rss: npr

  • Trump to face questions at G7 press conference. And, Tuesday's primary results
    Trump has touted his tentative agreement with Iran at the G7 summit. Today, he is expected to field questions at a press conference as the summit wraps up. And, a look at Tuesday's primary election results.
  • 'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years
    People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.
  • Soccer's premier goal scorers, led by Lionel Messi, show up to the World Cup with a bang
    The World Cup might be less than a week old, but the goal scoring at this year's tourney has been sublime. Argentina's Lionel Messi netted three goals the same day France's Kylian Mbappé scored two.
  • FAQ: How World Cup fans and workers can stay safe in the heat
    More than 1 in 3 World Cup matches face dangerously hot, humid weather. Here's how to protect yourself from heat illness.

  • 'Coreano Hermano': Ahead of Mexico vs. South Korea, it's all love between the fans
    It's an unusual sight before a World Cup match: Supporters of opposing teams partying together, calling each other "brother," some even hoping for a draw. But fans say they're far from rivals.
  • With Iran deal, Trump told ships to 'start your engines.' That's not happening yet
    Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz inflicted global pain during the months-long conflict with the U.S. and Israel. A tentative deal is in place, but questions remain about the key waterway.
  • Trump's Iran agreement dominates G7 but big questions remain
    The U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran has rocked the global economy and decimated Trump's standing at home
  • On a flight home, a stranger helped her understand what came next
    Rebecca Simonitsch had just learned she might be a candidate for brain surgery. The man seated beside her on the flight home pulled out a notebook to explain what lay ahead.
  • 3 things to know about the new Fed chief's first meeting
    Kevin Warsh takes questions from reporters for the first time since taking over as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Warsh and his colleagues are expected to hold interest rates steady today.
  • El Niño is here, so what does it mean?
    An El Niño has formed amid the warmer-than-normal waters in the tropical Pacific. Now it's a question of how intense the phenomenon will be and where effects like heat and drought will strike.


rss: bbc

  • PM warns Burnham against immediate leadership challenge if he wins by-election
    Keir Starmer says Labour should focus on a subsequent Manchester mayoral race if Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield.
  • Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon despite Trump criticism
    Speaking on Tuesday, Trump said Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu needed "to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon".
  • Fashion experts on the England squad's off-pitch look
    What experts make of the men's team's official off-duty fashion as they prepare for their first World Cup match.
  • Inflation unexpectedly steady as food price rises slow
    Higher petrol prices were offset by slower price rises for meat, dairy and vegetables, according to the ONS.
  • Jeremy Clarkson reveals prostate cancer diagnosis on farming show
    The former Top Gear presenter did not clarify what type of cancer he had been diagnosed with.
  • Social media ban could shut the door on future talent, say teen influencers
    Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the ban will give children more time, security and freedom to grow up. But how do under-16s feel?
  • British couple describe having warning shots fired near them by Russian warship
    The retired couple tell BBC Newsnight they tried to show the warship they had changed course in the English Channel before the shots were fired.
  • Man charged over Golders Green memorial fire
    The wall has been used as a space to display photos of protesters killed by the Iranian regime.
  • Cadbury chocolate-owner Mondelez defends staying in Russia
    Mondelez boss Dirk Van de Put says it was the "right decision" to remain after the war with Ukraine.
  • Norway's crown princess undergoes successful lung transplant, palace says
    Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, will now spend several weeks recovering in hospital.


rss: the register

  • Brit competition cops order Google to make search rankings less mysterious
    New rules cover organic rankings, AI Overviews, and user-approved search data sharing
  • Helpdesk scammers are making house calls to make their lies feel more real
    15-year-old among six arrested after Dutch cops target suspected bank fraud call center
  • Windows update leaves third-party Office document launches in limbo
    Microsoft won the OLE vs OpenDoc wars. Now it's saying OLE dependencies don't matter
  • System76 boss reckons he can liberate the entire PC stack... just give him another 15 years
    Bootstrapped Linux box-botherer flogs new Thelio kit, talks up COSMIC, and politely declines to bolt AI onto everything
  • Tesco is sprinting to quit VMware and Broadcom despite rapid migration risks
    Supermarket giant has turned to third-party support as court sets date to hear licensing dispute
  • Developers build the best tools for developers – and are now defanging the AI menace
    Fear and even grief are natural reactions to machines that do your job. The next reactions – acceptance and innovation – are more useful
  • Cyberattack sees crops kept in the ground
    Bitter harvest for Australia's Mackay Sugar, attacked in peak cane crushing season
  • AMD's Mext buy shows how AI could solve the RAM shortage it created
    Running low on memory, can't afford more? The House of Zen's latest acquisition puts an AI spin on flash-based memory expansion
  • The new Siri makes one of Apple's most convenient OS features a cumbersome mess
    Goodbye, useful Spotlight; hello force-fed Apple intelligence bloatware that feels distressingly like Google AI Overviews
  • Python dev saved from disaster by intuition... and AI
    I'm sorry, Dave. I can't install that repo that will totally hose your system


rss: ars technica

  • Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines
    NAACP lawsuit says xAI uses gas turbines without permits for Grok data center.
  • Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry
    Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.
  • Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes
    Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes.
  • Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered
    "As for Arianespace, they have definitely stepped up."
  • Anthropic "pauses" token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK
    Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users' costs.
  • US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says
    Trump admin green-lighting $111B deal "reeks of corruption," Sen. Warren says.
  • Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress
    Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.
  • Android 17 starts hitting Pixel phones and watches today
    Pixels will get their OTA in the coming weeks, but don't expect monumental changes.
  • Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
    Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin’s efforts to halt wind and solar power.
  • SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
    Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.


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