rss: npr

  • Trump wants to fence off the park closest to the White House, a popular protest spot
    The Trump administration wants to install permanent fencing around Lafayette Park, directly outside the White House. It's long been a popular spot for protesters, who worry barriers will change that.
  • Zelenskyy fires Ukraine's tech-savvy defense minister in government reshuffle
    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the country's popular defense minister, who pushed for innovation in the battlefield through the use of drones and turned the tables on Russia.
  • The political risks from war in Iran. And, ICE's use of force is rising, report finds
    The political implications the war in Iran is having on the GOP. And, a new report has found that ICE officers' use of force is not rare since President Trump took office for his second term.
  • Oil companies are making billions. In the U.S., calls to tax their windfall are growing
    Higher oil prices since the Iran war began mean many oil companies have brought in excess profits. Some U.S. lawmakers want to tax those windfall profits and give the money to lower-income Americans.
  • The use of force has become a 'default tool' for ICE officers, a new report finds
    An ACLU report looks at the widespread use of force in immigration enforcement in the first year of President Trump's return to office. Recent fatal shootings in Texas and Maine have brought renewed scrutiny to the agency's tactics.
  • 'Gossip' had godly origins. Here's how it gained its sinful reputation
    We've all engaged in a little 'gossip.' But did you know its origins were tied to family and friendship?
  • DHS pledged body cams for all immigration agents. Months later, that hasn't happened
    In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. None of the federal officers involved were wearing body cameras, the agency said.
  • Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures
    The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.
  • TrumpRx promised a supermarket for cheaper drugs but delivered a boutique
    President Trump said TrumpRx is the biggest thing to happen in healthcare in decades. But an NPR analysis finds drugmakers are only offering deals on a few of their medicines.
  • No Asian team managed to go far this World Cup (again). What's holding them back?
    For the sixth World Cup in a row, no team from the Asian Football Confederation made it past the first knockout round, winning only three games out of 29. Asian teams are competitive — up to a point.


rss: bbc

  • Feeling gutted? Five ways to cope with England's World Cup defeat
    After England’s loss, fans and experts share their tips for managing the disappointment.
  • How coach-on-pitch Messi undid England's tactics on the fly
    England pride themselves on their physicality, so shouldn't it have suited them to face a 39-year-old who spends most of his time walking? Not this 39-year-old. BBC Sport football tactics correspondent Umir Irfan explores a Lionel Messi masterclass.
  • MI5 court evidence based on lies, report says
    Senior MI5 figures were criticised in the report by deputy investigatory powers commissioner Sir John Goldring.
  • TikTok faces Ofcom investigation over child age checks
    It follows a review by the regulator in May that criticised the platform for not being "safe enough" for children.
  • Protests in Ukraine's cities against Zelensky's removal of defence minister
    Ukraine's president has not explained Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal, which is causing great upset among civil society and the military.
  • US strikes oil tanker with missiles as it enforces new Iran blockade
    The US military targeted an unladen oil tanker which it said was heading for the key Iranian oil terminal on Kharg island.
  • Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed
    Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.
  • British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply
    The Scunthorpe steelworks has been officially nationalised under new government powers passed this week.
  • New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DR Congo forest
    Scientists describe "amazing feeling" to look into the face of an animal that so few people knew existed.
  • Who is the frontrunner to be the UK's next chancellor?
    Andy Burnham will be moving into Downing Street next week, and a question remains over who will be his neighbour in Number 11.


rss: the register

  • AWS CloudFront outage serves errors instead of websites
    Storm sends winds whipping beyond cloud giant, knocking out services including Hugging Face and the UK's National Lottery
  • Telegram shortlinks knocked offline over sanctioned VPN connection
    t.me borked for a day until platform proved it had no ties to service favored by cybercriminals
  • How to teach an old Intel Mac new tricks with OpenCore Legacy Patcher
    Why to do it, and what to watch out for
  • Law firm insisted on one password to rule them all
    Using the admin password, you could be anyone and see anything
  • Tech support scam caused massive data breach at Australian airline Qantas
    It’s possible to leak PII describing 5.7 million people without breaching privacy rules
  • Even HP resellers thought the price of toner and ink was too high – so HP India facilitated an illegal cartel
    Regulator fines PC and printer giant for rigged tender bids and collusion
  • Cyberattack threatens utterly critical infrastructure in Japan: KFC
    The Colonel stops taking online orders and may close stores after logistics partner’s systems go down
  • Former OpenAI CTO does what Altman won't, releases a frontier AI model that's actually open
    Thinking Machines' first open weights model is a 975 billion parameter alternative to Chinese LLMs
  • Cadence's AuraStack agent melds AI with HPC to speed PCB, advanced packaging design
    One-two punch offers a glimpse of how low-precision AI can complement high-precision simulations
  • Amazon Web Services' most vocal customer now runs EC2
    Retail foundation leader Dave Treadwell takes over as senior leader and 19-year vet Dave Brown departs for pastures unknown


rss: ars technica

  • Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback
    Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.
  • Hundreds rally at Bethesda HQ to protest Xbox layoffs, and Ars was there
    Union wants to halt a "perpetual cycle" of layoffs, get back to contract bargaining.
  • Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon
    While an impressive sale, the pen and switch did not break records.
  • Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines
    The convenience store chain will use StorMagic instead.
  • Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
    Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.
  • Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park
    Yes, it was, in fact, a Unix system.
  • Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches
    HiveLegacy is a "powerful primitive" that's likely capable of other nefarious actions.
  • FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs
    FCC chairman claims power to repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
  • In memoriam: 7 of our favorite Sam Neill films
    The actor, who starred in 1993's Jurassic Park, died Monday in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 78.
  • Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn
    With the settlement withdrawn, Google is now bound by the court's full antitrust remedies.


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