rss: npr

  • A jury declared Live Nation a monopoly. But ticket prices won't drop just yet
    D.C. and 33 states now have to argue in favor of specific remedies and fines, which could be paused if Live Nation appeals. Experts say the long-term impact on ticket prices isn't clear either.
  • Israeli and Palestinian activists share a vision for peace in Gaza
    Maoz Inon's parents were killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks. Aziz Abu Sarah's brother died after being tortured in an Israeli military prison. Their new book is The Future Is Peace.
  • Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka
    In Sri Lanka, Buddhists and Hindus marked their New Year on Tuesday while a war thousands of miles away is making itself felt.
  • A complex set of negotiations to end Israel's overlapping wars
    Israel has agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon, part of a complex web of Mideast negotiations, from Iran to Gaza.
  • Pope Leo takes aim at 'handful of tyrants' spending billions on war amid tensions with Trump
    Pope Leo XIV condemns "tyrants" fueling war with billions. His calls for global peace during his Africa trip come amid rising tensions with President Trump.
  • RFK Jr. defends his health agenda and Trump's proposed budget cuts in hearing
    In his first appearance this year, the health secretary is taking questions on his record on health, including his controversial moves on vaccines.
  • Commission of Fine Arts votes to move ahead with Trump's proposed victory arch
    The seven-member body, whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees, was expected to approve the arch. The proposed monument strongly resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe, but almost 100 feet taller.
  • NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts
    "My hope is that this commitment provides the stability and the spark NPR needs to innovate boldly and strengthen its national network," says Connie Ballmer, who gave $80 million of the $113 million.
  • A Polymarket trader made $300,000 betting on Biden's pardons, a new analysis shows
    In the final hours of President Biden's term, an anonymous prediction market trader placed lucrative bets on who would be pardoned even as the odds were nearly zero.
  • Iran War timeline continues to shift. And, jury rules Live Nation acted as monopoly
    Trump continues to try to declare victory in Iran as the timeline for the war's end shifts. And, a jury determined that Live Nation acted as a monopoly and overcharged ticket buyers.


rss: bbc

  • Starmer not aware Foreign Office overruled Mandelson vetting decision until this week, government says
    A decision to go against the recommendation of the vetting agency was taken by officials in the Foreign Office, spokesperson says.
  • Home Office investigating after BBC finds migrants making false claims to stay in UK
    No 10 says the government is working to ensure "anyone potentially abusing our immigration system is held accountable".
  • Rollout of Covid vaccines an extraordinary feat, inquiry report finds
    Covid vaccines saved hundreds of thousands of lives, but a small minority harmed need better support, says report.
  • Andrew invited to relinquish Freedom of City
    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received the historic honour in 2012 "by virtue of patrimony".
  • Churchwarden jailed for murdering pensioner has conviction quashed
    Benjamin Field has been in prison for the murder of Peter Farquhar, 69.
  • Beckhams have 'always tried to be best parents', Victoria says after Brooklyn row
    Victoria says she and David have always tried to "protect" their children, following a rift with their son.
  • UK prepares for food shortages in worst case scenario as Iran war continues
    The UK could face some food shortages by the summer under a worst case scenario drawn up by government officials.
  • Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger dies after car struck by train in Austria
    Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger dies at the age of 48 after his car is struck by a train.
  • Murderer who never shared where body is gets parole
    Glyn Razzell is approved for parole despite never revealing the location of his wife's body.
  • Pope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars after Trump spat
    The comments follow a high-profile spat with US President Donald Trump, who called the Pope weak on crime.


rss: the register

  • Loud, power hungry - opposition grows to datacenters as Maine passes bit barn ban

    If there's one thing folks want less than Copilot in their taskbar, it's a bit barn in their backyard

    Loud, thirsty, power hungry, and intensely unpopular with neighboring residents: datacenters are becoming the new nuclear waste dump. And many localities are now saying "not in my backyard."…

