rss: npr

  • Morning news brief
    At least 32 killed and 700 injured after two earthquakes hit Venezuela, Trump and Senate GOP face off in tense meeting, a top general is expected to retire, joining a number of Pentagon shakeups.
  • With a Round of 32 spot already clinched, the U.S. takes on Turkey in the World Cup
    Two U.S. wins and two Turkey losses already on the books mean the Americans have won this World Cup group no matter the outcome of Thursday's game. Still, the Americans say they're playing to win.
  • At least 32 killed, 700 injured in 2 major earthquakes in Venezuela, says acting president
    A 7.2-magnitude earthquake and a 7.5-magnitude were less than a minute apart, said the U.S. Geological Survey. The second earthquake was the largest to hit the country since 1900.
  • Meta plans to release AI-powered prediction market app, documents show
    The company is building an app separate from Facebook and Instagram where people can wager on the outcome of real-world events, using "play money."
  • A judge says the Kennedy Center must update him on its plans — and address that tarp
    A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to update him on programming and operational plans. But with most of the staff gone and many artists booked elsewhere, what shows would they present?
  • Postal Service says its cash crisis is delayed until at least 2031, but problems loom
    The U.S. Postal Service is no longer set to be out of cash in 2027, the agency's head says. But its finances remain shaky as Trump officials keep putting it in political hot water.
  • Will Texas' new top voting official be a 'disruptor'? Locals are preparing for it
    Just ahead of closely contested midterms, Texas is about to get a new top voting official. Many locals there fear the frontrunner is a state lawmaker and pastor with no election experience.
  • Understanding 'masculinism,' a movement to restore the primacy of men
    Masculinism is a belief that feminism emasculates men, and men should be in control while women stay at home raising children. The Atlantic writer Helen Lewis says the movement is becoming mainstream.
  • US eases restriction on Iran's World Cup team, allowing travel 2 days before next match
    The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Iran's World Cup team. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday the squad could travel into the country two days before its next match.
  • Star Fox Review: Can't quite teach an old Fox new tricks
    The Switch 2 Star Fox remake comes with high-effort visuals and a fun battle mode, but its campaign feels stuck in the past.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Moment earthquakes hit airport and buildings in Caracas
    Video filmed by BBC reporters, contributors and locals shows the aftermath, as frantic residents evacuate.
  • How to cope in a heatwave - according to you
    From what to wear to getting a restful night's sleep, you share your tips for beating the heat.
  • Reeves backs Burnham to become next prime minister
    The chancellor throws her support behind the MP for Makerfield despite reports he could demote her if he becomes PM.
  • Bodies found in 'advanced deterioration' at under-fire trust
    An inspection of NUH mortuaries found 10 shortfalls, the Human Tissue Authority said.
  • Obesity cases rising fastest in young adults
    Experts say the cost of living, pandemic and boom in unhealthy food are behind the rise in cases.
  • Trump describes Burnham as 'the mayor of a town' and 'extremely liberal'
    Donald Trump gives his first public reaction to the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister.
  • Council sorry for parking fines after train crash
    Stranded passengers find fixed penalty notices on their cars at Bedford railway station.
  • Trump asks Congress for $87bn, mostly for 'urgent' Iran war costs
    But the budget faces an uphill battle, coming a day after lawmakers rebuked Trump's military action.
  • Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime
    New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.
  • 'I thought building would fall on top of me' - Venezuelans describe earthquake panic
    Two quakes hit the capital seconds apart, the first at a magnitude of 7.2 and the second at 7.5.


rss: the register

  • Salyut 5 at 50: The Soviet space station that sickened one crew and nearly drowned another
    The last inhabited Almaz outpost was short-lived, secretive, and remarkably accident-prone
  • The CPU's growing role in agentic AI infrastructure
    PARTNER CONTENT: As agentic AI systems scale across cloud and datacenter environments, CPUs remain the control plane coordinating performance and efficiency.
  • UK school’s network left wide open for invasion, student found
    And the admin password was right in the Active Directory description field
  • Infosys boss says vibe coding is no threat because there’s more to writing software than writing software
    Despite warnings of revenue deflation, chairman predicts AI will make more work, not less, for services orgs
  • Nation-state actors cracked critical Australian infrastructure to ‘cripple it at a time of their choosing’
    To defuse another attack, Oz spies called foreign counterparts to tell them an op was a bust
  • Micron locks in historically high memory prices for five years
    Big buyers agree to deals that will deliver historically enormous margins and profits
  • Companies are not looking before they're leaping into the AI playpen
    93% of organizations report infrastructure incidents attributable to AI
  • The hits keep on coming for Cisco vulnerabilities
    CVE-2026-20230 under exploitation, while an earlier SD-WAN 0-day looks even worse than we thought
  • Qualcomm claims it's not too late for Dragonfly to land in datacenters
    Oh, Snap(dragon): DC chief says the mobile-chip giant sees bit barns as its next growth market
  • Loop engineering, latest AI buzzword, still needs humans in the loop
    Prompting less and automating more comes with a price


rss: ars technica

  • Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games
    GTA6 might be an outlier, though—at least for now.
  • OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
    The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.
  • 13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.
    "Contract values for these efforts ballooned from nearly $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion."
  • US ends hantavirus outbreak response with no answers on draconian quarantines
    We still don't know why RFK Jr. overruled CDC expert to order strict quarantines.
  • One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime "assembly line"
    "Operation Endgame" simultaneously disrupts two widely used crime tools.
  • Underpromise, overdeliver? Hands-on with the $24,950 Slate auto.
    It has 205 miles of bare-bones range.
  • Disney agreed to $50M settlement over claims it made live-TV streaming expensive
    Lawsuit alleged Disney inflated market prices by making carriers include ESPN.
  • Experimental wine bottle tracks oxygen moving through the cork
    The small bit of air in the bottle sees oxygen and other chemicals move in and out.
  • FCC plans ID mandate that could block anonymous use of prepaid burner phones
    Privacy advocates and domestic violence groups say ID mandate is a big mistake.
  • Formula E reveals first calendar for GEN4 with lots of real race tracks
    Brands Hatch, COTA, and Zandvoort will all hold an e-Prix in 2027.


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