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  • Pope Leo XIV's flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid
    Leo's Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem Friday, prompting Spain's king to offer his private jet instead.
  • Trump says U.S. military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang
    President Trump said Friday that a U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called "the infamous leader" of the Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela.
  • Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic, dies at 100
    Known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and a love for puns, Gene Shalit joined Today in 1970 and became arts editor in 1973. He was a middle-of-the-road critic, known for his wit and intelligence.
  • Trump's name is still on the Kennedy Center — officials say it will be down by noon
    President Donald Trump's name remained on the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday despite a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building.
  • Paramount-Warner Brothers merger gets Justice Department approval
    The Justice Department closed its investigation into the proposed $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery, saying it found no threat to competition or consumers.
  • Justice Dept. approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
    The decision paves the way for a proposed $111 billion merger uniting two rival studio giants — Paramount, owner of CBS, and the much larger Warner, which includes HBO and CNN.
  • A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau
    New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.
  • A judge clears the way for Trump's name to be removed from the Kennedy Center
    On Friday, a federal judge denied an appeal by the Kennedy Center's board of trustees for a stay on the removal of President Trump's name from the building. Then the Trump administration filed for an emergency stay, and that too was denied.
  • Trump says he has canceled planned strikes on Iran and peace deal is near — again
    President Trump has canceled planned strikes in Iran, claiming, once again, that a peace deal is near. This is just the latest salvo in a series of whiplash proclamations when it comes to the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran.
  • What would it take to stop women from bleeding to death after childbirth?
    A newly published series of reports calls attention to a dire situation facing millions of women after childbirth — and the solutions that can prevent death from postpartum hemorrhage.


rss: bbc

  • Rugby star Sinfield and authors Blackman and Donaldson lead honours list
    Noughts & Crosses author Malorie Blackman and Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson are made dames, as the rugby league star is knighted.
  • Married at First Sight Australia stars not told partners had drug and violence convictions
    Stars of the hit TV show say they did not know their on-screen husbands had previous convictions.
  • Deal to end fighting would lead to Hormuz reopening, Iran says
    The deal which will pave the way for hostilities to end is close to being finalised, the US, Iran and mediators Pakistan say.
  • Chris Mason: Starmer defiant after defence spending row
    The prime minister was keen in a BBC interview to erect the highest bar he could to any wannabe successors triggering a leadership contest.
  • Harry Styles revisits X Factor as he kicks off Wembley residency
    The pop star reminisces about his X Factor audition, which took place near Wembley Stadium in 2010.
  • USA start tournament in style - but will they finally join the elite?
    If there were any doubts the USA were ready to live up to the pressure of being a World Cup host, they were dispelled in a 4-1 win over Paraguay.
  • Staying up to watch the match? Here's how to survive an all-nighter
    Forget blocks and tackles, this is the tactical plan you need for the football.
  • World Cup kicks off in the US with performances from Katy Perry, Future and Tyla
    Earlier, Canada hosted its own opening ceremony in Toronto, featuring singers Alanis Morrisette and Michael Bublé.
  • 'It's all they're talking about': Scotland gripped by football fever
    Excitement is building ahead of Scotland's first game in the men's World Cup for 28 years.
  • Watch: Why is Trump not at the World Cup?
    All three leaders of the North America host nations have missed the tournament opening matches.


rss: the register

  • NanoClaw now armed with JFrog for safer packages
    AI agents can't be trusted, so don't give them dangerous powers
  • SK Hynix to boost memory production 3x ... you can wait another 8 years, right?
    We're moving as fast as we can, says SK Group chair
  • Holy git! Microsoft code-sharing site suffers downtime, despite move to Azure
    GitHub caught off guard by customers actually using the AI being evangelized
  • MX Linux 25.2 provides possible refuge from AI as well as systemd
    Plus, Raspberry Pi edition finally catches up
  • Fired IT worker jailed for 21 months after sabotaging old school district
    Iowan’s scheme undone after misplacing trust in former coworker
  • KPMG's AI report becomes an accidental demo of AI hallucinations
    GPTZero claims only 5 of the report's 45 citations matched their sources, raising questions about how the Big Four's AI study was assembled
  • Novo Nordisk reports cyberattack as UK gives Wegovy pill the nod
    Clinical trial participant data stolen, but pharma giant says exposed records were pseudonymized
  • Amazon owns up to using 2.5bn gallons of H2O in its bit barns last year
    The West's biggest online shopping mall comes clean about its datacenter water usage
  • Microsoft has mostly repaired flaw in Surface hardware that allowed unprotected devices to be bricked by a single packet
    And it was Microsoft Copilot that unwittingly revealed the longstanding vulnerability
  • Google fires sueball at alleged Chinese phishers over AI-powered fraud ops
    Telegram-based 'Outsider Enterprise' accused of sending millions of scam texts and impersonating trusted brands


rss: ars technica

  • Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive
    Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.
  • SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?
    As of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.
  • PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data
    Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.
  • Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.
    Section 702 of FISA to expire tonight, but certification lasts until March 2027.
  • Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do
    It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.
  • Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?
    A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.
  • Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers
    Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.
  • $130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
    Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."
  • When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
    Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.
  • Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams
    The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.


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