rss: npr

  • Read the full text of Trump's preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement to end the war
    Here is the text of the memorandum of understanding that was signed Wednesday by President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as Pakistan's prime minister.
  • Ukraine hits a Moscow oil refinery and other sites in a large-scale drone attack
    Ukraine launched a new wave of drone attacks on Russia early Thursday, amounting to one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital since the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.
  • You're probably using too many skin care products. Here are the 3 essentials
    We asked half a dozen skin care experts: Which products do you really need to keep your skin healthy and attractive? Here's what they said.
  • These 3 brothers lost their parents to AIDS. Now they struggle to make it on their own
    Three brothers say their mother and father died after losing access to their HIV medications. Now the boys are figuring out how to navigate life.
  • Supreme Court sides with a marijuana user who was barred from owning guns
    The court ruled that the law used to prosecute a marijuana user violated his Second Amendment right to bear arms and is unconstitutionally vague.
  • Embedded: "We Keep Us Safe" from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times
    In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.
  • Report: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous
    MIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea."
  • Trump signs agreement with Iran. And, the president's approval hits record lows
    Trump signed a preliminary agreement with Iran yesterday to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. And, the president's approval rating has hit a record low, according to a new NPR poll.
  • The price of jet fuel is falling, but don't expect airfares to follow any time soon
    The average price of jet fuel has fallen to its lowest level since the beginning of the war with Iran. But aviation experts say the cost of airfare is likely to stay high, at least for now.
  • Poll: Most Americans have the summer blues about Trump and the economy
    A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a record low share of Americans approve of President Trump's job performance and his handling of the economy heading into the summer before a key midterm election.


rss: bbc

  • Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after boy injured in crocodile enclosure
    A three-year-old boy was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital with critical injuries and is in a stable condition, Cambridgeshire Police said.
  • Bowen: US-Iran deal raises inescapable question of what the war was for
    While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.
  • Teacher who murdered adopted baby son Preston Davey given whole life prison sentence
    Preston Davey died after months of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of Jamie Varley.
  • Moscow residents complain of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery
    A refinery and a shopping centre burned after almost 200 Ukrainian drones struck an area to the south-east of the Russian capital.
  • 'Do not travel' advice for Dubai dropped
    Thousands of Brits were left stranded in the Middle East when the US-Iran war broke out in early 2026.
  • Vulnerable patients' lives made 'miserable' by abuse, Muckamore inquiry finds
    The long-awaited final report is expected to reveal the extent of the mistreatment of patients at the hospital.
  • Hegseth renews Nato criticism and says US will review presence in Europe
    The US defence secretary's move follows a US decision to scale back its commitments to a high readiness force within the alliance.
  • Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab
    A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
  • Interest rates held as Bank warns of impact of high energy prices
    The Bank last cut interest rates in December but upheaval in the Middle East has stalled any further reductions.
  • GTA 6 pre-order date and cover art revealed by Rockstar
    The developer has said pre-sales of the hugely anticipated game will begin on 25 June.


rss: the register

  • Citrix now lets you run virtual desktops like a cost-conscious private equityeer
    Soaring PC prices make alternatives to hardware refreshes interesting
  • Canonical reveals Myna, its local speech-to-text app
    Bird-branded AI will ride on Stonking Stingray
  • NASA payload to ride commercial Mars orbiter from rocket biz yet to reach orbit
    Aeolus mission promises better Martian weather models, assuming Relativity Space can get its Terran R off the ground
  • ZTE and China Telecom Guangdong advance cross‑vendor IP network simulation pilots, paving the way for intelligent network operations
    PARTNER CONTENT: Leveraging >95% digital twin fidelity and multi-vendor collaboration to eliminate network change risks and achieve zero-error O&M
  • The AI tipping point: where enterprise AI runs at scale
    PARTNER CONTENT: AI's cloud journey homeward bound: enterprises prefer private clouds for scaling AI workloads.
  • Google told researcher 'Nice catch!' Then denied bug bounty for flaw it still hasn't fixed
    EXCLUSIVE 'Working as intended' for the win … again
  • Neuromorphic computing may one day offer AI a power-saving brainwave
    Hybrid systems could bring efficiency gains at the edge, but conventional infrastructure isn't going anywhere fast
  • KDE Plasma 6.7 brings the X11 era to a close
    Plenty of new shiny in the service of improved usability
  • AI nose uses 'Smell Language Model' to sniff out signs of disease
    Sampling patients' breath may save lives and emergency room resources
  • Microsoft once used its own brand of 'Lego' to optimize Windows
    Making software feel snappier when you only have 12 MB RAM


rss: ars technica

  • Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago
    We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore.
  • The first long-duration resident of the ISS, a cosmonaut, has died
    Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space.
  • Hulk, Punisher join Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
    Peter Parker to Bruce Banner: "I didn't know you could get that big."
  • Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy
    Maggot therapy lacks robust data, but it has fans and a fail-safe "bacon therapy."
  • Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.
    Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back.
  • California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network
    FCC considers AT&T petitions to preempt state rules and discontinue phone service.
  • Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks
    The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet.
  • Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
    Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.
  • AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties
    Nvidia's self-improvement program for robots enlists teams of AI coding agents.
  • The Slate Truck's price may have leaked, starts at $24,950
    The official launch takes place next week.


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