rss: npr

  • Cesar Chavez abused and raped women and girls, NYT investigation says
    A New York Times investigation has revealed allegations that the late renowned labor leader abused girls and raped Dolores Huerta, his longtime organizing partner.
  • A mom wrote a kids' book on grief. She was just convicted of her husband's murder
    A Utah jury convicted Kouri Richins of fatally spiking her husband's drink with fentanyl in 2022. Prosecutors said she was hoping to collect millions of dollars from multiple life insurance policies.
  • Mamdani put Ramadan at the center of NYC's cultural life, bringing joy -- and a backlash
    NYC Mayor Mamdani observed Ramadan publicly at a time when many politicians and activists on the right are voicing hostility and in some cases open bigotry toward American Muslims.
  • FAA tightens safety rules for helicopters and planes around major airports
    Regulators at the Federal Aviation Administration are tightening safety rules in congested airspace around major airports, suspending the use of visual separation between planes and helicopters.
  • Trump temporarily waives the Jones Act to try to lower gasoline prices. Will it work?
    The Jones Act restricts which ships can carry goods between U.S. ports. Experts say temporarily lifting the act will do little to affect gas prices.
  • Greetings from Nyeri, Kenya, where grandmothers help coach the next generation
    A group of grandmothers in central Kenya have formed a soccer team to keep fit and to give hope to a generation of teenagers — whom they sometimes outrun on the field.
  • A mysterious floral artist has taken over the New York Botanical Garden
    Mr. Flower Fantastic is a graffiti artist turned floral designer who keeps his identity a secret. His new show is an ode to NYC in orchids. Oh, and did we mention he's allergic to flowers?
  • These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating each other's wings
    Salganea taiwanensis, a kind of wood-feeding cockroach, may engage in what's known as pair bonding, a new study finds.
  • The Fed to meet about interest rates. And, Sen. Mullin faces DHS confirmation hearing
    The Federal Reserve is expected to hold the benchmark interest rate steady today amid economic uncertainty. And, Sen. Mullin faces a confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
  • Iran confirms the death of its intelligence chief, 3rd top official killed in 24 hours
    Israel killed Iran's intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, in an overnight strike — the third high-ranking official killed in about 24 hours.


rss: bbc

  • Why has this meningitis outbreak spread so fast?
    There have been 20 cases since the weekend in one small area of Kent - but this isn't the normal pattern, so what could have happened?
  • PM swerves questions on whether he spoke to Mandelson over Epstein friendship
    Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch repeatedly asks if the prime minister spoke to Peter Mandelson about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein before picking him to be a UK ambassador.
  • Fly tippers in England face clearing up own rubbish as punishment
    Fly tippers could face up to 20 hours of community service removing rubbish they have illegally dumped.
  • UK temperature reaches 21C in warmest day of year so far
    The UK has seen its warmest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 21C.
  • King Charles greets Nigerian president in Windsor sunshine
    The King and President Tinubu will give speeches later at the state banquet, to be attended by political leaders and celebrities.
  • Sony removes 135,000 deepfakes of its artists' music
    The company says the proliferation of AI has enabled people to upload fake songs to streaming sites.
  • Fire-hit Glasgow building being demolished by hand
    Demolition workers are using hand tools to dismantle the remaining facade of a B-listed Victorian building in Glasgow which went up in flames.
  • Murder charges after body found in wheelie bin
    Thomas Niven, 37, was found in a park in Coventry on Friday evening.
  • One killed as ski gondola crashes down mountain at Swiss resort
    Dramatic footage showed the gondola flipping over several times in the snow before coming to a halt in Engelberg.
  • 'This is the first time I've left my room since the outbreak'
    Twenty people are confirmed or suspected to have fallen ill with meningitis in the Canterbury area.


rss: the register

  • Storage vendors orbit the Nvidia sun at GTC

    Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Nutanix, and Seagate all had something to say

    GTC Hitachi Vantara and Nutanix announced support for Nvidia’s new GPUs and software at GTC 2026, much like every other storage system vendor, while IBM integrated Watsonx and other offerings more tightly with GPUzilla's offerings. Seagate demonstrated a two-tier hybrid external KV Cache composed of SSDs and disk drives, as it did last year.…

