rss: npr

  • Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety
    Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett spoke with lawmakers about funding for security and other needs for the court on Tuesday.
  • Spain sparkles to shock France 2-0 and advance to the World Cup final
    Spain is back in the men's World Cup final for the first time since 2010. That's also when Spain won its only World Cup title. France had hoped to reach the final for the third straight tournament.
  • Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Kagan discuss security funding on Capitol Hill
    Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett met with lawmakers on Tuesday for a regular budget hearing.
  • How do young people feel about AI? 7 teens weigh in
    What's it like to grow up and learn in the age of AI? NPR put that question to seven teenagers across the country.
  • In the aftermath of deadly shootings, ICE pauses most traffic stops
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will pause non-urgent vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in less than a week, Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King's office tells NPR.
  • E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case
    The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
  • Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act
    By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in the United States. Environmental groups are suing.
  • Investigative journalist reports on the abuse inside ICE's largest detention facility
    The New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer says thousands of people are being held in tents in the El Paso desert, where inhumane conditions have become a tool to pressure people to accept deportation.
  • Some international artists are skipping U.S. tours. Others may follow suit
    The visa process for visiting artists has always been complicated and expensive. Under the current administration, it's gotten significantly worse.
  • Inflation slowed sharply -- but it may not last
    Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, down from May's more than three-year high — but the resumption of the conflict with Iran threaten to push up inflation as energy costs once again spike.


rss: bbc

  • Midnight social media curfew proposed for older UK teens
    Teens will be able to opt out of the restrictions - campaigners have criticised them as being piecemeal.
  • A special team beats brilliant individuals - how silky Spain flattened France
    Spain have rather flown under the radar at the 2026 World Cup - but will they go all the way and win it?
  • Police say Ann Widdecombe killed in 'targeted attack' as motive investigated
    Counter terror police say they have obtained a warrant to hold a 28-year-old suspect for up to seven days.
  • Trump threatens to bomb bridges and power plants unless Iran resumes talks
    Trump's comments aired as the two countries exchanged fire for the fourth day in a row and the US resumed blockading Iranian ports.
  • Trump retreat over Hormuz tolls suggests he is struggling to end Iran war
    The abrupt about-face from the US president was the latest twist in a conflict that has now lasted more than four months.
  • Heating oil customers to get compensation after price hikes
    The cost of heating oil spike following the US-Israel war with Iran which forced up crude prices.
  • After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain's weather even more extreme?
    As temperatures rise, scientists are investigating whether a changing Atlantic could bring more volatile weather to the UK
  • Seven Britons among those killed in Spain wildfires
    Twelve of the 13 victims were foreign nationals, Spanish authorities said on Tuesday.
  • Buy Now Pay Later rules to bring refunds and rejections
    Consumers should be better protected as Buy Now Pay Later lenders now require authorisation to operate.
  • UK heatwave delivers exceptional sunshine and persistent 30C temperatures
    The current heatwave has been hot, dry and exceptionally sunny with some locations seeing double the number of sunshine hours usually recorded at this point in the month, as Darren Bett explains.


rss: the register

  • Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop ‘theft’ of content
    PM frames sweeping new regulations as the equivalent of labour movement touchstones like winning a minimum wage
  • Google Cloud's VMware service loses resilience due to a dud update
    As VMware itself warns of critical flaw in its load balancer
  • OpenAI hides Codex agent instructions behind encryption, leaving developers in the dark
    Developers worry encrypted MultiAgentV2 messages will make debugging and auditing harder
  • Patchpocalypse Now: Microsoft tops last month's record with 622 Patch Tuesday CVEs
    Remember when last month's 206 CVEs seemed eye-watering? Yeah, those were the days
  • If you want Claude to speak nicely to you, try Hindi or Arabic
    Anthropic finds Claude expresses different values across languages
  • New York becomes first state to halt datacenter buildouts
    50 MW-plus bit barn builds on hold while Empire State hashes out rules to protect the environment and ratepayers
  • DeepMind bigbrain calls for America to set AI standards before it's too late
    Industry, regulate thyself
  • Welsh Doxbin admin jailed for egging on swatters from behind a screen
    Callum Dare encouraged others to carry out dangerous hoaxes, made mini-movies from the footage
  • Microsoft rolls out Windows Search updates and they're... quite good
    Who are you, and what have you done with Microsoft?
  • RISC-V firmware project wants every board booting from the same hymn sheet
    HFI proposes a familiar PC-style route from power-on to operating system


rss: ars technica

  • Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
    Old and forgotten "shims" Microsoft failed to revoke have made Secure Boot bypasses simple.
  • Trump admin puts Americans in Congo on "do-not-board" list, barring return
    Citizens must now spend 21 days in a third country before they are allowed to come home.
  • Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
    Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
  • Probe into explosive diarrheal cases points to Taco Bell and bad lettuce
    Federal officials have not confirmed a source yet—and there may be multiple sources.
  • US military sent explosive drone boats into combat for the first time
    US military’s drone boats struck an Iranian naval port as war heats up again.
  • These painted e-tattoos could be the future of wearable biosensors
    Conductive ink is painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, drying into working electrodes.
  • Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI
    The new Google image search will use your "unique interests" to create an always-updated gallery.
  • New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry
    New York’s data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement.
  • Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol
    New research overturns assumption that abstinent younger drinkers are behind weak demand.
  • SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week
    This flight will put Starship under higher pressure and test out new Starlink satellites in orbit.


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