rss: npr

  • After failed execution, health workers say Tennessee's method flouts medical ethics
    After a botched lethal injection in May, dozens of Tennessee medical professionals told the governor that healthcare professionals shouldn't help with executions, no matter the method.
  • A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv diverts to Saudi Arabia after making distress call
    The pilot and co-pilot have been hospitalized after what flydubai described as an onboard "incident" — but what exactly happened is unclear.
  • FBI hunting the hackers who stole its employees' sensitive data
    The FBI says it's addressing a massive data breach, vowing to go after the hackers it believes are responsible.
  • U.S. forces exit Iraq amid Iran war. And, SCOTUS revives Trump deportation policy
    The U.S. has withdrawn its final troops from Iraq, leaving its defense future uncertain. And, the Supreme Court has sided for now with the Trump administration on third-country deportations.
  • Travel plans? Here's what to know as measles exposures reach trains and games
    Measles is traveling, with outbreaks in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York, and exposures on transportation and in sports. What should you know before getting on a plane or train?
  • A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
    Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
  • The moment you've been waiting for: America's best student podcasts
    We've listened to nearly 1,500 podcasts from all around the U.S. and narrowed them down to 10 middle school and 10 high school finalists.
  • What's behind HHS claims that gender-affirming care 'may' radicalize
    The report is the agency's latest effort to chip away at trust in established health care models for transgender people. Critics say it frames transgender identity as illegitimate or even dangerous.
  • Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them
    Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face.
  • The 2026 Student Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions
    Here are the honorable mentions from this year's Student Podcast Challenge, chosen from nearly 1,500 entries.


rss: bbc

  • What we know about the Dubai-Israel plane incident after reported stabbing
    The Saudi Arabian airport where the FlyDubai plane was diverted to said the captain and first officer were injured.
  • Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, says Burnham
    The prime minister tells the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".
  • UK research funded by China front company being sent to Beijing's spies, MI5 warns
    British universities are being urged to sever ties with China General Technology Research Institute which is linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).
  • Watch: Detail about new call to police changes RAF Fairford timeline
    One of five men arrested near RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday morning had dialled 999 himself, the BBC understands. BBC's UK correspondent Daniel Sandford explains the timeline of events.
  • Sussexes condemn 'reckless intrusion' after men spotted near Archie and Lilibet's school
    One of the men seen outside the UK school attended by the children is understood to be an international press photographer.
  • Guardiola backing Man City after guilty verdicts
    Former manager Pep Guardiola says he will "always" be behind Manchester City after they were found guilty of all charges related to breaches of the Premier League's financial rules.
  • Rock, paper, scissors used to decide London Marathon race days for elite runners
    A game of rock, paper, scissors is used to determine when the elite female and male races will take place at next year's two-day London Marathon.
  • Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted an hour before it was due to happen
    Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
  • Police seek charges against 20 firms and 54 people over Grenfell Tower fire
    The force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire that killed 72 people.
  • Greggs to shut four factories and cut 740 jobs
    The company says it needs to "keep evolving alongside changing customer expectations".


rss: the register

  • Drunk Van Halen fan called Microsoft support and demanded to speak to Gates
    A broken Java applet had one FrontPage user ready for an Eruption
  • America is planning more AI datacenters than its chip supply can fill
    Satellite imagery shows construction accelerating, but advanced packaging could cap 2027 deployment in the low 20s of gigawatts
  • More than half of UK businesses lack confidence in basic cyber skills
    Government survey puts the figure at 808k, says detecting and removing malware most common weakness
  • KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, but the X11 session isn't invited
    Plus, Klassik recreates the KDE 3 desktop experience on Qt 6
  • UK rail cops' £320K face-scanning spree nets zero matches
    British Transport Police’s six-month facial recognition pilot produced one alert, and it was a false positive
  • Spectre bug is back, this time to haunt JIT engines
    Researchers find a way to recover stale indirect branch prediction entries
  • Airbus gets a new freighter – and its giant door – into the air for the first time
    The A350F is apparently good for carrying servers
  • OpenClaw slips on a suit to evade widespread business bans
    Red Hat, Nvidia, OpenAI and friends are working on an enterprise edition they say is ‘Kubernetes for agents’
  • Trump administration gets Big Tech to sign weak, non-binding, AI regulations
    Also requires name change to 'Superintelligence'
  • Add one more AI worry to the nightmare scenario: self-replicating prompt injections
    It's a worm attack, AI-style


rss: ars technica

  • Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates
    The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.
  • Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
    Retatrutide is a triple-hormone obesity drug simulating GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon.
  • Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
    New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.
  • AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
    The deal, which is expected to close by year's end, is worth $8.2 billion.
  • Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
    FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
  • NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
    So is SpaceX just being selfish or what?
  • Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
    Without a "full set of safeguards," agent accessed "system information and source code."
  • Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
    Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
  • This study looks at how and with whom connected cars share your data
    Between the cars and their companion apps, you’re exposed to a lot of trackers.
  • Less protein for maggots means longer lives for fruit flies
    Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults.


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