rss: npr

  • Crews battle wildfires in western U.S. and Canada
    There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday.
  • Demi Vollering wins Tour de France for the 2nd time
    Vollering, who first won the competition in 2023, finished the stage more than a minute ahead of Spaniard Paula Blasi Cairol and 2024 champion Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney.
  • Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first
    Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement with Hamas to give up its weapons.
  • Haunted by Hoover, Trump searches for an endgame in Iran
    President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency.
  • There's a birth control backlash online. Can it explain the rise in abortions?
    The number of abortions is up in the United States. Is it because fewer people are using birth control pills?
  • This rising painter reimagines Renaissance art in a cocoa plantation in Cameroon
    A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon.
  • Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia, and other Middle East news
    Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
  • Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know
    It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday.
  • Meet the man circumnavigating the Arctic Ocean, alone
    Matt Rutherford is sailing 10,000 nautical miles, through ice floes and gales, to try and accomplish a world first. He spoke with NPR from the cabin of his boat.
  • Tanker sailors still face danger in the Strait of Hormuz
    An agreement over the Strait of Hormuz is still far away. Tim Wilkins, who works for a tanker industry group, says the ships stuck around the waterway are in limbo, and transiting is still dangerous.


rss: bbc

  • Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan appears in court after extradition
    The Irish Prison Service bought a bulletproof and bombproof van to transport the 49-year-old to court after his extradition from Dubai.
  • How Kinahan's hearing unfolded inside the courtroom in Dublin
    Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan appeared in court and was charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation after being extradited from Dubai.
  • Burnham brings forward ban on 'subscription traps' to ease cost of living
    The prime minister is embarking on a UK tour with a series of announcements aimed at easing living costs.
  • Israel rejects Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, Netanyahu says
    Israel's PM says its military will not pull out from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.
  • Evidence that South African special forces murdered top detective shared with BBC
    Frans Mathipa was shot while driving - we got access to the prosecution case against eight accused men.
  • Ancient Roman shipwreck discovered off Sicily coast
    Italy's culture minister says it is one of the most important underwater archaeological finds in years.
  • 'Spectacular' Game of Thrones stage spin-off opens at home of Shakespeare
    The verdict from most theatre critics is that it's a worthy addition to the epic fantasy franchise.
  • Banksy works cost public almost £150,000
    The BBC reveals taxpayers have funded thousands of pounds worth of cleaning operations and security for the artworks.
  • Drones spotted over German base days after Leipzig bomb incident
    Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts.
  • Harry Potter fans force diversion of UK-Ireland power link to avoid 'Dobby's grave'
    Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.


rss: the register

  • I've gone from writing about SD-WAN to depending on it
    Starlink and 5G home internet are helping close the digital divide, but they're far from perfect. Glue them together, and you can get awfully close.
  • Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager
    Gen Xers who feel triggered by this should remember to unplug the network cable and call the cops
  • Devs to Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, and friends: Make security and privacy the default
    Researchers scour social media to measure developer concerns about AI coding tools
  • South Korean satellite spots SpaceX lunar impact
    Before and after shots of Elon's ejecta snapped by Danuri
  • OpenAI pledges to add Astra security as Anthropic loosens Fable's leash
    Or how I learned to stop worrying and love dangerous AI
  • Water system controllers don't belong on the internet, says ex-NSA chief after suspected Iran attacks
    Calling all defenders
  • AI titans to tidy agent frontier with plugin prescription
    Agent Plugins 1.0 defines a write-once-run-anywhere container for passing tools and skills across different agent platforms
  • Ransomware attacks spike as world distracted by AI
    What, you didn't think the top gangs were busy watching agents escape their sandboxes too, did you?
  • Brit boffins boast of beating barriers to building fusion power
    MAST Upgrade installation hit highest pressure ever achieved without the super-hot plasma destabilizing
  • N-able God mode flaw: Vendor confirms attackers reached customer networks as second hotfix lands
    Attackers turned admin access into a route downstream, while N-able tells N-central customers to patch – again


rss: ars technica

  • Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
    The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.
  • The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success
    About 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous.
  • DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists
    Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.
  • Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires
    Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire season.
  • Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500
    Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.
  • Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment
    New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.
  • The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow
    Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona.
  • New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics
    19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.
  • DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report
    DOGE's inflated "Wall of Receipts": 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says.
  • OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
    Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.


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