rss: npr

  • What made the deadly Venezuelan earthquakes different
    It appears the two big earthquakes in Venezuela that occurred in rapid succession may have involved two separate fault lines. Several faults intersect in this tectonically complex region.
  • Photos: See Venezuela destruction after earthquakes
    The earthquakes were Venezuela's largest in over a century.
  • Judge blocks Postal Service proposal to restrict mail-in voting under Trump's order
    A judge has blocked the U.S. Postal Service's proposals responding to President Trump's order, including not delivering ballots in states that don't turn over voter lists to the federal government.
  • The Supreme Court says the U.S. can turn away asylum seekers at the border
    By a 6-3 vote, the high court ruled that federal law allows the government to stop asylum seekers from physically setting foot in the United States, effectively keeping them from applying for asylum. 
  • Trump can begin deportations of Syrian, Haitian TPS holders, Supreme Court says
    Writing for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito that under the TPS law, the president has unreviewable authority to end the program, without intervention from the courts.
  • The Viking chant that became Norway's World Cup rallying cry
    Norway's long-awaited World Cup return is being powered by a viral Viking "rowing" chant that's sweeping the world, from Boston train stations to Times Square — and the heart of Norway's parliament.
  • Supreme Court bars 'vampire rules' on gun ownership
    In a 6-3 ideologically divided decision, the high court said that requiring permission in advance is an undue burden on the right to possess and carry a firearm.
  • Supreme Court backs Monsanto in its fight against liability from popular weed killer
    The central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident John Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide label and whether a federal law overrides state claims.
  • A federal judge in Boston blocks key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail
    A federal judge in Boston has blocked parts of President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail. The Trump administration is expected to appeal the ruling.
  • 2 earthquakes in Venezuela kill at least 164. And, Trump cancels housing bill signing
    Two major earthquakes in Venezuela have killed at least 164 people and left hundreds injured. And, President Trump canceled the signing of a massive bipartisan housing bill yesterday.


rss: bbc

  • King Charles reveals he paid £12.9m in tax for 2024-25
    The King becomes first monarch to publish their tax payments - with the figures putting him among the UK's top 100 taxpayers.
  • King and Queen will not live in Buckingham Palace after renovations
    King Charles and Queen Camilla will continue to reside in Clarence House, Buckingham Palace says.
  • UK braced for hottest June night after 36.7C reached on warmest day of year
    Temperatures reach 36.7C in Merryfield, Somerset, the highest temperature so far this year and the hottest June day on record.
  • Chris Mason: The anatomy of the prime minister's downfall
    Sir Keir, like his predecessors Liz Truss and Boris Johnson, lost the capacity to viably govern, our political editor writes.
  • Rescuers search rubble for survivors as Venezuela earthquakes kill at least 235
    Nearly 1,500 people have been injured after two seven-plus magnitude shallow quakes hit seconds apart.
  • What we miss when we ignore male infertility
    How could the system better support men who have been told they might have a fertility issue?
  • Yes, there have been rows but here's how I've made moving back home work
    Rising costs are forcing more young adults to live with their parents, here's how not to come to blows.
  • Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers
    Three new sites in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if permission is granted.
  • Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack
    Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.
  • Warning over power bank fire risk on flights as summer holidays begin
    Lithium battery fires are the number one safety risk to aircraft, yet the number of devices found in hold bags has nearly doubled in a year.


rss: the register

  • AI giants back non-profit to retrain workers left behind by AI
    Sorry we spent your wages on data centers, but call us when you're AI-ready
  • Self-destructing Mistic backdoor linked to access broker selling corporate footholds to ransomware gangs
    Spotted in intrusions targeting insurance, education, IT, and professional services sectors
  • They read the scroll thing! AI helps decipher ancient document charred by Vesuvius
    'Having certainly strained ourselves to the utmost through research and learning, we will no longer be inferior to them,' reads a scroll virtually unwrapped with the help of AI
  • Ex-Huntress analyst claims company insider fed info to a ransomware crim. Social media drama ensues
    Former employee accuses company of prioritizing pending IPO over client security
  • OpenAI says employees moving beyond chat to agents
    Codex, it's not just for developers, really
  • Perseverance rover finds even more signs of extinct life on Mars
    Scientists remain skeptical, plead for someone to bring the rocks home
  • FOSS dev builds a BASIC compiler using LLVM
    Not just any old BASIC, either: OS-9’s BASIC09
  • Recovery has to keep up with AI
    SPONSORED POST: Why an AI-era recovery architecture looks different, with Eon's Gonen Stein
  • Apple passes RAMpocalypse costs on to consumers
    Fondleslab and Mac prices rise by hundreds; phones safe ... for now
  • Windows 11 can now turn back the clock when updates go bad
    Point-in-time restore offers a 72-hour escape hatch for stricken PCs


rss: ars technica

  • Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program
    About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft's previous operating system.
  • FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet
    Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be "the nation’s parent."
  • Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
    Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
  • Google finally releases a Finance Android app, promises iOS version later in 2026
    It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.
  • Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack
    Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.
  • Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect
    At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star's chromosphere brightens.
  • Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
    Unlike with Volvo, there will be no authorization for Polestar to sell its cars here.
  • Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory
    Some Macs are hundreds of dollars more expensive today than yesterday.
  • The "sad inevitability" of Europe's heat wave
    Europeans are baking under their second heat wave of the summer.
  • New effort will get genome sequences for entire Endangered Species list
    Colossal Biosciences will be biobanking tissues from all of them as well.


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