rss: npr

  • Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist
    The 2026 list includes new works from household names Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout as well as a few debut authors.
  • A 7.1 quake hits Japan's Kyushu, trapping people in a collapsed shopping center
    The quake shook Japan's southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon local time, causing damage and injuries.
  • Trump to meet with Zelenskyy, Netanyahu. And, TPS holders could soon face deportation
    President Trump is set to hold separate meetings with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are today. And, Temporary Protected Status holders may face deportation soon.
  • AI tokens could become the kilowatt-hour of the AI age
    AI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers. Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy.
  • Yes, it's possible to save money while paying off credit card debt. Here's how
    In fact, experts recommend it because it can keep you off the hamster wheel of debt. Here's how to find the money in your budget to put toward savings and credit card payments.
  • Trump shattered ethics norms. Will voters trust Democrats to fix them?
    Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.
  • Netanyahu to meet Trump in a first encounter since the Iran war began
    The meeting comes as both face pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection, embattled in part due to his deteriorating relationship with Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular war.
  • With wildfires raging in France and Spain, fire crews race against next heat wave
    French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 people evacuated Tuesday from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast as returning heat threatened firefighters' fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux.
  • Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes. Here's what they tell us
    Sen. Rand Paul has released a tranche of Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci is set to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday on the origins of the coronavirus.
  • Platner energized Maine's Democrats. Jackson's challenge will be to keep them engaged
    Democrats have a new candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine: Troy Jackson. In one of the country's most closely-watched races, he'll have less than 100 days to make his case.


rss: bbc

  • Schools to offer technical subjects from age 14 in England, Burnham says
    The government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs.
  • French patrol boat appears to fire gunshots in the Channel during MP's BBC interview
    Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview.
  • Odyssey translator writes scathing review of Nolan film adaptation
    The film has won rave reviews from film critics but a translator of Homer's work was less than impressed.
  • Naga Munchetty to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years
    The BBC One show's co-host will swap the TV sofa for the presenter's chair on Radio 5 Live Breakfast.
  • US walks out of UN Security Council meeting during France's remarks
    The row sparked after the US joined North Korea and Russia in voting against extending the term of the UN high commissioner for human rights.
  • Mother and boyfriend guilty of murder of girl, two
    Prosecutors say Isabelle Welsh was subjected to a "wicked" campaign of abuse before her death.
  • Fourth heatwave grips parts of UK with 35C forecast
    A fourth heatwave of the year is now under way for parts of the UK, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s Celsius later this week.
  • House of the Dragon star Bethany Antonia joins Strictly line-up
    She plays Lady Baela Targaryen in HBO's Game of Thrones prequel, and is the ninth celebrity to be confirmed.
  • 'It's a hell of a situation': Spain grapples with destructive wildfires
    Three fires in the Madrid region have caused special concerns, with a new heatwave expected to hit Spain from Wednesday.
  • Is it safe to travel to Spain and France right now?
    For those who have upcoming holidays to the affected regions, here is what you should know about how it might impact your plans.


rss: the register

  • Too many AI agents can get in each other's way
    For enterprise agents, less is more
  • Hyperscale, hypersensitive: US teacher cuffed for applauding datacenter critics
    Public meeting over proposed AI bit barn ended with zoning approval, a physics teacher arrested, and fresh questions over whether clapping now counts as disorderly conduct
  • Signals are grim for Jodrell Bank Observatory after UK science funding decision
    Support for e-MERLIN ends 2028 unless the historic radio astronomy center can find another source of cash
  • Arista patches actively exploited VeloCloud bug as CISA puts admins on the clock
    Unauthenticated command injection scores perfect 10 and may expose managed Edge devices
  • Openreach nudges another 112 exchange areas toward full fiber
    Latest batch takes the copper sales restrictions to 1,572 locations and 15.4 million premises
  • Cisco close to releasing more AI models, this time for deep networking ops
    Token costs not quite sorted, but on-prem will be an option
  • China fights back in AI spat with claim US AI companies distil Chinese models
    Beijing happy to ‘take all necessary measures’ if sanctioned
  • Leading AI models (even Grok) are all a bunch of leftist punks
    AI seems to have a liberal bias
  • Jensen puts his thumb on the scales against open-weights fearmongering
    American AI flag bearers get in line, at least on paper
  • Microsoft lays out a buffet of Windows goodies for JavaScript Developers
    Just don’t call the WinRT projection for Node.js a lock-in


rss: ars technica

  • As US measles cases rise, biotech firms start developing new treatments
    The US is making measles great again, so treatment options are needed for the most vulnerable.
  • Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms
    Microsoft says tools cost less than competing ones and outperform them, too.
  • Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers
    Starlink has a Texas factory but also makes routers in Vietnam.
  • Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies
    Kennedy has focused on nutrition but has neglected food safety, critics say.
  • iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27
    These are likely the last updates of note before Apple's bigger fall updates.
  • A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
    When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.
  • “Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win
    Google's and Reddit's use of DMCA to fight web scraper is bizarre, expert says.
  • 5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech
    Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find.
  • Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many
    Telecom expects AI revenue from dark fiber deals and retrofitted data centers.
  • Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse
    NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.


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