rss: npr

  • Senate confirms Trump's pick for new role of fraud enforcement at Justice Department
    The confirmation comes just days after the White House announced details of its own task force to pursue fraud in government programs.
  • The Israeli military wants several more weeks to fight Iran war, officials say
    The Israeli military estimates it would need several more weeks of fighting to complete its war goals in Iran, at a time when President Trump says the U.S. is negotiating an end to the war.
  • Congress loses a flying perk as DHS shutdown continues
    Delta Airlines is temporarily suspending specialty services to member of Congress due to resource constraints from the ongoing shutdown of DHS.
  • A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder
    Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection.
  • Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba?
    New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro family's entrenchment in the Cuban government.
  • Before running for Congress, Bobby Pulido was a Tejano music icon
    Pulido has been a mainstay of Tejano music —a genre blending traditional regional Mexican elements with country, pop and conjunto influences — for more than three decades.
  • Senate confirms Sen. Mullin as DHS secretary. And, Iran denies U.S. talks to end war
    The Senate has confirmed Markwayne Mullin as the next Department of Homeland Security secretary. And, Iran has denied that it's in talks with the U.S. to end the war, which is now in its fourth week.
  • Pakistan is poised to host the U.S. and Iran for talks to end the war
    The Pakistani prime minister said his country stands ready to host negotiations toward a settlement as the war with Iran nears the one-month mark.
  • Kim vows to 'irreversibly' cement North Korea's nuclear status
    In his speech, Kim expressed pride in the country's rapid expansion of nuclear weapons and missiles in recent years, calling it the "right" choice.
  • Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies
    Analysts say coal may stabilize supplies for now but they warn that continued reliance on the polluting fuel will worsen air pollution.


rss: bbc

  • Lyse Doucet: Small window open for US-Iran talks, but swift end to war still unlikely
    President Trump says the US is already dealing with a "top person" in Iran, but Tehran denies that any talks have begun.
  • Reeves plans energy bill help for those 'who need it most'
    The US-Israel war with Iran is having an impact on costs domestically, with oil and gas prices soaring.
  • Mohamed Salah to leave Liverpool at end of season
    Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah announces he will leave the club at the end of the season.
  • Russia launches 948 drones at Ukraine in largest attack over 24-hour period
    Cities across the west of Ukraine were hit, with residential buildings damaged and many injured.
  • Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September
    It follows an announcement in December that transgender members would be banned from joining.
  • 'Truly magical woman': Tributes to Married at First Sight's Mel Schilling
    The TV dating coach is remembered as "a radiant, shining light" following her death at the age of 54.
  • Villagers 'proud' after overturning council's crackdown on second homes
    Second homes and how to deal with growing numbers is a hot topic in parts of Wales.
  • Reform UK's leader in Scotland denies homophobia after apologising for joke
    Reform UK's Scottish leader has been criticised for remarks he made during a 2018 Burn's Night speech.
  • Bridgerton puts female romance at heart of season five
    Francesca and Michaela will be the first same-sex couple to be in the show's central relationship.
  • Low-deposit mortgage deals hit as rates continue to soar
    More than 200 first-time buyer deals have disappeared from the market, with more upheaval expected.


rss: the register

  • LiteLLM loses game of Trivy pursuit, gets compromised

    Python interface for LLMs infected with malware via polluted CI/CD pipeline

    Two versions of LiteLLM, an open source interface for accessing multiple large language models, have been removed from the Python Package Index (PyPI) following a supply chain attack that injected them with malicious credential-stealing code.…

  • AI isn't killing jobs, it's 'unbundling' them into lower-paid chunks

    Paper argues the real impact isn't job loss but narrowing human work and pay

    AI isn't killing jobs wholesale – it's quietly chipping away at them, one task at a time.…

  • Remote or not, workers are drifting back toward the city

    Global hiring data shows employees relocating nearer major hubs, reversing pandemic-era shift

    The post-pandemic shift away from cities has reversed since 2022, with return-to-office mandates playing a role, according to a new report on global hiring trends.…

  • Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field

    Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows

    After weeks of debate, code to record user age was finally merged into the Linux world's favorite system management daemon.…

  • Arm rolls its own 136-core AGI CPU to chase AI hype train

    Turns out artificial general intelligence was a CPU this whole time

    Arm unveiled its first homegrown silicon — yes, an actual chip, not another shake-n-bake blueprint — during an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, and said that flagship customer Meta is set to deploy the 136-core CPU at scale later this year.…

  • Goodbye, Lunar Gateway: NASA ditches Moon station for Moon base

    NASA boss Jared Isaacman has no intention of letting this setback delay the Artemis program, apparently

    NASA's ambitious plans to build a space station in orbit of the Moon are officially on hold, administrator Jared Isaacman said Tuesday, with the space agency instead skipping the orbital habitat in favor of building a permanent base on the Lunar surface. …

  • Datadog bets DIY AI will mean it dodges the SaaSpocalypse

    The theory is that its domain-specific model will beat generalist LLMs on results and economics

    Datadog is close to releasing an updated AI model that it thinks will help it avoid the so-called SaaSpocalypse – customers using AI to build their own tools.…

  • HackerOne slams supplier for delayed breach notice after staff data exposed

    Nearly 300 employees caught up in intrusion at benefits provider Navia

    Almost 300 HackerOne employees are caught up in a data breach, with the bug bounty biz slamming a third-party benefits provider for a weeks-long delay in notification.…

  • Microslop stuffs AI photo restyling powers into OneDrive

    Microslop? Sorry, we meant Microsoft

    Microsoft is rolling out technology to transform OneDrive photos into AI-infused masterpieces. Or top up the bucket of slop, depending on your perspective.…

  • Country that put backdoors into Cisco routers to spy on world bans foreign routers

    Unfortunately, there aren't many options unless you're Starlink

    Citing national security fears, America is effectively banning any new consumer-grade network routers made abroad.…



rss: ars technica

  • NASA kills lunar space station to focus on ambitious Moon base
    "Everyone wants to be on the surface."
  • Google's new version of Android Automotive will move beyond infotainment
    Google wants Android in cars to break out of the infotainment box.
  • Apple confirms that its Maps app will begin showing ads to users "this summer"
    Apple Maps ads will look and work a bit like current App Store ads do.
  • All of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds
    Musk’s X posts bragging about DOGE may trigger reversals of its biggest wins.
  • Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks
    But Anthropic urges caution as "research preview" safeguards "aren't absolute."
  • Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires
    Opponents say the proposed rule would be a giveaway to the timber industry.
  • Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines
    Development houses: It's time to check your networks for infections.
  • Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?
    "This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing."
  • A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter
    "We can’t quite afford to support everything that we have done in the past."
  • Trump's MAHA pick for surgeon general flounders amid GOP doubts
    She stalled over MAHA woo-woo, anti-vaccine views, and lacking medical background.


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