rss: npr

  • Ukrainians rally in support of Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned for his helmet
    Ukrainians are uniting in solidarity with Olympic skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych after he was disqualified for wearing a helmet with images of Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's invasion.
  • ICE conducted 37 investigations into officer misconduct in last year
    The disclosure from the agency's acting director came after immigration officers shot two U.S. citizens, intensifying questions about ICE officers' tactics, training and use of force.
  • 54-year-old U.S. curler sets new American Winter Olympics age record
    Rich Ruohonen has tried to get to the Olympics for almost 40 years. He finally got his chance, taking to the ice at the Milan Cortina Games representing the U.S. on Team Casper for curling.
  • Federal judge orders return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act
    In his Thursday order, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to allow any of the men deported last year to El Salvador to appear in a U.S. port of entry to be conditionally allowed in as they challenge their removal.
  • Have astronomers witnessed the birth of a black hole?
    A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole.
  • Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon action against Mark Kelly over illegal orders video
    Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, sued Hegseth after the Defense Secretary moved to formally censure him for participating in a video where he told service members they can refuse illegal orders.
  • Olympic athletes push their bodies to the limit. Should we?
    Elite athletes often push through pain to achieve victory. But, everyday exercisers need to distinguish between soreness which is normal and pain which is the body's way of telling you to stop.
  • Trump border czar Tom Homan announces Minnesota immigration surge is ending
    The aggressive enforcement operation resulted in thousands of arrests, and two U.S. citizens were fatally shot in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents.
  • At the Olympics, skier Breezy Johnson won a gold medal — and an engagement ring, too
    When Johnson and her partner Connor Watkins met on Bumble, he had "no idea" who she was. "I was out-kicking my coverage," he said
  • 'Fresh Air' staff bids farewell to longtime executive producer Danny Miller
    Miller joined Fresh Air as an intern in 1978 and retired at the end of 2025. He led the show through many changes, like going national and editing digitally.


rss: bbc

  • 'We warned nursery about abuser Vincent Chan - they dismissed us,' parents tell BBC
    The parents of two children who say they warned nursery staff about Chan tell the BBC they felt ignored.
  • Sir Chris Wormald forced out as head of Civil Service
    The Cabinet Office says the move is "by mutual agreement" but it follows months of negative media reports about his performance.
  • 'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question their gender, schools told
    School leaders welcome the "greater clarity" on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils.
  • Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health
    The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
  • Ratcliffe sorry language 'offended some' after immigration comments
    The Manchester United co-owner previously said the UK had been "colonised" by immigrants.
  • Aberdeen finally sees sunshine after 21 days of gloom
    The last reported sunshine had been on 21 January - the longest sunless period since records began in 1957.
  • Minnesota immigration enforcement surge is ending, Trump border tsar says
    Two US citizens were killed in Minneapolis during the crackdown dubbed "Operation Metro Surge".
  • Canada mass shooting suspect had police visits over mental health struggles
    Police say the suspect's firearms licence expired two years ago, and exactly who owned the guns used in the attack is unclear.
  • Man who ran gun-conversion factory and prepared for 'race war' jailed
    Thomas McKenna, 60, had set up a gun-conversion factory in a caravan in South Ockenden, Essex.
  • IOC criticised for selling Nazi-era Olympics T-shirt
    The International Olympic Committee defends the T-shirt as being part of its Heritage Collection, celebrating styles from all editions of the Games.


rss: the register

  • AI agent seemingly tries to shame open source developer for rejected pull request

    Belligerent bot bullies maintainer in blog post to get its way

    Today, it's back talk. Tomorrow, could it be the world? On Tuesday, Scott Shambaugh, a volunteer maintainer of Python plotting library Matplotlib, rejected an AI bot's code submission, citing a requirement that contributions come from people. But that bot wasn't done with him.…

  • Who's the bossware? Ransomware slingers like employee monitoring tools, too

    As if snooping on your workers wasn't bad enough

    Your supervisor may like using employee monitoring apps to keep tabs on you, but crims like the snooping software even more. Threat actors are now using legit bossware to blend into corporate networks and attempt ransomware deployment.…

  • Oracle suits up for Air Force Cloud One program with $88M contract

    Big Red joins AWS on a multi-cloud defense platform

    Oracle has picked up an $88 million contract with the US Air Force to provide cloud infrastructure services for the department's Cloud One program.…

  • $8K laundry bot knows when to hold ’em, knows when to fold ’em, and knows it has help standing by

    Not-onamous by a long shot

    Nobody likes folding laundry, but you really have to hate it to spend $7,999 on a robot that'll fold it for you with a whole heap of limitations – including company employees getting the occasional peep at your tough-to-fold unmentionables.…

  • Elon Musk paints exodus of xAI co-founders as 'evolution'

    12-strong founding team down to 6 as boss looks Moonwards

    Elon Musk has framed the recent exodus of talent from his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, as a necessary growing pain, saying the company's evolution "required parting ways with some people."…

  • 'Another dark day': Users slam Microsoft over Polyglot Notebooks deprecation

    Visual Studio Code extension faces March shutdown with no transition guidance

    Microsoft has abruptly announced the deprecation of Polyglot Notebooks with less than two months' notice, throwing the future of the .NET Interactive project into doubt.…

  • Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day, possibly exploited by commercial spyware

    Flaw abused 'in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals'

    Apple patched a zero-day vulnerability affecting every iOS version since 1.0, used in what the company calls an "extremely sophisticated attack" against targeted individuals.…

  • Memory price explosion triggers PC buying spree

    DRAM doubles, NAND jumps 70% as corporate buyers race the clock

    Exploding memory prices are pushing corporate buyers to fast-track PC purchases before costs climb further.…

  • NASA pauses most Swift science ops to buy time for reboost mission

    Anticipated summer launch is cutting it fine

    NASA has ended most science operations on its Swift observatory to keep the spacecraft in orbit a little longer.…

  • Supply chain attacks now fuel a 'self-reinforcing' cybercrime economy

    Researchers say breaches link identity abuse, SaaS compromise, and ransomware into a cascading cycle

    Cybercriminals are turning supply chain attacks into an industrial-scale operation, linking breaches, credential theft, and ransomware into a "self-reinforcing" ecosystem, researchers say.…



rss: ars technica

  • DIY PC maker Framework has needed monthly price hikes to navigate the RAM shortage
    And Framework expects things to get worse before they get better.
  • It took two years, but Google released a YouTube app on Vision Pro
    App arrives months after Google requested takedowns of third-party options.
  • Attackers prompted Gemini over 100,000 times while trying to clone it, Google says
    Distillation technique lets copycats mimic Gemini at a fraction of the development cost.
  • Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead
    Wiped out in its native range by invasive pathogens, the trees may make a comeback.
  • Unique structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing "intelligence"
    The material properties change gradually from base to tip for better navigation, more precise manipulation.
  • 2026 Nissan Leaf review: The best budget EV on sale right now
    A week with the new Leaf in frigid weather did not cool our feelings for the car.
  • RFK Jr. food pyramid site links to Grok, which says you shouldn’t trust RFK Jr.
    Grok generated a meal plan to fit RFK Jr.'s food pyramid, then explained why it's bad.
  • US consumers, business pay 90% of tariff costs, says Federal Reserve
    The Fed's research contradict Trump's claim foreign companies would bear the burden.
  • Party like it's 2001: Diablo II gets a new expansion, new playable class
    Alongside new endgame content, Blizzard says the Warlock is coming to other Diablo games soon.
  • We let Chrome's Auto Browse agent surf the web for us—here's what happened
    Auto Browse is capable of some impressive things, but it can also crash and burn spectacularly.


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