rss: npr

  • E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case
    The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
  • Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act
    By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in the United States. Environmental groups are suing.
  • Investigative journalist reports on the abuse inside ICE's largest detention facility
    The New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer says thousands of people are being held in tents in the El Paso desert, where inhumane conditions have become a tool to pressure people to accept deportation.
  • Some international artists are skipping U.S. tours. Others may follow suit
    The visa process for visiting artists has always been complicated and expensive. Under the current administration, it's gotten significantly worse.
  • Inflation slowed sharply -- but it may not last
    Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, down from May's more than three-year high — but the resumption of the conflict with Iran threaten to push up inflation as energy costs once again spike.
  • U.S. to reinstate Hormuz blockade. And, states sue over Paramount-Warner deal
    The United States plans to reinstate a blockade over the Strait of Hormuz today. And, several states are suing to stop the massive Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.
  • Family of a man shot by agents responding to a 911 call seeks answers
    A troubling pattern of federal agents fatally shooting civilians is developing, with deaths in Maine, Texas and Tennessee. The family of a man shot by agents told NPR they want answers.
  • 'The Trojan Teddy Bear': The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI
    AI is moving beyond chatbots and into toys, dolls, and robots built to befriend children. A leading child-development expert says the technology offers real promise — but also risks crowding out the human relationships children need most.
  • Trump scraps his Hormuz shipping charge idea but presses ahead with an Iran blockade
    The U.S. military announced it will begin its blockade of Iranian ships over the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, as Iran vowed to assert its own control over the critical international waterway.
  • Morning news brief
    Trump says the U.S. will collect tolls and impose blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, man killed by federal agents in Maine, states sue to stop Paramount-Warner Bros merger.


rss: bbc

  • Police say Ann Widdecombe killed in 'targeted attack' as motive investigated
    Counter terror police say they have obtained a warrant to hold a 28-year-old suspect for up to seven days.
  • Trump scraps threat of 20% fee on Hormuz cargo as US prepares to resume blockade of Iran ports
    Trump drops a 24-hour-old vow to charge cargo ships for using the Strait as the US continues its battle to break Iran's hold on the waterway.
  • Starmer and Burnham hail Hillsborough Law as MPs give approval
    The legislation cleared the House of Commons in Sir Keir Starmer's final days as prime minister.
  • Scott Mills was highest-paid BBC star before sacking
    The former Radio 2 breakfast host earned about £745,000 from the BBC in the last financial year.
  • UK wasted £10bn on PPE that left NHS staff poorly protected, Covid inquiry finds
    Healthcare staff were unable to properly protect themselves, or those in their care, from dangerous infections, says the latest inquiry report.
  • Tyrannosaurus rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold
    The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.
  • Review of MP security needed after Widdecombe death, Burnham says
    The expected next prime minister says politics has "darkened" in the decade he has been away from Westminster.
  • Southport victim's dad accuses ambulance staff of breaching trust
    North West Ambulance Service is investigating whether staff inappropriately accessed medical records.
  • Public to be told to take 'small steps' to prepare for cyber-attack or severe weather
    The government provides an update on its national resilience plans "should the worst ever happen".
  • Wildfires burn in parts of UK as fire chiefs warn of extreme pressure
    Major incidents were declared in North Wales and in Glossop, Derbyshire in the Peak District on Sunday.


rss: the register

  • New York becomes first state to halt datacenter buildouts
    50 MW-plus bit barn builds on hold while Empire State hashes out rules to protect the environment and ratepayers
  • DeepMind bigbrain calls for America to set AI standards before it's too late
    Industry, regulate thyself
  • Welsh Doxbin admin jailed for egging on swatters from behind a screen
    Callum Dare encouraged others to carry out dangerous hoaxes, made mini-movies from the footage
  • Microsoft rolls out Windows Search updates and they're... quite good
    Who are you, and what have you done with Microsoft?
  • RISC-V firmware project wants every board booting from the same hymn sheet
    HFI proposes a familiar PC-style route from power-on to operating system
  • IBM's mainframe sales get mugged by AI hardware panic, stock loses more than a quarter of its value
    CEO Krishna: Customers blew their Z budgets on servers and storage before prices spike, Q2 financials 'disappointing'
  • Sun sets on Vulcan Centaur as NASA moves SunRISE to SpaceX Falcon Heavy
    Solar observatory awaits a new launch date after its original ride hit booster trouble
  • Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole
    'Performance is abysmal, bus contention is bonkers, but it does work'
  • Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud
    Researcher confirms the uploads have stopped, but says xAI's privacy command was not what fixed them
  • 'The bots are alive!' Jailbroken Gemini spun up new C2 server for Russian fraudster in just 6 minutes
    Human did 10% of the job, AI did 90%


rss: ars technica

  • US military sent explosive drone boats into combat for the first time
    US military’s drone boats struck an Iranian naval port as war heats up again.
  • These painted e-tattoos could be the future of wearable biosensors
    Conductive ink is painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, drying into working electrodes.
  • Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI
    The new Google image search will use your "unique interests" to create an always-updated gallery.
  • New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry
    New York’s data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement.
  • Probe into explosive diarrheal cases points to Taco Bell and bad lettuce
    Health officials have not confirmed a source yet—and there may be multiple sources.
  • Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol
    New research overturns assumption that abstinent younger drinkers are behind weak demand.
  • SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week
    This flight will put Starship under higher pressure and test out new Starlink satellites in orbit.
  • US continues to shun Ebola-infected citizens; second American sent to Germany
    The man is said to be doing well in a Frankfurt hospital.
  • The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router
    With residential proxies all the rage, CISA urges router users to be vigilant.
  • Ukrainian drone strikes forced Russia to stop shipping in vital sea corridor
    Ukraine’s drone blitz halted Russia’s Sea of Azov shipping in under a week.


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