rss: npr

  • Democrats in Maine gather to replace Graham Platner in the race against Susan Collins
    Democrats are hoping to move past Platner's scandal-plagued campaign as they look to unseat Republican incumbent Susan Collins. The apparent front-runner is former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson.
  • Trump is hellbent on tariffs. Here are 5 implications
    Trump's determination to find new legal justifications for his tariffs threatens to prolong the uncertainty facing the U.S. and global economies.
  • Trump returns to correspondents' dinner 3 months after shooting
    President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner Friday night, delivering a rambling, hour-long speech.
  • Paramount says it will pause its Warner acquisition while legal challenges play out
    A dozen states and the Writers Guild of America had challenged the merger.
  • Democrats approve new primary election calendar, putting South Carolina first
    Democrats chose South Carolina for the first 2028 presidential primary, then Nevada, prioritizing Black and Latino voters. New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia also hold early contests.
  • ICC member states vote to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan
    The International Criminal Court voted to remove the global tribunal's chief prosecutor on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations against him first emerged, the court's oversight body announced.
  • How The Illharmonic's mix of hip-hop and classical builds community, one show at a time
    The Illharmonic Orchestra blends hip-hop and classical music during live performances. Its leaders tell NPR's Juana Summers how they build community with their shows, which feature all-Black musicians.
  • A former nun explains why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life
    Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery at age 24, and lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun. Originally published March 20, 2024.
  • Oil surges to $100 per barrel. And, Trump imposes a new round of tariffs
    Oil surged to $100 per barrel after Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. And, President Trump overnight replaced expiring tariffs with a slew of new ones.
  • Trump threatens a major escalation in Iran after 13 straight nights of strikes
    The U.S. continued airstrikes in Iran while Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf, as President Trump said he was close to deciding whether to launch "a massive attack."


rss: bbc

  • How the mystery of dead animals dumped in villages led to a hidden world of illegal hunts
    Farmers talk of attacks as police receive nearly 9,000 reports of banned hare coursing, the BBC finds.
  • Trump takes swipes at press during White House Correspondents' Dinner
    The event celebrated press freedom after the first dinner was cancelled by a shooting in April.
  • Police declare 'major incident' over Cairngorms wildfire
    All residents in the village of Nethy Bridge have been evacuated over the threat the wildfire spreading.
  • Horror injury overshadows gymnastics silver for England at Commonwealths
    A horror fall from England gymnast Gabriel Langton overshadows his team's silver medal in the team event on the opening night of action at Glasgow 2026.
  • ADHD has rewired the workplace. This is what it means for bosses and workers
    As ADHD diagnoses have risen, have workplaces caught up with the needs of the workforce?
  • Long overdue, life-changing or frivolous? Your thoughts on wedding rule changes
    The government wants to relax wedding laws so couples can get married almost anywhere.
  • The pop band who went from playing for rescue dogs to selling out arenas
    Muna discuss disastrous gigs, putting political action into music and the meaning of "queer pop".
  • Claudia Winkleman's chat show ended after one series - can anyone replace Graham Norton?
    The presenter said she was "incredibly grateful" for the opportunity but simply "too nervous to enjoy it".
  • OpenAI hack has turned into a whodunnit with serious questions to answer
    Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.
  • Parents on how they get through the summer holidays on a budget
    The best tips and tricks to have a fun - yet affordable - summer break with the family.


rss: the register

  • Anti-AI open source has an enemy in common, but almost nothing else
    Building bot-free alternatives may require lefties, libertarians, and culture warriors to share code
  • BOFH: This printer engineer knows every trick in the book
    But so does this customer
  • Anthropic debuts Opus 5 at half the price of its Fable sibling
    And as a bonus, it doesn't require data retention
  • Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
    (Security) hole-ier than thou
  • AMD vibe codes its way past the CUDA moat with ROCm.AI
    Hey Claude, optimize this model for me
  • Europol flags 4,340 'horrific' URLs linked to The Com
    Stop the spread (of online recruiting and propaganda)
  • Tech leaders issue letter to train Uncle Sam about value of open weight AI
    Can you guess who didn't sign on to the group letter?
  • Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo
    Git is aptly named: it isn’t easy – but there are alternatives
  • ChatGPT wants access to your health records so it can be a better not-doctor
    Feature launches a day after lawsuit alleges chatbot advice contributed to near-fatal embolism
  • Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with ZTE to deepen cooperation in digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI)
    PARTNER CONTENT: Focusing on 5G deployment, AI integration, and ICT talent development to drive the nation's digital transformation


rss: ars technica

  • Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
    "Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so."
  • Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial
    “Halting this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory," NY AG said.
  • Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech
    "Here’s a more natural, flowing version of that section..."
  • Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap
    Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough.
  • Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent
    Roku blames RAM shortage after CEO called it "great" for business in May.
  • RFK Jr.'s handpicked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
    There's no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter.
  • Judge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters
    "We can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” judge told US.
  • European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region
    New delay on Copernicus satellite pics comes as US ramps up war with Iran again.
  • Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer
    Google's AlphaFold can help ID what parts of a gene editing protein enable mistakes.
  • This is the world's most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
    "These are things that tend to be really hard."


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