rss: npr

  • Student shoots multiple people at a high school in Thailand, authorities say
    The shooter was a student and deaths and injuries were reported.

  • Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online
    Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money will be used for treatment services for young people.

  • Trump signs 2 immigration actions to curb 'birth tourism,' limit birthright citizenship
    Additional details weren't provided, but Trump said he thought his latest actions would be constitutional.
  • Iran aims to ban U.S. and Israeli ships from Strait of Hormuz and charge others a toll
    Iran's parliament is reviewing a plan to ban ships linked to the U.S., Israel and other "hostile countries" from transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration has rejected the plan.
  • A look at 'Operation Country Roads,' West Virginia's ICE operation
    Earlier this year ICE arrested 600 immigrants over a two week period. Most migrants had no criminal records and, since then, West Virginia has decided to not hold ICE detainees in their jails. A look at West Virginia post Operation Country Roads.
  • Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment
    Snails are slimy. But there's more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials.
  • The park service says Trump's arch would obstruct historic sites. Could it be moved?
    President Trump's proposed arch in Memorial Circle would intrude on dozens of nearby sites, says the National Park Service. But there's been minimal discussion of alternate locations.
  • European nations say World Cup boycott is still on, keeping FIFA's Infantino in limbo
    A continued boycott of the World Cup poses a big threat to FIFA, keeping President Gianni Infantino under intense pressure to resign.
  • A new flu vaccine geared to older people is coming soon
    The first mRNA-based flu shot to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration will be ready for the upcoming flu season. Moderna, the vaccine's maker
  • Greetings from a wildlife park in central Sri Lanka that's a haven for elephants
    At a time of increased conflict between elephants and humans, as elephant habitats are converted to intensive agriculture, the Hurulu Eco Park is a place where the animals can graze unimpeded.


rss: bbc

  • Officer who led PC Harper investigation 'appalled' killers could be released early
    Former Det Sup Stuart Blaik, who led the investigation into the police officer's death, has publicly shared his views on the case for the first time.
  • Arrests in Norfolk town as disorder continues for third night
    The arrests follow disorder linked to anti-immigration protests in the Norfolk market town.
  • Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant
    The ruling is in addition to $375m in fines Meta was already ordered to pay in the case, for a total of $942m.
  • Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down'
    While precise data is classified, publicly available information suggests the US has used up many difficult-to-manufacture weapons.
  • Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses
    Scientists made 16 successful viruses that had their genetic code designed by artificial intelligence.
  • Village sees 50 days without rain during summer heatwave
    Wisley in Surrey has recorded no rain for 50 consecutive days - with little rain on the horizon as Matt Taylor from BBC Weather explains.
  • Uefa says boycott may still go ahead as FA withdraws Infantino support
    Fifa's backing of president Gianni Infantino at a meeting on Wednesday "changes nothing", says European governing body Uefa.
  • Serious questions for Cambridge after professor at centre of plagiarism row resigns
    Jason Arday’s resignation poses questions about standards and a push for diversity, writes education editor Branwen Jeffreys.
  • Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
    They claim around 230,000 homes would become available under their plan to limit social housing entitlements.
  • Argos is getting a makeover - but can it attract new shoppers?
    The retailer has been around for 50 years but struggled to compete with newer rivals such as Amazon. Can its new owners turn it around?


rss: the register

  • Sysadmin summoned to explain italics – to a user with at least two degrees
    What an idiot
  • China launches mysterious probe into security of Palo Alto Networks' products
    Beijing’s not saying why, which is just what happened when it investigated Micron
  • ‘Humans will be a rounding error on the internet’ says Cloudflare exec
    Machine-generated traffic to surge 1000x in five years, while we meatbags keep clicking away slowly
  • How the famed USENIX Security conf is managing a flood of papers in the AI era
    AI usage is evident but isn't yet a serious problem
  • AMD acquires AI chip startup Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models into silicon
    Early tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second
  • AI struggles to patch vulns without adult supervision
    Left alone, autonomous fixes often fail to fully remediate flaws
  • Latest GitHub outage squeezes Actions, Pages to death
    Look over there, Copilot - it's a beautiful AI farm where you can tend some digital rabbits
  • Uncle Sam aims to help nuclear energy find its sea legs
    IAEA initiative tackles the rules for floating reactors and atom-powered civilian ships
  • Humans in the loop miss a third of dangerous AI coding agent requests
    You wouldn't let Claude Code cat your AWS credentials or Kubernetes config on request, would you?
  • Next step for LINK spacecraft – a software update that won't make things worse. Are you listening, Microsoft?
    Spin slows as orbital rescue mission creeps forward


rss: ars technica

  • Organ donation group accused of trying to take living man's organs faces shutdown
    The organization, Network for Hope, "strongly disagrees" with Trump admin's decision.
  • Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport
    Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport.
  • X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge
    Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.
  • Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music
    Suno plans watermarks and download limits to stop "large-scale abuse."
  • Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude
    Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.
  • Large genome models used to design new viruses
    The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.
  • Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident
    "The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines."
  • Parasitic zombie-ant fungus thrives in mosses, too
    This may help fungi survive host scarcity and explains why infected hosts prefer the mosses as death sites.
  • Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress
    Change will let "Trump-aligned billionaires" buy more stations, advocacy group says.
  • Moderna's mRNA flu shot earns FDA approval after rollercoaster review
    Moderna's new flu vaccine, mFLUSIVA, is approved for all adults ages 50 and up.


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