rss: npr

  • Eric Swalwell will resign from Congress as he faces backlash over assault allegations
    Swalwell's resignation follows allegations of sexual assault and misconduct made by multiple women against the California Democrat.
  • 5 things to know about Péter Magyar, Hungary's new prime minister
    Magyar ended Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year grip on power in a landslide victory on Sunday. The former Orbán loyalist burst onto the scene as an opposition leader in 2024.
  • Judge dismisses Trump's $10B lawsuit over the Wall Street Journal's Epstein reporting
    In the order issued Monday, the judge wrote that President Trump had failed to make the argument that the article, which described a letter to Epstein that the newspaper said bore Trump's signature, was published with the intent to be malicious.
  • Trump says U.S. will blockade Iranian ports. And, Orbán loses Hungarian election
    President Trump announced a blockade of Iranian ports after peace talks with Iran collapsed. And, Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years in power in Hungary.
  • Trump vows to sink Iranian ships approaching a U.S. blockade of Strait of Hormuz
    President Trump said the U.S. would interdict vessels that had to pay what he called an "illegal toll" to Iran to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Trump says U.S. will blockade Iranian ports after peace talks fail
    On Sunday, President Trump said the U.S. would blockade the Strait of Hormuz after negotiations between the U.S. and Iran broke down over the weekend.
  • Retired U.S. Navy admiral on Trump's threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz
    NPR's Michel Martin speaks to retired U.S. Navy Adm. James Foggo, dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy, about President Trump's command to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Pope Leo brushes off Trump criticism amid growing Vatican–U.S. tensions over Iran war
    Pope Leo XIV says he will not be deterred by criticism from President Trump, vowing to continue his calls for peace as tensions escalate between the Vatican and Washington over the Iran conflict.
  • What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart
    A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war."
  • More than a quarter of private colleges are at risk of closing, a new projection shows
    As one Vermont college finishes its last semester, an estimated 442 others may be in trouble.


rss: bbc

  • Southport killer's parents failed in 'moral duty' to report son, public inquiry finds
    Failing to appreciate the danger the killer posed led to "catastrophic consequences", an inquiry finds.
  • Five key failures of killer's parents and agencies ahead of Southport attack
    Inquiry Chair Sir Adrian Fulford said the Southport attack could have been prevented if authorities and the killer's parents had acted more quickly.
  • EasyJet passengers describe EU border 'nightmare' after flight leaves without them
    Airlines warn of further disruption due to the introduction of a new EU digital border control system.
  • Henry Zeffman: Starmer seeks closer ties with EU - and doesn't mind reopening Brexit divisions
    Keir Starmer's approach has provoked anger from the Conservatives and Reform UK.
  • Ex-Nigerian oil minister denies taking bribes
    Diezani Alison-Madueke is accused of living “a life of luxury” in the UK at properties paid for and refurbished by industry figures.
  • Trump deletes post depicting him as Jesus-like figure after backlash
    Christian allies of the president call the AI-generated image offensive as Trump says he thought it showed him as a doctor.
  • BBC joins paramedics on duty in Lebanon after Israeli strikes
    BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh - a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned.
  • Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide
    Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.
  • Man who threw girlfriend from tower block jailed
    Jordan Herring, 22, is jailed for five years following the attack in November 2022.
  • Chagos deal paused over Trump opposition, minister confirms
    Legislation ratifying the agreement will not progress this parliamentary term due to a stand-off with the White House.


rss: the register

  • Zombie Microsoft bugs rise from the dead, pave way for crims and ransomware scum

    One was patched almost 14 years ago

    Crooks are exploiting four Microsoft vulnerabilities - one patched 14 years ago and another tied to ransomware activity - according to America's lead cyber-defense agency, which on Monday gave federal agencies two weeks to patch them.…

  • Cloudflare revamps CLI as agents take over the internet

    What, you think basic usability is improved just for your benefit, human?

    Cloudflare is rebuilding Wrangler’s command-line tooling by adding commands for products and interfaces that still lack CLI support. And yes, AI agents are a big reason why.…

  • Claude is getting worse, according to Claude

    Brief outage follows growing number of quality complaints

    Once the AI darling of programmers everywhere, Anthropic's Claude has been stumbling mightily, both in terms of cost and perceived quality. The service was down briefly on Monday with "a major outage," service trouble that only amplifies growing discontent from customers that even a bot can see.…

  • How ServiceNow gets customers to gorge at the AI trough

    'AI is now infused in every package that we offer to our addressable market,' SVP John Aisien told us

    ServiceNow's latest product announcements show how hardcore the company has become about embedding AI across its go-to-market strategy.…

  • Fake Linux leader using Slack to con devs into giving up their secrets

    Google Sites lure leads to bogus root certificate

    Imagine getting asked to do something by a person in authority. An unknown malware slinger targeting open source software developers via Slack impersonated a real Linux Foundation official and used pages hosted on Google.com to steal developers' credentials and take over their systems.…

  • Attention, gamers: The FAA wants YOU to be an air traffic controller

    GG noob, who cleared you to land?

    The Federal Aviation Administration continues to face an air traffic controller shortage, and it's hoping that a new demographic of potential applicants can fill the ranks: Video gamers. …

  • WARNING: Oracle's AI obsession could mean higher prices and worse support

    Advisers say fewer staff could mean slower answers and tougher renewals

    Oracle customers have been warned to watch for changes in support and pricing as Larry Ellison’s company makes huge datacenter spending commitments to support its AI ambitions.…

  • Claude Code cache chaos creates quota complaints

    Dev reports suggest long sessions now burn through usage much faster

    Anthropic last month reduced the TTL (time to live) for the Claude Code prompt cache from one hour to five minutes for many requests, but said this should not increase costs despite users reporting faster depleting quotas.…

  • Notepad sheds Copilot from toolbar as Microsoft gives subtlety a try

    AI gubbins still there, just tucked under 'Writing Tools'

    Copilot is on its way out of Notepad, but a return to the basic text editor is not on the cards.…

  • Booking.com warns reservation data may have checked out with intruders

    Travel giant says names, contact details, dates, and hotel messages potentially exposed

    Booking.com is warning customers that their reservation details may have been exposed to unknown attackers, in the latest reminder that the travel giant still can't quite keep a lid on the data flowing through its platform.…



rss: ars technica

  • Retro Rewind re-creates the glorious drudgery of working a '90s video store
    What the nostalgic throwback lacks in complexity it makes up for in repetitive charm.
  • Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US
    In the 2024-2025 school year, only 78.5% of kindergartners had measles vaccination.
  • Google shoehorned Rust into Pixel 10 modem to make legacy code safer
    Cellular modems are complex black boxes of legacy code, but Google is making them safer with Rust.
  • NZXT agrees to let customers keep their rental PCs in class-action settlement
    NZXT will forgive up to $5,000 in debt for customers of the Flex program.
  • Your tech support company runs scams. Stop—or disguise with more fraud?
    Fake it till you make it.
  • Sunrise on the Reaping teaser brings us a Second Quarter Quell
    "You have no idea what's in store for you. Twice the number of tributes, twice the glory."
  • IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty
    IBM is first firm to pay penalty under Trump's "Civil Rights Fraud Initiative."
  • Slate Auto raises $650 million as production gets closer and closer
    The Slate Truck will start in the "mid-$20,000s" when it goes on sale in late 2026.
  • Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees
    The Meta chief is personally involved in training and testing his animated AI.
  • To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain
    LLM use is the most demoralizing problem I’ve faced as a college instructor.


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