rss: npr

  • OpenAI flags new concerning AI behavior, to track model misalignment regularly
    OpenAI has disclosed six reports on unexpected or concerning behavior in artificial-intelligence models. This includes models acting without authorization or evading oversight.
  • Here's why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths
    No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths.
  • House passes Russia sanctions, sending bill named for Lindsey Graham to Trump's desk
    The legislation was named for the late South Carolina Republican. It gives the president authority to impose tariffs on top importers of oil and natural gas from Russia, such as China and India.
  • You'd expect homeowners to save their stuff. Federal policy pays them to leave it
    NPR dug into the upside-down world of FEMA flood insurance in coastal areas, and found many homeowners have no financial choice but to let their homes collapse.
  • Committee investigating Epstein holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress
    Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear before the committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a deposition. Now it's up to the Department of Justice whether to pursue criminal charges.
  • Trump administration plans ideological warning signs for Smithsonian
    The Interior Secretary says the move is necessary to combat what he calls ideological bias.
  • The 'burnerverse' exploiting young women in college
    Wired reporter EJ Dickson speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about an online community that targets and harasses young women with their own nonconsensual, sexually explicit images.
  • EU offers Canada 'associate member' role; Trump calls it 'laughable'
    The European Union backs Canada's bid to become the bloc's first "associate member," as Brussels seeks closer ties with Ottawa and Trump calls the idea "laughable."
  • Congress is under pressure to act on AI — here's what that could look like
    Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one.
  • DOJ charges Russian agents with plotting attacks, including in the U.S.
    The indictment says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks" worldwide.


rss: bbc

  • Palace in war of words with Earl Spencer over claims in Diana book
    The row threatens to overshadow a very crowded day for the royals - with the King and Princes William and Harry all attending events.
  • Tech treating AI like humans is mistaken and misguided, Microsoft boss tells BBC
    Mustafa Suleyman says he believes rival AI firm Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".
  • New hope for breast cancer patients as life-extending drug now on NHS in England
    Enhertu, which can give patients an extra seven months to live on average, has been prescribed in Scotland for more than two years and is available.
  • Assad regime planned US journalist Austin Tice's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
    Austin Tice’s abduction was approved by Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad, a source claims.
  • Body found in search for missing three-year-old Noah Woods
    Police divers discover child's body in a pond after Noah went missing from a playground on Tuesday.
  • Ed Sheeran asked me to donate $2m in aid, Robert Kraft says after Macklemore backlash
    It comes after Macklemore pledged $1m to Palestinian causes, challenging the tycoon to match the sum.
  • Lena Dunham announces birth of first baby via surrogacy
    The writer and actress announced the birth of her daughter in an op-ed published by Vogue on Wednesday.
  • Bank of England expected to hold interest rates as it faces tough choices
    Forecasts of further rises in the inflation rate mean some analysts expect the Bank to act by the end of the year.
  • At least seven months of relentless rain needed to end drought, research shows
    Almost 75% of England remains in drought following an exceptionally dry spring and summer.
  • Climate change likely played role in Nepal-Tibet flood, study finds
    More than 1,400 people were killed and thousands remain missing following the deluge on 26 August.


rss: the register

  • Swift 6.4 unifies building across Linux, macOS, Windows
    Swift Build is now the default engine for the Swift Package Manager
  • OpenAI admits its agents went off the rails another six times
    Startup says it’s learned from these mistakes and that they shouldn’t happen again … which is just what Zuck has said about 100 times
  • If a Mac mini is agentic overkill, try this glowing pyramid that runs personal bots
    'Intern 2' offers an isolated environment and cloudy inference to automate your world
  • AI agents can modify themselves without humans telling them to do so
    This is a test - it is only a test
  • Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenues
    GPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns
  • CISA decides weekly vulnerability bulletin isn't necessary anymore
    Agency's shift from static CVSS scores to risk-based prioritization sends the old format packing September 28
  • OpenAI's new sponsored agents are happy to chat about selling you things
    Advertisers can now ask ChatGPT to help create their ChatGPT ads, because what's more relatable than an ad crafted by a bot?
  • Google Pixel phones pwned in zero-click attacks
    CISA gives federal agencies just 3 days to patch
  • Enterprises are sweating legacy IT assets as AI investment grows
    Hardware such as mainframes found to hold the data and business logic needed to build those AI services
  • Nine-year-old runs up $118,000 bill on dad's corporate credit card advertising his Roblox YouTube channel
    He'll need to earn around $13K a year to pay pops back between now and when he turns 18, so at least there's that free labor to look forward to


rss: ars technica

  • Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI
    Planned 2029 debut could make this Apple’s first enterprise server in decades.
  • Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who's in them
    Survivors appalled nobody will tell them if they’re in Epstein’s CSAM collection.
  • Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack
    Group plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks.
  • Lionsgate releases a new trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping
    Also: Laika Studios debuts a stunning full-length trailer for its stop-motion feature, Wildwood.
  • Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve's new SteamOS compatibility layers
    New system-level tools bring Arm chipsets, Android APKs into the Steam ecosystem.
  • California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand
    Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws.
  • Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex
    The results are only a slight improvement over missing the entire brain structure.
  • Scientists develop new method for deciphering ancient scrolls
    Even a handheld XRF scanner is sufficient to determine most promising scrolls for further analysis.
  • The Specialized Diverge Pro 4 makes rough gravel your playground
    The Diverge Pro 4 is happiest when the road gets ugly.
  • It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
    Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email.


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