rss: npr

  • The grueling fight over who profits from AI music
    AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.
  • In Portland, this soap box derby combines downhill speed with extreme pageantry
    Soap box derbies send motorless cars down a steep incline. At one event, contestants make their cars look like cartoon characters, subway cars, food, and giant animals (among other outlandish shapes).
  • She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks
    A 29-year-old woman confided her suicidal thoughts to an AI chatbot — not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?
  • This crowded Republican primary in Florida has drawn a unique cast of candidates
    The GOP primary in Florida's 19th District includes candidates who are new to the state, candidates who've run for Congress before and two candidates who have received pardons from President Trump.
  • Many recent grads say AI is making it harder to get a job. Economists aren't so sure
    The unemployment rate for young adults with new degrees is higher than the rate for all workers, according to the New York Fed. Is AI the problem, or is it more complicated?
  • Morning news brief
    Jared Kushner and Israel's prime minister meet in attempt to move Gaza ceasefire plan forward, U.S. focus on Iran draws key resources from Asia, voters head to the polls for primaries Tuesday.
  • A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing
    A prosecutor said that while few have been willing to speak about the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, Duane "Keffe D" Davis is the "one person who has a hard time being silent."
  • Palestinian American returns to his West Bank home, under siege by Israeli settlers
    The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers traveled to his property on Monday to join other family members who have been defending it.
  • Part of a key firearms law lapsed following a federal court decision. What happens now?
    A federal judge's decision in Texas has major implications for the National Firearms Act. What does this mean for certain guns and other weapons?
  • Palestinian family in West Bank fear settler violence will rob them of home
    The family of a Palestinian-American man remain holed up in his West Bank home for more than a week, after Israeli settlers laid siege to the house and the Israeli army then turned it into a closed military area.


rss: bbc

  • Russia warns UK will pay for supplying drones to Ukraine
    Russia accuses the UK of escalating the Ukraine war after British-made drones were used in strikes, but the MoD says it stands against Russian aggression.
  • IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus
    Multiple children are feared to have been conceived using sperm and egg donors which were not the ones selected by the parents.
  • British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island
    The newlyweds, named as Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, were killed alongside their Greek pilot.
  • Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
    German authorities seize dinghies and life jackets during their first raids under a new law that cracks down on smuggling.
  • Heavy showers and thunderstorms bring risk of flash flooding to UK
    Heavy showers are expected over the next few days, bringing a risk of flash flooding. But there are early indications heatwave conditions could return in September.
  • Young adults are taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol - and it's dividing experts
    Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn.
  • Hayden Panettiere's ex Wladimir Klitschko says family in 'profound shock and grief'
    The former heavyweight boxing champion shares a child with the Heroes actress, who died on Sunday.
  • US states call for big changes to Instagram and Facebook as Meta child privacy trial begins
    US states are suing the social media giant to force an overhaul of its platforms for young users.
  • Officers told not to pursue car on wrong side of motorway before crash, says Ireland's police body
    The Garda Representative Association said officers were given a command to "disengage" with the car after it took "evasive action".
  • Kanye West announces tour dates in Russia
    The musician would be the first major Western artist to play Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.


rss: the register

  • Sponsor gives KDE Plasma 6.6 the LTS treatment
    Kubuntu 26.04 gets three years of fixes for the desktop, frameworks, and apps
  • UK puts Google AI on the flight path to fewer contrails
    Trial will test whether small route and altitude tweaks can reduce aviation's warming impact
  • AI models get convenient amnesia about source material as they grow, MIT boffins find
    Attributing diffusion model output to a specific input becomes more difficult with more training data
  • UK's tech talent pipeline shrinks as overseas worker visa applications fall 7%
    Third consecutive annual decline adds to concerns about shortages of specialist skills
  • Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction, because AI
    $10 million buys over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls, reams of stuff from Teams, Oracle, and SAP
  • Microsoft MVP creates site to remind you of all the brands Redmond replaced
    If you’re still talking about ‘DirSync’ or ‘Active Directory’ instead of ‘Entra’, and need to explain why, this is the site for you
  • Xen Project gets serious about safety in push to possibly partition robot brains
    Boeing quietly joins FOSS hypervisor crew, as AMD and Renesas lead new effort to comply with formal standards
  • Almost nobody pays attention to web standards anymore
    Screen readers suffer as nearly 90% of top websites tested contain HTML spec violations
  • Payments giant Stripe is about to drop over $7 billion to become a gateway to AI token sales
    AI gateways look promising as companies struggle with model orchestration
  • Siemens and Reinhausen turn up the voltage for hungry AI racks
    Not a German cop show, but a pair of engineering firms aiming to feed 800 VDC to next-gen kit


rss: ars technica

  • Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time
    Practices shifted from individuals buried in coffins to reusing sites for later mummy interments.
  • US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows
    Again, the CDC did not publish a full report and instead simply put the data online.
  • Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts
    “We're not necessarily building in a dogmatic fashion towards full autonomy.”
  • The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it
    Here's what it was like watching a total solar eclipse 90 minutes north of Madrid.
  • As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
    "Network effect" can run in reverse.
  • Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine
    Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn't illegal.
  • Petlibro accused of “gaslighting” users over smart pet feeder outage
    Petlibro says feeders perform scheduled feedings offline. Users report otherwise.
  • Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
    Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
  • This sub-$7,000 sportscar might be just what the future needs
    The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too.
  • Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX
    Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers.


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