rss: npr

  • Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds
    A year after President Trump signed a law ending six decades of federal funding of public media, it's a time of reinvention, innovation and clear anxiety at public tv and radio stations nationwide.
  • Lebanese displaced by war turn to satellites to check their homes
    Unable to return home, some Lebanese displaced by Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon are buying satellite images to see whether their houses survived.
  • ADHD looks different in women and poses unique health risks
    For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.
  • Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
    Many Native American languages are endangered. With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Michigan hopes to help preserve his language through robotics.
  • Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break
    When summer rolls around, many parents scramble to sign up their young kids for outdoor activities. But what do you do when extreme heat and wildfire smoke increasingly make the outdoors dangerous?
  • One dead, several injured after vehicle plows through crowd at Berlin Pride event
    Germany's interior minister Alexander Dobrindt described the incident as a likely "Islamic terror attack", and named the suspect as Abdul Ballout, who was born in Germany and has Lebanese roots.
  • France and Spain fires force more than 300,000 to flee homes
    In France, around 50,000 people were evacuated from their homes overnight into Sunday, according to interior minister Laurent Nuñez. At least one person has died in a fire in Spain, officials said.
  • Biden ghostwriter tapes to be released
    Former President Joe Biden is declining to appeal a court ruling that allows the Justice Department to publicize recordings of conversations between him and a writer collaborating on his memoir.
  • India's 'cockroach' movement ousts minister, but can Modi calm youth?
    Led by Gen-Z youth across India, the movement has become perhaps the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 12 years in office.
  • COMIC: Temps are predicted to hit 106 in Egypt this week. How do people stay cool?
    Back in the '90s, I learned the art of staying cool in Egypt. At that time, air conditioning was not common. In the extremely hot summer of 2026, how are people managing?


rss: bbc

  • What we know so far about the Berlin Pride ramming attack
    A police manhunt is under way after a suspect rammed a car into a crowd at a Pride event in the German capital on Saturday night.
  • Burnham says he is prepared to call out Trump 'if right for Britain'
    Speaking exclusively to the BBC, the prime minister says he had a good first conversation with the US president and insists "you have to defend your own national interest".
  • Andy Burnham rules out early election in exclusive BBC interview
    The new prime minister told Laura Kuenssberg that people "voted for a manifesto" that he would honour, when pressed on whether there will be an early general election.
  • Gatwick Airport left without running water after major outage
    Bottled water is being handed out to passengers and staff while the issue is investigated.
  • Firefighters battle wildfire as tens of thousands evacuated near Bordeaux
    More than 330,000 people have now been evacuated from wildfires across France and Spain.
  • Meghan calls Harry 'a charmer' during MasterChef Australia appearance
    The duke surprises his wife with a video call during her guest judge appearance on MasterChef Australia.
  • Primark's new 'supermarket tactic' to woo customers in online price war
    Competition from ultra-cheap Chinese retailers and the cost of living crisis could be putting some people off shopping at the store, analysts say.
  • I thought the Lockerbie bombing was a closed case until I started asking questions
    Almost four decades on I delved into this complex case with fresh eyes - who really was behind the bombing?
  • Pizza, pasta, potatoes, protein - how Italian children became so overweight
    The Mediterranean diet was a blueprint for healthy living, yet Italian children are among the most overweight in Europe according to WHO.
  • What Love Island tells us about the changing face of dating
    From women making the first move to shifting relationship dynamics, Love Island has become a window into Britain's evolving dating culture


rss: the register

  • Trump expands voluntary pledge to keep datacenter costs off household power bills
    Pinkie promise gains 200-plus new participants and precisely zero enforcement
  • The last Space Shuttle returned to Earth 15 years ago
    So, how are those commercial replacements working out for you, NASA?
  • How AI drove Shopify back to clean code
    Turns out, agents just want the same things as humans: easily-readable code, explicit contracts, and helpful feedback
  • Anti-AI open source has an enemy in common, but almost nothing else
    Building bot-free alternatives may require lefties, libertarians, and culture warriors to share code
  • BOFH: This printer engineer knows every trick in the book
    But so does this customer
  • Anthropic debuts Opus 5 at half the price of its Fable sibling
    And as a bonus, it doesn't require data retention
  • Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
    (Security) hole-ier than thou
  • AMD vibe codes its way past the CUDA moat with ROCm.AI
    Hey Claude, optimize this model for me
  • Europol flags 4,340 'horrific' URLs linked to The Com
    Stop the spread (of online recruiting and propaganda)
  • Tech leaders issue letter to train Uncle Sam about value of open weight AI
    Can you guess who didn't sign on to the group letter?


rss: ars technica

  • SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099
    Also: Forging the One Ring in Rings of Power S3 teaser; new Lanterns trailer; Spaceballs: The New One panel.
  • SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
    SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight.
  • With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience
    Museums are embracing data-driven curation and a shifting technology landscape.
  • Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers
    Researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta aren't providing data they're legally required to.
  • Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
    "Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so."
  • Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial
    “Halting this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory," NY AG said.
  • Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech
    "Here’s a more natural, flowing version of that section..."
  • Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap
    Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough.
  • Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent
    Roku blames RAM shortage after CEO called it "great" for business in May.
  • RFK Jr.'s handpicked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
    There's no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter.


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