rss: npr

  • Gasoline prices are still rising as the Iran war stretches into its third week
    U.S. gasoline prices are up nearly 80 cents from a month ago, while diesel prices have shot up even more. Diesel is now just under $5 a gallon, according to AAA, up $1.34 from last month.
  • Team USA won the second-most medals at these Paralympics. See the standout moments
    A mix of decorated veterans and rising stars won 24 medals for Team USA, 13 of them gold. The last one arrived Sunday, when the U.S. sled hockey team beat Canada to win its fifth straight gold medal.
  • Senate prepares to vote on Trump's SAVE Act. And, takeaways from last night's Oscars
    Senate Republicans are gearing up to vote on President Trump's controversial voting overhaul, the SAVE America Act. And, key takeaways from the 2026 Oscars.
  • Trump demands NATO and China police the Strait of Hormuz. So far they are refusing
    With the Iran war in its third week and the price of oil reaching nearly $105 a barrel on Monday, President Trump again urged NATO and China to help secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.
  • As parents clamor for a treatment touted for autism, doctors hesitate to prescribe it
    After leucovorin got public attention as a potential autism treatment, families rushed to get it. Many doctors are torn about prescribing an unproven drug but don't want to lose patients' trust.
  • Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs
    As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar.
  • Influencers push 'parasite cleanses' but doctors say to steer clear
    Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements. Here's what doctors say about the trend.
  • Morning news brief
    The war with Iran enters its third week, as Trump and his top aides refocus their messaging on "winning" to regain faltering support, in the Senate, Republican lawmakers take up the SAVE Act this week.
  • 5th member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia
    The player's departure shortly before midnight on Sunday leaves two of an initial seven squad members in Australia.
  • 5 takeaways from an Oscars night that spread the love
    It's thrilling to see the Academy recognize a weird, funny, scary performance like Amy Madigan's in Weapons. Here's what NPR critic Linda Holmes thought of the awards.


rss: bbc

  • What are the symptoms of meningitis and is there a vaccine?
    Two people have died following an outbreak of meningitis, including one student at the University of Kent.
  • Wary allies show there's no quick fix to Trump's Iran crisis
    European leaders are hesitant to help Trump secure the Strait of Hormuz, but they know inaction on the Iran war is not really an option.
  • Key Oscars moments as snubbed Chalamet becomes butt of jokes
    Here's what happened inside the winners room and other insights from the biggest night in Hollywood.
  • Elusive nightjar birds making remarkable comeback, conservationists say
    An ecological survey has found 109 nightjar territories in the lowland heaths of east Hampshire.
  • King hits the DJ decks on city arts venue visit
    The King admits "trying to get a hang of it" while having a go at being a DJ during a visit to Manchester.
  • Starmer announces £53m to help households most hit by rising heating oil costs
    The money will be for "vulnerable" households who have faced a sharp rise in energy bills since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
  • Schoolgirl 'traumatised' after being wrongly sent to England for abortion
    The teenager could have been treated in Northern Ireland, but was sent to London due to confusion over the services available.
  • BBC urges court to dismiss Trump Panorama lawsuit
    The US president is suing for defamation over the way Panorama spliced together parts of a speech he made.
  • Travelodge changes policy after attacker given room key
    The woman was attacked by Kyran Smith, who was given a key to her hotel room by staff.
  • Car park firm NCP collapses with nearly 700 jobs at risk
    The car park operator says demand for parking has not recovered to pre-Covid levels, as its administrators look to sell the business.


rss: the register

  • Cybercrime has skyrocketed 245% since the start of the Iran war

    Hacktivists use proxy services from Russia, China for 'billions of designed-for-abuse connection attempts'

    Cybercrime has skyrocketed since the start of the Iran war, according to Akamai, which reports a 245 percent increase in everything from credential harvesting attempts to automated reconnaissance traffic aimed at banks and other critical businesses.…

