rss: npr

  • The oldest millennials are 45! This tool helps plan for longevity
    The oldest millennials are turning 45 this year. The oldest Gen Xers are now 60. So how prepared will they be to thrive in the decades ahead? A new tool helps people assess beyond just savings.
  • After Republicans blocked Indiana redistricting, millions poured in to defeat them
    President Trump has thrown his support behind challengers to Republican state senators who opposed his redistricting push.
  • After NPR investigation, new bill aims to stop 'claim sharks' targeting disabled vets
    The bipartisan bill would block companies from using auto-dialers to harvest private information about disabled veterans. The firms charge vets for a service lawmakers say is supposed to be free.
  • In many states, election-denying candidates are running to control voting
    In 23 states, including five presidential swing states, candidates who've denied election results are running for offices that have a direct role in certifying future elections, a new report finds.
  • 2 US service members missing after military exercises in Morocco
    Two U.S. service members are missing in southwestern Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) said.
  • Trump says the U.S will 'guide' stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz
    The United States will launch an effort on Monday to "guide" stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, as two ships around the strait reported attacks.
  • 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.


rss: bbc

  • 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?
  • 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.
  • Thousands could benefit from cancer jab that cuts treatment time to minutes
    Thousands of patients will be offered a new injectable form of an immunotherapy drug that takes minutes.
  • What an empty car park tells us about the UK's debt problem
    The BBC has been speaking to people living in one of England's poorest communities.
  • Met Gala 2026: How to watch, the price of tickets and this year's theme
    Beyoncé, who last attended the Met Gala in 2016, is returning as a co-chair of fashion's biggest night.
  • UK joining Ukraine loan scheme would be good for EU ties, Starmer says
    The UK is "discussing participating" in a £78bn (€90bn) European Union loan scheme to support Ukraine, the prime minister says.
  • '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.
  • Chris Mason: Elections this week set to show how politics is changing
    The scale of these elections looks set to vividly expose the breadth of Labour's vulnerabilities, Chris Mason writes.
  • Former New York City mayor 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.
  • 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.


rss: the register

  • If the vote you rocked, your personal info can be grokked

    Even limited voter rolls can be linked to identify people, research shows

    Your voter data could be used against you. A foreign intelligence service that wished to identify the family members of deployed military personnel could do so by cross-referencing public voter record data and social media posts.…

  • Hope your holiday was horrid: You botched the last thing you did before leaving

    That box-full-of-old-tech-you-should-probably-have-thrown-out-but-kept-just-in-case got a techie in trouble

    Who, Me? Monday is upon us once again and The Register hopes that when you arrive at your desk, all is well. We offer that sentiment because we use the first day of the working week to bring you a fresh instalment of "Who, Me?" – the reader-contributed column in which you confess to making mistakes, and explain how you survived them.…

  • Ask.com, former home of search butler Jeeves, closes just as conversational search comes back

    Like actual butlers, this relic of the first dotcom boom has been a quaint anachronism for decades

    In the mid-1990s, search engine designers settled on the user interface that dominates to this day: a text box into which users enter text, and a resulting list of websites.…

  • Five Eyes spook shops warn rapid rollouts of agentic AI are too risky

    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.…



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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