rss: npr

  • Nancy Guthrie search enters its second week as a purported deadline looms
    "This is very valuable to us, and we will pay," Savannah Guthrie said in a new video message, seeking to communicate with people who say they're holding her mother.
  • Immigration courts fast-track hearings for Somali asylum claims
    Their lawyers fear the notices are merely the first step toward the removal without due process of Somali asylum applicants in the country.
  • Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it
    U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.
  • 'End of Days' recalls the violent 1992 Ruby Ridge confrontation in Idaho
    Author Chris Jennings talks the apocalyptic religious views that fueled the standoff between federal agents and the family of Randy Weaver — and the use of force rules that made it so deadly.
  • Japan's Takaichi to pursue conservative agenda after election landslide
    Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she says could "split public opinion."
  • Olympic COVID restrictions are gone, but some athletes are still self-quarantining
    For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind them. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in COVID times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
  • Mikaela Shiffrin has battled grief, PTSD and freak injury. Now come the Olympic Games
    Shiffrin became a celebrity at 18 years old after becoming the youngest-ever skier to win Olympic slalom gold. Since then, she has faced grief, PTSD and freak injury — yet she is ready to bounce back.
  • The latest on the search for Nancy Guthrie. And, takeaways from Super Bowl 60
    The search for Nancy Guthrie enters a second week. And, the Seattle Seahawks win Super Bowl 60, beating the New England Patriots 29-13. Here are the highlights from the big game.
  • As US Olympians call for tolerance and LGBTQ rights, some face Trump attacks and online hate
    President Trump called U.S. Olympic skier Hunter Hess a "loser" after Hess voiced concern about political turmoil in the U.S. Gold medal U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn says she's faced online hate and threats after advocating for LGBTQ rights.
  • 4 top U.S. speedskaters to watch at the Olympics
    U.S. speedskaters set to compete in Milan are drawing comparisons to past greats like Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, and Apolo Ohno. Here are four to watch in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.


rss: bbc

  • King's 'profound concern' as police consider Andrew claims over Epstein
    Making his first intervention in the Epstein scandal, the King said he is ready to support the police in their inquiries.
  • Maxwell refuses to answer questions about Epstein in congressional hearing
    Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, invoked her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.
  • BBC assesses weaponry used to massacre Iran's protesters
    BBC News Persian Forensic has been able to confirm the security forces' deployment of a wide array of lethal and non-lethal weaponry.
  • More than 90 flood warnings in place across UK as forecasters warn 'no sign' of dry spell
    More than 90 flood warnings are in place covering south-west and south-east England, London and south Wales.
  • So close to a 'world first' - fourth for Brookes on frustrating day for Team GB
    Mia Brookes finishes fourth in the snowboard big air final - ending a frustrating day for Team GB that had promised so much more.
  • Palestinians say new Israeli measures in West Bank amount to de facto annexation
    The measures aim to increase Israeli control over the occupied West Bank in terms of property law, planning, licensing and enforcement.
  • Bristol nursery worker guilty of rape and sexual assault of toddlers
    Nathan Bennett's abuse of two and three-year-old boys was as "every parent's nightmare".
  • 'Hollow' Hillsborough apology 'beggars belief'
    Trevor and Jenni Hicks, whose daughters died at Hillsborough, want court records to be corrected.
  • US boards tanker in Indian Ocean it 'tracked and hunted' from Caribbean
    The US defended its actions, saying the ship defied a quarantine it has placed on oil tankers leaving Venezuela.
  • Friends set for new UK streamer as HBO Max reveals launch plans
    HBO Max will join the UK's streaming wars on 26 March, with shows including Friends and The Pitt.


rss: the register

  • AI chatbots are no better at medical advice than a search engine

    And people make bad information worse by failing to provide chatbots with the right details

    Healthcare researchers have found that AI chatbots could put patients at risk by giving shoddy medical advice.…

  • Discord to start assuming all users are underage unless they prove otherwise

    Although you might be able to wiggle out if its AI age-inference model decides you’re an adult

    Don't want Discord to start treating your account like it belongs to an underage kid? Then you'd better be willing to fork over some PII – just months after the company's age verification partner had such data stolen. …

  • 'Roaring cougars' lunched on OpenAI in Super Bowl ad battle, but ai.com wins the day

    Advertising search and web meters recorded site crashing traffic for ai.com

    Anthropic's sensitive cubs and roaring cougars commercial trampled OpenAI's offerings in searches and site hit metrics during the Super Bowl, according to ad tracking firm EDO. However, the unknown player ai.com, which pitched the fantastical idea that “AGI is coming,” won the day.…

  • Yes, backsies: Crypto exchange Bithumb claws back $40B in accidental payments to users

    New users promised $68, but briefly saw multi-million-dollar balances

    Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it recovered nearly all of the more than $40 billion worth of funds it mistakenly handed out to customers as part of a promotional campaign.…

  • More than 135,000 OpenClaw instances exposed to internet in latest vibe-coded disaster

    By default, the bot listens on all network interfaces, and many users never change it

    It's a day with a name ending in Y, so you know what that means: Another OpenClaw cybersecurity disaster.…

  • Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 spends $20K trying to write a C compiler

    AI agents build something that mostly works but worries the project's creator

    An Anthropic researcher's efforts to get its newly released Opus 4.6 model to build a C compiler left him "excited," "concerned," and "uneasy."…

  • AI.com goes for $70M as crypto boss bets big on buzzword bubble

    Latest evidence that the world has gone mad

    If you're running an online business, it helps to own a memorable domain. That's why a wealthy tech exec just paid $70 million to buy the hottest word you can own: AI.com.…

  • Salesforce puts Heroku out to PaaSture

    Still supported with no death date set, but no new features planned

    Salesforce has decided to stop developing new features for its Heroku platform-as-a-service.…

  • Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach clocks out amid job cuts and market jitters

    Co-founder Aneel Bhusri returns to top job after turbulent year

    Carl Eschenbach has stepped down as Workday CEO and been replaced by co-founder and executive Aneel Bhusri following a round of job cuts and share price volatility.…

  • Dutch data watchdog snitches on itself after getting caught in Ivanti zero-day attacks

    Staff data belonging to the regulator and judiciary's governing body accessed

    The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) says it was one of the many organizations popped when attackers raced to exploit recent Ivanti vulnerabilities as zero-days.…



rss: ars technica

  • Trump FCC investigates The View, reportedly says "fake news" will be punished
    FCC recently issued equal-time warning to late-night and daytime talk shows.
  • Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
    Discord to block adult content unless users verify ages with selfies or IDs.
  • NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution
    Can we pander to MAHA, re-litigate COVID, and improve science at the same time?
  • Disclosure Day Super Bowl trailer: Could it be... aliens?
    Bonus: Mandalorian and Grogu 30-second spot shows duo being pulled through the snow by Tauntauns.
  • Ive and Newson bring old-school charm to Ferrari's first EV interior
    Analogue dials, aluminum switches, and plenty of buttons for the Ferrari Luce.
  • Report: Imminent Apple hardware updates include MacBook Pro, iPads, and iPhone 17e
    High-end Macs and less-expensive iPhones and iPads are all on the docket.
  • Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
    "SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
  • A Project Hail Mary final trailer? Yes please.
    "There are infinite possibilities for this to go wrong."
  • Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds
    The Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.
  • Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
    The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.


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