rss: npr

  • UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years
    The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
  • 9 dead as jet nosedives and erupts into fireball near busy roadway in South Florida
    U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy says all nine people died aboard a business jet that crashed into a Florida neighborhood. The aircraft departed from Austin, Texas, and was headed to the Bahamas.
  • Do you know signs of a stroke? BE FAST are the words to remember
    Sen. Chris Murphy is expected to fully recover from his stroke. The acronym BE FAST can help you remember the symptoms of stroke and what to do when it happens: Call 911 quickly.
  • Gulf region on edge as Qatar leads talks with Iran to stave off new U.S. attacks
    Qatar has been leading intense mediation efforts over the past 72 hours to prevent a new round of possible U.S. attacks on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections. The uncertainty has the entire Gulf region on edge.
  • Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate in Michigan Senate race, spurning Abdul El-Sayed
    Rep. Haley Stevens was scheduled to attend a unity event today with Abdul El-Sayed, who beat her in the Democratic primary. Instead, she endorsed his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers.
  • Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is hospitalized with a stroke
    Murphy's office says he was taken to the hospital this weekend after experiencing numbness in his arm. His chief of staff said he is responding well to treatment and expected to make a full recovery.
  • How to think about the midterms — and the political moment the country is in
    Polls show Democrats with an advantage in the midterm election but there are potential limitations and results may take a while to roll in.
  • Judge tosses Trump's attempt to block Alaska Senate results if GOP incumbent loses
    A federal judge has dismissed a highly unusual lawsuit by the Trump administration that tried to block the certification of results from Alaska's U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent lost.
  • The midterms will test the nation's political direction and confidence
    At least some portion of the nation is likely to have its political confidence — and perhaps even its sense of security — tested in the days and weeks ahead. That test could also continue for some time to come.
  • New York City Marathon: Sweden's Almgren and Kenya's Chepkirui win as 60,000 take part
    Andreas Almgren of Sweden won the men's race of the New York City Marathon in his debut in the event while Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the women's race on Sunday for the second time.


rss: bbc

  • Mother told to book appointment to give birth to her dead baby
    Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust apologises for care it says "fell short of the standards" expected.
  • Nine killed as small jet crashes on Florida street
    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described the crash, which happened near President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, as a "horrific tragedy".
  • Iran killed her teenage daughter - now she is facing up to the regime
    Samira's 16-year-old daughter Sevda was shot dead as they took part in mass protests in January.
  • Democrats have high hopes for US midterms - but are the polls right?
    Polls have been predicting a Democratic surge, but last-minute deciders and sampling issues mean there's no guarantee.
  • North Carolina voters weigh up Trump's track record on cost of living
    The BBC's Clive Myrie found voters in the state were asking themselves whether they were better off than two years ago.
  • How 20-year-old Kimi Antonelli 'blew everyone away' to make Formula 1 history
    Kimi Antonelli seems destined for Formula 1 greatness after winning his first world title, writes Andrew Benson.
  • Five teenagers stabbed at Halloween party
    Hampshire Police believes an unknown group gained entry to the party at an address in Chandler's Ford.
  • Parents' concerns to trigger urgent checks in A&E
    Concerns from staff, parents, carers or the child themselves will trigger an immediate escalation of care.
  • Binance users withdraw $3.6bn after largest-ever crypto hack
    The exchange froze transactions following the incident which has been linked to a North Korean group.
  • Ryanair may freeze workers' pay and raise fares on higher fuel prices
    The airline says fuel prices may rise by €2bn in 2028 unless there is an end to the US-Israel war with Iran.


rss: the register

  • From Expertise to Intelligence: NISCO Deploys World's First Swarm-Intelligence Steel Model at Scale
    PARTNER CONTENT: 300+ AI applications delivering surges in core metrics and annual cost reduction of over CNY100m
  • Manager threatened to fire a colleague, then gave them a critical task – which they flubbed
    Nobody noticed for years, at which point the boss realized they had to cover up their poor decision
  • Chap who coded Google’s Pac-Man clone reveals how the game freaked out Firefox
    Waka-waka-waka-waka why why why why?
  • India floats AI plan under which ‘The model travels to the data, rather than the data travelling to the model’
    Wants more local AI, without Big Tech getting open access to everything
  • Google says Asian advertisers spending less due to Europe's customs changes
    PLUS: Brake pedals break on Huawei-made cars; North Korea named as source of Binance hack; and more!
  • Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of ‘stabilization phase’ and using ‘much healthier model’ for AI contributions
    Yet machine-made patches ‘often get rewritten’
  • 'Mother of all editors' Emacs is 50
    By a startling coincidence, so is its arch-rival Vi
  • Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions – Openreach
    Legacy public switched telephone network service is to be retired on January 31, 2027
  • Google's AI satellite sends a very expensive haiku to Earth
    Experimental orbital datacenter prototype puts its TPU to work producing poetry
  • Goth aesthetic gone wild: a user's self-inflicted black screen of non-death in Windows 3.1’s
    Labeled in black on black - controls for a galactic hyper-hearse or ill-advised Windows theme?


rss: ars technica

  • Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
    A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds' internal clocks.
  • The FDA wants to pull its approval of a drug. It’s not so easy.
    The regulator says Tavneos was approved on the basis of manipulated study data. Should patients still have access to it?
  • Once again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death
    The space agency solicited ideas for reboosting Hubble four years ago, but they didn't go anywhere.
  • Flesh-eating screwworms spread to third state and are attacking pets
    USDA has identified 74 animal cases in US since parasitic flies invaded in June.
  • Oh captain, our captain: Ars staff remembers Patrick Stewart
    "For huge numbers of people, I will always be Jean-Luc Picard. ... We created an admirable individual."
  • Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
    Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
  • Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
    It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
  • Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
    People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.
  • Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren't even good
    Faked symptoms still point to infections that antibiotics don't treat.
  • Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
    But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.


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