rss: npr

  • Meta considered buying Kalshi before developing its own prediction market app
    Mark Zuckerberg met with Kalshi's CEO last year about a potential deal, but talks did not move forward. Now Meta is making its own prediction market app.
  • FDA scientists flag concerns with peptides, the trendy molecules RFK Jr. supports
    Documents reviewing the research on peptides note lack of good evidence of efficacy or safety. Yet an FDA panel will consider easing access to them later this month.
  • It's going to be a hot July Fourth for much of the country
    The National Weather Service has issued heat warnings and watches for much of the Midwest and East heading into the holiday weekend. In many places, the temperatures could shatter records.
  • Rep. Tom Kean returns to Congress, says depression is why he went missing for months
    The New Jersey Republican was missing for months with no explanation for his constituents. He explained in a House floor speech that after his diagnosis, there was no timeline for recovery.
  • Law professor discusses Supreme Court's final rulings this term
    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kim Wehle {WAIL-ee}, professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, about the Supreme Court's final decisions this term.
  • Editor's note: NPR retracts Justice Samuel Alito story
  • Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship on constitutional grounds
    The decision firmly rejected the executive order that Trump issued on the first day of his second term.
  • Supreme Court strikes down limits on political party spending
    At issue in the case was a post-Watergate law that Congress passed to limit the amount of money individuals can give to political parties.
  • Tricks to help you spend less money at restaurants
    Personal finance and nutrition experts share simple strategies that make it possible to eat out without spending a fortune. One tip? You might have to let go of your fast food delivery habit.
  • Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls' sports
    Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.


rss: bbc

  • Starmer trims budgets to fund extra £15bn for defence
    The plan outlines how billions will be spent on equipping the UK armed forces in the years ahead.
  • Will Starmer's plan for defence help UK hit Nato's spending target?
    BBC Verify looks at what the big numbers around the Defence Investment Plan mean for spending on the military and hitting the government's pledges.
  • Patient tests negative after Ebola alert at Glasgow hospital
    Precautionary measures were taken after the patient was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital early on Tuesday.
  • US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump
    The ruling is a major setback for Donald Trump's immigration agenda, and has been welcomed by civil rights groups.
  • Half of government should be female, Labour women tell Burnham
    Female MPs urge Burnham to ensure Labour lead by example on equality should he become prime minister.
  • Government promises to act on maternity care failings which 'shame our society'
    An independent inquiry has found "unacceptable racism and discrimination" is affecting patient safety.
  • Williams falls just short on Wimbledon singles return
    Serena Williams came close to a sensational comeback win on her Wimbledon return before losing an epic three-setter against Maya Joint.
  • Manhunt after bomb injures Ukrainian oligarch in Monaco
    The blast was caused by an explosive device which appeared to contain bolts and pellets, the head of Monaco's government said.
  • Ringleader of Rochdale grooming gang 'cannot be deported'
    A 55-year-old law means the government has no legal powers to remove Shabir Ahmed from the UK.
  • 'Absolute madness': Row over plan to demolish Nazi bunker under Berlin
    City officials want to build flats on the city centre site but others say it should be preserved as part of Germany's history.


rss: the register

  • Qualcomm's proposed solution to catch up in AI infra: Bury the compute under the DRAM
    With its next-gen AI accelerators, the SoC vendor aims to fly high above the memory wall
  • Changing AI math could reduce the hardware burden, researchers show
    SEMQ promises an abstraction layer for separating semantics from embeddings
  • Infosec professionals sour on automated pentesting tools
    29% of security pros were open to fully autonomous pentesting last year; now only 9% are
  • Huntress CEO says threat hunter used 'poor judgment' in alerting ransomware crim about law enforcement probe
    Ex-employee claims this 'meets the definition of an insider threat'
  • Meta's non-surgical mind reading machine improves on prior projects, but still isn't great
    61% word accuracy is progress, but the system still relies on users typing and can't yet support real-time communication. Implanted BCIs remain well ahead
  • AI agents: Cause of database sprawl. And also the proposed solution
    DB wrangling tech needs to meet demands of AI agents, Cockroach Labs CEO Spencer Kimball tells El Reg
  • Microsoft previews Linux containers that run in Windows
    Linux container CLI and API for Windows applications
  • What the OCI MSA didn't solve for AI scaling
    PARTNER CONTENT: The OCI MSA settled the architecture for optical scale-up. How fast bandwidth scales is a manufacturing question, not an architectural one
  • Arm64 on the desktop? It’s spendy and it’s sluggish
    Even with lots of RAM, GPU, and fast disks, you probably don’t want it
  • UK regulator wants Apple and Google to let devs steer clear of app store fees
    Proposals could open cheaper routes for purchases made through third parties


rss: ars technica

  • NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon
    "That would be an awesome capability."
  • Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more
    Tenor still connects to Google apps, but other platforms must look elsewhere for GIFs.
  • Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court
    Supreme Court will weigh if Apple contempt finding in Epic case is “erroneous.”
  • New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea
    Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden instructions.
  • Google's new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet
    They may not look as good, but Nano Banana 2 Lite images only take a few seconds to create.
  • RFK Jr. stacks FDA panel with peptide peddlers as FDA scientists oppose access
    Peptide drugs are popular, but FDA scientists warn they're untested, may be harmful.
  • Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors
    A year in, National Design Studio delays plan to update government web standards.
  • The US going 100% EV by 2040 would save more than 100k lives, study says
    Much of it comes from heavy-duty trucks and buses that burn diesel.
  • Trump asked Musk for SpaceX stock to seed US kids’ savings accounts, report says
    Sources suggest Musk may be mulling big donation to Trump Accounts.
  • Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals
    Gov. Ron DeSantis calls it a crackdown on "radical climate policies."


open all | close all