rss: npr

  • What to know after a week of Houthi attacks that threaten Saudi oil
    The Houthis' biggest land grab in years reignited Yemen's 12-year civil war and pushed up global fuel prices, extending their reach to a key maritime chokepoint and threatening Saudi Arabia's oil exports.
  • It's illegal for armed federal officers to be at polls. Lawsuits seek to ensure that
    The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation.
  • The driver who slammed into an LA bus before helicopter crash is charged with murder
    An SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders, prosecutors said as they charged her with murder.
  • Trump withdraws Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as his nominee to lead ICE
    The White House says it is withdrawing its nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead ICE, ensuring that an agency at the forefront of President Trump's domestic agenda will remain without a Senate-confirmed leader for at least a while longer.
  • ICE agent appears in Minnesota court to face charges in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant
    Christian Castro, a federal immigration officer, made his first court appearance in Minnesota since he was booked Wednesday into a local jail. Castro faces multiple state and federal charges in connection with a shooting during the immigration surge in Minnesota.
  • Retired Olympic superstar Jessie Diggins wins her first-ever 100 mile trail race
    This spring Jessie Diggins retired as one of America's most successful winter Olympic athletes at age 34. She's relaxing by entering 100-mile trail running races and navigating what comes next.
  • To prevent deaths in childbirth, Kenyan moms turn to an AI powered chatbot
    Many questions come up during pregnancy. Is swelling normal? Are avocados safe to eat? For folks in Kenya who don't have a search engine at their fingertips, a chatbot is offering a lifeline.
  • A year ago, President Trump pledged to lower Medicaid drug prices. Has that happened?
    The Trump administration's efforts to lower drug prices included promised changes to Medicaid. But it's still unclear which drugs will be affected. And each state has to opt in.
  • 'American Scoundrel' traces Roy Cohn's playbook from McCarthyism to Trump
    In Kai Bird's biography of Cohn, he looks at how the lawyer taught Trump how to deny, delay, attack, sue and countersue, never admit defeat, side-step paying bills and avoid a paper trail.
  • Greetings from Beijing, where baozi are worth the wait in line
    The popular fluffy steamed buns are filled with pork, vegetables, tofu — and in one trendy Beijing shop, chocolate and red beans.


rss: bbc

  • Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily during cancer treatment, NHS trust admits
    The women were among hundreds who were harmed by their treatment at County Durham health trust.
  • Charles 'sounded giddily elated' after Diana died, Earl Spencer claims
    Buckingham Palace has strongly pushed back against claims in a new book by the late Princess of Wales's brother.
  • War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?
    The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it
  • Met was negligent and reckless, sisters of 'Putney pusher' suspect tell BBC
    Nicholas Brandram's family say he was innocent and "took his own life after months of immense pressure".
  • US fans with Ed Sheeran tickets left torn over Macklemore controversy
    With Sheeran's next gig this weekend, some ticket holders said they were in two minds about going.
  • British woman rescued in Malawi shootout that left four suspected kidnappers dead
    The mother of two young children was kidnapped last week in the middle of the day in the main city, Blantyre.
  • New wild cat species discovered - with only one known living member
    A spotted wildcat long mistaken for relatives has been identified as a new species in Bolivia.
  • UK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPs
    It comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point.
  • UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
    The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.
  • Badenoch says she is instructing lawyers to challenge government after Tory-run council's 94% tax hike
    A row is growing over Wandsworth Council's rise, which the local authority is blaming on government funding cuts.


rss: the register

  • On Call: Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill
    When wires and wireless mix, the combination can be electric
  • AI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability
    RAND wants better data to price machine-made mishaps, apocalypse not included
  • AWS confesses its console causes cloudy confusion for new users
    Improved signup experience for ‘AI builders’ hides complexity and includes spending cap
  • USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech
    Think tank points out that companies banned by Washington will help run the regime that Uncle Sam now controls
  • Marvell pushes GlobalFoundries to light up wafer production
    It might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it
  • AI coding agents' 0-click RCE flaw could hand attackers keys to the kingdom
    Plugin4Shell attack affects all the major coding agents, researchers say
  • Huawei's next-gen Ascend NPUs could become China's best option
    960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom
  • DoE seeking fault-tolerant quantum computer ... by 2028
    Entrants get $250K upfront to deliver a demo within a year, which sounds totally feasible given quantum computing's track record
  • Researchers find way to listen in on headphones from afar
    Eve's dropping in on Alice and Bob
  • China's Salt Typhoon backdoors Latin American orgs with new snooping malware
    Beware the SparroWocky, my son! The backdoor that bites…


rss: ars technica

  • RFK Jr. names 8 new members to influential preventive medicine task force
    The USPSTF sets insurance coverage from preventive services, like colonoscopies.
  • Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets
    Scaleout deploys decentralized AI-driven learning to military bases and drones.
  • Google announces new experimental "CC" AI agent for families
    Multiple family members can share data to help the agent make plans and complete tasks.
  • Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”
    Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.
  • Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites
    Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.
  • LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used
    SynthID can cause models to follow harmful instructions they would otherwise refuse.
  • IV drips used for "detoxification" actually filled with toxins; dozens poisoned
    The IV drips included glutathione, which was not made to be injected.
  • 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5: Here's what we still like, here's what annoys us
    It’s spacious, efficient, and charges very quickly. But what about reliability concerns?
  • Covert uploads and megalomania: OpenAI details new "misaligned" agent incidents
    Model maker commits to new framework for reporting misaligned models.
  • EPA immediately sued over plans to repeal climate rules for power plants
    Public health groups warn EPA rule will cost Americans billions in health bills.


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