rss: npr

  • Trump endorses Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn in Texas Senate primary runoff
    President Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP runoff for U.S. Senate, one week before voting ends in the contentious and expensive primary.
  • Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets
    While dozens of states have taken legal action against the controversial industry, Minnesota is the first state to pass a law making it a felony for companies like Kalshi and Polymarket to operate.
  • States sue over new student loan limits on certain nursing and healthcare degrees
    New York, Arizona, North Carolina, Kentucky and Nevada are among the states challenging a rule that limits federal student loans for graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and more.
  • Can't keep a habit? This comic shares a proven formula to make it stick
    In this illustrated guide, behavioral scientist BJ Fogg breaks down his Tiny Habits framework to help you rethink your approach to starting (or restarting) a habit.
  • A study investigates: Did the abrupt end of USAID have an impact on violence?
    That's the provocative question that researchers dug into after the U.S. shut down its premier aid agency.
  • Israel's trying to expel a whole Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, activists say
    Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched war with Iran, human rights groups and U.N. experts say.
  • To revive an extinct bird, you first need an artificial egg
    Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company trying to bring extinct species back to life, reports creating artificial eggs that would be necessary to revive extinct birds such as the dodo.
  • California mosque shooting leaves 5 dead. And, judge dismisses Trump's IRS lawsuit
    San Diego authorities are investigating a deadly shooting at a mosque as a hate crime. And, Trump dropped his lawsuit against the IRS, paving the way for an "anti-weaponization fund."
  • Some plants have a genetic superpower that may help them survive a cataclysm
    Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a species facing a dramatic event like climate change.
  • The missing men of the American marriage market
    A new study suggests the growing educational and economic divide between men and women is reshaping marriage and family life in America — leaving many women with a shrinking pool of economically stable partners.


rss: bbc

  • Surrey Police investigating child sex abuse allegations after Epstein files release
    The force said no arrests have been made in relation to the offences dating back to the 1980s and 1990s.
  • Channel 4 contacted by police after Married at First Sight UK rape claims
    A BBC Panorama investigation revealed allegations that two women had been raped during filming.
  • HS2 could cost up to £102.7bn and trains will be slower than first planned
    The new cost range and train speed are being announced as a "reset" of the delayed, over-budget and vastly scaled-back project is carried out.
  • BBC confirms new Strictly Come Dancing hosts
    The trio replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, who left the BBC dance competition last year.
  • Southampton expelled from Championship play-offs for spying on Middlesbrough
    Southampton have been thrown out of the play-offs after admitting they spied on three clubs during the Championship season.
  • Key people smuggler arrested after BBC uncovered identity
    The 28-year-old's network is thought to have transported thousands of illegal migrants into the UK.
  • Supermarkets urged to limit food prices by government
    Any price caps would be voluntary apply to key groceries such as eggs, bread, and milk, the BBC understands.
  • Father-of-eight killed in San Diego mosque shooting hailed as hero
    Security guard Amin Abdullah, one of three killed in the attack, was described as "a shining light".
  • NS&I to begin contacting victims of lost funds scandal
    Over 30,000 estates could not be accessed due to an error identifying all of a late customer's NS&I products.
  • Disabled man 'rotting' on a hospital ward - despite being fit to go home
    Ravi Mehta says his care could be terminated if he self-discharged. His NHS care board says its decisions have not been driven by costs.


rss: the register

  • Firefox 151 helps you edit PDFs – and switch OSes
    Export a profile on Windows, restore it on Linux. Extensions and themes too
  • America's top cyber-defense agency left a GitHub repo open with with passwords, keys, tokens – and incredibly obvious filenames
    I wonder what's in 'external-secret-repo-creds.yaml' and 'AWS-Workspace-Firefox-Passwords.csv'?
  • Shadow AI invades the workplace, up 4x in the last year
    Employers increasingly blind to unauthorized AI use and where their staff are sending proprietary files
  • Airbus gets HPC-as-a-service supercomputer from Bull
    Aerospace giant rents new system over 5 years to help develop new aircraft
  • Clear your calendar, Drupal user: You have a critically urgent patch to install
    The org’s staying mum on the details, but Wednesday’s fixes reach back to unsupported 8.9 branches
  • SAP customers warned AI agents could put costs on autopilot
    Billing will be based on 'actions,' whatever those are, leaving enterprises to wonder how fast the meter might run
  • Microsoft refreshes Surface for Business lineup, starts AI PC upsell at $1,499
    Latest hardware adds Intel’s newest AI-focused processors as Redmond continues pushing enterprises toward Copilot+ PCs
  • X limits hot takes from freeloaders to 50 a day
    How will they manage? It's not like anyone can see their posts anyway
  • Shai-Hulud keeps burrowing: 314 npm packages infected after another account compromise
    Popular JavaScript modules including size-sensor and echarts-for-react hit as hijacked account closed GitHub warnings
  • Broadcom finds a VMware customer willing to stick around: London Stock Exchange
    LSEG signs up for five more years of Cloud Foundation, but keeps quiet on how much it'll cost


rss: ars technica

  • Spider-Noir final trailer gives us a classic villain
    It's never too late to become a hero.
  • "I'll buy 10 of those"—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites
    "How in the hell do I get more science into space? That is my goal."
  • Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription
    Plex says that it has considered getting rid of Lifetime Passes.
  • Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks
    Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data.
  • Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more
    AI content is getting good, but SynthID might be able to help tell truth from fiction.
  • In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo
    SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025.
  • RFK Jr. forced to withdraw charter that opened CDC panel to anti-vaccine quacks
    Charter would have expanded member eligibility and focused on alleged injuries.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash might be fast enough for gen AI to make sense
    Google says its more efficient Gemini 3.5 Flash is the key to your agentic AI future.
  • The era of 1,000 Hz gaming monitors has arrived, but why?
    LG's latest hits one frame per millisecond at a full 1080p resolution.
  • EV drivers will pay $130 a year under Congress' 2026 transportation bill
    Politicians say they want EVs to pay "their fair share for the use of our roads."


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