rss: npr

  • Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
    President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.
  • The best economic ideas from around the world — Planet Money Summer School is back
    Our free economics course for your ears is on a quest for great economics ideas.
  • How soccer brings a Bhutanese community together in Harrisburg, Pa.
    Harrisburg is home to one of the nation's largest communities of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees and their families. Through soccer, generations have found connection, belonging and a way to carry forward a shared history.
  • Amid U.S.-Iran war, Houthi rebels threaten to blockade another key strait
    The Houthis, a Shiite militia in Yemen, which is aligned with Iran, have announced a naval blockade of a key waterway, the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait.
  • These men went to college in search of stable careers. They found it in nursing
    Only about 1 in 8 nurses are men, but their share is growing. A strong job market for nurses and sustained efforts to recruit men into the field have made a difference, including in the South.
  • A homeless man was charged with a felony for camping. He's one of the first
    When Joseph Lamont Williams refused to leave the public park where he has lived for years, he was charged with a felony. Camping bans are on the rise as states seek to crack down on homelessness.
  • Arizona primaries set the stage for contested fall races in a swing state
    Arizona Democrats choose who can try to flip a Republican-held House seat and Republicans pick their nominee to try to unseat a Democratic governor.
  • Morning news brief
    Iran-backed Houthis say they will blockade anothe waterway, threatening Red Sea shipping, Pete Hegseth heads to the Hill looking for $350 billion funding boost, Arizona voters head to the polls.
  • Spain's World Cup champions return home for parade in front of almost 2 million
    The players and their coaching staff met with the country's royals, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. An estimated crowd of almost 2 million was on hand to greet the squad through the streets of Madrid.
  • Powerball ticket sales begin Tuesday in the United Kingdom
    Powerball ticket sales in the United Kingdom will begin Tuesday, giving players across the Atlantic a chance at winning the same massive jackpot that U.S. players already play for.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: Starmer ally takes swipe at Burnham's first big policy
    Sir Keir Starmer's former right hand man Darren Jones says Andy Burnham's VAT cut is unfunded.
  • Who's in Andy Burnham's cabinet?
    An in-depth look at which Labour MPs have been appointed to cabinet roles by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham
  • Cause of Ann Widdecombe's death not yet established, inquest hears
    The 78-year-old was found with "visible injuries" at her home in Devon on 9 July.
  • Trump slaps 50% tariffs on Canada and Carney vows to 'intensify' trade talks
    The duties mark a major escalation in trade tensions between the North American neighbours.
  • US launches fresh strikes on Iran, as Trump warns of retaliation for deaths of soldiers
    Iran says it has hit two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as well as targets in Bahrain and Jordan.
  • Parts of the UK move closer to drought
    The longest dry spell in over 30 years for central England raises concerns about drought and when it might rain.
  • Watch: 'My flat was turned into a brothel,' landlord tells BBC Panorama
    A Panorama investigation uncovers how organised gangs are exploiting the UK's private rental market.
  • Russian warship carried out firing exercise off Plymouth coast
    The Neustrashimy's live-fire exercise took place in international waters and lasted for 30 minutes.
  • Thames Water lenders offer 'golden share' to head off nationalisation
    The water supplier's lenders are trying to prevent the company from being taken over by the Burnham government
  • Fifa opens investigation into Argentina post-final trouble
    Argentina will face an investigation into the ugly scenes at the end of the World Cup final, Fifa has confirmed.


rss: the register

  • Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago
    And would have lasted longer if some code hadn't trampled on places it shouldn't
  • Scalding hot AI accelerators have put datacenters in hot water. Two-phase cooling could chill them out
    Startup Accelsius claims it can achieve up to 14° C cooler GPU temps by by converting a liquid-cooled Dell PowerEdge to run on refrigerants
  • Some Mullvad VPN customers tunnel for exit after co-founder donates millions to populist party
    SEK 5M gift supplied 72 percent of Örebropartiet's annual income, but company insists it was strictly personal
  • Judgment day looms for UK's £8.35B Skynet military satellite comms upgrade
    Supplier stumbles and MoD staffing shortages earn the program a red delivery rating
  • Europe slaps AliExpress with €550 million fine for selling dodgy goods
    Biggest-ever DSA fine shows Brussels wants to bust the biz model behind China’s cheap e-commerce champs
  • Google Cloud outage shows it’s still hard to understand hyperscalers’ real resilience regimes
    Single datacenter and just three services taken down by ‘upstream’ power problem, while the rest of a zone and region kept humming
  • OVH reveals semi-secret plan to fix critical Januscape hypervisor bug with mass reboots – and an Australian crash-test dummy
    French cloud backported a patch into Debian and didn’t seek customer consent, despite chance of downtime
  • Attackers pummel critical WordPress vuln to create all sorts of mischief
    Plus dozens of PoCs in the public domain
  • Scammers impersonate FBI on social media, prey on crime victims
    IC3 says any account claiming to represent it is fake
  • AWS customer learns the hard way how even the smallest oversight can be mission-critical
    An expired card, overzealous spam filter, and broken authenticator create havoc with a very clear moral


rss: ars technica

  • DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him
    Pennsylvania cop charged with oppression and obstruction.
  • Firefighting drones in the works as wildfires plague US nearly year-round
    California and XPRIZE competition tests whether drones can stop wildfires early.
  • Judge halts Paramount's $111B purchase of Warner Bros. in win for US states
    Judge grants restraining order, saying merger "likely to violate antitrust laws."
  • The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches
    The Trump administration is asking the Space Force to do a lot. This will require more launches.
  • AT&T loses key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California
    AT&T suffers setback but will keep asking court and FCC to preempt state rules.
  • RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan
    Used discs are often cheaper than even deep digital discounts.
  • F1 in Belgium: Machine learning algorithms are ruining the sport
    Many will say Spa is the best racetrack on earth, but not for these F1 cars.
  • AliExpress hit with record $625M fine after failing to make EU-ordered fixes
    Online retailer AliExpress says it's shocked by largest DSA fine yet.
  • The first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is finally here
    "Something's coming. Something we may not be able to deter."
  • Pay up or not? Ransomware surge has victims facing tough choices.
    Governments look at banning ransom payments in face of increasingly sophisticated threats.


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