rss: npr

  • A red alert over France, and heat that may rewrite the record books
    France is experiencing scorching heat, with most of the population exposed to extreme temperatures. The heat is expected to last until at least the end of the week.
  • Britain left the EU 10 years ago. Its politics has been an unruly mess
    Brexit fractured the European Union, and broke British politics. A decade on, millions of voters have deserted the two big parties for alternatives.
  • What to know about a cold storage warehouse fire in Los Angeles
    Firefighters are still battling a blaze at a massive frozen-food storage facility near downtown Los Angeles six days after the fire started.
  • Authorities arrest 2 more suspects in planned attack on Trump's UFC show
    Two more people in Missouri and Washington state have been arrested in connection with the planned attack. Law enforcement officials learned about the possible threat on June 10, four days before the event on the White House's South Lawn.
  • Gunman kills an officer at a Montreal hotel before being shot dead, police say
    Police say a suspect armed with a long gun opened fire at a Montreal hotel, killing a police officer before officers returned fire, killing him.
  • A federal judge finds a Trump data system to verify voters is unlawful
    Tens of millions of voters have had their data run through the Trump administration's revamped SAVE tool. A judge just found it unlawful.
  • Supreme Court declines to hear Texas man's intellectual disability case in capital case
    The court's action means Victor Saldaño is likely to be executed even though both defense and state experts determined he was not eligible for execution under the law.
  • Magnificent Messi makes history, breaks all-time World Cup scoring record
    Messi scored a record-setting 17th World Cup goal in Argentina's game against Austria. And, then, he netted another goal, making him the all-time leader in World Cup tournaments (men and women).
  • Did you know? Alan Greenspan and Ayn Rand were close friends
    One of the most intellectually important relationships in the life of the late Fed chair Alan Greenspan was with his close friend, the formidable novelist and libertarian thinker Ayn Rand.
  • 2 students in custody after shooting at high school in Philippines kills 3
    An investigation is underway to determine the cause. Police said the suspects claimed they were bullied at school.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: Questions multiply for the man tipped to replace Starmer
    Andy Burnham will have to set out his stall to show how he will deliver on his promises, the BBC's political editor writes.
  • Can you refuse to work or send your children to school during a heatwave?
    As temperatures increase significantly over the next few days, these are your rights.
  • First drug to delay onset of type 1 diabetes made available on NHS
    The immunotherpay can give children and adults three extra years before they need to use insulin.
  • How stressful is watching the World Cup? Scientists tested me to find out
    Watching football is an emotional rollercoaster - but is it good or bad for your health?
  • Iran says no new commitments on nuclear sites after Vance says inspectors to be invited back
    Iran's foreign ministry says it made "no new commitments" on nuclear inspections after talks in Switzerland.
  • Ticket reseller StubHub ordered to refund customers over hidden fees
    The Competition and Markets Authority said StubHub must refund 50,000 customers and pay a fine.
  • Ashley Cain says he's 'not proud' of sexist language
    The former BBC Three presenter says he has changed since the historical tweets were posted.
  • Ransom note claims Nancy Guthrie died after abduction
    The note from the possible kidnappers reportedly stated that they did not mean for her to die and included an apology to the family.
  • Millions in UK could claim share of £3bn after Apple case given green light
    Apple rejected the suggestion its practices are anti-competitive, saying many customers rely on third-party alternatives.
  • Energy bills, defence and social care: What are Burnham's potential policies?
    After winning the Makerfield by-election, we look at what policies Andy Burnham has advocated - including transport, education and energy.


rss: the register

  • Digital indigestion: Fizzy Coca-Cola display chokes on full storage
    Coca-Cola signage is running out of storage
  • Five Eyes spooks warn AI means infosec incidents can become ‘major operational and financial crises’
    Bosses told to step up and get cybersecurity right
  • India and China are home to 2.9 billion people – and together they bought just 13 million PCs in Q1
    PLUS: Indian telco ponders broadband satellites; Samsung goes all-in on OpenAI; Vietnam centrally plans ten tech giants; and more!
  • Sniff out stale AI override advice with this open source CLI
    Package dependencies can create vulnerabilities that are fiendishly hard to find and stamp out
  • OpenAI: Yoo-hoo, look over here, we do that security stuff too!
    A plethora of pwn-prevention, including a 'Patch The Planet' pledge
  • Texas lassoes massive Microsoft datacenter - and 20 years of gas turbine emissions
    The air turns brown when bit barns come to town … deep in the heart of Texas
  • Cloudflare teams up with big browsers to help websites tell welcome from unwelcome visitors
    Makers of Chrome, Edge, Firefox back bot-fraud defense called Private Access Control Tokens
  • Security shops among the 'hundreds' of Klue hack victims
    As yet another extortion crew Icarus exploits Salesforce-linked integrations
  • Nvidia gets all agentic about supercomputing for scientific research
    Tireless AI agents could help scientists do research humans alone can't, says GPU giant
  • The database that refused to die: How Postgres survived its own creators
    From academic toss-aside to cloud substrate


rss: ars technica

  • With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit
    The purpose of Starfall is to support the "transport and delivery of goods through space."
  • GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers
    US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.
  • Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets
    SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy.
  • Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect.
    He had retinal tears and bruises from squishing his eyeballs with the gun.
  • Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake
    "Winning" bets were made on cloned website and would have lost money, WSJ finds.
  • Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs
    Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.
  • Valve's Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won't be able to buy one yet
    Valve says it's using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience "less frustrating and more fair."
  • NHTSA investigating alleged Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home
    Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash.
  • Lucid lays off 1,500 workers in second big cut of the year
    The cuts and redundancies are part of a plan to "simplify the company," the CEO says.
  • A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing
    The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.


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