rss: npr

  • Biden ghostwriter tapes to be released
    Former President Joe Biden is declining to appeal a court ruling that allows the Justice Department to publicize recordings of conversations between him and a writer collaborating on his memoir.
  • India's 'cockroach' movement ousts minister, but can Modi calm youth?
    Led by Gen-Z youth across India, the movement has become perhaps the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 12 years in office.
  • COMIC: Temps are predicted to hit 106 in Egypt this week. How do people stay cool?
    Back in the '90s, I learned the art of staying cool in Egypt. At that time, air conditioning was not common. In the extremely hot summer of 2026, how are people managing?
  • Opinion: New Jersey pizza, the fuel of world champions
    What do World Cup champions crave after a win? Pizza from an Orange, N.J., bagel shop. BXJ made 46 pies for the Spanish team after their victory.
  • Some women who can't afford water are often pressured to provide sex for it
    Water is often a scarce commodity in Nairobi's largest slum. The only source may be a local cartel — and with that comes the risk of sexual threats and attacks.
  • Cancer rates are rising faster here than anywhere else. Are healthcare systems ready?
    As Nigeria grapples with a rapid rise in cancer cases, patients say they often feel as if they are on their own.
  • 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.
  • Democrats in Maine formally nominate Troy Jackson as their new candidate for U.S. Senate
    Democrats are hoping to move past Graham Platner's scandal-plagued campaign as they look to unseat Susan Collins. In Jackson, they chose a nominee with a similar economic populist message as Platner.
  • 'The show must go on.' Trump makes jabs at rescheduled White House Correspondents' dinner
    President Trump used his speech to attack his political opponents, members of the media and even members of his own cabinet.
  • 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.


rss: bbc

  • Police investigate donations by Tice company to Reform UK
    Britain Means Business, owned by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice, made two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election.
  • More than 250,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain
    Spain's PM warns of "complex hours" ahead as authorities in France say they are far from bringing blazes burning near Bordeaux under control.
  • Tourists tell BBC how their holiday turned into race to escape fires
    Families visiting France have told the BBC how their holidays have become evacuation missions.
  • What Love Island tells us about the changing face of dating
    From women making the first move to shifting relationship dynamics, Love Island has become a window into Britain's evolving dating culture
  • Laura Kuenssberg goes behind the scenes with Andy Burnham in his first week as PM
    See inside Andy Burnham's first week in charge, with an exclusive behind the scenes look with Laura Kuenssberg.
  • Ramsay-Peaty in tears after missing out on gold again
    An emotional Adam Ramsay-Peaty questions how his future looks after missing out on gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
  • I thought the Lockerbie bombing was a closed case until I started asking questions
    The deeper I dug, the more complicated Lockerbie became and there have been times that I don't know what to believe.
  • Pizza, pasta, potatoes, protein - how Italian children became so overweight
    The Mediterranean diet was a blueprint for healthy living, yet Italian children are among the most overweight in Europe according to WHO.
  • Sunscreen doesn't cause cancer. Why do those claims keep spreading?
    Each summer, false claims about sunscreen causing cancer continue to spread online.
  • What a week's work experience taught these Year 10s about their futures
    Three 15-year-olds tell the BBC how their outlook changed after one week in the world of work.


rss: the register

  • How AI drove Shopify back to clean code
    Turns out, agents just want the same things as humans: easily-readable code, explicit contracts, and helpful feedback
  • 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


rss: ars technica

  • SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099
    Also: Forging the One Ring in Rings of Power S3 teaser; new Lanterns trailer; Spaceballs: The New One panel.
  • SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
    SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight.
  • With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience
    Museums are embracing data-driven curation and a shifting technology landscape.
  • Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers
    Researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta aren't providing data they're legally required to.
  • 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.


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