rss: npr

  • What the Supreme Court did on the final day of its term
    The Supreme Court upheld the right of children born on U.S. soil to automatic American citizenship. In so doing, the court rejected President Trump's most aggressive attempt to limit immigration.
  • NPR discusses error in reporting on the last day of the Supreme Court term
    All Things Considered host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR's editor-in-chief Thomas Evans and Nina Totenberg about her reporting on the final day of the Supreme Court term.
  • 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.


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.
  • Why Starmer's defence plan leaves next PM with £4.7bn headache
    Keir Starmer announces extra defence spending - but the subject will still be one of the trickiest issues in his successor's in-tray.
  • Plea for households to read energy meter as prices rise
    Household energy prices have risen by 13% a year as regulator Ofgem's latest price cap kicks in.
  • Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
    Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older
  • E-scooters being advertised for commuting despite UK road ban
    A Press Association investigation found major retailers advertising e-scooters for "commuting" and "urban riding".
  • Women with PMOS should have yearly NHS checks, says health watchdog
    Despite affecting millions of women in the UK, PMOS is still under-diagnosed and inconsistently managed, say experts.
  • Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office
    The president earned millions more from real estate, Trump-themed Bibles, watches and other items.
  • Three-year-old rescued and taken to hospital six days after Venezuela quake
    Video footage shows rescuers cheering as the child is pulled from rubble in La Guaira state.
  • UK charities launch Venezuela earthquakes appeal
    At least 1,700 people have died and tens of thousands are feared missing after the twin quakes.
  • 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.


rss: the register

  • Claude Code users complain their chat records are being mysteriously wiped out
    Got important chats older than 30 days? You'd better be sure the transcripts still exist
  • 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


rss: ars technica

  • June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
    Also, the science of poop's distinctive shape, boron buckyballs, and the secret to a soccer feint.
  • Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com
    Logged-out Old Reddit access is “significant source of abusive scraping."
  • Amazon blames piracy apps with malware for killing new Fire Stick sideloading
    New Fire Stick OS helps Amazon block third-party homepage launchers, ad blockers.
  • 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.


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