rss: npr

  • DOJ admits ICE courthouse arrests relied on erroneous information
    Hundreds of immigrants have been arrested at immigration courthouses. It is unclear whether the federal government's admission could lead to some of those arrests being overturned.
  • America's first AI-fueled war is unfolding right now in Iran. This is how we got here
    Bloomberg journalist Katrina Manson discusses the Pentagon's secretive campaign to build America's AI warfare capabilities and the obsessive Marine colonel behind it. Her new book is Project Maven.
  • Suit asks court to force Trump administration to use 'The Kennedy Center' name
    The motion is part of a lawsuit challenging President Trump and the Center's board, who now refer to the complex as "The Trump Kennedy Center."
  • Bill Maher is getting the Mark Twain Prize after all
    There was confusion about whether the satirist would be getting the Kennedy Center's top humor award after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called it "fake news." Now it's confirmed.
  • Southeast Asia turns to nuclear as Iran war disrupts energy supplies
    Analysts say the Iran war energy crisis is also adding momentum to nuclear interest and action in the region.
  • Iran rejects U.S. peace plan. And, jury finds Meta, Google to blame in addiction trial
    Iran rejects a U.S. proposal to end the war and counters with a different peace plan. And, a jury finds Meta and Google negligent in a trial over social media's harms.
  • The U.S. and Iran are in 'indirect talks,' says intermediary Pakistan, as war rages on
    Pakistan's foreign minister said the country is relaying messages and that Iran is deliberating on a U.S. proposal. Israel says it killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's navy chief.
  • Trump's attacks on offshore wind could hurt infrastructure spending across the economy
    President Trump has tried to kill offshore wind's future in the U.S. But industry analysts say the attacks could hurt business confidence across the U.S. economy.
  • It's Equal Pay Day. Women have lost ground for the second year in a row
    The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it was in 2025.
  • A $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals could actually lead to closures and cuts
    States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund established by Congress to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.


rss: bbc

  • UK forecast to see biggest hit to growth from Iran war out of major economies
    The OECD downgrades forecasts for many of the world's biggest economies due to the US-Israel war with Iran.
  • NS&I boss replaced as savers left waiting for millions of pounds
    Pensions Minister Torston Bell said those affected would receive compensation "where appropriate".
  • US prosecutors argue Maduro 'plundered' Venezuelan wealth in court battle over legal fees
    A judge said the right to defence was paramount as prosecutors argued the couple should not be able to use Venezuelan funds to pay their lawyers.
  • Olympic women's sport limited to biological females
    The women's category of Olympic sports will be limited to biological females from 2028, says the International Olympic Committee.
  • Zelensky visits Saudi Arabia after offering Ukraine's drone expertise
    There is renewed urgency for Ukraine to get a drone deal done, as the US increasingly focuses on Iran.
  • Sarah Ferguson stripped of Freedom of City of York title
    The former duchess was given the honour in 1987 following her marriage to the then-Prince Andrew.
  • Nottingham victims' families 'tortured' by authorities, inquiry told
    The partner of one survivor told a public inquiry that authorities have "prolonged their suffering".
  • More than 13 million living in poverty, new figures show
    The level rose slightly on the previous year while the number of children living in poverty has remained steady.
  • Man who confronted Al Jazeera journalists was Met Police special constable
    The crew were reporting on an arson attack which targeted Jewish-owned charity ambulances on Monday.
  • Israel says it has killed Iran's navy chief overseeing Strait of Hormuz blockade
    Israel's defence minister said a number of other "senior Navy command officials" have also been killed. Iran has not yet commented.


rss: the register

  • Apple's making more iPhone parts in the US. The iPhone itself? Not so much

    Maybe that's why Tim didn't get an invitation to the President's tech bro club?

