rss: npr

  • Venezuela's acting leader promises elections at the 'right moment'
    Venezuela's acting president, delivering her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power, promised elections and said the nation's people will determine the "right moment."
  • OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was extremely concerned about OpenAI 's breach of an Australian health department website that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal.
  • Fears of return to war grow in Ethiopia's Tigray region
    Fears are growing of a return to war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, just four years after a devastating conflict ended in a fragile peace deal.
  • Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico as Nolo closes in on Hawaii
    Southwestern Mexico braced for heavy rain and mudslides after Polo became a major hurricane. Forecasters warned another system headed for Hawaii could cause catastrophic flooding later in the week.
  • Judge considers restoring journalists' access to White House after Trump's ban
    Lawyers representing the White House and the three media outlets banned from the property sparred over the constitutional rights of journalists at a hearing in federal court Wednesday.
  • Trump and Xi meet at moment of global consequence
    It is the second time the leaders are meeting this year after the Beijing summit in May.
  • Iran's president gives a rare wartime speech at the U.N.
    Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump threatened from the same podium to "annihilate" Iran.
  • A Catholic media star will be beatified in St. Louis, moving a step closer to sainthood
    Bishop Fulton Sheen, who charmed millions of television viewers on his show Life Is Worth Living,'will come one step closer to being declared a saint.
  • From cybersecurity to AI to Taiwan, what's at stake in Trump's summit with Xi
    As President Trump and China's President Xi prepare to meet, Rush Doshi of the Council on Foreign Relations explains the current state of U.S.-China relations and what to expect from this summit.
  • It's getting harder to afford rent in the U.S., even for middle-income families
    Housing affordability challenges are spreading to higher income brackets, according to new research, which found one in five renters struggled last year to pay for their housing in full and on time.


rss: bbc

  • Blood tests find high level of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory
    People living near a major chemical factory in Lancashire are told they could be at risk of serious health conditions.
  • Watch: Trump greets China's Xi beside plane in rare presidential welcome for foreign leader
    The two B-1 bombers that flew overhead are a key part of the US's combat arsenal, and produce a notoriously loud roar when they pass by.
  • Teenagers to be offered new vocational GCSE subjects in school
    New GCSE subjects could include child development and building and construction as vocational courses are being introduced.
  • Judge temporarily overturns Trump's White House media ban
    A court has ordered the US government to reinstate access to the building for CNN, Politico and MS NOW.
  • What video footage tells us about RAF training jet crash
    The RAF said training on their Hawk jets had been "temporarily" paused while an investigation is under way.
  • Mother of teen who died ‘deeply hurt’ that NHS staff may have accessed son’s records inappropriately
    Oliver McGowan, who died in 2016, may have had his medical records accessed inappropriately after his death by NHS staff in Bristol.
  • Prison staff told not to use inadequate cells as overcrowding worsens
    Workers tell BBC they are increasingly having to put two inmates in single occupancy cells because of overcrowding.
  • Burnham brands ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stands as 'discrimination'
    The prime minister opposes the law - in place since 1985 - and believes there is a case to remove it.
  • They were labelled 'pervert glasses'. Will a camera-free version transform their image?
    Meta has unveiled audio-only smart glasses, with some questioning whether it is a response to the backlash over privacy.
  • Tories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes
    The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job.


rss: the register

  • OpenAI's Astra model went for a drive and no one died
    First LLM to pass test did it in a parking lot at snail's pace, at considerable expense, but it still counts for something
  • OpenAI agents ‘infiltrated Australian government website’
    Used generic unattended email to reveal incident, which may have spread to multiple agencies
  • Mop the slop from your LinkedIn feed with a new open-source Chrome extension
    Jev-powered Slop Mop demonstrates another great use case for probabilistic, non-chatty AI model
  • Europe's fastest supercomputer is finally getting its domestic silicon infusion
    Bull, the system builder behind JUPITER, takes delivery of SiPearl's long-awaited Rhea1 CPUs
  • Someone's attacking a critical 0-day RCE in F5 BIG-IP APM
    Good news: there's a patch. Bad news: both CISA and F5 warn that it's under active exploitation
  • Discordians now subject to whims of new age verification technology
    Discord users asked to prove they’re adults get less intrusive options
  • Robot dog ran a marathon on one charge and lived to publish the paper
    Two years later, creators explain how lightweight hardware and reinforcement learning helped it go the distance
  • An Epyc trip to Venice: Everything we do and don't know about AMD's 256-core monster chip
    16 channels of DDR5, 5 GHz clock speeds, and support for CXL 3.1 memory god boxes? What's not to like?
  • Thoughts return to forbidden RAM upgrades as Raspberry Pi OS gets fresh lick of paint
    New dock and app launcher arrive while soaring memory prices revive scrutiny of a two-year-old firmware restriction
  • Academic publisher Elsevier hit by LAPSUS$ redirect attack
    Customers got crime crew's calling card instead of access to journals


rss: ars technica

  • RFK Jr.'s CDC isn’t letting states order COVID-19 shots for kids, blocking access
    US health deptartment said it wants to ensure the vaccine orders are "appropriate."
  • FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real
    It's unclear what will happen if FBI misses ShinyHunters' deadline.
  • Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits
    The Disney+ ad-free plan is now more expensive than Netflix's.
  • Here's the Torcal, the first fully electric Bentley
    It sounds like a V8, rides like a Flying Spur, but handles like a Continental GT.
  • Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say
    Trump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.
  • XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them
    $11M competition showed wildfire detection is still easier than stopping fires.
  • Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash
    Discord will try to automatically estimate ages, require verification when it can't.
  • YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year
    YouTube's next year could change the content you see with a big focus on AI and livestreams.
  • Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains
    A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works.
  • Netflix releases trailer for Brad Bird's Ray Gunn
    "It’s film noir and a hard-boiled detective story, but it’s got a lot more comedy and a lot more action."


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