rss: npr

  • Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says
    Hantaviruses are usually spread by exposure to urine, saliva or feces from infected rodents, such as rats or mice. Hantavirus infections are rare but can cause deadly respiratory infections.
  • Gas prices went up more than 30 cents a gallon last week. How high could they go?
    U.S. gas prices were nearly $3 an average prior to the start of the war in Iran.
  • Pellet found in Secret Service agent's vest links suspect to WHCD attack, Pirro says
    The pellet "definitively" links the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, to the attack, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told CNN on Sunday.
  • 'I just want to see her again' says son of imprisoned Myanmar ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi
    On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. Her son Kim Aris spoke to NPR about his doubts about the regime's account.
  • He recorded his quest for tariff refunds. It shows why billions may never get repaid
    After the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, Richard Brown began lining up the paperwork he needed to get his refund. Experts say many businesses may never get their money back.
  • Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
    The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon.
  • How algorithms wreaked havoc with these workers' schedules and cut their pay
    Hourly workers across a number of industries have long been grappling with unstable schedules and pay as their employers use software to slash labor costs and maximize productivity.
  • Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal 'anticipated', Spain and Italy could be next
    Germany's defense minister is playing down the impact of the Pentagon's decision to pull 5,000 troops from the country, but the move has rattled NATO allies and added to growing fears that Europe can no longer rely on Washington.
  • Bard College's president to retire after scrutiny of relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
    The longtime president of Bard College in New York has announced his retirement, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship than was previously known with Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Golden Tempo takes the Kentucky Derby as Cherie DeVaux becomes the 1st woman to train its winner
    Golden Tempo has won the Kentucky Derby at odds of 23-1 to make Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown.


rss: bbc

  • Trump says US to 'guide' stranded ships through Strait of Hormuz
    More than 100 aircraft and 15,000 personnel will be part of the operation due to start on Monday, the US military says.
  • Chris Mason: Elections this week a smorgasbord of competitiveness
    The scale of these elections looks set to vividly expose the breadth of Labour's vulnerabilities, Chris Mason writes.
  • The threat to summer holidays looming from jet fuel shortages
    What impact might shortages have on our summer holidays - and what could be done about it?
  • Rudy Giuliani in critical condition in hospital
    The long-time champion of Trump and former New York mayor is in hospital, according to his spokesman.
  • Some Iranians fear the regime is now more entrenched - and ready for revenge
    Ordinary Iranians tell of worry about increased repression by authorities after the war is over.
  • 'I was trying to save a life,' man who intervened in Golders Green attack tells BBC
    Ashkan Asadian said he acted on the spur of the moment without thinking about the danger of the situation.
  • UK to enter talks to join £78bn EU loan scheme for Ukraine
    Sir Keir Starmer will meet leaders at the European Political Community summit in Armenia on Monday.
  • BBC uncovers the Ugandan scammers abusing dogs to elicit donations from animal lovers
    Unwitting donors hand over money to save suffering animals but Ugandan con artists pocket the cash.
  • NHS cancer jab could mean patients spend hours less in hospital
    Thousands of patients will be offered a new injectable form of an immunotherapy drug that takes minutes.
  • Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels
    Local politicians say the move is in line with the Dutch capital's environmental targets.


rss: the register

  • Five Eyes spook shops warn agentic is too wonky for rapid rollout

    Prioritize resilience over productivity, say CISA, NCSC and their friends from Oz, NZ, Canada

    Information security agencies from the nations of the Five Eyes security alliance have co-authored guidance on the use of agentic AI that warns the technology will likely misbehave and amplifies organizations’ existing frailties, and therefore recommend slow and careful adoption of the tech.…

  • Just in time for Labour Day, China makes it illegal to fire humans if AI takes their jobs

    PLUS: Samsung cashes in on RAM prices; Booze from space fetches huge price; China's hyperscalers surge

    A Chinese court has ruled that it’s illegal to replace human workers with AI.…

  • Microsoft's turned Windows into a cesspool, but it wants to do better

    Windows is a mess, GitHub keeps wobbling, Copilot draws flak - what’s wrong at Redmond?

    kettle When it comes to making decisions that piss off your user base, no one knows how to do it like Microsoft. …

  • Inference is giving AI chip startups a second chance to make their mark

    In a disaggregated AI world, Nvidia can be both a friend and an enemy

    AI adoption is reaching an inflection point as the focus shifts from training new models to serving them. For the AI startups vying for a slice of Nvidia's pie, it's now or never.…

  • Royal Navy chief backs drones, autonomous weapons in ‘Hybrid Navy’

    Plan mixes crewed ships, robot escorts, and long-range strike to bolster a stretched fleet

    The leader of Britain’s Royal Navy has outlined a “Hybrid Navy” built on a mix of crewed, uncrewed, and autonomous platforms to ensure it can continue to defend the nation and operate overseas.…

  • Job's a good 'un: Bank of England tech project wins watchdog praise

    PAC: Now why can't everybody else in public sector do it like this?

    Parliament's spending watchdog has held up a successful large-scale public sector tech transformation as a rare example worth emulating, in a striking departure from the usual diet of failure and overspend.…

  • Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents

    Take those token limits and shove them by vibe coding with a local LLM

    With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usage-based pricing, that vibe-coded hobby project is about to get a whole lot more expensive. Fortunately, you're not without cost-saving options.…

  • UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs

    Agency insists everything is working fine, even though users spend days failing to load it

    The DVSA's driving test booking system has spent the week offline, according to frustrated users.…

  • Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt

    Britain's cyber agency says the bill for years of technical shortcuts is coming due, and it's arriving all at once

    Britain's cyber agency is warning that AI-fuelled bug hunting is about to flush out years of buried flaws, leaving defenders scrambling to keep up.…

  • ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs

    CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes touts 'largest ever quarter for competitive displacements'

    The chase is on. Atlassian reported its largest-ever quarter for taking share from a major IT service management provider, CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said on the company's fiscal third-quarter earnings call Thursday, escalating its rivalry with ServiceNow.…



rss: ars technica

  • Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
    Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more
  • Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?
    Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.
  • Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors
    Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”
  • The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
    Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going?
  • Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive
    Doctors suspect three factors, each unremarkable on its own, contributed to his fate.
  • Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
    The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.
  • Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races
    Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next.
  • Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines
    More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
  • Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers
    AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on.
  • Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal
    Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.


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