rss: npr

  • Australian prime minister says lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident'
    A car hit an Australian federal independent lawmaker on Monday, critically injuring her in an apparent deliberate attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The driver was arrested.
  • 2026 midterms could be the most expensive on record. And, Macron condemns protests
    More than $15 billion has been raised in this year's midterm elections. And, France's president is condemning the violent protests erupting across the country.
  • The real reason it's going to take a while to know who won in some midterm races
    Hint: It's not only because California counts slowly.
  • A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast. More are coming
    A large underwater wave moved up the West Coast, raising sea levels. Scientists say it's driven by El Niño and it's going to happen again.
  • Morning news brief
    Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes as relations between U.S. and Ukraine deteriorate, the midterms are on track to be the most expensive on record, French president denounces violent protests.
  • Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed campaigns in GOP stronghold
    Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning in the GOP stronghold of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an area that hasn't voted for a Democrat in Congress in over a decade.
  • Solar power is changing agriculture in Pakistan, but some fear it could cause issues
    Solar power is transforming agriculture in Pakistan. But in a country already facing water scarcity and extreme weather, some fear their widespread use could cause problems.
  • Alberta voters weigh future in Canada
    On Monday voters in the oil-rich Canadian province of Alberta are deciding whether to take the first step toward a future referendum on independence.
  • Trump endorses embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection
    Trump said in a post on social media that Netanyahu "has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran."
  • Trump to close and renovate D.C. golf course, despite legal battle
    President Trump continues his efforts to remake Washington, D.C. He wants to turn an area used by the public into a world-class golf course.


rss: bbc

  • Curfew imposed in parts of central Paris and other cities after rioting across France
    It comes after the country's interior minister admits that police "lost control" in some cities.
  • Watch: Are the French riots a warning of an intense election to come?
    Rioting, looting and vandalism has gripped France over the weekend after protests spiralled out of control across the country.
  • Australian MP critically injured after being hit by car in apparent attack
    The independent politician is in hospital after what the prime minister says may have been a deliberate attack.
  • Woman says she 'closed eyes and tried not to be there' during alleged Russell Brand rape
    The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
  • Ukrainians dying because US restricting intelligence sharing, Zelensky adviser tells BBC
    Serhii Beskrestnov says there has not been enough time to warn people about incoming missile attacks. The White House said there had been no changes to intelligence sharing.
  • Mission blasts off for Mars to grab a piece of its moon
    A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.
  • Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
    Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was found guilty of 191 murder charges - all but one of them children.
  • Born in jail to a mum with a heroin addiction - how US teenager Abby has been affected by drugs
    The BBC's Quentin Sommerville spoke to the daughter of a former heroin addict about the effect drugs have had on her family.
  • Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support, says court filing
    The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
  • Apu returns to The Simpsons with new voice after race row
    The much-loved shopkeeper has been seen but not heard around Springfield for eight years, until now.


rss: the register

  • Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize confirms cyberattack forced US and European systems offline
    Second security snafu in two years
  • Amazon makes vague commitment to unproven nuclear tech to power Indiana datacenters
    Partner X-energy has not built a single working reactor yet
  • Maxwell gives sub-optimal code a runtime glow-up
    Finally, your hardware has its own agent
  • Security patches need patches now that attackers have AI
    Terra finds sharp rise in GitHub security fixes reported broken within 90 days
  • Write bot-resistant code with KillSwitch, a programming language designed to confuse LLMs
    Lies, lots of adverbs, and prosaic stories don't make for very machine-readable code, it turns out
  • Europe’s cloud sovereignty rules could do more harm than good
    Report warns that sovereignty is being used to favor selected national providers and could stifle pan-Europe clouds
  • Red Hat helps teach about tech writing
    But learns tough lessons about AI in the process
  • Uber dodges £340M cabbie lawsuit after drivers miss legal deadline
    Black cab drivers accused ride-hailing giant of misleading London's transport regulator, but judge says they left it too late to sue
  • SAP's Signavio hit with function injunction in Germany
    Vendor says patent ruling only restricts one specific process, not the whole product, after legal challenge from Celonis
  • Admin: 'I spent all weekend on my servers' after Microsoft breaks Exchange Server with October updates
    OWA borked and lengthy email queues reported on busy servers after Microsoft tweaks a Server default


rss: ars technica

  • Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine
    "Kosmos 2612 closed from hundreds of kilometers away to extreme proximity to ICEYE-X36."
  • Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says
    US fears Saudi government will help ex-OpenAI engineer flee spying charges.
  • Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?
    One way to make batteries cleaner is to make fewer of them.
  • PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it
    A researcher says attacks chaining 4 vulnerabilities is hacking unpatched boxes.
  • Startup taps underwater volcano as energy source in "proof point" test
    Can undersea geothermal power help Pacific Rim nations cut down on oil imports?
  • ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support
    ReactOS gains NTFS install support with new driver.
  • AI game clones are making indie developers afraid to show their work
    Delayed Steam Next Fest demo is a sign of a growing problem for indie devs.
  • Florida DMV hacked after police dept insecurely stored login info
    Florida issues alerts after statewide DMV data breach linked to ShinyHunters.
  • Disney found a way to buy Character.AI without buying its lawsuits
    Character.AI faces claims its bots encouraged minors to self-harm and kill their parents.
  • A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer's cornfield
    All the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.


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