rss: npr

  • Americans are showing up for the World Cup in record-breaking numbers
    While the U.S. isn't a bona fide soccer nation yet, the past three weeks have perhaps shown what it would feel like if it were.
  • Funerals held for 14 Pakistani children killed in tutoring center collapse
    Police are investigating whether negligence during construction work caused the collapse in the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday.
  • SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship. And, key results from Colorado's primaries
    The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship on constitutional grounds on the last day of its term. And, a Democratic socialist has won the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat in Denver.
  • Greetings from London, where Banksy's flag man is a warning cry
    As he marches on, his flag blows back into his face, leaving him unaware he is only a step away from a perilous fall. As usual with Banksy's art, the statue presents a sharp critique of society.
  • A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it
    There's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for eligible voters.
  • Kids with autism are prone to drowning. Florida is trying to prevent that
    Kids with autism can be 160 times more likely than other children to drown. Florida is dedicating state money to a program that prioritizes swim lessons for these kids.
  • The majority of Americans are proud but worry about direction of the country
    As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday, Americans reflect on the state of the nation in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
  • How America has celebrated milestone birthdays, from world fairs to the World Cup
    Two founding fathers died on America's 50th birthday, which was marked with toasts and parades. Over time, anniversary celebrations became more extravagant — and more controversial.
  • Supreme Court deals some blows to Trump's agenda but leaves him with more expansive powers
    President Trump has trumpeted his victories and sought workarounds for his losses.
  • He sent a harsh email to ICE's top official. 5 months later, federal agents tracked him down
    Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away.


rss: bbc

  • Badenoch accuses Starmer of leaving defence spending 'mess' for Burnham
    Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticised what she called a missing £5bn in the defence investment plan.
  • Is Burnham facing a £5bn defence 'black hole'?
    BBC Verify investigates whether a shortfall in funding for the government's defence investment plan is a "black hole".
  • England's warmest June on record following historic heatwave
    England saw its warmest June since records began in 1865 and the second warmest for the whole of the UK according to data just released by the Met Office.
  • Tens of thousands rush for tickets to see Bayeux Tapestry in UK
    The historic masterpiece will travel from France to go on display on UK soil for the first time.
  • Watch: Moment man climbs balcony to escape Antwerp fire
    In footage taken at the scene in Belgium, a man is seemingly helped into a neighbouring window.
  • Judge 'wrong' to spare boy rapists from custody, court told
    Three teenage boys convicted of rape should have been detained, the Court of Appeal hears.
  • Teachers in England to get 3.5% pay rise
    Schools will need to fund some of the rise, which unions say will further stretch existing budgets.
  • Up to 150 ex-WHSmith High Street stores to close as rescue deal approved
    The sweeping restructuring, approved by a court, will see steep rent cuts on most remaining stores.
  • Nowak case officers face gross misconduct investigation
    Henry Nowak, 18, was handcuffed as he lay dying after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa in December 2025.
  • Village People frontman Victor Willis dies aged 74
    Victor Willis was the band's frontman and co-wrote most of their hit songs including YMCA.


rss: the register

  • Red teamers turned Claude Desktop into a double agent to do their evil bidding
    People trust their AI assistants and it's easy to abuse this trust
  • NASA unsure Boeing Starliner will ever be certified for human flight
    Inspector General's report says time is running out for the Calamity Capsule
  • When backups aren't enough: the case for real disaster recovery
    PARTNER CONTENT: The gap between having a backup and actually recovering from a disaster is wider than most IT teams realize
  • Microsoft lets Azure Linux 4 out of the cloud in downloadable ISO form
    Fedora-derived server distro is ready for local testing, but production deployments should wait
  • Cloudflare to block cynical search-and-scrape bots from ad-supported web pages
    Some crawlers gather data for both search and AI training, so when publishers block them to protect content they risk disappearning from search results ...
  • DRAM it! Cheap PCs being priced out of existence as memory cost bites
    AI server gold rush leaves budget laptops starving for chips as sub-$500 machines down nearly a fifth stateside
  • Citrix says it's back as a mainstream server virtualization player that won't send scary bills
    But also claims XenServer 9 is great in the DaaS niche it retreated to a decade back
  • Brit competition cops fast-track £2B borging of Netomnia into Openreach challenger
    Liberty Global, Telefónica, and InfraVia have grand designs on the UK fiber market
  • Purism launches supersized 16-inch laptop for buyers who put privacy before price
    Kill switches, Coreboot, and PureOS target the security-conscious with deep pockets
  • Boffins peg narcissistic leadership as the real driver behind 'return to office' demands
    It's not about productivity; it's about bosses missing their daily ego fix


rss: ars technica

  • NASA inspector general suggests Boeing's Starliner will now be a decade late
    Starliner's certification may be delayed to 2027, 10 years later than Boeing's original schedule.
  • A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?
    A timely tale about a 50-year-old robotic arm...
  • UK likely to intervene in Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
    The acquisition was approved without concessions by the Department of Justice in June.
  • Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning
    After Trump's claims, Tylenol usage dropped during pregnancies.
  • June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
    Also, the science of poop's distinctive shape, boron buckyballs, and the secret to a soccer feint.
  • Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com
    Logged-out Old Reddit access is “significant source of abusive scraping."
  • Amazon blames piracy apps with malware for killing new Fire Stick sideloading
    New Fire Stick OS helps Amazon block third-party homepage launchers, ad blockers.
  • NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon
    "That would be an awesome capability."
  • Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more
    Tenor still connects to Google apps, but other platforms must look elsewhere for GIFs.
  • Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court
    Supreme Court will weigh if Apple contempt finding in Epic case is “erroneous.”


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