    Apple's American Manufacturing Program (AMP) is expanding, with new suppliers signed on to produce iPhone components - though those parts will still be shipped overseas for final assembly.…

  • Staff too scared of the AI axe to pick it up, Forrester finds

    Your AI rollout isn't failing - your employees just hate it

    If your company isn't seeing great returns from its investment in AI, you might want to look at the humans tasked with deploying it and how you can motivate them. Right now, many employees fear AI-driven job losses and aren't well trained to use the tech, according to Forrester.…

  • Linear moves sideways to agentic AI as CEO declares issue tracking dead

    Agent will capture issues and eventually debug code

    The Linear cloudy issue tracker and project manager has introduced an AI agent and plans to add AI coding assistance, with CEO and co-founder Karri Saarinen declaring that "issue tracking is dead."…

  • AI bug reports went from junk to legit overnight, says Linux kernel czar

    Greg Kroah-Hartman can't explain the inflection point, but it's not slowing down or going away

    Interview I was at a press luncheon at KubeCon Europe this week when, to my surprise, who should sit down next to me but long-term Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman. Greg, who lives in the Netherlands these days, was there to briefly comment on AI, Linux, and security. We spoke about how, over the last month, AI-driven activity around Linux security and code review has "really jumped" in a way no one in the open source world saw coming.…

  • Three more charged over alleged Nvidia GPU smuggling scheme to China

    Prosecutors say trio used Thai front companies to reroute high-end AI servers

    The US has collared three more people for allegedly attempting to smuggle Nvidia GPUs to China, days after a Supermicro co-founder faced similar accusations.…

  • Brit lawmaker targeted by AI deepfake fails to get answers from US Big Tech

    Appearing before Parliament, Meta, Google and X struggle to explain how fake political video circulated for so long

    A member of the UK Parliament's lower house who was the victim of a deepfake AI campaign this week had a rare chance to confront the Big Tech executives who helped spread it. Their answers disappointed.…

  • Digital euro goes full sovereignty mode, US cloud giants not on guest list

    Central bank turns to homegrown providers to underpin virtual cash push

    Europe is taking a small step toward breaking its reliance on US Big Tech by hiring only cloud operators headquartered in the EU to work on the backbone of the digital euro project.…

  • Welsh government used Copilot for review to justify closing organization

    Microsoft's Clippy for 21st century deployed to evaluate returns? Industry Wales chair brands it just 'wrong'

    The Welsh government used Microsoft's Copilot to help write a review of an industry liaison body that it then scrapped, its chairman has told a Senedd committee.…

  • UK wants to know if banning under-16s from social media does anything useful

    300 families undergo 6-week trial to test impact on sleep, school, and home life

    The UK government will trial different levels of restrictions on social media for under-16s with the help of 300 families, alongside a public consultation that has already gathered nearly 30,000 responses.…

  • Go for a walk, man: Sony's drive to create a car parked by partner Honda

    CarStation/PlayMobile won’t hit the road after pile-up of tax and competition issues in China and the USA

    Sony and Honda have broken up, meaning their joint vision to deliver a revolutionary electric vehicle won’t happen.…



rss: ars technica

  • Intel Core Ultra 270K and 250K Plus review: Conditionally great CPUs
    Great performance for the price, if you ignore the price of RAM, SSDs, and GPUs.
  • OpenAI “indefinitely” shelves plans for erotic ChatGPT
    Some staff reportedly questioned how sexy ChatGPT benefits humanity.
  • Damaged church floor may have revealed the grave of the fourth musketeer
    This will not be turning up in the church rummage sale.
  • The Corvette E-Ray is dead, long live the Grand Sport X
    The mid-engined Corvette gets a new variant.
  • 2026's historic snow drought is bad news for the West
    For much of the Western US, winter 2026 was the year snow never came.
  • BRINC's new police drone uses Starlink, carries Narcan, chases vehicles at 60mph
    Company calls Guardian the "most capable 911 response drone ever.”
  • Here is NASA's plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars
    Only one US-built nuclear reactor has ever flown in space, and that was more than 60 years ago.
  • Reddit will require "fishy" accounts to verify they are run by a human
    AI-generated content is still acceptable for now.
  • We got an audience with the "Lunar Viceroy" to talk how NASA will build a Moon base
    "It has been clear that we all need to be focused on one thing, not 10 things."
  • Meta, YouTube must pay $3M to woman who got hooked on apps as a child
    Meta emerges as the biggest loser as second child safety trial verdict hits.


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