  • Vite team boasts 10-30x faster builds with Rust-powered Rolldown

    Native code build tools now dominate for TypeScript or JavaScript projects

    Vite 8.0 has been released, and it uses Rust-built Rolldown as its single bundler, replacing both esbuild and Rollup, to enable faster builds.…

  • AI takes on Robotron: 2084, the original robot uprising simulator

    Former Microsoft dev trains a model to survive the arcade's most chaotic stress test

    A former Microsoft engineer is training AI to beat 1982's Robotron: 2084, an arcade game where a lone human must overcome endless waves of robots following a cybernetic revolt.…

  • AI finally delivers those elusive productivity gains... for cybercriminals

    Interpol says fraud schemes using the tech are 4.5x more profitable

    AI is apparently good for the bottom line if your business is crime. Financial fraud schemes carried out with the help of artificial intelligence are 4.5 times more profitable than those that aren't enhanced, according to Interpol's latest estimates.…

  • Boffins hook fly brain map to virtual body, which starts looking for sugar

    Early demo hints at a future sci-fi writers warned us about

    San Francisco startup Eon Systems claims that it has created the first digital simulation of a fruit fly brain that can control a virtual body and produce recognizable behaviors.…

  • Free Software Foundation calls for free-range LLMs rather than factory-farmed AI

    F is for Free, FSF, and fat chance

    Updated The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has rattled a saber at Anthropic over the use of its materials in training the AI vendor's models, urging it to set its LLMs free.…

  • Apple’s MacBook Neo turns out to be its most repairable lappy in 14 years

    iFixit opens Apple’s budget system, discovers something missing from MacBooks: replaceable components

    Apple's latest MacBook may be cheap, but it also comes with something modern MacBooks haven't offered in years: a fighting chance of being repaired.…

  • ServiceNow boss warns AI could push grad unemployment past 30%

    McDermott argues digital workers will handle much of the grunt work once used to train junior staff

    Unemployment rates among recent graduates could climb above 30 percent because so many early career routine tasks will be performed by AI agents, ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott has said.…

  • Age verification isn't sage verification when it's inside operating systems

    Toothbrushes, Turing and the truth give the lie to California’s legal lunacy

    Opinion There are two ways to look at the California Assembly Bill 1043, known as The Digital Age Assurance Act or DAAA. One is to say it is a 2025 law requiring operating systems and app stores to implement age verification during account setup to protect minors online. The other is to note that the law is all the worst things a law can be.…

  • Flaw in UK's corporate registry let directors rummage through rival records

    Back button blunder in WebFiling service run by Companies House revealed confidential paperwork

    Companies House was forced to pull down its record-filing platform for the entire weekend to rectify a "security issue" that exposed the personal details of company directors and other data to any logged in users.…



rss: ars technica

  • OpenAI’s own mental health experts unanimously opposed “naughty” ChatGPT launch
    OpenAI draws a line between AI “smut” and porn. Experts fear it’s all unhealthy.
  • Driving the $375,000 Porsche race car that debuted as a $12 DLC in iRacing
    Porsche's new 911 Cup debuted in iRacing, and then we took it out on the track.
  • F1 in China: I've never seen so many people in those grandstands
    Formula 1's new style of racing puts on an entertaining sprint weekend in Shanghai.
  • Apple’s AirPods Max 2 bring H2 chip, boosted ANC in April for $549
    Apple's over-head headphones get an update after over five years.
  • 100 years later, where is Robert Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket?
    "He didn't preserve it as a sacred object... "
  • No accountability: Bills would ban liability lawsuits for climate change
    This is the latest front in the battle over climate lawsuits.
  • The science of how fireflies stay in sync
    Engineers have uncovered the mathematical rules fireflies follow to sync up their flashes.
  • A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites
    "I realized that if something went wrong up there, things might go very badly down here."
  • An engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: A history of the Honda Prelude
    Technology like four-wheel steering and variable valve timing debuted in the Prelude.
  • Staff complain that xAI is flailing because of constant upheaval
    Staff complain that the constant upheaval is destroying morale.


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