rss: npr

  • NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list
    The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.
  • Biden sues DOJ to stop release of audio and transcripts tied to special counsel probe
    Joe Biden sued the Justice Department to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of the former president's interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special counsel.
  • Trump gathers Cabinet as he looks to seal deal to end war
    President Trump will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday at a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran. The emerging deal has already exposed the president to fierce criticism.
  • Texas Republicans nominate Ken Paxton for Senate seat, ousting incumbent John Cornyn
    Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged Sen. John Cornyn's reelection and won President Trump's endorsement in the bitter primary fight that cost Republicans more than $100 million.
  • Researchers are building AI-powered robot labs. What does this mean for science?
    Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.
  • 39 World Cup teams will be based in the U.S. Here's which squad will be closest to you
    This week, FIFA finalized the list of where competitors will train during the tournament. Here's a breakdown of the U.S. cities that are included.
  • To stop leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs
    The Trump administration has proposed creating a new government-wide nondisclosure agreement for new and existing federal employees.
  • Gulf shrimpers want help from Congress as fuel costs climb
    The declining number of Gulf shrimpers who are still in business are now struggling as gas prices rise and competition with cheaper imports remains high.
  • Trump-backed redistricting plan is rejected in the South Carolina Legislature
    Republican state senators don't face election this year. Trump's urging for them to redistrict to help flip the House seat held by prominent Democrat Jim Clyburn was met with opposition.
  • Trump DOJ mass-deletes info on Jan. 6 riot cases, including violent assaults on cops
    The Trump Department of Justice purged government news releases with information about prosecutions of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement on Jan. 6, 2021.


rss: bbc

  • Energy bills to rise for millions as impact of Iran war hits
    A household using a typical amount of energy will pay £221 a year more, under the regulator's new price cap.
  • Labour has 'no coherent plan' for country, says Blair
    The ex-Labour PM says Sir Keir Starmer's government is in the "wrong position" ahead of the next election.
  • Body found in search for boy, 12, missing in river as heatwave continues
    Police and fire crews with underwater units launched a major search until a body was recovered on Tuesday night.
  • Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base
    Nasa plans to send hopping drones and roving vehicles to the Moon as part of plans for a permanent Moon base.
  • Can EU find a Russia whisperer to mediate an end to war in Ukraine?
    With the US pulling out of trilateral talks with Russia and Ukraine, the EU is looking for potential candidates to step in.
  • 'We knew somebody would die': Teenage patients 'ignored' before fatal NHS trust failures
    Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.
  • Hotels can refuse to give tourists tap water, Italy's top court rules
    The Italian Supreme Court rejected a tourist's claim that her consumer rights were breached when she was only offered €7 bottled mineral water.
  • Russia 'relentlessly targeting' critical infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ says
    The spy agency's head will set out threats facing the UK and the measures she believes need to be taken to confront them on Wednesday.
  • Post Office investigation could be delayed by five years, police warn
    The commander leading the national police inquiry says the size of the investigation team would need to double in order to meet its current timeline
  • Texas Attorney General Paxton routs veteran incumbent Cornyn in US Senate primary
    The result sets up what will be a closely watched contest in November with Paxton's Democratic opponent.


rss: the register

  • Iran slowly reconnects to the global internet
    Traffic floods back, without much of an explanation
  • Cisco making SONiC available to all customers – not just hyperscalers
    Hardened version of open-source NOS coming to Nexus 9000s
  • Alibaba gets Android 16 running on RISC-V
    Beijing’s sovereign stack ambitions strengthen
  • Anthropic cofounder hallucinates ghost in the machine after hearing the Pope speak about AI
    The nature of AI is unnatural. It's not intelligent. It's not human.
  • NASA to pull an IKEA by dropping tons of plastic, metal, and glass on the Moon
    Astronauts will get to self-assemble lunar base
  • California may let Linux bypass age check
    Exemption in amendment offers relief to open source software makers
  • MyPillow must decide whether to be firm or soft as ransomware crims demand pay
    Guess they could deny the alleged intrusion … like the 2020 election results
  • MySQL faithful launch OurSQL Foundation to keep Oracle honest
    Community group wants transparency, collaboration, and a clearer roadmap for the open source database
  • Bezos rocket fell short after cryogenic leak cut engine thrust
    Frozen hydraulic line blamed for leaving payload in the wrong orbit
  • Microsoft wants safer C# without turning it into Rust
    Unsafe bits get a warning label in planned low-level coding shake-up


rss: ars technica

  • Is Peter Thiel the target of Pope Leo's Gandalf quote? An investigation.
    Parsing a papal proclamation.
  • Musk says US military suicide drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules
    Musk says drones used Starlink instead of Starshield, blames military contractor.
  • NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a "perimeter"
    "We also obviously want to be very mindful of the Outer Space Treaty."
  • We're starting to see some PC makers respond to Apple's MacBook Neo
    Sub-$600 laptops have existed for years, but consistently good ones remain rare.
  • Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package
    "BadHost" was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly downloads.
  • Want an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Stuff oxygen’s friends in the mantle.
    Getting carbon and sulfur into Earth’s interior may be part of oxygen’s story.
  • FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent
    A creepy saved post on Instagram linked man to AI porn account, FBI says.
  • 3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild
    Hugging Face debuts $2,500 bipedal robot project for builders and researchers.
  • Windows' classic 3D Space Cadet pinball is getting a physical re-creation
    But there are some real-world constraints that virtual pinball could easily ignore.
  • Review: The Boroughs is a smart, pitch-perfect creature feature
    Top-notch ensemble cast, smart writing, and an engrossing supernatural mystery make for a winning combo.


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