rss: npr

  • Trump withdraws Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as his nominee to lead ICE
    The White House says it is withdrawing its nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead ICE, ensuring that an agency at the forefront of President Trump's domestic agenda will remain without a Senate-confirmed leader for at least a while longer.
  • ICE agent appears in Minnesota court to face charges in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant
    Christian Castro, a federal immigration officer, made his first court appearance in Minnesota since he was booked Wednesday into a local jail. Castro faces multiple state and federal charges in connection with a shooting during the immigration surge in Minnesota.
  • Retired Olympic superstar Jessie Diggins wins her first-ever 100 mile trail race
    This spring Jessie Diggins retired as one of America's most successful winter Olympic athletes at age 34. She's relaxing by entering 100-mile trail running races and navigating what comes next.
  • Can an AI chatbot save lives by answering texts about pregnancy?
    Many questions come up during pregnancy. Is swelling normal? Are avocados safe to eat? For folks in Kenya who don't have a search engine at their fingertips, a chatbot is offering a lifeline.
  • A year ago, President Trump pledged to lower Medicaid drug prices. Has that happened?
    The Trump administration's efforts to lower drug prices included promised changes to Medicaid. But it's still unclear which drugs will be affected. And each state has to opt in.
  • 'American Scoundrel' traces Roy Cohn's playbook from McCarthyism to Trump
    In Kai Bird's biography of Cohn, he looks at how the lawyer taught Trump how to deny, delay, attack, sue and countersue, never admit defeat, side-step paying bills and avoid a paper trail.
  • Greetings from Beijing, where baozi are worth the wait in line
    The popular fluffy steamed buns are filled with pork, vegetables, tofu — and in one trendy Beijing shop, chocolate and red beans.
  • U.N.-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran, including a school attack
    Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran, including a strike on a school in the southern city of Minab.
  • The Fed raises interest rates. And, EU proposes Canada become an 'associate member'
    The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in years. And, the European Union has proposed that Canada become its first-ever "associate member."
  • Pressure on global chokepoints drives Asia's increased use of Arctic Trade Routes
    Asian nations began pilot voyages over a decade ago to find routes to Europe and the Middle East that were faster and less vulnerable to chokepoints. The ongoing war has added impetus to those efforts.


rss: bbc

  • Remains found after wildfire identified as mother-of-three missing since 2019
    A 56-year-old man is arrested after the remains of Joanne Sheen were found in London almost seven years after she went missing.
  • Charles 'sounded giddily elated' after Diana died, Earl Spencer claims
    Buckingham Palace has strongly pushed back against claims in a new book by the late Princess of Wales's brother.
  • War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?
    The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it
  • UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
    The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.
  • New wild cat species discovered - with only one known living member
    A spotted wildcat long mistaken for relatives has been identified as a new species in Bolivia.
  • US fans with Ed Sheeran tickets are left 'torn' by Macklemore controversy
    With Sheeran's next gig due this weekend, some fans said they were in two minds about the show.
  • Watch: Can humpback whales experience grief?
    Rare footage captured by researchers off Australia's Gold Coast suggests humpback whale mothers may experience grief when their calves die.
  • Badenoch says she is bringing in lawyers to challenge government after Tory-run council's 94% tax hike
    A row is growing over Wandsworth Council's rise, which the local authority is blaming on government funding cuts.
  • Father's tribute to 'sweetest little boy' Noah Woods
    Rhys Woods pays tribute to his three-year-old son and offers "deepest gratitude" to local people.
  • Not just 'Nice Guy Eddie': Lib Dems eager for leader to show radical side at party conference
    There is a sizeable group of Lib Dem MPs who openly question whether the party's problem is with its leader, while others support his stance.


rss: the register

  • Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer production
    It might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it
  • AI coding agents' 0-click RCE flaw could hand attackers keys to the kingdom
    Plugin4Shell attack affects all the major coding agents, researchers say
  • Huawei's next-gen Ascend NPUs could become China's best option
    960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom
  • DoE seeking fault-tolerant quantum computer ... by 2028
    Entrants get $250K upfront to deliver a demo within a year, which sounds totally feasible given quantum computing's track record
  • Researchers find way to listen in on headphones from afar
    Eve's dropping in on Alice and Bob
  • China's Salt Typhoon backdoors Latin American orgs with new snooping malware
    Beware the SparroWocky, my son! The backdoor that bites…
  • Scientific papers become agentic chatbots with new tool
    Why go through the hassle of reading a study for yourself when you can turn it into an AI agent and tell it to reproduce the analysis for you?
  • London property manager breach may have exposed bank details and lockbox codes
    City Relay says intruders accessed its Metabase Cloud instance twice and extracted customer data
  • Microsoft configuration change leaves SharePoint pages drawing a blank
    Validation? Apparently that comes after deployment
  • Grassroots coalition asks politicians to choose voters over Big AI's $140M machine
    QuitGPT-led pledge targets Leading the Future's push for lighter regulation ahead of the midterms


rss: ars technica

  • Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI
    Planned 2029 debut could make this Apple’s first enterprise server in decades.
  • Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who's in them
    Survivors appalled nobody will tell them if they’re in Epstein’s CSAM collection.
  • Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack
    Group plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks.
  • Lionsgate releases a new trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping
    Also: Laika Studios debuts a stunning full-length trailer for its stop-motion feature, Wildwood.
  • Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve's new SteamOS compatibility layers
    New system-level tools bring Arm chipsets, Android APKs into the Steam ecosystem.
  • California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand
    Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws.
  • Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex
    The results are only a slight improvement over missing the entire brain structure.
  • Scientists develop new method for deciphering ancient scrolls
    Even a handheld XRF scanner is sufficient to determine most promising scrolls for further analysis.
  • The Specialized Diverge 4 Pro makes rough gravel your playground
    The Diverge 4 Pro is happiest when the road gets ugly.
  • It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
    Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email.


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