rss: npr

  • Postal Service says its cash crisis is delayed until at least 2031, but problems loom
    The U.S. Postal Service is no longer set to be out of cash in 2027, the agency's head says. But its finances remain shaky as Trump officials keep putting it in political hot water.
  • Will Texas' new top voting official be a 'disruptor'? Locals are preparing for it
    Just ahead of closely contested midterms, Texas is about to get a new top voting official. Many locals there fear the frontrunner is a state lawmaker and pastor with no election experience.
  • Understanding 'masculinism,' a movement to restore the primacy of men
    Masculinism is a belief that feminism emasculates men, and men should be in control while women stay at home raising children. The Atlantic writer Helen Lewis says the movement is becoming mainstream.
  • US eases restriction on Iran's World Cup team, allowing travel 2 days before next match
    The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Iran's World Cup team. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday the squad could travel into the country two days before its next match.
  • Star Fox Review: Can't quite teach an old Fox new tricks
    The Switch 2 Star Fox remake comes with high-effort visuals and a fun battle mode, but its campaign feels stuck in the past.
  • Greetings from sweltering Switzerland
    On the waterfront in Lucerne, Switzerland, soccer fans watched jumbo TVs showing a World Cup match played an ocean away. But the air felt more like the tropics.
  • IAEA chief says inspectors will visit nuclear sites under Iran-U.S. interim deal
    The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency has signaled that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a day after the U.S. and Iran offered contradictory remarks about the issue.
  • Congress passes major housing bill. And, Mamdani-backed candidates sweep NYC primaries
    Congress has passed the largest housing affordability bill in decades. And all three candidates endorsed by New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani have won their primaries. 
  • Political consultant on whether Trump is losing GOP support after war powers vote
    NPR's A Martínez asks Republican political consultant Doug Heye about whether Trump is losing support among congressional Republicans after the Senate voted to limit his war powers on Iran.
  • 5 years after the Surfside condo collapse, the toll of the tragedy remains
    Surfside, Florida, is marking five years since a beachfront condominium collapsed, killing 98 people. It was one of the largest structural failures in U.S. history.


rss: bbc

  • Why this heatwave feels worse than the last one
    A combination of factors is making this heatwave more uncomfortable than some we have had in the past, as Simon King explains
  • Babies and mothers died after 'systemic and sustained' failings, largest NHS maternity review finds
    Donna Ockenden's largest review of NHS maternity services also finds a "bullying and toxic culture".
  • 'From excitement to emptiness': Families affected by largest NHS maternity scandal tell their stories
    Families explain how they became part of the biggest maternity scandal in NHS history.
  • Scotland fans pray for 'perfect' result ahead of Brazil World Cup tie
    Scotland will play their final group stage match against Brazil later, with hopes of making it to the knock-out stages.
  • King meets women's cricket team that is not allowed to exist
    King Charles shows his support for the Afghan women's cricket team, who are no longer allowed to play official games.
  • Train passed red signal before fatal crash, says report
    A preliminary report from the Independent Rail Accident Investigation Branch is published.
  • Burnham on course to be PM, but what would his No 10 operation look like?
    Burnham's top team starting to take shape as questions remain over his policies and priorities.
  • UN nuclear chief says inspectors will visit Iran sites as part of war deal
    Rafael Grossi says the IAEA is "working on modalities" but an Iranian minister says such access would only be part of a final deal with the US.
  • Police took eight minutes to find Henry Nowak's fatal stab wound
    The Southampton student died from his injuries, while handcuffed on the ground by Hampshire police officers
  • Biggest city in Crimea without power after Ukraine strikes
    Sevastopol's Moscow-installed governor warns there will be no electricity in some areas until the evening.


rss: the register

  • Windows 11 turns five, leaving some important lessons for Microsoft
    Maybe sometimes users know best
  • Deno project is going to add cross-platform desktop apps in next major update
    Feature is not yet stable, but will offer easy conversion of web applications
  • Boffin claims Microsoft's supposed quantum leap does not compute due to 'basic Python errors'
    Nature paper argues researchers cherry-picked data. Redmond insists its work is sound
  • Medical diagnosis AIs can be tricked into telling whose data trained them
    Did you read all the documents you signed last time you had a medical test?
  • British Home Office seeks techie to herd nearly 1,000 engineers looking after 600 systems
    £120k ... but you must take ultimate responsibility for functionality of e-gates, passports and more
  • UK government wants 'trusted' news sources promoted above the social media noise
    That's public service media such as the BBC, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • AI coding agents could soon cost more than the developers using them
    Consumption-based pricing and scant cost controls are sending monthly bills into five figures, Gartner warns
  • London cops bring live facial recognition to West End
    'Permanent biometric surveillance of the public square' incompatible with policing by consent, say critics
  • Microsoft rivals line up to tell UK watchdog where the software behemoth hurt them
    Browsers, cloud challengers, and Killinghall Parish Council all accuse Redmond of locking in customers, hobbling competition
  • Database vendors pitch themselves as the cure for runaway AI costs
    Pinecone and Tiger Data say smarter data plumbing can cut token use and tame agentic workloads


rss: ars technica

  • Military branches restore flu shot requirement after virus swept through base
    Branches received exceptions to Hegseth's policy that made the shot optional.
  • Slate Auto's truck builder goes live for its $25k electric pickup
    From a bare-bones pickup to a loaded, wrapped SUV, here's what some Slates will cost.
  • We got a sneak peek of the final space shuttle set to go on public display
    "It is an incredible exhibit and incredible sight."
  • White House app auto-downloads to government phones, can't be uninstalled
    “It’s shooting pure unadulterated propaganda into our veins,” says one worker.
  • White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto
    Order warns of national security risks if post-quantum cryptography isn't adopted in time.
  • US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit
    Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government.
  • Odd police video shows drone removing knife from motionless suspect
    Promo video comes as more US police departments fly drones as first responders.
  • Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments
    Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.
  • A curious crossover: The Toyota C-HR review
    Although it's on the smaller side, this electric vehicle is not very chill.
  • ABC asks viewers to protest FCC attempt to "control who is allowed" on The View
    "The FCC wants to control who is allowed on the show," ABC ad tells viewers.


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