rss: npr

  • Paramount says it will pause its Warner acquisition while legal challenges play out
    A dozen states and the Writers Guild of America had challenged the merger.
  • Democrats approve new primary election calendar, putting South Carolina first
    Democrats chose South Carolina for the first 2028 presidential primary, then Nevada, prioritizing Black and Latino voters. New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia also hold early contests.
  • ICC member states vote to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan
    The International Criminal Court voted to remove the global tribunal's chief prosecutor on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations against him first emerged, the court's oversight body announced.
  • How The Illharmonic's mix of hip-hop and classical builds community, one show at a time
    The Illharmonic Orchestra blends hip-hop and classical music during live performances. Its leaders tell NPR's Juana Summers how they build community with their shows, which feature all-Black musicians.
  • A former nun explains why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life
    Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery at age 24, and lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun. Originally published March 20, 2024.
  • Oil surges to $100 per barrel. And, Trump imposes a new round of tariffs
    Oil surged to $100 per barrel after Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. And, President Trump overnight replaced expiring tariffs with a slew of new ones.
  • Trump threatens a major escalation in Iran after 13 straight nights of strikes
    The U.S. continued airstrikes in Iran while Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf, as President Trump said he was close to deciding whether to launch "a massive attack."
  • U.S. allies hit with new tariffs object to Trump's forced labor allegations
    Australia and the European Union were among U.S. trade partners who criticized the tariffs.
  • What animal is the deformed-but-adorable Jimothy? The quiz knows — do you?
    Also: Ryan Gosling's regrets, Zohran Mamdani's exhortations and the Smithsonian's alleged wokeness.
  • A defiant Trump imposes replacement tariffs on biggest U.S. trading partners
    The administration timed a new set of tariffs on all of its largest trading partners to take effect at the same time the old, global tariff ended.


rss: bbc

  • More than 220,000 evacuated in France and Spain due to wildfires
    French firefighters battle a blaze heading towards Bordeaux while officials in Madrid say they face the "worst fire in the history of the region".
  • Police declare 'major incident' as wind change increases Cairngorms wildfire risk
    All residents in the village of Nethy Bridge have been evacuated over the threat the wildfire spreading.
  • Watch moment of explosion as huge fire breaks out in Essex
    More than 100 firefighters were sent to tackle a huge fire at industrial units on a farm on Friday.
  • Zelensky tries to fix crisis over removal of defence minister and counts the cost
    Protests have continued over Zelensky's decision to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov, and some commentators believe he has been damaged politically.
  • Trump orders Smithsonian to post warnings about 'inaccurate' US history
    The Trump administration has often accused the world's largest research museum of harbouring an anti-American bias.
  • Teenage boy dies after stabbing in Luton as police launch murder investigation
    The 17-year-old was taken to hospital with multiple stab wounds but was pronounced dead shortly after, Bedfordshire Police says.
  • Horror injury overshadows gymnastics silver for England at Commonwealths
    A horror fall from England gymnast Gabriel Langton overshadows his team's silver medal in the team event on the opening night of action at Glasgow 2026.
  • Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
    Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.
  • Law student is charged over intercepted bomb in car
    Isobella Perrie Sullivan's lawyer says she did not know that a bag in the car she was driving contained a bomb.
  • Texts reveal 14-year-old allegedly murdered by singer D4vd had pregnancy and abortion
    Prosecutors allege D4vd started abusing the girl when she was 13 and she had threatened to expose him.


rss: the register

  • Anthropic debuts Opus 5 at half the price of its Fable sibling
    And as a bonus, it doesn't require data retention
  • Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
    (Security) hole-ier than thou
  • AMD vibe codes its way past the CUDA moat with ROCm.AI
    Hey Claude, optimize this model for me
  • Europol flags 4,340 'horrific' URLs linked to The Com
    Stop the spread (of online recruiting and propaganda)
  • Tech leaders issue letter to train Uncle Sam about value of open weight AI
    Can you guess who didn't sign on to the group letter?
  • Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo
    Git is aptly named: it isn’t easy – but there are alternatives
  • ChatGPT wants access to your health records so it can be a better not-doctor
    Feature launches a day after lawsuit alleges chatbot advice contributed to near-fatal embolism
  • Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with ZTE to deepen cooperation in digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI)
    PARTNER CONTENT: Focusing on 5G deployment, AI integration, and ICT talent development to drive the nation's digital transformation
  • Flock cameras go up in flames as cops hunt suspected firebugs
    Two license plate readers torched in Georgia amid backlash against the surveillance network
  • Veterans Affairs signs $1.6B deal for an army of Salesforce AI agents
    Makes agreement under nose of Oracle, which gets its own $7 billion defense deal


rss: ars technica

  • Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
    "Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so."
  • Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial
    “Halting this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory," NY AG said.
  • Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech
    "Here’s a more natural, flowing version of that section..."
  • Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap
    Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough.
  • Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent
    Roku blames RAM shortage after CEO called it "great" for business in May.
  • RFK Jr.'s handpicked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
    There's no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter.
  • Judge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters
    "We can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” judge told US.
  • European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region
    New delay on Copernicus satellite pics comes as US ramps up war with Iran again.
  • Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer
    Google's AlphaFold can help ID what parts of a gene editing protein enable mistakes.
  • This is the world's most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
    "These are things that tend to be really hard."


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