rss: npr

  • To catch colorectal cancer early, advocates push to make 'poop talk' OK
    It's a very treatable form of cancer if caught early, yet younger adults rarely get screened. Patient advocates want more people to talk to their doctors about risk factors and number 2.
  • The Iraq vet redefining mindfulness, one bourbon at a time
    Like many vets, it took Fred Minnick time to find the best way to cope with what he would learn was PTSD. For Minnick, sense and peace came with bourbon — and "taste mindfulness."
  • These fans are boycotting the World Cup. Will they make it a bust?
    Some fans in the U.S. and around the world are unhappy with World Cup ticket prices — and U.S. immigration policies. So they're deciding not to come, raising concerns across the travel industry. 
  • Mirroring Gaza, Israel is destroying towns and villages in southern Lebanon
    In southern Lebanon, towns near the border with Israel have been largely destroyed by Israeli demolitions and strikes. Israel says it has been attacking Hezbollah infrastructure, but civilian infrastructure has also been significantly affected.
  • After lackluster tour turnout, Turning Point wraps things up with excited crowd in Idaho
    The final stop on Turning Point USA's college campus tour at the University of Idaho seemed more like the organization's previous events, with audience member debates and an energetic, young crowd.
  • Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress
    By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress.
  • Activists say Israel has intercepted their Gaza aid flotilla near Crete
    Activists sailing on dozens of boats attempting to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip to deliver aid say Israeli forces intercepted them, detaining the crews while the flotilla was sailing near the Greek island of Crete.
  • How rising jet fuel prices are driving up the cost of fighting wildfires
    The Iran war has nearly doubled jet fuel prices in the United States. That means the bill for firefighting aircraft operations this summer will likely rise by tens of millions of dollars.
  • How a father and daughter duped NYC's art world with fake Warhols and Banksys
    A father and daughter in New Jersey have pleaded guilty to running a years-long counterfeiting scheme to trick art galleries and auction houses into buying forged paintings
  • Trump says he is weighing reducing American troop presence in Germany after Iran feud
    President Trump suggested he could soon reduce the U.S. military presence in Germany as he continues to feud with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the U.S-Israel war against Iran.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Met Police body-worn footage of Golders Green arrest
    Footage shows the moment a man was arrested after two Jewish men were stabbed in north London.
  • Oil price jumps after report Trump to be given new Iran options
    Axios reported that US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran.
  • 'We will kill you and burn your house': Council staff under attack from High Street gangs
    Dozens of Trading Standards officers describe intimidation from criminals running mini-marts and vape shops.
  • Have the royals got their mojo back from US visit?
    Many commentators, even critics of the monarchy, seem delighted at the spectacle.
  • Neo-Nazi guilty of terror charge after MI5 sting
    Jurors at the Old Bailey hear Alfie Coleman, 21, believed in fighting a race war.
  • Statue with Banksy's signature appears in London
    A sculpture of a man marching off a plinth in St James's appears to bear the artist's name.
  • Endometriosis could be diagnosed earlier with new scan technique
    A new scan technique could spot areas of endometriosis missed by conventional scans, scientists say.
  • Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla near Crete and detains 175 activists
    Pro-Palestinian activists say 22 boats carrying aid for Gaza were illegally intercepted in international waters near the Greek island.
  • 'Olivia's Law' gets final Royal Assent approval
    The legislation will force criminals to come up from their court cell and attend sentencing hearings.
  • Antisemitism 'a national security emergency', government terror adviser says
    Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the issue is being treated as an "absolute priority" but does not agree it constitutes a national emergency.


rss: the register

  • Bug of the year (so far): Nasty cPanel vulnerability probably exploited as a 0-day

    Emergency patches out now for those managing the millions of domains assumed to be affected

    Emergency patches are available for a critical vulnerability in cPanel and WHM that allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain root access to servers managed using it.…

  • Met Police's Palantir deployment has its own officers watching their backs

    Federation warns members to ditch work devices off duty as force uses AI to probe 600+ cops

