rss: npr

  • Justice Department drops inquiry into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
    The move paves the way for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh, the president's nominee to head the central bank.
  • Decades-old, newly restored Smithsonian carousel reopens -- to children's delight
    The carousel was first desegregated when part of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore in 1963. It was moved to the National Mall after the park closed.
  • How Pittsburgh — host of this year's NFL draft — became a sports mecca
    The Pennsylvania city is hosting the draft for the first time in almost 80 years. Pittsburghers say the city's passionate fanbases and winning teams make the selection a natural fit.
  • Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is extended by 3 weeks as tensions rise in Strait of Hormuz
    Hezbollah and Israel traded fire just hours after the ceasefire extension was announced, underscoring its fragility.
  • Israel and Lebanon extend ceasefire. And, Trump eases medical marijuana rules
    Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire for three weeks, President Trump says. And, the Trump administration is easing rules on medical marijuana.
  • Thousands of seafarers stranded by ongoing U.S. blockade on Strait of Hormuz
    As the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports drags on, thousands of seafarers are stranded on ships, and economic shockwaves ripple around the world.
  • 'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing?
    Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts say it raises questions about how much risk comes with letting robots be in charge of their own learning. 
  • After 2 failed votes, Mike Johnson unveils new plan to extend key U.S. spy powers
    With an April 30 deadline fast approaching, Johnson unveiled his latest proposal to extend the controversial surveillance program known as FISA 702.
  • Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake
    Utah's Great Salt Lake has been labeled an "environmental nuclear bomb" and it has the attention of the president of the United States.
  • Morning news brief
    Ongoing U.S. blockade of Strait of Hormuz strands thousands of seafarers, Trump administration eases rules on medical marijuana, Wildfires fueled by drought continue to spread in parts of Georgia.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: A grim week for Starmer – but things could be about to get worse
    The Mandelson vetting row has reignited questions over the PM's future just two weeks before crucial elections in Scotland, Wales and England.
  • No 10 says Falklands sovereignty rests with UK after report of US 'review'
    An internal Pentagon document reportedly raised the prospect of a change in position in retaliation for the UK not joining the Iran war.
  • Epstein housed victims in London flats after Met chose not to investigate him, BBC reveals
    The revelations intensify concerns about repeated police decisions not to investigate 2015 trafficking claims.
  • The assisted dying bill has failed but the debate isn't over
    In June 2025 MPs backed the legislation but now it has run out of time to become law.
  • Man given life sentence for rape and religiously aggravated assault of Sikh woman
    A judge tells John Ashby, 32, that he will serve at least 14 years in prison for the attack.
  • Running marathons for our girls has made us closer, say dads of Southport victims
    Sergio Aguiar and David Stancombe run the London Marathon together in memory of Alice and Elsie.
  • Benjamin Netanyahu treated for early-stage prostate cancer
    The Israeli prime minister says he is "in excellent physical condition" after having a malignant tumour removed.
  • US justice department drops probe into Fed chairman Jerome Powell
    President Donald Trump had accused Powell of improper cost overruns in renovating the Fed's building.
  • UK cyber chiefs say it's time to ditch passwords for passkeys - what are they?
    Passwords have long been the default way we secure accounts online but the NCSC has said passkeys are a better option.
  • Stock markets are too high and set to fall, says Bank of England deputy
    It is unusual for a senior figure at the Bank to be so forthright on market movements.


rss: the register

  • ShinyHunters claim they have cruise giant Carnival's booty as 7.5M emails surface

    Leak-site bragging meets breach hunters as Have I Been Pwned flags millions of records

    Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, is dealing with choppy waters after Have I Been Pwned flagged what it claimed were 7.5 million unique email addresses all allegedly tied to one of its subsidiaries. …

  • Governments on high alert after CISA snuffs out Firestarter backdoor on fed network

    Latest in long-running pwning of Cisco kit found in mystery Fed agency

    A US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cybersnoops and their UK counterparts – neither of which disclosed the agency's name.…

