rss: npr

  • The movie 'Pressure' leans into the drama of high-stakes weather forecasts
    The new movie tells a story about how good meteorology can literally win wars. It also takes us back in time, to when the United States was at a disadvantage when it came to weather science.
  • Texas general election matchups are finally set. Here's what you need to know
    The Texas primary runoffs are over and November election matchups are set in major contests, like one for the U.S. Senate, as the results deliver lessons for both parties.
  • Clyburn's district stays intact as South Carolina Republicans scrap redistricting
    The majority-Black district held for 34 years by South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn will survive intact, for now, after Republican state lawmakers rejected a plan to redraw congressional maps.
  • For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: women
    Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.
  • ICE is spending millions of dollars on iris scanners, expanding its arsenal of tech tools
    ICE is expanding its use of iris recognition technology, with plans to deploy hundreds of scanning devices across the country. The practice raises concerns among privacy experts that the Department of Homeland Security is amassing a database of biometric data.
  • Dana White says it's an 'honor' to build a fight arena on the White House lawn
    NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, about his plans to build a fighting arena on the White House lawn.
  • Morning news brief
    Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins GOP nomination for U.S. Senate seat, South Carolina lawmakers reject Trump-backed redistricting plan, Trump's whiplash diplomacy on Iran continues.
  • NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list
    The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.
  • Biden sues DOJ to stop release of audio and transcripts tied to special counsel probe
    Joe Biden sued the Justice Department to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of the former president's interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special counsel.
  • Trump gathers Cabinet as he looks to seal deal to end war
    President Trump will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday at a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran. The emerging deal has already exposed the president to fierce criticism.


rss: bbc

  • Energy bills to rise for millions as impact of Iran war hits
    A household using a typical amount of energy will pay £221 a year more, under the regulator's new price cap.
  • Labour has 'no coherent plan' for country, says Blair
    The ex-Labour PM says Sir Keir Starmer's government is in the "wrong position" ahead of the next election.
  • Six people die in water-related incidents during heatwave
    At least five youngsters and a man in his 60s died, with a teenage boy reported missing in Cheshire.
  • Sturgeon defends 'no comment' police interview after SNP funds probe arrest
    The former SNP leader's solicitor says her response was "standard" and she later provided written answers to detectives' questions.
  • Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base
    Nasa plans to send hopping drones and roving vehicles to the Moon as part of plans for a permanent Moon base.
  • 'We knew somebody would die': Teenage patients 'ignored' before fatal NHS trust failures
    Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.
  • Israeli strike in Gaza City kills new head of Hamas's military wing
    At least three people were killed in the attack, which came despite a ceasefire with Hamas being in place.
  • 'Shocking' rise in school suspensions for racist and homophobic abuse
    Education experts and charities are calling for a national anti-bullying strategy in schools.
  • Ebola-hit DR Congo faces 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, WHO warns
    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fighting in DR Congo was hampering efforts to stop spread
  • Trump-backed challenger beats veteran US senator in Texas primary
    The result sets up what will be a closely watched contest in November with Paxton's Democratic opponent.


rss: the register

  • Microsoft Excel esports champ proves he still has the formula
    Diarmuid Early dominates Amsterdam qualifier as competitive spreadsheeting sets sights on Vegas finals
  • 6G: The next gen of wireless tech nobody's ready to pay for
    Standards body on track for 2028 specs drop. Telcos on track for 2028 existential crisis about 5G ROI
  • AWS whips out Graviton-powered Redshift instances, claims 7x speed for data warehouse
    AI agents asking questions in natural language apparently issue a lot more queries than your average SQL jockey
  • InPost locker caught shipping unactivated Windows
    Contactless collection meets Microsoft's licensing reminder
  • Explainer: Edge AI
    You can run AI at the edge, if your infrastructure supports it
  • Iran slowly reconnects to the global internet
    Traffic floods back, without much of an explanation
  • Cisco making SONiC available to all customers – not just hyperscalers
    Hardened version of open-source NOS coming to Nexus 9000s
  • Alibaba gets Android 16 running on RISC-V
    Beijing’s sovereign stack ambitions strengthen
  • Anthropic co-founder hallucinates ghost in the machine after hearing the Pope speak about AI
    The nature of AI is unnatural. It's not intelligent. It's not human
  • NASA to pull an IKEA by dropping tons of plastic, metal, and glass on the Moon
    Astronauts will get to self-assemble lunar base


rss: ars technica

  • US law enforcement warns of "anti-tech extremism" as AI hatred grows
    The feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat.
  • Is Peter Thiel the target of Pope Leo's Gandalf quote? An investigation.
    Parsing a papal proclamation.
  • Musk says US military suicide drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules
    Musk says drones used Starlink instead of Starshield, blames military contractor.
  • NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a "perimeter"
    "We also obviously want to be very mindful of the Outer Space Treaty."
  • We're starting to see some PC makers respond to Apple's MacBook Neo
    Sub-$600 laptops have existed for years, but consistently good ones remain rare.
  • Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package
    "BadHost" was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly downloads.
  • Want an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Stuff oxygen’s friends in the mantle.
    Getting carbon and sulfur into Earth’s interior may be part of oxygen’s story.
  • FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent
    A creepy saved post on Instagram linked man to AI porn account, FBI says.
  • 3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild
    Hugging Face debuts $2,500 bipedal robot project for builders and researchers.
  • Windows' classic 3D Space Cadet pinball is getting a physical re-creation
    But there are some real-world constraints that virtual pinball could easily ignore.


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