  • North Korea targets macOS users in latest heist

    Social engineering: 'low-cost, hard to patch, and scales well'

    North Korean criminals set on stealing Apple users' credentials and cryptocurrency are using a combination of social engineering and a fake Zoom software update to trick people into manually running malware on their own computers, according to Microsoft.…

  • If you want into Anthropic's Claude club, you may have to show ID

    Worse: Anthropic is using Persona, a privacy checker that rings alarm bells for the paranoids on Reddit

    Anthropic may check your ID before letting you access certain Claude features, and the verification vendor it has picked is the same outfit that sparked controversy when Discord tested similar checks.…

  • DuckDB uses RDBMS to attack classic 'small changes' problem in lakehouses

    Batching teensy changes in chunks creates massive performance boost, DuckDB Labs team claims

    The team behind in-process OLAP database DuckDB has put forward a solution to the "small changes" problem that they say plagues lakehouse implementations of the kind based on technologies from Databricks, Snowflake, Google, and others.…

  • Iran has something America can only dream of: cheap broadband

    Shame about the internet blackouts and airstrikes

    North America has some of the world's most expensive broadband, according to a new study, while Iran has the cheapest.…

  • Americans who masterminded Nork IT worker fraud sentenced to 200 months behind bars

    Fortune 500 companies and one US defense contractor got taken for $5m in four-year scam

    Two Americans have been jailed for a combined 200 months for helping North Korea generate $5 million through fraudulent IT worker schemes.…

  • Brussels tells Google to hand rivals its search crown jewels as privacy row brews

    Includes a to-do list on search data sharing and platform access as DMA enforcement ramps up

    Brussels has told Google to open up its search data and give rivals equal footing on its own platforms, sketching out how it expects the tech giant to comply with the bloc's competition rulebook.…

  • Make crappy moves around AI and face voter backlash, govts warned

    When the taxpayers are wondering whose side you are on...

    Britain's government faces a public backlash against AI unless it can show ordinary people that they stand to benefit from its push to inject the technology into every area of the UK in the name of growth.…

  • Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price, devs still feeling blue

    Latest version points to a shift in how Microsoft thinks about IDEs

    Visual Studio 2026 18.5 arrives with two headline changes – a smarter code suggestion system and an AI-powered debugger. Yet developer frustration over color contrast and forced updates continue to overshadow the improvements.…

  • Git identity spoof fools Claude into giving bad code the nod

    Forged metadata made AI reviewer treat hostile changes as though they came from known maintainer

    Security boffins say Anthropic's Claude can be tricked into approving malicious code with just two Git commands by spoofing a trusted developer's identity.…



rss: ars technica

  • Gemini can now create personalized AI images by digging around in Google Photos
    Google is making it easier to feed your photos into Nano Banana for more personal image generation.
  • RFK Jr. forces FDA to reconsider 12 unproven peptides after 2023 ban
    There doesn't seem to be new safety or efficacy data, but Kennedy touts them anyway.
  • First look: Also's upcoming e-bike disconnects the pedals and wheels
    The company bets that software can create a distinct—and better—riding experience.
  • Meet the Quantum Kid
    Nine-year-old Kai Moskvitch's podcast explores how quantum technologies can transform our daily lives.
  • The race to Shackleton Crater is on—will Jeff Bezos or China get there first?
    US and Chinese landers could be operating in close proximity on the Moon later this year.
  • Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen
    It wasn't the first time the surgeon cut out the wrong organ.
  • Jury finds Live Nation/Ticketmaster is illegal monopoly that overcharged fans
    Trump administration dropped out of the trial, but 33 states kept fighting.
  • "TotalRecall Reloaded" tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11's Recall database
    "The vault is solid. The delivery truck is not."
  • Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS
    Google mostly creates products for the web, but it has some new desktop apps today.
  • Boston Dynamics’ robot dog now reads gauges and thermometers with Google's AI
    Google's AI enables robots to read gauges while inspecting industrial facilities.


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