rss: npr

  • 'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV
    That's a quote from former rugby star Gareth Thomas, who is HIV positive. At the International AIDS Conference in Rio this year, he spoke out about the isolation and discrimination tied to the virus.
  • OPINION: 25 years on, a nation still mourns
    A moment to remember those lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago yesterday.
  • A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage
    As state governments grapple with how to determine who's sick enough to be excused from new Medicaid work requirements, some families are already struggling with what illnesses guarantee health coverage because of a disability.
  • Trump meets Ireland's leaders before heading to his golf club in Doonbeg
    President Trump held talks in Dublin with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin during a weekend visit centered on a major golf tournament.
  • The secret quest to preserve Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh's diaries
    Leading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland
  • Miami crash raises concerns about the jet's operator, and why it's flying for Amazon
    The cargo plane crash in Miami is raising concerns about the safety culture at 21 Air, one of the carriers that fly for Amazon. Former pilots were sounding alarms even before Sunday's accident.
  • Neighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. Is the divide here to stay?
    The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains.
  • Why are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do?
    As an Anthropic resignation and OpenAI agents' hack on Hugging Face capture public attention, some researchers worry the industry is racing too fast to develop powerful AI while safety measures lag.
  • BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS nations for a summit on trade, investment, and global conflicts.
  • Yemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shipping
    Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The move threatens Saudi oil exports through a key commercial lane. And Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack.


rss: bbc

  • Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
    The party says the money will allow it to fight the next election on a "level playing field", while rivals have renewed calls for donations from individuals to be capped.
  • Burnham and Badenoch revive red versus blue politics as Reform land 'gobsmacking' donations
    As Reform slip back in the polls, Labour and the Conservatives rediscover a familiar political divide, writes Laura Kuenssberg
  • Trump says united Ireland would be 'fantastic' during visit to Dublin
    Trump made the comments during a meeting with Irish leader Micheál Martin, but Downing Street says it will "stick to the Good Friday Agreement".
  • Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow down
    The call comes amid growing concerns that AI models may become able to inflict serious damage worldwide.
  • Céline Dion fans prepare for comeback concert in Paris
    Fans of the Canadian singer greeted her as she left her hotel on Saturday.
  • Three arrests at Portsmouth protests including man, 76, suspected of concealing identity
    Rival demonstrators march through Portsmouth as new police powers come into force.
  • Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley
    A recent spate of stark warnings about the dangers of AI has been met with scepticism by executives and investors.
  • I never got to experience my baby's scan, but blind parents like me can now feel them
    Tactile 3D models created from pregnancy scans are just one innovation to support blind parents-to-be.
  • Hardened activists are changing tactics and mobilising the anti-migrant vote
    Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
  • When an avalanche killed climber Nirmal Purja, his friends faced the hardest mission of all
    Mountaineer Mingma G tells the BBC about the climb to bring home the bodies of his closest friends.


rss: the register

  • Nvidia's Groq acquihire is on the DOJ's radar, but it's already too late
    Even if regulators did somehow unwind the $20B deal, there's a growing list of alternatives ready to take Groq's place, no merger required
  • Dell's 52-inch enormo-monitor is a tsunami of impractical fun
    You probably don't need it, but as an example of the possible it impresses
  • The aircraft might not be flying, but the certificate has gone on vacation
    Information is not forthcoming from this screen
  • AI more likely to kill animals if it saves fuel or money
    Machine learning models still have a lot to learn about the value of life
  • More JFrog Artifactory bugs under attack, and all 3 have patches
    If you're waiting for a sign to upgrade to a fixed version: this is it
  • Mars astronauts could live in houses made of yeast and jello, say scientists
    Low-energy 3D printing could turn Martian dirt into sturdy structures
  • Disembodied fruit fly brain joins the crypto speculation swarm
    Coinbase engineer gives simulated insect $100 and lets its neurons make the trades
  • AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle
    Phone shop staffer claimed he was paid less than $4k for in his part attacks leading to combined intended losses of $600,000
  • Higher prices can't crimp server sales as AI drives demand
    Shipments rise with enterprise and government buyers joining the hyperscaler spending spree
  • Britain's technology brief is now everyone's job and nobody's responsibility
    Whitehall has scattered science, AI, and digital government across a thicket of competing ministerial portfolios


rss: ars technica

  • I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China
    Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.
  • Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services
    "Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."
  • Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights
    Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.
  • Bouncy castle launches horrifying MRSA outbreak, striking 48 kids in Ireland
    The strain lurking in the inflatable structure was hypervirulent.
  • Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge
    The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
  • ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses
    "I didn't know that AI could hallucinate facts," New Mexico defense lawyer says.
  • Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics
    Analysis revealed seed proteins from sesame and moringa, which held religious and symbolic significance.
  • Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push
    Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas.
  • NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy
    NASA asks US states to show them the money.
  • Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research
    Some dangerous biology looks much like legitimate research, complicating AI safeguards.


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