  • Microsoft promises all-in-one database wrangling hub on Fabric

    PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server all handled via Database Hub, vendor says

    Microsoft has launched a database management tool it promises will help users manage multiple databases sharing a single SQL engine.…

  • Amazon security boss says crims abused max-security Cisco firewall flaw weeks before disclosure

    Interlock's post-exploit toolkit exposed

    Ransomware criminals exploited CVE-2026-20131, a maximum-severity bug in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center software, as a zero-day vulnerability more than a month before Cisco patched the hole, according to Amazon security boss CJ Moses.…

  • Ohio citizens tell hyperscalers to take their supersized datacenters elsewhere

    Residents looking to ban server farms with capacity over 25 MW

    Ohio residents are proposing a ban on datacenters with a capacity greater than 25 MW, the latest sign of growing opposition to massive server farms across the US.…

  • Microsoft publishes a workaround for Samsung's C:\ drive woes

    Friends and family support techs: get ready for permission changing and batch file creating

    Microsoft has published a handy guide for regaining access to a C:\ drive borked by a Samsung application, but it isn't for the faint of heart.…

  • Meatbags vs machines: DeepMind plans hackathon to draw line between human and AI brains

    What exactly is AGI? Nobody knows, but Google's AI lab is asking for help trying to define it

    If a bot actually achieved artificial general intelligence (AGI), how would we even know? Google DeepMind boffins have come up with what they say is an empirical, scientifically grounded framework to measure progress toward AGI, and they're looking for a few good devs to actually flesh it out. …

  • Systemd 260 kills SysV, tells AI not to misbehave

    Good luck with that

    The latest release of the most widely used Linux init system is here, and between dropping init script support and AI-assisted coding, we feel sure that this release will win it yet more admirers.…

  • Microsoft Copilot boss Mustafa Suleyman to chase superintelligence

    Jacob Andreou takes reins in latest reshuffle

    Microsoft has rearranged the deckchairs on the RMS Copilot, sending Mustafa Suleyman to seek out superintelligence, and putting Jacob Andreou in charge of Copilot across consumer and commercial.…

  • North Korea's 100,000-strong fake IT worker army rake in $500M a year for Kim Jong Un

    Researchers map full org chart of the scam from dodgy recruiters to helpful Western collaborators

    Researchers at IBM X‑Force and Flare Research have uncovered data that sheds light on how North Korea's fake IT worker schemes operate and infiltrate companies in order to funnel money back to the regime and steal sensitive information.…

  • AI for software developers is in a 'dangerous state'

    Strong forces tempting humans out of the AI loop, and reducing the experience needed to supervise and review

    QCon London AI is in a dangerous state where it is too useful not to use, but where by using it, developers are giving up the experience they need to review what it does, said a speaker at QCon London, a vendor-neutral developer conference underway this week.…



rss: ars technica

  • Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway
    One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security.
  • A station wagon is entering one of the hardest 24-hour races in the world
    Station wagons used to be family cars, but now they're for going fast, too.
  • Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
    “Sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker’s heart.”
  • Users hate it, but age-check tech is coming. Here's how it works.
    On-device face scans and cross-platform age keys decrease privacy risks, but trust issues abound.
  • Here's BMW's first all-electric 3 series, the 2027 i3
    The iX3 SUV was very good; we think the i3 sedan will be even better.
  • Apple can delist apps "with or without cause," judge says in loss for Musi app
    Judge tosses Musi case against Apple, sanctions lawyers for "mak[ing] up facts."
  • How World ID wants to put a unique human identity on every AI agent
    Iris scan-backed tokens could help stop agent swarms from overwhelming online systems.
  • Arizona indicts prediction market Kalshi for running illegal gambling operation
    Desert state becomes first to file criminal case against prediction platform.
  • FDA links raw cheese to outbreak; Makers "100% disagree," refuse recall
    Of the seven illnesses identified so far, four are in children age 3 or younger.
  • Trump's plan to shut down weather and climate center triggers lawsuit
    Suit: The National Center for Atmospheric Research is to be terminated for no rational reason.


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