  • More ancient Linux device support faces the chop

    One way to deal with bug hunting LLMs: ditch the old drivers

    One tactic to deal with LLM-powered vulnerability detection is simple – just speed up the removal of old code. If it's gone, it no longer matters if it's buggy.…

  • Open Telemetry founder tools up for project graduation party

    We gotta get boring to get graduated

    Grafanacon The founder of the Open Telemetry project says its maintainers may need to turn to AI tools to get some elements robust enough for the project as a whole to graduate.…

  • Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it's encouraging experienced workers to leave

    Windows giant offers buyouts to eligible staffers willing to walk

    Microsoft has committed to improving the quality and reliability of Windows, and a step on the path to that goal is… encouraging a chunk of its US staff to leave the company.…

  • Intel bets the farm on AI inference to drag CPU back to the top table

    Chipzilla hopes agents, robots, and edge devices make CPUs cool again... now it has to build the chips

    Intel is betting on AI to reverse its fortunes, wagering that inference and agentic workloads will restore the CPU to the center of compute - even as its chip manufacturing struggles persist.…

  • Meta Arms itself to the teeth by signing for 'tens of millions' of AWS Graviton cores

    After flubbing the Metaverse, Zuck embraces the Neoverse

    Meta plans to deploy tens of millions of Amazon Web Services' Graviton 5 CPU cores as part of a multi-year collaboration that will make the social network among the largest-ever consumers of the cloud giant’s homegrown silicon.…

  • Microsoft beefs up Remote Desktop security with ... hard-to-read messages

    Ailing scaling blamed by Windows-maker for unreadable missives

    Microsoft's update to harden Remote Desktop against phishing attacks has arrived. When users open a Remote Desktop (.rdp) file, they should now see a warning listing all requested connection settings - or they would if it was displaying correctly.…

  • It's a myth that you need Mythos to find bugs: Open source models can do it just as well

    OpenAI's first security hire, Ari Herbert-Voss, thinks more automated bug finding will improve security without costing jobs

    Black Hat Asia Open source models can find bugs as effectively as Anthropic's Mythos, according to Ari Herbert-Voss, CEO of AI-powered security startup RunSybil and OpenAI's first security hire.…

  • Trump to UK: Stop taxing our big beautiful tech corps or face tariff tsunami

    Oval Office resident rants about Blighty's Digital Services Tax with threats that don’t quite add up

    Donald Trump has threatened to whack the UK with a "big tariff" if it doesn't scrap its tax on large US tech firms, reviving a long-running spat over who gets to skim the proceeds from Silicon Valley's global empire.…



rss: ars technica

  • Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway's primary modules are corroded
    "Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors."
  • As electric aspirations fade, Porsche sells its stake in Bugatti
    Porsche's stake in Bugatti and Rimac Group have been sold to private equity.
  • Six things I'll remember when I think about Tim Cook's version of Apple
    Under Cook, Apple became hugely successful, if not always surprising.
  • Trump administration attempt to gut Endangered Species Act hits roadblock
    House vote to defang the Endangered Species Act was unexpectedly cancelled
  • Rocket Report: Artemis III rocket getting ready; SpaceX is now an AI company
    "If it doesn’t rely on a solid, there’s no reason why we can’t launch."
  • Visitors to this private space station won't be wearing shorts and T-shirts
    Can you wear white after Labor Day if your destination is Earth orbit?
  • US accuses China of “industrial-scale” AI theft. China says it’s “slander.”
    Trump-Xi summit may be rocked by US mulling huge sanctions.
  • Carbon nanotube wiring gets closer to competing with copper
    While this material degrades over time, it could point to better ones.
  • We still don't have a more precise value for "Big G"
    Such experiments bring "order to the universe, whether or not the number agrees with the expected value.”
  • In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe
    Technically speaking, there's no practical benefit to use PQC. So why is it being used?


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