rss: npr

  • Ex-prosecutor charged with sending to herself report on Trump classified probe
    The former prosecutor faces federal charges over allegations that she sent a report on Jack Smith's investigation into President Trump's hoarding of classified documents to her personal email account.
  • Netanyahu scolds Israeli security minister for videos taunting flotilla activists
    Israel's national security minister triggered a backlash after releasing videos taunting detained flotilla activists who tried to breach the blockade of Gaza, telling them they should be imprisoned.
  • Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type
    Healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world's most vulnerable places.
  • Liberal U.S. mayors team up with European counterparts to fight authoritarianism
    Ten U.S. mayors from cities such as Chicago and Cincinnati have joined a pact with European mayors to defend democracy and progressive values and fight right-wing populists and authoritarianism.
  • Senate panel hears testimony on online sports betting, prediction markets
    Senate lawmakers grilled sports betting industry officials during a hearing focused on recent cheating scandals, companies' marketing tactics and regulatory battles.
  • Advice for 2026 commencement speakers: Don't bring up AI
    Commencement speakers who bring up the sweeping changes that artificial intelligence is driving are facing boos from the Class of 2026.
  • Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO plans reveal blockbuster spending on rockets and AI
    The company is on track to pull off the largest IPO in history — making CEO Elon Musk even wealthier.
  • Supreme Court voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level
    The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds.
  • How to help children cope after shootings like the San Diego mosque killings
    Children closest to an incident of gun violence have the most risk of lasting psychological effects. Here's what all parents should know about how to buffer trauma.
  • The U.S. threatens to revoke the Palestinian U.N. ambassador's visa
    A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations post.


rss: bbc

  • TikTok and YouTube 'not safe enough' for kids, says regulator
    YouTube said it worked with experts to provide appropriate experiences. TikTok said it was disappointed Ofcom had not acknowledged its safety features.
  • Wes Streeting pledges wealth tax as part of leadership pitch
    He proposes equalising capital gains tax with income tax, in a reform he estimates could raise £12bn a year.
  • Children in England to be offered free bus trips this August
    Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to reveal a £100m fare-free bus scheme designed to relieve cost-of-living pressures.
  • UK agrees £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states
    The deal will remove an estimated £580m worth of tariffs from British exports, but rights groups are critical
  • Watch: Why is the US going after Cuba's Raúl Castro 30 years on?
    BBC correspondent Will Grant reports from Havana, hours after the US charged former Cuban leader with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes.
  • Why illegal children's homes are being paid up to £2m per child by councils
    A ban was meant to bring an end to the practice - but councils continue to fund illegal placements.
  • 'We'll go down in history' - Villa's new heroes triumph to end 30-year wait
    Aston Villa beat Freiburg in Istanbul to win the Europa League, with a new generation of heroes etching their names in the history books.
  • SpaceX files for stock market debut that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire
    Musk's rocket-maker and satellite internet provider will trade under the ticker SPCX
  • I'm trapped in a retirement flat with a £20k service charge. I fear I'll never sell
    Hundreds of people contacted BBC News after a report found families were being left with service charge debts after inheriting properties.
  • Unfair dismissal claims face five-year delay as tribunal backlog grows
    Employment tribunal service delays mean people bringing unfair dismissal claims are waiting up to five years in England and Wales.


rss: the register

  • SpaceX pitches itself as integrated interplanetary proto-monopolist in IPO filing
    Aims for the stars while burning cash and blowing deadlines on Earth
  • Nvidia on track to be worlds leading CPU supplier claims CFO
    GPUzilla forecasts $20 billion in CPU revenues this year
  • AMD says its $4K Ryzen AI Halo workstation practically pays for itself
    AMD says its $4K Ryzen AI Halo workstation practically pays for itself
  • Intuit axes 3,000 – without blaming AI
    'Margin expansion' and a 'faster, leaner' company are CEO Sasan Goodarzi's goals
  • AI code accelerates production failures and spending, study finds
    CloudBees survey exposes verification gap
  • Even Claude agrees: hole in its sandbox was real and dangerous
    Another day, another AI bug silently fixed with no CVE and no public disclosure
  • Intel's CEO reveals early hiring challenges as bankruptcy concerns deterred top talent
    Recovering chipmaker looks beyond 14A to 10A and 7A process nodes in foundry comeback bid
  • OpenAI floats buy-before-your-try AI availability guarantee
    Nice AI workloads you have going, it'd be a shame we ran out of stock
  • Fedora: Microsoft is all aboard, but Deepin is dumped
    Red Hat’s free distro loses a desktop, but makes an important new friend
  • Bye-bye, Gemini CLI; Google's gone and swapped you for a closed-source AI
    Most users lose access June 18 - unless you’ve got enterprise creds or paid API keys


rss: ars technica

  • Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time
    "We believe we have identified the largest TAM in human history."
  • Trump admin didn't want Ebola-exposed Americans, sent them to Berlin, Prague
    Officials denied refusing entry, but dodged questions on why Americans didn't return.
  • NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
    "As a bonus, it captured Mars images from a rare perspective."
  • Masters of the Universe final trailer brings the '80s nostalgia
    "You are he who will restore peace to Eternia."
  • Leaving the V8 in the past: The all-electric Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door
    The 0–60 time is impressive, the miles/kWh number even more so.
  • "Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition" may help you avoid paying for a new PC
    It could be one way to make your old PC play nicely with a high-end GPU.
  • Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users
    Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 29 months earlier, is fixed.
  • Trump wants $1B to protect White House ballroom from drones and other threats
    President asks $1B from taxpayers to secure his $400M privately funded ballroom.
  • Hulu set to keep existing as standalone streaming service and app (for now)
    Disney still has a lot of tech to unite and bundles to push.
  • Chickens without eggs? De-extinction company creates artificial egg.
    In the process, Colossal may have handed a useful tool to developmental biology.


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