rss: npr

  • U.S. imposes 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products
    The United States imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday, and Canada immediately said it would retaliate, after last-ditch negotiations failed.
  • Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for now
    The ruling comes after months of back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
  • Beatty files emergency request to stop Trump's name from returning to Kennedy Center
    Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump's name up in three places at the arts complex.
  • Top Iran official says U.S. focus on economic warfare shows it has failed militarily
    The Iranian regime has dismissed President Trump's threats to crush Iran economically, saying that years of U.S. sanctions have failed.
  • Trump declares economic warfare on Iran. And, SCOTUS to rule on White House ballroom
    President Trump has declared economic warfare on Iran in an effort to pressure the country back into negotiations. And, the Supreme Court is set to decide on the future of Trump's ballroom. 
  • What to know about this weekend's IndyCar race on the National Mall
    Why is the car race in this part of D.C.? Will it be streaming? Who's paying for it? Here's what to know before the Freedom 250 Grand Prix hits the National Mall this weekend.
  • As Trump courts Kim, Pyongyang ups the price, while Seoul fears being sidelined
    Experts warn that President Trump's transactional approach to an alliance will erode political trust.
  • As USS Lincoln heads home, mental health experts tally the stressors of life at sea
    The USS Abraham Lincoln is now on its way home after spending nine months at sea. Experts weigh in on the mental health challenges of prolonged confinement and isolation aboard an aircraft carrier.
  • Federal government thins the herds of wild horses in Colorado
    U.S. officials say the ever-growing population of wild horses that roam federal lands in Colorado is depleting natural resources. But some activists say efforts to remove the horses are inhumane.
  • Amid intense backlash, people are vandalizing Flock surveillance cameras
    In dozens of states around the country, people are vandalizing, blocking and taking down Flock cameras. A surge in such activity underscores the growing resistance to this police surveillance technology.


rss: bbc

  • Canada says it will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
    New 50% levy on $20bn of Canadian imports comes into force after last minute breakdown in trade talks.
  • TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
    The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13.
  • Girl, 6, dies days after Shoreham sea tragedy killed three family members
    Saja El-Khawas is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water off West Sussex.
  • More students planning to live at home for university over 'insane' living costs
    Students like Jessica say they worry about missing out on student life, but feel they have no choice but to stay at home.
  • Burnham economic adviser O'Neill rules out government job
    Lord O'Neill, former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, was tipped to become Andy Burnham's chief economic adviser.
  • Russian strikes on Ukraine kill two, officials say, a day after deadly attack on mall
    Attacks come a day after at least 16 people were killed in a double-tap strike on a shopping mall.
  • Meghan in talks for role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, BBC understands
    This would be Meghan's first significant acting role since her marriage to Prince Harry.
  • GTA 6 leaks - a nightmare or a blip for the biggest video game of the year?
    Clips appearing to show the highly anticipated game have appeared online, but will they really hurt it?
  • 'Quiet, quiet, quiet!' - What triggers Trump to shut down reporters?
    As the US president insults a journalist again, the BBC looks at the questions he does not like to answer.
  • Under-fives and pregnant women told to avoid runny eggs when eating out over salmonella risk
    The advice also applies to the over-65s and others with underlying medical conditions amid salmonella outbreak.


rss: the register

  • Cloverleaf deal is latest example of Nvidia using its war chest to patch cracks in the AI bubble
    Nv's new chips need new datacenters, but you can't have bit barns without power
  • Salesforce partners not seeing meaningful revenue from Agentforce AI platform, report says
    Show us the money
  • AI companies are burning books, advocates complain to FTC
    Fahrenheit 203, the temperature GPUs stop gorging on literature
  • Homeland security cybercops say patch TrueConf (Russia's Zoom) if you're using it
    Ukrainian hacktivists exploiting the bugs, but TrueConf's reach stretches well beyond home turf
  • Musk fumbles the timetable for first Starship catch
    Billionaire walks back earnings call optimism as orbital test approaches
  • SickKids children’s hospital bandages up careers website after intruder breaks in
    Toronto org says it wasn’t the only one to be affected by the third-party software vulnerability
  • Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers' credentials
    Malicious updates turned routine builds into a delivery system for infostealer malware
  • AMD grabs more CPU share while pricier PCs punish desktop demand
    Mercury Research blames costly memory and scarce GPUs for 20% processor shipment slide
  • 'We let you down': GitHub pledges to scale up before developers give up
    CTO promises architectural overhaul following second outage of the month
  • $10K phishing kit claims it can plant rogue passkeys for persistent access to pwned accounts
    Seller's demos show a browser-in-the-middle attack adding credentials seconds after authentication


rss: ars technica

  • Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land
    "We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."
  • Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging
    Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features.
  • Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says
    Renters say hidden Zillow listings make it harder to afford living in New York City.
  • Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels
    The private Android-based OS will expand beyond Pixels next year.
  • Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers
    Logitech increased prices by up to 25 percent last year.
  • Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million cars
    Chinese safety regulators have cracked down on doors that don't open in a crash.
  • Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform
    Romania blew up drone boat to protect lives of several hundred rig workers.
  • Personalized pricing is “abhorrent,” but FTC limits may increase costs, critics say
    Some Americans fear the FTC may be thinking about personalized pricing all wrong.
  • Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber
    Alphabet-owned company is seeking to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services.
  • As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it’s harder to avoid creepy recordings
    Ars looks at Zuckoff, the latest free app detecting Meta AI glasses amid privacy backlash.


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