rss: npr

  • Will.i.am wants to future-proof a new generation
    The Black Eyed Peas co-founder turned entrepreneur is now teaching a class on "agentic AI" for Arizona State.
  • Trump pulls Casey Means' stalled surgeon general nomination, announces new pick
    President Trump says he's nominating former Fox News Channel contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Dr. Casey Means' path forward stalled in the Senate over questions about her experience and her stance on vaccines.
  • U.S. House primaries in Louisiana are suspended after Voting Rights Act ruling
    Louisiana suspended its upcoming primaries for the U.S. House, following Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state's congressional map is an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander."
  • In real-world test, an AI model did better than ER doctors at diagnosing patients
    Researchers evaluated how well an AI model could diagnose and make decisions about patient care.
  • The Onion's bid to take over Infowars hits another snag
    A Texas appeals court granted Jones's request to pause a deal that would allow the satirical website The Onion to license the Infowars brand name and turn the show into a mockery of itself.
  • Congress ends record shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security
    Thursday's vote in the House provides funding for DHS after a more than two-month shutdown, but does not include dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
  • Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi moved to house arrest, doubts linger
    The secrecy surrounding Suu Kyi's new location has alarmed her son, Kim Aris, who says he has received no authoritative confirmation of her wellbeing.
  • Craig Venter, pioneering human genome decoder, dies at 79
    Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper.
  • 'Fool me once…' Lawyers argue Kennedy Center should not meet same fate as the East Wing
    Lawyers made arguments in hearings for two separate lawsuits against President Trump and the Kennedy Center's board this week. Both lawsuits want to halt plans to close the performing arts venue for two years for renovations.
  • U.K. calls antisemitism an emergency after arson and stabbing attacks on Jewish people
    The British government pledged to increase security for Jewish communities after a string of arson attacks and a double stabbing. But members of the community lashed out at the government.


rss: bbc

  • It's a miracle I survived, Golders Green victim tells BBC
    Shloime Rand says he is thankful he survived after being stabbed during the attack in north London on Wednesday.
  • Teens who lured man to beach to kill him sentenced to between five and seven years' custody
    Alexander Cashford was attacked on a Kent beach by three teenagers who thought he was a paedophile.
  • WW2 bomb to be blown up as 1,200 homes evacuated
    Teams are working through the night to limit most of the damage to the surrounding area.
  • Trump to remove whisky tariffs after King's visit
    The US president said he would lift restrictions on Scotland's ability to work with the state of Kentucky on whisky and bourbon.
  • Banksy confirms he's behind statue in central London
    The sculpture in central London of a man walking off a plinth while holding a flag has been drawing crowds.
  • Trainee driver crashes bus into River Seine near Paris
    The driver hit a parked car and veered off the road into the river - about 12 miles south of Paris - early on Thursday.
  • Interest rates held at 3.75% as Bank of England hints at future rises over Iran war
    The Bank of England voted to hold interest rates at 3.75% as it monitors the knock-on effects of the Middle East conflict.
  • Myanmar ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest, military says
    The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been in detention since she was ousted in a military coup in 2021.
  • US House votes to end partial government shutdown after 76 days
    The bill, already cleared by the US Senate, now moves to the desk of President Donald Trump who is expected to swiftly sign the legislation.
  • 'I held down Golders Green suspect' says volunteer who grabbed ankle
    "If eyes could kill, I'd be dead," he tells the BBC when recounting the moment he saw the suspect.


rss: the register

  • FBI cyber boss: China's hacker-for-hire ecosystem 'out of control'

    One alleged cyber contractor was extradited to the US over the weekend

    China's "hacker-for-hire ecosystem has gotten out of control," according to Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI's cyber division.…

  • Phone users know when to hold ’em, delay upgrades amid inflation

    Analyst says handsets now stay in pockets for 4.2 years on average

    Remember the early days of the smartphone revolution when, even after six months, your phone felt outdated? Not anymore. Smartphone replacement cycles are getting longer as discretionary household budgets come under pressure from inflation, with demand for new devices expected to fall for the rest of this year.…

  • Bandwidth hogs rejoice, Celestica's latest switch is bristling with 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet

    Networking kit arrives just in time for Nvidia's 1.6 Tbps ConnectX-9 NICs

    If you thought 800 Gbps Ethernet was fast, just wait. Celestica's latest switches cram 64 1.6 Tbps ports into a single chassis.…

  • Google's fix for critical Gemini CLI bug might break your CI/CD pipelines

    This CVSS 10.0 RCE vuln has been patched, automatically for some, so better check those workflows

    If you use Gemini CLI, watch out: Google has patched a CVSS 10.0 vulnerability in its command-line AI tool and is warning anyone running it in headless mode, or through GitHub Actions, to review their workflows.…

  • French prosecutors link 15-year-old to mega-breach at state’s secure document agency

    Two computer crime allegations follow up to 18M lines of data surfacing online

    French prosecutors say police detained a 15-year-old on April 25 over the alleged theft of millions of records from France Titres (ANTS), the agency handling secure documents.…

  • Zed team releases version 1.0 of Rust-built editor: Traditional editor and AI tool

    Team wins praise for adding 'disable all AI features' setting for devs who want a code editor to be only a code editor

    The Rust-built Zed editor has reached version 1.0, released yesterday, with development led by former members of the Atom team at GitHub.…

  • AWS says acute server memory shortage is driving customers to the cloud

    When you can't get 'em with a 'transformation plan,' supply chain pain will do the job

    The great memory shortage is having yet another effect, pushing enterprises into the waiting arms of the cloud operators as they can't secure enough on-prem compute themselves.…

  • Survey says no, American workers are not keen on Microsoft's AI

    Lock-in worries threaten to dampen the E7 launch party

    The Coalition for Fair Software Licensing has published research showing that US workers reckon Microsoft is using its productivity tools to lock their employers into the company's AI services.…

  • SAP user group slams 'uncertainty' in ERP giant's API policy

    Concerns over new rules might stop customers from adopting innovations – including AI – that connect to SAP systems

    An influential SAP user group has criticized the vendor's API policy update, saying it lacks clarity and potentially prevents users from starting new projects and innovating on their SAP platforms.…

  • Microsoft boss tells investors the company is working to 'win back fans'

    But why did those fans go away in the first place, Satya?

    Microsoft boss Satya Nadella told investors during an earnings call last night that the company needs to "win back" its fans.…



rss: ars technica

  • Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids
    Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid.
  • Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn
    If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we're here for it.
  • Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser
    Fresh off the Oscar-winning Weapons, director Zach Cregger has his own vision for the gaming franchise.
  • Beijing bans drone sales even as rest of world buys Chinese drones
    Beijing's citywide ban restricts the sale, transport, and storage of drones.
  • RFK Jr. appeals ruling that wiped out his vaccine advisory panel
    There was uncertainty about whether Kennedy would fight or simply try an end run.
  • In motorsport, there's nowhere to hide as AI becomes new CFD tool
    AI finds value in motorsport, multiplying limited computational fluid dynamics resources.
  • Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"
    Old 86-DOS source code dates back to the time before Microsoft bought it.
  • More than half of all Polymarket "long shot" bets on military action pay off
    Sensitive information and the prediction markets can be a winning combination.
  • Florida Republicans reject plan to weaken childhood vaccine requirements
    DeSantis had called for a special session to take up the proposed changes.
  • The hidden cost of Google's AI defaults and the illusion of choice
    Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.


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