rss: npr

  • Geopolitics and grain don't mix, say these Montana farmers
    Farmers in states bordering Canada say they are reeling from President Trump's trade wars and resulting retaliatory tariffs. And it's just not neighborly.
  • SCOTUS rejects Trump's mail voting limits. And, the Kennedy Center financial crisis
    The Supreme Court has rejected Trump's mail-in voting restrictions ahead of the midterm elections. And, the Kennedy Center says it is on the brink of bankruptcy and could close soon.
  • Air pollution spiked after the Trump administration stopped embassy monitoring
    In 2025, the Trump administration ended a long-running program to collect air pollution data at U.S. embassies. A new study suggests that led to a 24-33% increase in local pollution levels.
  • NATO jets shoot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace
    The incident came less than a day after NATO leaders pledged that strikes close to the alliance's territory would drive the trans-Atlantic organization to increase support for Kyiv.
  • Get ready for yet another cost when buying a home: Junk fees
    Some real estate agents and researchers say home buyers and sellers should not pay this out-of-pocket fee.
  • NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions
    NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.
  • Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to share a stage to promote curbs on AI
    The poles of U.S. politics are coming together over AI. Sanders and Bannon will appear at the "Pro-Human Assembly" in Washington, D.C., to convince Congress to work faster to curb the impact of AI.
  • This bill could reshape crypto in America -- and it's sparking a major battle
    The legislation would establish rules of the road for the crypto sector for the first time — but opponents are up in arms, and the bill faces an uncertain prospect in the Senate.
  • For thousands of Haitians in the U.S., end of protected status brings fear, grief and defiance
    Haitians in the U.S. lost their Temporary Protected Status under Trump's immigration crackdown. Now facing deportation to a homeland wracked by gang violence, disease and extreme poverty, Haitians in Miami are meeting the moment with grief, anger, and courage.
  • Supreme Court refuses to allow Trump's mail voting restrictions for the midterms
    The Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's push for new mail-in voting restrictions for the midterm election.


rss: bbc

  • Key findings from Lucy Letby Thirlwall Inquiry
    The inquiry found a "complete failure to protect babies on the neonatal unit" where the nurse worked.
  • State pension likely to top £13,000 a year as UK wage growth slows to 3.9%
    The increase has reignited the debate about the state pension's long-term affordability and generational fairness.
  • Denmark says Russian warship fired flares at military helicopter
    The Danish prime minister has accused Russia of "reckless" behaviour, while the Kremlin is yet to comment.
  • Five things you may not know about Emmy history-maker Matthew Rhys
    The Welsh actor became the first person to win two lead acting prizes in one night at the Emmy Awards.
  • Political donors could face tougher residency rules
    It comes after Reform received donations totalling £72m from two British crypto-billionaires who have both recently lived abroad.
  • Supreme Court blocks Trump's plan to restrict mail-in ballots
    The Trump administration had asked the court to lift a federal judge's temporary block on new rules for mail-in ballots.
  • Former England footballer Raheem Sterling admits dangerous driving after M3 crash
    The former England winger crashed his Lamborghini into motorway barriers in May.
  • Two dead after car hits group of pedestrians
    A vehicle hit four people before colliding with two cars on White Rose Way in Doncaster, police say.
  • Fall in small boat Channel crossings down to law enforcement, agency says
    But other factors, including developments in the Middle East, may also be playing a role.
  • Harry and Meghan change children's school over security concerns due to traffic
    It is understood that the couple's private security team had cited concerns about difficulties in making the school run route secure.


rss: the register

  • Anthropic and OpenAI look to Uncle Sam to make them too big to fail
    American model devs are trying to convince Washington to cement their dominance
  • Microsoft account refuseniks have another way of installing Windows
    Has the good bork fairy paid a visit to Redmond?
  • US confirms it has weapons in spaaaaaace
    Mutually Assured Kessler Syndrome, anyone?
  • Gov.uk still struggling with IT contractor tax rules
    IR35 rules not getting easier for government departments
  • UK's Digital ID walks into a bar... two months after being killed off
    The national scheme may be dead, but digital IDs can now prove you're old enough to buy booze
  • PostgreSQL 19 graph queries fail the 'would you ship this?' test
    SQL/PGQ gets bounced over unresolved bugs as concurrent REPACK promises fewer midnight calls for DBAs
  • Give Xfce a Mac or Unity-style makeover
    The existing layouts are fun, but there's much more we can do
  • Open weights are not open source: Why AI's favorite label is under dispute
    Downloading a model is increasingly easy. Understanding how it was made, or changing a system at its root, is another matter
  • How Everpure plans to stop AI from starving without data
    SPONSORED FEATURE: The vendor's AI solutions are dedicated to increasing GPU utilization and avoiding costly GPUs doing nothing while waiting for data
  • Most people who quit M365 for Google do it out of spite, but there’s no ROI in that
    Nor are you likely to save much by making the move, says Gartner


rss: ars technica

  • This Atlantic hurricane season is about to do something that hasn't happened in 175 years
    But there may be a price to pay for a quiet Atlantic hurricane season.
  • Exclusive: Paying for frontier AI models buys 4-month head start at 5x the cost
    Ars previewed Mozilla’s report on how cheap open models caught up on capability.
  • Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh
    The refreshed Volvos also get new infotainment systems with Gemini onboard.
  • For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit
    "The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."
  • RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield
    The event is hosted by Kennedy's anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.
  • Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft
    "NASA’s award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria."
  • AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop
    “Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”
  • OpenAI stuck fighting Musk antitrust suit after Apple finds a way out
    Musk stops attacking Apple over ChatGPT integration but not OpenAI.
  • Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots
    Wang Xingxing micromanaged Unitree to success—will his leadership style scale?
  • Apple releases iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27 with Siri AI and Liquid Glass refinements
    This is also the last version of macOS to support Rosetta for Intel apps.


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