rss: npr

  • Federal student loans will move to Treasury, further shrinking Education Department
    The Trump administration announced a three-phase transition that will eventually include management of most federal student loans as well as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
  • Planned Parenthood chapter settles with EEOC over treatment of white employees
    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Planned Parenthood of Illinois will pay $500,000 to end an investigation that found the organization's DEI practices violated federal civil rights laws
  • FDA backs off stricter tanning bed rules with RFK Jr.'s support
    Health officials with the Trump administration have backed away from an effort to more heavily regulate indoor tanning — despite protests from medical groups that warn of the dangers of skin cancer.
  • Trump's mediators offer Hamas formal proposal to give up its weapons in Gaza
    NPR has learned that mediators have quietly given Hamas a proposal to hand over all its weapons to ensure Gaza's reconstruction.
  • Afroman prevails in cops' music video defamation suit after a brief but viral trial
    The "Because I Got High" rapper made waves in 2023 with the album and song "Lemon Pound Cake," using home video to mock a police raid on his Ohio home. The deputies lost their civil suit against him.
  • 'Movement never lies': 100 years of the Martha Graham Dance Company
    Graham was a creative force in the performing arts. She wanted dance to express authentic, human emotions — a revolutionary idea in the late 1920s.
  • The SAVE Act faces long odds in the Senate. GOP-led states are picking up the cause
    Several Republican-led states are passing their own versions of the SAVE America Act, Trump-backed legislation that would introduce new proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote.
  • Fear, defiance, and anger: Iranians describe life under bombardment
    In messages to NPR, Tehran residents describe largely deserted streets roamed by paramilitary officials and vigilantes. They say security forces are banning gatherings for Nowruz, the Persian new year, this week.
  • As Pakistan and Afghanistan declare truce, civilians in Kabul count the cost of war
    At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The U.N. says over a hundred people were killed.
  • Israel and Iran attack gas facilities. And, Cesar Chavez accused of sexual abuse, rape
    Attacks on gas facilities by Israel and Iran have escalated the war and impacted global markets. And, renowned union leader and labor rights advocate Cesar Chavez is accused of sexual abuse and rape.


rss: bbc

  • Are US and Israel aligned on Iran war? Deciphering Trump's post after gas field attacks
    What does Trump's Truth Social post after gas field attacks tell us about US-Israeli alignment?
  • Faisal Islam: Iran war is having a dramatic effect on the UK economy
    The knock-on effects of the war in the Gulf go beyond a hold on interest rates and are set to reverberate for months.
  • Reports of children as young as 11 abused in West Midlands mini-marts, BBC reveals
    Child sexual abuse reports go back 10 years and were seen by safeguarding group which included police
  • Huge queues for meningitis B jabs as vaccination scheme expanded
    Some queueing for vaccines at the University of Kent were turned away on Thursday.
  • Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content
    Meta wants creators to "rediscover" Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.
  • Stay at home advice questioned and rules too tough - key findings from Covid report
    An NHS close to collapse, patients failed and NHS staff put at risk - what you need to know.
  • Badenoch backs Tory MP in row over Muslim prayer event
    The Tory leader has faced calls to sack a colleague who called public prayers an "act of domination".
  • US broadcaster pulls The Bachelorette after domestic abuse allegations
    The decision comes after footage emerged appearing to show Taylor Frankie Paul in an altercation with her ex-partner.
  • Norway crown princess to address Epstein links as son's rape trial closes
    Mette-Marit gives a much-anticipated interview, due to be broadcast on Friday.
  • King opens world's longest coastal path around England
    The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.


rss: the register

  • OpenAI tries to build its coding cred, acquires Python toolmaker Astral

    Deal helps company build out its Codex team

    In a move clearly designed to strengthen its position among developers, OpenAI has acquired Python tool maker Astral. The house of Altman expects the deal to strengthen the ecosystem for its Codex programming agent.…

  • Time to end the 'uncontrolled experiment' of social media on kids, scientists say

    Pair say review of studies, other evidence, proves more countries need to do like Australia and keep kids offline

    There is enough evidence going back far enough that it's reasonable to conclude social media platforms are responsible for population-level mental health harms. …

  • Unknown attackers exploit yet another critical SharePoint bug

    Last time: Beijing-backed snoops and ransomware crims. Who's next?

    Unknown baddies are abusing yet another critical Microsoft SharePoint bug to compromise victims' SharePoint servers, the US government warned.…

  • Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they prove they really, really want to

    Chocolate Factory describes concession as an attempt to balance openess with safety

    It turns out you won't be limited to Google-verified apps an developers on Android after all. In the face of sustained community dissatisfaction with its developer verification requirement, Google has given Android users an out.…

  • 'Death sentence': EU cloud lobby takes Broadcom to Brussels over VMware partner purge

    CISPE files antitrust complaint, demands interim measures to stop what it calls chip giant's 'ongoing abuse'

    A lobbying trade body for smaller cloud providers is asking the European Commission to impose interim measures blocking Broadcom from terminating the VMware Cloud Service Provider program, calling the decision a death sentence for some tech suppliers and an illegal squeeze on customer choice.…

  • Fiber on the surface of the moon could help detect moonquakes

    Better than seismometers?

    Fiber-optic cables could be used to detect moonquakes, offering a simpler way to gather seismic data to support future missions.…

  • GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center

    Most Ubuntu desktop users will be looking at this until at least 2028

    GNOME 50 is here, codenamed Tokyo after the location of the GNOME Asia Summit 2025, and the biggest change is in fact more or less invisible, unless you look for an options button on the login screen.…

  • FBI director leaves open the possibility that it's buying location data again

    Kash Patel says the FBI uses all the tools it has to accomplish its mission - even if those tools are questionable

    It's been three years since an FBI director admitted to purchasing the location data of Americans, potentially in violation of the Constitution. Here we go again.…

  • Lock down Microsoft Intune, feds warn after Stryker attack

    Iran-linked attackers wiped employees' devices using Intune

    The US government has urged companies to better secure Microsoft Intune, an endpoint management tool that was abused in last week's cyberattack against med-tech firm Stryker.…

  • PwC will say goodbye to staff who aren't convinced about AI

    Professional services giant did not read its own report on lackluster benefits

    You'll use AI and like it too - if you work for PwC. Paul Griggs, US chief executive of the global professional services giant, has made clear there is no room at the corporation for AI skeptics.…



rss: ars technica

  • Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program
    Broadcom says the group is misrepresenting market "realities."
  • Millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild
    DarkSword, a powerful iPhone-hacking technique, has been discovered in use by Russian hackers.
  • FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms
    Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash.
  • Dogfighting in space won't look like the movies, but this company wants in on it
    "Where we are today in space warfare is very similar to where air superiority was in the 1930s."
  • OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral
    Codex maker says it will "continue to support these open source projects" after deal closes.
  • Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all
    VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.
  • Afroman keeps trolling cops after winning “Lemon Pound Cake” defamation case
    Cops asked the jury for millions after Afroman used raid footage in music videos.
  • Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
    The "advanced flow" will be available before verification enforcement begins later this year.
  • Despite hardware limits, Parallels supports running Windows on MacBook Neo
    "8GB unified memory is the minimum practical configuration."
  • Counter-Strike 2’s new reload system could upend the entire game
    Full-magazine reloads throw out muscle memory in favor of "higher stakes" decisions.


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