europe voting with their wallet

    Sales of refurbished PCs are on the up amid shortages of key components, including memory chips, that are making brand new devices more expensive.…

  • Why AI writing is so generic, boring, and dangerous: Semantic ablation

    The subtractive bias we're ignoring

    opinion Just as the community adopted the term "hallucination" to describe additive errors, we must now codify its far more insidious counterpart: semantic ablation.…

  • FTC to probe whether Microsoft's cloud clout crosses the line

    Competitors asked to detail licensing terms, training costs, and business practices in widening antitrust inquiry

    The US Federal Trade Commission has sent out a raft of civil investigative demands to Microsoft's competitors as it warms up a probe into whether the cloud and software giant has an illegal monopoly across chunks of the enterprise tech market.…



rss: ars technica

  • ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
    Hollywood backlash puts spotlight on ByteDance's sketchy launch of Seedance 2.0.
  • A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later
    Sunlight can cause a molecule to change structure, and then release heat later.
  • Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables
    The energy industry is pressing for laws that would ban climate liability lawsuits.
  • Sideways on the ice, in a supercar: Stability control is getting very good
    To test stability control, it helps to have a wide-open space with very low grip.
  • Space Station returns to a full crew complement after a month
    "It's only possible because of the incredibly talented workforce we have."
  • Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy
    Kaolinite pebbles show evidence of alteration under high rainfall conditions.
  • Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
    We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.
  • "It ain't no unicorn": These researchers have interviewed 130 Bigfoot hunters
    What prompts this community to spend time looking for a creature that likely doesn't exist?
  • NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test
    "We observed materially lower leak rates compared to prior observations during WDR-1."
  • A Valentine's Day homage to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Ang Lee's gorgeous 2000 masterpiece has awe-inspiring martial arts stunts and a tragic love story for the ages.


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