rss: npr

  • Opinion: The everyday tragedy of gun violence
    The White House Correspondents Association Dinner was one of several incidents of gun violence in the U.S. last week. Others ended in injuries and fatalities.
  • Can Trump's latest pick for surgeon general make it through confirmation?
    Nicole Saphier, a breast cancer radiologist, is the president's third nominee for surgeon general. Will she get confirmed?
  • Americans aren't sleeping enough. Here's what could help
    Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed as we power through tasks or get lost in endless scrolling. Here's help.
  • New Netflix documentary reexamines Winnie Mandela's divisive legacy
    Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.
  • After Assad's fall, Syria's Kurds are left in limbo, feeling abandoned by the U.S.
    Caught in limbo after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought alongside.
  • 2026 Senate races to watch: From most likely to flip to Democratic long shots
    Democrats could have a narrow path to winning the Senate, with these specific states on the table.
  • Spirit Airlines ceases operations after escalating financial struggles
    The low-cost carrier, which had been struggling for years, announced it will cease operations. Spirit had been seeking a $500 million lifeline from the White House, but talks failed to yield a deal.
  • Air Force says former Qatari 747 will be ready to fly as Air Force One this summer
    The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Trump to use this summer.
  • U.S. to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany in next 6-12 months
    The United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany, the Pentagon said Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump's threat as he clashes with the German leader over the U.S. war with Iran.
  • Wyoming celebrates 'nuclear renaissance' as feds approve license for a new reactor
    Construction of an advanced nuclear power plant partly funded by the U.S. government is now underway in Wyoming. The Bill Gates-backed company says its technology is proven but there are still hurdles to nuclear.


rss: bbc

  • Some protests may need to stop, PM suggests, after calls for pause on pro-Palestinian marches
    The PM tells the BBC he is concerned about the "cumulative" effect of marches on the Jewish community.
  • Winners, losers and a PM on the brink - what to expect in next week's elections
    Believe it or not, Thursday’s local elections aren’t just about the PM’s fate - there’s plenty more at stake.
  • US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz
    The decision to reduce the US deployment to Germany comes amid a row between the two allies over Iran.
  • Celebrity Traitors line-up announced - 21 famous faces set to enter castle
    Miranda Hart, Maya Jama, and Eastenders legend Ross Kemp are among the stars who will go head-to-head in the second series of The Celebrity Traitors.
  • 'I bought a baseball cap to hide my kippah': Jews observe first Shabbat after Golders Green attack
    British Jews tell the BBC they are agonising over whether to stick to their usual routine this Sabbath.
  • These twins were born within minutes of each other - but have different dads
    Lavinia and Michelle are the only case of twins with different fathers to be recorded in the UK.
  • Smiling Princess Charlotte beams in 11th birthday portrait
    Sharing the image on social media, Kensington Palace said: "Wishing Charlotte a very happy 11th birthday!'
  • My shopping addiction hijacked my life. Now I realise what caused it
    Children's author Sally Gardner finally found an explanation for her extravagant shopping sprees after hearing a podcast.
  • Is this the real face of Anne Boleyn?
    A computer science team believes they have discovered a previously unknown sketch of King Henry VIII's second wife - but not everyone is convinced.
  • Five tips to get you through exam season
    Teachers and tutors share tips for students to get through exam season.


rss: the register

  • Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents

    Take those token limits and shove them by vibe coding with a local LLM

    With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usage-based pricing, that vibe-coded hobby project is about to get a whole lot more expensive. Fortunately, you're not without cost-saving options.…

  • UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs

    Agency insists everything is working fine, even though users spend days failing to load it

    The DVSA's driving test booking system has spent the week offline, according to frustrated users.…

  • Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt

    Britain's cyber agency says the bill for years of technical shortcuts is coming due, and it's arriving all at once

    Britain's cyber agency is warning that AI-fuelled bug hunting is about to flush out years of buried flaws, leaving defenders scrambling to keep up.…

  • ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs

    CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes touts 'largest ever quarter for competitive displacements'

    The chase is on. Atlassian reported its largest-ever quarter for taking share from a major IT service management provider, CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said on the company's fiscal third-quarter earnings call Thursday, escalating its rivalry with ServiceNow.…

  • Mythos complicates the breakup, says Pentagon CTO, but Anthropic is still barred

    Emil Michael says agencies are evaluating the cybersecurity model, not deploying it

    Pentagon CTO Emil Michael pushed back on reports of a thaw in the department’s relationship with Anthropic: The two are not getting back together, even as Mythos draws interest from government agencies.…

  • Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demonstration

    SpaceX and Blue Origin will absolutely be ready in time. Definitely

    Amid the sensational NASA budget cut proposals taking place in the US at the moment, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has refined the Artemis III launch date to "late 2027."…

  • Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

    Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

    As both Apple and Google introduce unwelcome changes in their phone OSes, here's a quick reminder that you do have alternatives to the Gruesome Twosome.…

  • CIOs ready for another role-change as AI becomes agent of chaos

    If software writes software the risk is “systematic failure at scale”. Someone needs to take charge, argues Forrester

    Forrester predicts that by decade's end, the rush toward agentic AI will grow so chaotic that CIOs will be forced into a new role as enforcer of order.…

  • That old phone in the kitchen drawer could save an industry

    Users have less cash to burn and less patience for AI in new models... now where to get the used stock

    Secondhand phones sales are booming - relatively speaking - and the industry has rising inflation, AI bloat, and consumers' growing apathy toward overpriced new handsets to thank for it.…

  • First reports come in of victims of critical cPanel vuln as 'millions' of sites potentially exposed

    Exploitation was underway before patches landed, at least one victim reports ransomware demand

    CISA has added a critical cPanel bug to its known-exploited list, confirming that attackers are already poking holes in one of the internet's most widely used hosting stacks.…



rss: ars technica

  • Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?
    Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.
  • Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors
    Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”
  • The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
    Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going?
  • Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive
    Doctors suspect three factors, each unremarkable on its own, contributed to his fate.
  • Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
    The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.
  • Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races
    Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next.
  • Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines
    More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
  • Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers
    AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on.
  • Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal
    Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.
  • GPT-5.5 matches heavily hyped Mythos Preview in new cybersecurity tests
    New results suggest Mythos' cyber threat isn't "a breakthrough specific to one model."


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