    London cops are being told by their staff association to be "extremely cautious" about carrying work devices off duty, after the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) deployed Palantir's technology to investigate hundreds of its own officers.…

  • Britain's £6B armoured sickener Ajax cleared for duty despite injuring troops

    Investigation finds no single cause for soldiers falling ill, just bad bolts, cold air, and apparently the soldiers themselves

    Britain's notorious Ajax armored vehicles are being accepted back from the manufacturer after investigations found no single cause for the symptoms plaguing crews, meaning soldiers will need to grin and bear it.…

  • Finance company stores DB credentials in helpfully labeled spreadsheet

    Great idea, guys. Let's keep all of the data in an Excel file with weak password protection

    PWNED Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly column where we recount the adventures of IT explorers who found their own pile of quicksand and then jumped right into it. This week's story involves keeping sensitive information in a very vulnerable place and then not protecting it adequately.…

  • Microsoft levels up Azure Local to make it fit for large-scale sovereign clouds

    Can now use SANs for storage, and adds a local control plane and key management

    Microsoft has given its Azure Local on-prem cloud a major makeover to make it fit for duty powering large-scale sovereign infrastructure.…

  • Google to sell its TPUs to some customers, who also fancy big-G GPUs

    AI is driving more searches and ads

    Google Cloud will start selling its custom tensor processing units to some customers, because they want them and the search giant wants to diversify its revenues.…

  • Microsoft lifts 2026 AI spend by $25 billion to cover component price rises

    Will write checks for $190 billion and even those megabucks may not satisfy demand

    If you've felt the sting of surging hardware prices, Microsoft can sympathize because the company on Wednesday said it expects its 2026 capital expenditure will hit $190 billion, with $25 billion of that due to rising component costs.…

  • Linux cryptographic code flaw offers fast route to root

    Patches land for authencesn flaw enabling local privilege escalation

    Developers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability arising from a logic flaw.…

  • Amazon chips no longer just a side dish, they're a $20B biz

    The Trainium train keeps a-rollin'

    Amazon is now among the top three datacenter chip businesses in the world, as its semiconductor business surpassed a $20 billion annual run rate ... and it would be closer to $50 billion if it included itself among the customers, CEO Andy Jassy said during the company’s first quarter earnings call on Wednesday.…

  • Researchers move in the right direction, develop powerful GPS interference alarm

    ORNL says portable detector kit can separate real GPS signals from fake ones even at equal strength

    GPS spoofing, which sends fake satellite-like signals, and GPS jamming, which drowns receivers in noise, are increasingly serious problems. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have created what they say is the most effective system yet for detecting GPS interference, which could help blunt such attacks.…



rss: ars technica

  • ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight
    Broadcast license renewals are "all but automatic" due to 1996 change in US law.
  • OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"
    Directions also include system instructions to act like "you have a vivid inner life."
  • Howdy's dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers
    Most are keeping their subscriptions after signing up, too, research firm says.
  • New Sam Bankman-Fried trial would be huge waste of court’s time, judge says
    FTX fraudster came out as Republican, then tried to claim Biden's DOJ targeted him.
  • Drone strikes on data centers spook Big Tech, halting Middle East projects
    Uninsurable war damage is forcing tech companies to rethink Middle East plans.
  • Motorola reveals 2026 Razr lineup with modest upgrades and higher prices
    Motorola's foldable lineup is bigger and more spendy than ever.
  • Nvidia fixes the 8GB RAM problem with one of its GPUs—if you can pay for it
    Framework charges nearly double for the 12GB version of the mobile RTX 5070.
  • Professional school grads from diverse classes get higher salaries
    Study authors say courts should reconsider rulings in light of this new evidence.
  • Attempt to repeal Colorado's right-to-repair law fails
    Manufacturers backed effort to repeal the law but ultimately failed.
  • A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound
    The object will be traveling at 2.43 km a second, or 5,400 mph, upon impact.


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