rss: npr

  • Lebanese who fled the Israeli invasion visit to see what's left
    Residents of the ancient town of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon have endured wars in the past, but the latest conflict with Israel is testing the limits of their endurance.
  • More than 25,000 children lose previous legal protections, as federal contract ends
    Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday.
  • Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco
    The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.
  • In the race for Senate in Michigan, multiple party fights are colliding for Democrats
    As Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed vie for the Democratic nomination, voters are debating which way the party should go: establishment or insurgent; progressive or more moderate; new media or old.
  • Nurses chase Cyclospora using grocery receipts, food apps and detailed interviews
    Public health nurses have been pulled from other duties in Washtenaw County, MI, to call hundreds of people sick with cyclosporiasis, and try to help them remember everything they ate in recent days.
  • Over 81,000 U.S. soldiers are missing from past wars. One may soon be identified
    In June, the Department of Defense disinterred the remains of an unidentified WWII soldier who had been buried in Sitka, Alaska for decades. Now, they'll try to confirm who he is.
  • Why did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies?
    OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI.
  • Staff Sgt. Rampersad, 28, who always knew she wanted to serve, is laid to rest
    Staff Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad is one of a handful of service members who've recently died in the conflict with Iran. Her family says she knew from a young age she wanted to serve in the military.
  • For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts
    The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
  • FIFA scraps controversial deal to sell stakes in World Cup to private investors
    FIFA abandoned a plan to create a commercial venture and then sell stakes to minority investors, just days after unveiling it. The plan drew sharp condemnation — and a boycott from European nations.


rss: bbc

  • Uefa has 'lost confidence' in Fifa leadership as investment plan scrapped
    Uefa says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's Fifa leadership as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensifies.
  • Spain attacks 'selfish' response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
    Italy has temporarily suspended the Schengen arrangement with Spain as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called scenes in Ceuta "shocking".
  • Sir John Curtice: The "Burnham bounce" is real but it's not massive
    The governing party's poll ratings have improved but they're only just ahead of Reform
  • Labour's Bev Craig elected Greater Manchester mayor, succeeding Andy Burnham
    Labour's Bev Craig secures nearly double the number of votes won by Reform UK's Sian Astley.
  • Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
    Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.
  • Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least nine, Ukraine officials say
    The attack comes as Moscow escalates deadly ballistic missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
  • He thought a fitness supplement was safe, but it sent him into psychosis
    Daniel Murphy's mental health spiralled after he took missold drugs which had been mixed with steroids.
  • The 40-year search for the elusive 'pink zebra' seaweed
    An ancient algae first spotted four decades ago will now join the collection of the Natural History Museum.
  • What is Iran's Pickaxe Mountain and why does Trump say he wants to bomb it?
    BBC Verify has spoken to experts and analysed satellite imagery to piece together what we know about the site, and the potential impact of a US strike.
  • Former workers fight for wages they say they're owed: 'It makes me sick'
    Sonia Garcia Monuz is among ex-catering firm employees who claim they are owed unpaid wages.


rss: the register

  • Unexpected item in the bagging area as Windows Activation error pops up at check-in
    Bags weighed down by a Microsoft license key
  • A deep dive into Nvidia's Vera CPU and the Olympus cores that power it
    88 custom cores, 176 funky threads, 1.5 TB of laptop RAM, and 1.8 TB/s of NVLink connectivity — this isn't your typical datacenter chip
  • Enterprise cloud infrastructure uptake shows no sign of slowing
    Cloud revenue now north of $143 billion a quarter, and growth is accelerating
  • Dev who gave HashiCorp its name returns with a faster terminal multiplexer
    Persistent sessions could be just the beginning
  • The most famous brand in physical security got pwned by ShinyHunters
    Hopefully the company secures houses better than it locks down SaaS systems
  • US bank places trust in ransomware crew that promised to delete its data
    History suggests this was not wise
  • Anthropic and OpenAI are competing to see whose agents can go rogue harder
    Whoever wins, we lose
  • Update Teams mobile app by October or lose your calendar
    A nice little summer job for someone
  • Charities remain locked out of CAF Bank online accounts
    A week into shutdown, 14,000 customers still have no restoration date and some are struggling to pay staff
  • NASA's Swift rescue slips to late August as LINK battles its spin
    Engineers make progress in stabilizing mission but push back the rendezvous date


rss: ars technica

  • Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA
    Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.
  • Doctors took a look at man's painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing
    The term "Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome" was coined in 1981, based on cases in four women.
  • Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
    Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.
  • Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
    Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper.
  • Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
    Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison.
  • Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics
    “What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool.
  • Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
    LemonLime’s CEO got “carried away” with tattoo gimmick.
  • High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
    Gaps in laws may help Pennsylvania high school escape AI nudes scandal.
  • Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
    Wavelength and intensity in the infrared are translated into colors in the visible.
  • China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs
    Look at chemistry of batteries and motors shows big opportunity for recycling.


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