rss: npr

  • Prices are up, but Mother's Day still means brunch
    It's the biggest day for America's restaurants, and one of the biggest for flower sales. Despite anxieties over rising gas prices, people are ready to splurge to celebrate.
  • Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
    Spanish authorities are preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.
  • What video got Kash Patel in the headlines this week? The quiz knows
    Plus: The Met Gala, GameStop, Canada and Banksy (again!).
  • Trump's Truth Social lays bare narrow obsessions of an extremely online president
    The bulk of the president's social media posts don't make news. But taken together they show what's on his mind as he leads the nation through war and domestic turmoil.
  • European countries emerge as NATO leaders as U.S. role recedes
    President Trump's decision to leave NATO in the dark before launching strikes on Iran has inflamed tensions and is putting new urgency on rethinking the alliance.
  • With Spirit in liquidation, here's what happens next to its planes
    When Spirit Airlines stopped flying last weekend, it left more than 90 planes scattered across the country. Many will go back to the companies that own them, while Spirit tries to monetize the rest.
  • David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday
    He was born before the Great Depression, came of age in WWII, and is still making wildlife documentaries. Brits call David Attenborough a national hero, as he celebrates his 100th birthday.
  • Morning news brief
    U.S. and Iran trade fire amid month-old ceasefire, Tennessee becomes first state to draw new U.S. House map after SCOTUS decision, U.S.'s continued strikes on alleged drug boats raise questions.
  • March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season
    The NCAA will expand its March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season. It will add more early-round games in the first week without altering the overall format.
  • North Korea says it will deploy new artillery guns targeting Seoul
    North Korea says it'll deploy new long-range artillery systems capable of striking the capital region of rival South Korea this year and commission its first naval destroyer in coming weeks.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: What the results tell us so far
    So far, we have a chunk of the results around the parts of England that have had contests and no results yet from Scotland or Wales.
  • What early election results show us in maps and charts
    See which parties are winning - and losing – across the UK and who’s won in your area, using our interactive tool.
  • John Curtice: First results shows how fragmented UK politics has become
    Reform are the winners so far, with more results still to be declared.
  • When will we know the full results?
    Millions have voted in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales, and local elections in England.
  • Quiz: Which facial feature almost stopped Attenborough's TV career?
    Sir David Attenborough turns 100. How well do you know the broadcaster's life and career?
  • David Attenborough says he is 'overwhelmed' by 100th birthday messages
    The legendary wildlife broadcaster thanks fans in a message the day before he reaches his centenary.
  • Third British national has suspected hantavirus infection, government says
    The patient is on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, which was visited by the cruise ship in April.
  • Trump says US-Iran ceasefire still in place after exchange of fire in Strait of Hormuz
    Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coastal areas.
  • South East Water boss quits after thousands of homes left without water
    David Hinton faced criticism after outages affected tens of thousands of people in Kent and Sussex.
  • Celebrities send well wishes to Bonnie Tyler as singer in induced coma after surgery
    The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery in Portugal on Wednesday.


rss: the register

  • BOFH: Nothing says 'business continuity' like a dry wooden broom
    No sparks, no glory
  • Lego throws its own Hail Mary
    Movie-inspired set ticks the clever Technic box, but at a price
  • Bus station display takes the Windows 10 road to nowhere
    Spikes deter pigeons, but Microsoft still managed to foul the screen
  • Custom PC worked in the lab, failed on site – and so did the angry client
    It's amazing what happens when you plug everything in
  • Cloudflare to fire 1,100 staff whose jobs just aren’t AI enough
    Around 20 percent of staff get an ‘In one hour, you might not work here anymore’ email
  • AWS warns of EC2 ‘impairment’ as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region
    Extra aircon found to cool overheating datacenter as users complain their resources are ... nowhere
  • HPE drops first Juniper x Aruba collab – self-driving Wi-Fi
    NetAdmins can stay in the loop while they learn to trust AI to tackle some scutwork
  • Mozilla boasts Mythos boosted Firefox bug cull
    Yet it remains unclear if Anthropic's uber model was effective, or if better model middleware is what makes the difference
  • Dyna Software's AI assistant promises to massage your toughest ServiceNow configs
    The tool is meant to take the place of 80% of the work that requires ServiceNow dev teams
  • Fake IT workers rented laptops to Nork scammers, got prison time
    Matthew Isaac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince will each do 18 months for hosting laptops used by North Korean IT workers to remotely infiltrate US companies


rss: ars technica

  • DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says
    Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance machine.
  • Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"
    The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.
  • Google unveils screenless Fitbit Air and Google Health app to replace Fitbit
    The $100 Fitbit Air is available for preorder today.
  • RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
    As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?
  • Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI founders to start AI unit inside Tesla
    Musk was “prepared to do the for-profit, provided he would get control.”
  • Is your Porsche Taycan too slow at the Nürburgring? You need this Manthey Kit.
    Nordschleife-specialist Manthey has developed an upgrade package for the Porsche EV.
  • Former NASA chief takes helm of national security space firm
    "The spacecraft can also be refueled, and it can refuel others."
  • SpaceX is starting to move on from the world's most successful rocket
    Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is set to become SpaceX's busiest launch site—for now.
  • Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX
    Deal follows others with Microsoft, Amazon, and more.
  • TSMC taps wind power as AI chip demand soars, Taiwan feels energy crunch
    TSMC backs renewables during record demand for energy-hungry chip manufacturing.


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