rss: npr

  • Justice Department drops probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
    The move paves the way for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh, the president's nominee to head the central bank.
  • Decades-old, newly restored Smithsonian carousel reopens — to children's delight
    The carousel was first desegregated when part of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore in 1963. It was moved to the National Mall after the park closed.
  • How Pittsburgh — host of this year's NFL draft — became a sports mecca
    The Pennsylvania city is hosting the draft for the first time in almost 80 years. Pittsburghers say the city's passionate fanbases and winning teams make the selection a natural fit.
  • Kushner and U.S. envoy Witkoff will head to Pakistan for new Iran talks
    Iran's foreign minister arrived in Islamabad, and Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to go there Saturday to try to make a deal. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continued fighting in Lebanon.
  • Israel and Lebanon extend ceasefire. And, Trump eases medical marijuana rules
    Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire for three weeks, President Trump says. And, the Trump administration is easing rules on medical marijuana.
  • Thousands of seafarers stranded by ongoing U.S. blockade on Strait of Hormuz
    As the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports drags on, thousands of seafarers are stranded on ships, and economic shockwaves ripple around the world.
  • 'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing?
    Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts say it raises questions about how much risk comes with letting robots be in charge of their own learning. 
  • After 2 failed votes, Mike Johnson unveils new plan to extend key U.S. spy powers
    With an April 30 deadline fast approaching, Johnson unveiled his latest proposal to extend the controversial surveillance program known as FISA 702.
  • Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake
    Utah's Great Salt Lake has been labeled an "environmental nuclear bomb" and it has the attention of the president of the United States.
  • Morning news brief
    Ongoing U.S. blockade of Strait of Hormuz strands thousands of seafarers, Trump administration eases rules on medical marijuana, Wildfires fueled by drought continue to spread in parts of Georgia.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: A grim week for Starmer – but things could be about to get worse
    The Mandelson vetting row has reignited questions over the PM's future just two weeks before crucial elections in Scotland, Wales and England.
  • No 10 says Falklands sovereignty rests with UK after report of US 'review'
    An internal Pentagon document reportedly raised the prospect of a change in position in retaliation for the UK not joining the Iran war.
  • US looks to Falklands as opportunity for diplomatic pressure on UK
    This story will make greater waves in the UK than in the US, which for Donald Trump is an opportunity for leverage, Joe Inwood writes.
  • 'My living nightmare': Rob Reiner's son on how he found out parents were dead
    The actor says the grief of his parents' brutal deaths and the arrest of his own brother left him in a "trance".
  • UK cyber chiefs say it's time to ditch passwords for passkeys - what are they?
    Passwords have long been the default way we secure accounts online but the NCSC has said passkeys are a better option.
  • The assisted dying bill has failed but the debate isn't over
    In June 2025 MPs backed the legislation but now it has run out of time to become law.
  • Ex-Channel 5 newsreader withdraws claims against Dan Walker
    Dan Walker's employers ITN and Channel 5 agreed to pay Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije an undisclosed amount, with no admission of liability.
  • Man given life sentence for rape and religiously aggravated assault of Sikh woman
    A judge tells John Ashby, 32, that he will serve at least 14 years in prison for the attack.
  • Benjamin Netanyahu treated for early-stage prostate cancer
    The Israeli prime minister says he is "in excellent physical condition" after having a malignant tumour removed.
  • Mandelson under formal investigation by EU's anti-fraud office
    The EU's anti-fraud office confirms it has "sufficient information" to launch an investigation, but does not say if it involves fraud.


rss: the register

  • Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon spits out Xorg, but still lets you run X11 apps

    New LTS is here, with more tooling for GPGPU and AI workloads

    Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon," the latest LTS release from Canonical, arrives with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.0, and drops the Xorg option from Ubuntu Desktop while still running X11 applications through Xwayland.…

  • Pentagon wants to water down drone program with autonomous subs

    What, you didn't expect autonomous military craft to stay in the sky forever?

    Drones: they're not just for the sky anymore. DARPA is seeking compact deep-ocean autonomous craft developed faster, smaller, and cheaper than today's full-ocean-depth AUV systems.…

  • US clarifies mobile hotspots part of foreign router ban despite rarity of American made consumer kit

    Silicon often from US, but the kit from APAC and elsewhere

    America's telco regulator has clarified its ban on foreign-made routers also includes mobile hotspots and domestic routers that use a 5G cellular connection to the internet.…

  • ShinyHunters claim they have cruise giant Carnival's booty as 7.5M emails surface

    Leak-site bragging meets breach hunters as Have I Been Pwned flags millions of records

    Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, is dealing with choppy waters after Have I Been Pwned flagged what it claimed were 7.5 million unique email addresses all allegedly tied to one of its subsidiaries. …

  • Governments on high alert after CISA snuffs out Firestarter backdoor on fed network

    Latest in long-running pwning of Cisco kit found in mystery Fed agency

    A US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cybersnoops and their UK counterparts – neither of which disclosed the agency's name.…

  • More ancient Linux device support faces the chop

    One way to deal with bug hunting LLMs: ditch the old drivers

    One tactic to deal with LLM-powered vulnerability detection is simple – just speed up the removal of old code. If it's gone, it no longer matters if it's buggy.…

  • Open Telemetry founder tools up for project graduation party

    We gotta get boring to get graduated

    Grafanacon The founder of the Open Telemetry project says its maintainers may need to turn to AI tools to get some elements robust enough for the project as a whole to graduate.…

  • Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it's encouraging experienced workers to leave

    Windows giant offers buyouts to eligible staffers willing to walk

    Microsoft has committed to improving the quality and reliability of Windows, and a step on the path to that goal is… encouraging a chunk of its US staff to leave the company.…

  • Intel bets the farm on AI inference to drag CPU back to the top table

    Chipzilla hopes agents, robots, and edge devices make CPUs cool again... now it has to build the chips

    Intel is betting on AI to reverse its fortunes, wagering that inference and agentic workloads will restore the CPU to the center of compute - even as its chip manufacturing struggles persist.…

  • Meta Arms itself to the teeth by signing for 'tens of millions' of AWS Graviton cores

    After flubbing the Metaverse, Zuck embraces the Neoverse

    Meta plans to deploy tens of millions of Amazon Web Services' Graviton 5 CPU cores as part of a multi-year collaboration that will make the social network among the largest-ever consumers of the cloud giant’s homegrown silicon.…



rss: ars technica

  • Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges
    It's like "Pete Rose betting on his own team," Trump says of arrested soldier.
  • Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs
    Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator.
  • Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time
    The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.
  • Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf
    Beloved wolf gripped the nation after burrowing out of the zoo.
  • Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway's primary modules are corroded
    "Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors."
  • As electric aspirations fade, Porsche sells its stake in Bugatti
    Porsche's stake in Bugatti and Rimac Group have been sold to private equity.
  • Six things I'll remember when I think about Tim Cook's version of Apple
    Under Cook, Apple became hugely successful, if not always surprising.
  • Trump administration attempt to gut Endangered Species Act hits roadblock
    House vote to defang the Endangered Species Act was unexpectedly cancelled
  • Rocket Report: Artemis III rocket getting ready; SpaceX is now an AI company
    "If it doesn’t rely on a solid, there’s no reason why we can’t launch."
  • Visitors to this private space station won't be wearing shorts and T-shirts
    Can you wear white after Labor Day if your destination is Earth orbit?


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