rss: npr

  • She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter
    The family members of two Fox News journalists killed while covering the war in Ukraine are suing the network, saying it put getting the story ahead of its people.
  • Latter-day Saints women turn away from scandal-plagued Republican candidate in Arizona
    Arizona Republican candidate for Congress Mark Lamb has been accused of sexual misconduct while sheriff. His controversy is turning many voters away as Democrats see an opportunity in the red seat.
  • Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying 6 people
    Flight data shows the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, then leveled off for several more minutes, before disappearing.
  • Can the Cornell lawsuit force changes that make students safer?
    Universities have responsibilities when students report sexual assault, even if prosecutors don't bring charges. Attorney Baine Kerr explains how those protections work.
  • Opinion: A Hawk is not the same as a Hawkeye
    This was emphasized to people watching a Senate hearing this week, where confusion over two basketball teams was on display.
  • Economist Betsey Stevenson breaks down the gender gap in recent hiring reports
    The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected last month and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan.
  • All's fair in love and 'War' — a well-cast, classy-trashy divorce drama
    HBO's War is intended to be an anthology series about two dueling London law firms. The first season stars Dominic West and Sienna Miller as a high-profile couple in the midst of a very nasty divorce.
  • Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down
    Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.
  • The Supreme Court faces another term jam-packed with controversy
    The Supreme Court term opens on Monday with big test cases on religion, guns and climate change. Plus, the emergency docket keeps popping.
  • No one expected Leo to be pope — except everyone who knew him as 'Bob'
    When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo. Here's a look behind the scenes.


rss: bbc

  • Courts backlog will fall despite scrapping of jury trial plan, minister says
    Speaking to the BBC, the justice secretary vows to reduce delays in the system after scrapping plans from the previous government.
  • I'm a classic old school Conservative, says Kemi Badenoch
    The Tory leader seeks to echo Margaret Thatcher as she sets out her guiding political principles.
  • Kyiv bridge hit in further Russian drone attack as German chancellor makes surprise visit
    Footage shows a drone hitting the Pivnichyi (Northern) Bridge as vehicles move across it, creating a large fireball.
  • British Museum announces changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues
    Measures include extended opening hours, as well as an audio guide and additional seating for visitors.
  • Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot's links to country
    State police and the country's security agency are looking into the co-pilot, who attempted to take control of a Flydubai plane travelling to Israel.
  • Daughter of MP murdered five years ago tells BBC politicians still at risk
    Katie Amess questions if anything has changed to protect politicians five years after her father's death.
  • Glastonbury 2027 tickets sell out in 42 minutes
    Thousands of people joined the queue in the hope of securing tickets to Worthy Farm.
  • The Celebrity Traitors connections that might surprise you
    Lots of the stars have worked together, some are good friends - and that can impact the show's dynamics.
  • Gentle parenting, helicopter or snowplough – is there really a best way to be a parent?
    Many parents feel overwhelmed by the amount of parenting information available
  • What to know about Brazil's election pitting Lula against Flávio Bolsonaro
    Polls suggest the election will be a closely run contest between the left-wing incumbent and his right-wing rival.


rss: the register

  • Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care
    All this, and angry NeoVim users
  • Spies, prime ministers, and balls: The BBC Domesday project @ 40
    The Centre for Computing History gathers the minds behind the project and the ones keeping it alive today
  • Anthropic's super bug-hunting model Mythos is hardcore good at math, as latest vuln under attack shows
    Exploitation attempts came from China-hosted IP, VulnCheck researcher says
  • Clever database, but can it run Doom?
    Reg hack learns the meaning of 'Be careful what you wish for'
  • Palantir's fondness for French food cooked up tech's latest fad – forward-deployed engineers
    Embedded consultants who get you up to speed on new tech in a hurry aren’t new, but they meet the AI moment
  • Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support
    After a decade of false starts, Swift is showing backend appeal
  • Shut up and take our money: Amazon plows $1B+ into quashing datacenter dissent
    Thou shalt love the datacenter! Verily, thou shalt rejoice in the house of the datacenter!
  • arXiv imposes rate limit on paper submissions to stem the AI slop tide
    Two a month per submitter, starting now, and you can thank science slop for the change
  • OpenAI alerts 100+ orgs that its 'misaligned models' attempted to break in - or worse
    Mostly 'routine research tasks,' and 'some involved government websites, which our models often use,' AI giant tells The Reg
  • Californian accused of shipping $300M worth of Nvidia chips to China without Uncle Sam’s approval
    Prosecutors claim Greg Lui helped China procure advanced hardware to develop, ahem, 'super intelligence’


rss: ars technica

  • All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.
    The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity.
  • Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
    "...we were making history."
  • The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
    The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.
  • Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
    Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
  • Someone got Doom in an SQL database
    1,300 lines of SQL querying renders accurate bitmapped views of Hell at 35 fps.
  • Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
    Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
  • Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed
    Actors with makeup and fake symptoms staggered into 73 healthcare facilities.
  • Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M
    Critics say workers are still owed far more.
  • The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy
    It wasn't obvious at the time, but the US uncoupled carbon emissions and GDP growth.
  • US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
    Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.


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