rss: npr

  • A little bit country, a little bit Desi: A Pakistani-American's hybrid music
    On May 31, Yo Sabri make a landmark appearance with the Nashville Symphony for an orchestral rendition of his new album, "Tennessee Desi," which blends Appalachian styles with Muslim devotional music.
  • U.S. passengers flying from Ebola-affected countries rerouted
    The U.S. government is responding to the Ebola outbreak in with travel restrictions. American citizens and permanent residents departing affected countries must fly into one of three U.S. airports.
  • Opinion: Remembering Barney Frank, trailblazing public servant
    Mass. congressman Barney Frank was the first House member to come out as gay and was instrumental in Wall Street reforms after the Great Recession. He died this week at the age of 86.
  • Chile's MAGA-inspired border control
    Chile digs desert trenches along its northern border as President José Antonio Kast pushes a hardline migration crackdown critics say may have little effect.
  • Summer electric bills sizzle as the cost of cooling climbs
    The temperature is climbing, and so are people's utility bills. Rising electricity prices and hotter-than-usual weather could make it especially costly to stay cool this summer.
  • One solution for Maine's struggling fishing industry? Give fillets away for free
    Surging food costs and fuel prices are pummeling Maine's struggling groundfishing industry. But a pandemic-era program is helping to keep it afloat as inflation worsens.
  • 'I'd wait forever, but 334 days is crazy.' USS Ford finally comes home
    The USS Ford came home to a hero's welcome. Sailors had been away from home for nearly a year, through two conflicts, a fire and problems with the sewage system.
  • 15 years since a deadly tornado brought Joplin, Mo. together, kindness carries on
    Nearly 100,000 volunteers helped the town rebuild and a spirit of community service continues to this day. Researchers studying human behavior catastrophes can bring out compassion in surprising ways.
  • Coal mine gas explosion in China kills 90 people, state media say
    A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi killed at least 90 people. Official news agency Xinhua said the accident happened on Friday evening. Around 247 workers were on duty at the time.
  • SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
    The mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he's taking the company public. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Starship is now one step closer to the moon.


rss: bbc

  • France suspends extra EU border checks at Dover after hours-long queues
    The port said extra checks would be suspended, after travellers faced queues as temperatures soared.
  • 'Shameful' more spent on benefits than jobs for young people, says Milburn
    Reforms are needed of the welfare system to tackle the high numbers of young people not in work or education, says Alan Milburn.
  • Hottest day of year so far as temperatures soar on bank holiday weekend
    Amber heat health alerts are in place for the Midlands, eastern and south-east England.
  • French mum and partner held until trial after sons abandoned by road in Portugal
    The couple, who allegedly left the woman's sons on a roadside in southern Portugal, will remain in custody.
  • At least 90 killed in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports
    The blast in Shanxi province constitutes the country's worst mining disaster in 16 years.
  • 'Suddenly I could see myself': Why breast reductions are more popular now
    For the first time, more people in the UK are choosing reduction procedures than enlargements.
  • How Panorama exposed rape allegations on Married at First Sight UK
    Two women said they were raped by their on-screen husbands during filming of the Channel 4 show, MAFS.
  • Charmain 'was on a mission' to find out who her prophet husband was. Then she died
    After a whirlwind romance and quickfire wedding, she was mysteriously found dead in a bathtub in Ghana.
  • The 'raucous' debut novel set entirely on one epic night out
    Sufiyaan Salam has won an award from Stormzy, been nominated for a Bafta and made a video for Elton John.
  • Ebola experts and survivor from outbreak a decade ago warn lessons must be learnt
    Those caught up in West Africa's Ebola outbreak a decade ago on how best to tackle the current epidemic.


rss: the register

  • Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, Fragnesia: The start of a worrisome Linux security trend
    Or is it just life today, with AI constantly digging through code repositories in search of security holes?
  • UK MPs slam digital ID rollout as a 'fiasco' after botched launch
    Government's 'rushed' plans damaged public confidence before ministers had even explained how the system would work
  • The Virtual OS Museum opens its doors
    A massive compilation of historic OSes and the emulators to run them
  • Feds unwittingly leak pilots' pre-crash conversation
    Release of spectrogram of cockpit recorder audio allows conversation recovery with 'emerging' decades-old tech
  • Minor edits to AI skills can make agents go rogue
    Text is the new attack
  • A Russian speaker and jailbroken Gemini went on a hacking spree and emptied at least one MAGA victim's crypto wallets
    Hey, Gemini, how much can we earn from one pump-and-dump cycle?
  • Zuck defends monitoring employees to win AI race in purported leaked audio
    Limping Llama model needs a crutch made of surveillance tools
  • Megalodon chums the waters in 5.5K+ GitHub repo poisonings
    Will Jason Statham save us?
  • Datacenter builders face an impossible quandary: Demand to the left of me, protests to the right
    Wood Mackenzie analysts say bit barn operators are in a tough spot
  • As memory prices squeeze enterprise buyers, Lenovo laughs all the way to the bank
    Switch to premium devices pays off as PC giant post record record, just don't ask about cheap laptops


rss: ars technica

  • Two space shuttle-era spacewalkers enter Astronaut Hall of Fame
    "Two astronauts whose careers embody excellence, leadership, and service."
  • China’s shark finning could lead to US seafood sanctions
    A formal petition to the US government calls for sanctions on Chinese seafood imports.
  • Four Russian satellites are now within striking distance of an ICEYE radarsat
    "This capability is not common for satellites conducting typical missions."
  • Ebola outbreak now third largest recorded and "spreading rapidly"
    Ebola outbreak risk level increased as deaths reach 177 with nearly 750 cases.
  • First-generation Chromecast users stressed by devices suddenly failing
    Google tells Ars it fixed the first-gen Chromecast bug.
  • Trump FCC asks public to comment on whether ABC's The View is a news show
    FCC seeks opinions on whether ABC show's decisions are "based on newsworthiness."
  • US scrambles to stop Internet users re-creating dead pilots’ voices
    Workaround flouts law that bans NTSB disclosures of cockpit audio recordings.
  • The Boys is dead. Long live Vought Rising.
    "There's a brighter future. All we need to do is take it."
  • Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals "believed themselves to be safe"
    Law enforcement intercepted VPN traffic, seized domains, and arrested its operator.
  • Review: The Mandalorian and Grogu is ... fine
    The plot is predictable, the fight scenes are meh, but you can't beat the charm of that little green Grogu.


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