rss: npr

  • Hegseth: 'We didn't start this war but under President Trump we're finishing it'
    The remarks are the first to reporters since the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran began Saturday despite weeks of talks designed to stave off a conflict.
  • U.S., Israel's war with Iran widens. And, Texas primaries test Latino support for GOP
    Israel trades fire with Hezbollah, widening the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran into Lebanon. And, Texas primaries could test if Latino support for the GOP remains strong after 2024's gains.
  • Ivermectin is making a post-pandemic comeback, among cancer patients
    The anti-parasitic drug became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is now being embraced as an alternative treatment for cancer. It is as politically polarizing as ever. 
  • Iran war widens, threatening to engulf Lebanon
    The war over Iran engulfed more of the Middle East and beyond on Monday as Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah responded to the killing of Iran's spiritual leader with its first attack on Israel in more than a year.
  • Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
    Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on cues from other fish and their habitat, a new study in PLOS Biology finds.

  • Hezbollah strikes Israel as American and Israeli planes pound Iran
    Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran on Monday.
  • Congress gears up for vote on Trump's war powers in Iran — after the battle began
    Democrats and a few Republicans are calling for curbing Trump's unilateral use of military power in Iran, despite previous such efforts failing to advance.
  • Texas primaries could test whether Latino support for GOP is holding after 2024 gains
    The GOP made big strides with Latino voters in 2024. Immigration and the economy were key drivers, but two years later, those issues could sway them to back Democrats in primaries happening this week.
  • Got elbow or heel pain? Shockwave therapy can help
    As more people stay active as they age, overuse injuries are increasing. A non-invasive treatment known as shockwave therapy can help ease heel and elbow pain. Here's how.
  • Supreme Court ponders law making it a crime for gun owners to use marijuana
    The law, the same one used to prosecute Joe Biden's son for illegal gun possession, has united an array of strange bedfellows, from conservative gun rights groups to liberal civil liberties groups.


rss: bbc

  • Will petrol and diesel prices go up now?
    If oil prices remain high for some time, the knock-on effects could affect the costs of fuel and food
  • Starmer seeks to carve out distinct UK approach to this conflict
    This is delicate terrain for the prime minister both in the UK and among international leaders too.
  • Why did US and Israel attack Iran and how long could the war last?
    Iran has carried out strikes against Israel, across the Gulf and against a British base in Cyprus in retaliation.
  • Video appears to show US F-15 fighter jet crashing in Kuwait
    The US says six of its F-15 jets were "mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses", with all crew in a stable condition.
  • 'They hit so hard the house was shaking': Iranians describe impact of US-Israel attacks
    People in Iran tell the BBC they hear explosions day and night, as the US and Israel continue striking the country for a third day.
  • Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up
    Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.
  • Two in hospital and flats sealed off after Edinburgh knife incident
    The two people have been taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh while the suspect is thought to remain holed up in an 11th-floor flat.
  • Scotland becomes first UK country to allow water cremations
    The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.
  • Missing student's family 'continue to keep hope alive'
    Jack O'Sullivan disappeared after attending a house party in Hotwells, Bristol in March 2024.
  • Rembrandt painting rediscovered after 65 years
    The painting, created by the Dutch master in 1633, had disappeared after being sold in 1961.


rss: the register

  • SAP writes $480M check to finally end IP legal spat with Teradata

    A joint venture from 2008 led to years of claims and counter-claims between the data whizzkids

    Data warehousing and analytics biz Teradata and SAP have ended their long-running legal dispute after the German ERP vendor agreed to cough up $480 million to bring the fighting to a close.…

  • Memory scalpers hunt scarce DRAM with bot blitz

    We can remember it for you wholesale, and sell it back to you for big bucks

    Web scraping bots are increasing the pressure on the tech supply chain by scouring sites for DRAM, so their minders can snap up increasingly scarce inventory and resell it for a quick profit.…

  • Scammers try to SIM-swap Dubai citizens hours after Iranian missile strikes

    Vulnerable citizens targeted by criminals purporting to represent fake police crisis department

    Scammers targeted Dubai citizens mere hours after missiles struck the city, attempting to gain access to their bank accounts, police have warned.…

  • Windows 11 tops market share as 10 faces extended farewell

    More than a fifth of servers still on Windows Server 2016

    Windows 11 has leapt ahead of Windows 10 in market share, according to the latest Statcounter figures.…

  • Firefox 149 beta develops a split personality

    A handy feature you can already try in recent versions

    The new beta of the next version of Firefox lets you view two web pages side by side, with a split you can drag with your mouse.…

  • Iran all but vanishes from the global internet amid US-Israel strikes

    Official monitoring shows connectivity collapsing to near-zero

    Iran's internet has plunged into a near-total blackout, with traffic down to around 1 percent of normal levels and connectivity described as "close to zero" as authorities curb access amid widening regional conflict.…

  • Microsoft's Project Silica promises eternal storage. It can't get there from here

    Soon turned out, we had a heart of glass

    Opinion There is more joy in heaven over a single report of genuinely new technology than in a thousand desperate AI marketing pitches. What the angels will make of Microsoft's Project Silica, a mixture of the two, is less clear.…

  • LibreOffice Online dragged out of the attic, dusted off for another go

    Browser-based version back on the menu, reopening questions about TDF's relationship with Collabora

    The Document Foundation (TDF) has pulled LibreOffice Online out of its "attic" – its term for retired projects – and is resuming development.…

  • Server crashes traced to one very literal knee-jerk reaction

    Oh, the contortions required to debug strange errors!

    Who, Me? A weekend of unwinding is behind us, so The Register returns to work on Monday with a fresh installment of "Who, Me?" – the reader-contributed column that reveals how you got in a tangle, and then extricated yourself.…

  • OpenAI’s Altman says Pentagon set ‘scary precedent’ binning Anthropic

    Signs a deal with Washington anyway, says he’s kept control of killer robots by allowing only cloudy AI, with guardrails

    OpenAI has signed a deal with the United States Department of War (DoW) that allows use of its advanced AI systems in classified environments, and urged the Pentagon to make the same terms available to its rivals.…



rss: ars technica

  • Apple's new iPhone 17e has an A19 chip, MagSafe, and 256GB of storage for $599
    New just-the-basics phone replaces the year-old iPhone 16e at the same price.
  • It's almost a station wagon: The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, driven
    Despite the Toyota platform, there's plenty of Subaru DNA in this one.
  • Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding
    America succeeds in space when American companies compete.
  • Trump FCC's equal-time crackdown doesn't apply equally—or at all—to talk radio
    FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's unequal enforcement of the equal-time rule.
  • AMD Ryzen AI 400 chips will bring newer CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs to AM5 desktops
    First wave of Ryzen AI desktop CPUs targets business PCs rather than DIYers.
  • The strange animals that control their body heat
    Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature and outlast storms, floods and, predators
  • Trump moves to ban Anthropic from the US government
    The Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military.
  • In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT
    An AI chatbot convinced health investigators they had the right answer.
  • Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space
    Merkle Tree Certificate support is already in Chrome. Soon, it will be everywhere.
  • The Air Force's new ICBM is nearly ready to fly, but there’s nowhere to put it
    "There were assumptions that were made in the strategy that obviously didn’t come to fruition."


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