rss: npr

  • On what anatomical feature was Trump fixated this week? The quiz knows — do you?
    Hint: He likes them big (and he cannot lie).
  • For voters from immigrant families and new citizens, voting is bigger than themselves
    While many young voters are focused on the cost of living in the election, for some from immigrant families, the political calculation — and their votes — is often about even more than the economy.
  • Here are the Senate races to watch ahead of Election Day
    The competitive map for control of the U.S. Senate has expanded considerably in the final days before Election Day. Here's a ranking of those competitive races from most likely to flip to least likely.
  • Nearly 2 out of 3 teens and tweens use AI chatbots, new research shows
    Most kids say they use chatbots for help with homework and when they're stressed, lonely, or anxious. And how they use chatbots is tied to their mental health.
  • 'Affordability? For who?' Voters decide between helping homeowners or public services
    Candidates across the U.S. have paid lip service to affordability issues. In Florida, the question of how to save voters money, and at what cost, is literally on the ballot.
  • How powerful is Elon Musk? How his political influence compares to past U.S. moguls
    Critics say the tech entrepreneur's enormous wealth has given him too much political power. But when stacked up against other notable American moguls, historians say he's not unique.
  • Israel is in a political deadlock. What comes next?
    Israel's consequential election has ended in a deadlock, with neither side able to claim a majority, What happens now?
  • Democrats seek to weaken the Republican lead in state legislatures
    Republicans control 10 more state legislatures than Democrats. That's where most laws on taxes, abortion, crime and schools are made.
  • Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Thousands of veterans are paying the price
    An NPR investigation finds that more than 15,000 military veterans were put into much-higher-cost home loans after the Trump administration cut a key program. Many now pay $1,000 more per month.
  • 2026 midterm election voter guides: Find local resources in your community
    NPR member stations are gathering information for voters — from voter guides down to local races. Scroll through to find your state and the resources available from your local member station.


rss: bbc

  • What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hack
    BBC business reporter Archana Shukla explains more about what is suspected to be the largest hack in history.
  • Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to 'beloved actor' Sir Patrick Stewart after his death at 86
    The actor died in Los Angeles following a "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.
  • Watch: Iconic moments from Sir Patrick Stewart's career
    The renowned British actor died after "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia, his spokesperson says.
  • Foreign defence contractors will need to invest in UK under new rules
    Foreign firms awarded large defence contracts will need to invest an equal value back into the UK, Wes Streeting announces.
  • Bombshell confession in The Traitors as faithfuls finally turn the screw
    Could the faithfuls finally come good in Thursday's penultimate episode?
  • The Democratic party in the US has an identity crisis - it won't be an easy fix
    Whatever the result of the midterm elections, the party is facing tough questions over what they stand for and who should represent them.
  • Watch: Australia's mushroom murderer loses appeal and may now die in prison
    Judges agreed with the prosecution’s appeal that Erin Patterson’s initial non-parole period of 33 years was insufficient.
  • Syrians struggle with soaring prices as crisis challenges post-Assad recovery
    End of subsidies and rising prices drive discontent, testing support for Ahmed al-Sharaa's government.
  • Hazardous driving conditions for Friday as fog warning issued by Met Office
    Foggy conditions likely to bring tricky conditions for the Friday morning commute as severe weather warning issued.
  • Google value plunges by $500bn as AI fears rattle Wall Street
    Google spooked investors so badly that its stock hit a six-month low, after it revealed its AI search summaries were affecting ad revenue.


rss: the register

  • Google's search revenue Ferrari hits an AI-powered speed bump
    Just wait 'til we add more AI and this thing'll really fly
  • Farm PC 'maintained' by a 14-year-old dumped support chap in a steaming pile of tech mess
    Human users can be hard to handle. A few hundred head of cattle and unsupported windows XP can really stink things up
  • AWS installs an AI accelerator every 14 seconds and eyes $1 trillion annual revenue
    Before long, we could be writing about a cloud company with a retail side hustle
  • In the year AI re-wrote the infosec rulebook, it’s comforting to know crypto exchanges still have bad security
    Binance freezes funny money after compromise of engineer’s laptop linked to $6.3 billion of unauthorized trades
  • PC chip plunge wipes out a quarter of Intel’s value
    CEO predicts massive datacenter CPU boom, coming soon, but production problems mean Chipzilla may not cash in
  • Researchers find bugs in 5 AI developer tools, with OpenAI and Microsoft flaws still unpatched
    Embedded browsers are at the heart of the problem
  • Howler will have AI answer your questions, then burn the chat
    Ask AI dumb things and leave no local chat history, all with the style of a kids' fantasy novel – or rather, one of its magical letters
  • Startup wants to make AI agents safe for DevOps duty
    Infrastructure automation needs something better than prompt and pray
  • Topcoat enables Rust to render server-side web apps
    Rust guru rejiggers web app reactivity for potentially speedier page loading
  • Suspected Chinese attackers built a custom PHP2Shell exploit and rooted 25 servers
    Snoops 'likely still' have access to US government-affiliated network


rss: ars technica

  • Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says
    Reddit's search traffic "was down meaningfully" last quarter.
  • Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines
    The latest update also brings a cloud recovery option for PCs that won't boot.
  • Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
    Inspector general rejected request from Democratic and Republican senators.
  • Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
    President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.
  • Trump ignored intel on China’s Nvidia spy to protect company’s stock, report says
    Spy accused of exploiting Trump ties to Huang, funneling secrets to China.
  • Turning a solar power system into its own backup
    Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion.
  • Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws
    Charges filed as Trump admin tries to save Kalshi from Utah's total ban on gambling.
  • Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
    Google's negative cash flow balloons to -$9.06 billion, and stock price tumbles following Q3 earnings.
  • Massive leak exposes 41,000 DHS workers and undercover ICE agents
    The leak reveals undercover agents, surveillance groups, and sensitive DHS access.
  • SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency
    "NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it."


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