rss: npr

  • A federal judge finds a Trump data system to verify voters is unlawful
    Tens of millions of voters have had their data run through the Trump administration's revamped SAVE tool. A judge just found it unlawful.
  • Supreme Court declines to hear Texas man's intellectual disability case in capital case
    The court's action means Victor Saldaño is likely to be executed even though both defense and state experts determined he was not eligible for execution under the law.
  • Magnificent Messi makes history, breaks all-time World Cup scoring record
    Messi scored a record-setting 17th World Cup goal in Argentina's game against Austria. And, then, he netted another goal, making him the all-time leader in World Cup tournaments (men and women).
  • Did you know? Alan Greenspan and Ayn Rand were close friends
    One of the most intellectually important relationships in the life of the late Fed chair Alan Greenspan was with his close friend, the formidable novelist and libertarian thinker Ayn Rand.
  • 2 students in custody after shooting at high school in Philippines kills 3
    An investigation is underway to determine the cause. Police said the suspects claimed they were bullied at school.
  • Supreme Court allows a ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 states
    The Supreme Court has left in place a ruling that strikes down a key tool for enforcing Voting Rights Act protections for voters with a disability or an inability to read or write in seven states.
  • 8 things to know about the gut microbiome and keeping yours healthy
    Wellness influencers often talk about fixing a broken gut microbiome. And marketers sell tests and supplements to fix your gut health. Here's what what the evidence really shows about gut health.
  • Alan Greenspan, the legendary former Federal Reserve chair, dies
    During his chairmanship, Greenspan was celebrated as possibly the best central banker in history. But later, his reputation was tarnished by the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
  • UK PM Keir Starmer resigns. And, US and Iran agree to roadmap for final deal
    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday. And, the U.S. and Iran have agreed to a "roadmap" to reach a final deal within 60 days.
  • Keir Starmer has resigned, paving way for a 7th U.K. prime minister in 10 years
    Prime Minister Keir Starmer is stepping down. His likely successor, Andy Burnham, a popular former mayor, would become the U.K.'s seventh prime minister in 10 years.


rss: bbc

  • Starmer quits as Labour leader and paves way for contest for new prime minister
    Sir Keir delivered a statement to announce his planned departure from Downing Street.
  • Chris Mason: Questions multiply for the man tipped to replace Starmer
    Andy Burnham will have to set out his stall to show how he will deliver on his promises, the BBC's political editor writes.
  • UK set for hottest June day on record as searing heat continues
    Heatwave conditions intensify across parts of England and Wales as the Met Office issues a rare red warning for extreme heat.
  • Can you refuse to work or send your kids to school during a heatwave?
    As temperatures increase significantly over the next few days, these are your rights.
  • US eases oil sanctions as Iran denies Vance claim on nuclear inspectors
    Iran's foreign ministry says it made "no new commitments" on nuclear inspections after talks in Switzerland.
  • Peter Murrell to be sentenced for embezzling SNP funds
    The former party chief executive has admitted embezzling more than £400,000 over a 12-year period.
  • First drug to delay onset of type 1 diabetes made available on NHS
    The immunotherpay can give children and adults three extra years before they need to use insulin.
  • Fears 1,000 LGBT veterans could miss gay ban compensation deadline
    Charities are urging any veterans who haven't yet registered for the scheme to come forward.
  • Ransom note claimed Nancy Guthrie died after abduction
    The note from the possible kidnappers reportedly stated that they did not mean for her to die and included an apology to the family.
  • Man charged with terrorism-linked attempted murders after alleged anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh
    Lewis Hawkes appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court following alleged anti-Muslim attacks in the city on Friday evening.


rss: the register

  • Sniff out stale AI override advice with this open source CLI
    Package dependencies can create vulnerabilities that are fiendishly hard to find and stamp out
  • OpenAI: Yoo-hoo, look over here, we do that security stuff too!
    A plethora of pwn-prevention, including a 'Patch The Planet' pledge
  • Texas lassoes massive Microsoft datacenter - and 20 years of gas turbine emissions
    The air turns brown when bit barns come to town … deep in the heart of Texas
  • Cloudflare teams up with big browsers to help websites tell welcome from unwelcome visitors
    Makers of Chrome, Edge, Firefox back bot-fraud defense called Private Access Control Tokens
  • Security shops among the 'hundreds' of Klue hack victims
    As yet another extortion crew Icarus exploits Salesforce-linked integrations
  • Nvidia gets all agentic about supercomputing for scientific research
    Tireless AI agents could help scientists do research humans alone can't, says GPU giant
  • The database that refused to die: How Postgres survived its own creators
    From academic toss-aside to cloud substrate
  • Ukraine puts its Russian war trophies online for allies to pick apart
    TrophyLab bad for Vlad as battlefield losses spill the secrets they had
  • Inspired by musical greeting cards, DARPA demands tiny, cheap, self-modifying systems
    One can't help but see a very clear instance of the triple constraint problem in action here
  • The memory crisis is getting so bad that even retro RAM prices are going to the Moon
    Some hardware firms redesigning products to use older DDR2 and DDR3 components


rss: ars technica

  • GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers
    US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.
  • Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets
    SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy.
  • Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect.
    He had retinal tears and bruises from squishing his eyeballs with the gun.
  • Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake
    "Winning" bets were made on cloned website and would have lost money, WSJ finds.
  • Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs
    Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.
  • Valve's Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won't be able to buy one yet
    Valve says it's using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience "less frustrating and more fair."
  • NHTSA investigating alleged Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home
    Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash.
  • Lucid lays off 1,500 workers in second big cut of the year
    The cuts and redundancies are part of a plan to "simplify the company," the CEO says.
  • A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing
    The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.
  • 1,250 hp hybrid Corvette shatters the Pikes Peak production record
    The high-altitude race is a unique test of car and driver.


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