rss: npr

  • Advice for 2026 commencement speakers: Don't bring up AI
    Commencement speakers who bring up the sweeping changes that artificial intelligence is driving are facing boos from the Class of 2026.
  • Elon Musk's SpaceX files paperwork for what's likely to be the biggest IPO in history
    The company is on track to pull off the largest IPO in history — making CEO Elon Musk even wealthier.
  • Supreme Court voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level
    The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds.
  • How to help children cope after shootings like the San Diego mosque killings
    Children closest to an incident of gun violence have the most risk of lasting psychological effects. Here's what all parents should know about how to buffer trauma.
  • The U.S. threatens to revoke the Palestinian U.N. ambassador's visa
    A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations post.
  • Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as it pivots towards AI
    Facebook and Instagram's parent company has been investing huge sums of money in AI, but it lags behind competitors.
  • After the Kars4Kids ad is banned in California, we check in on nostalgic jingles past
    A California judge has given Kars4Kids 30 days to either take its ads off the air or update them to disclose its affiliations to a Jewish charity based in the Northeast.
  • U.S. grand jury indicts Raul Castro, ex-Cuban president
    The 94-year-old former leader of Cuba faces several charges, including four counts of murder for an attack on a humanitarian group more than 30 years ago.
  • Bipartisan home affordability bill passes the House
    The bill is meant to encourage home construction, and would ban corporate investors from buying up more homes to rent out.
  • The Justice Department gives Trump an unprecedented settlement
    D.O.J. gave Trump and his family immunity from tax audits and set up a $1.8 billion fund for victims of "government weaponization." Former government lawyer Andrew Weissmann explains the settlement.


rss: bbc

  • Russian jets 'dangerously' intercept RAF spy plane over Black Sea
    The unarmed Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft was conducting a "routine international flight" during the incidents, the Ministry of Defence says.
  • Women who died in sea off Brighton were sisters
    Paying tribute, their father says "no words can truly describe the pain of losing three daughters".
  • Fuel duty freeze extended until the end of the year
    Fuel duty was initially cut by 5p in March 2022, under the Conservative government.
  • Southampton lose appeal against play-off expulsion
    Southampton lose their appeal against expulsion from the Championship play-off final for spying.
  • US charges Cuba's Raúl Castro with murder over 1996 downing of two planes
    Castro and five others are charged with conspiracy to kill US nationals, murder, and destruction of aircraft
  • London bus driver dies after assault on bridge
    Sergei Krajev, 64, was taken to hospital after he was found critically injured on Monday.
  • UK agrees £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states
    The deal will remove an estimated £580m worth of tariffs from British exports, but rights groups are critical
  • Streeting warns Labour risks losing fight against 'nationalism'
    The former health secretary quit last week, saying he'd lost confidence in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's leadership.
  • Supermarkets hit back over pressure to cap price of milk, bread and eggs
    A minister confirms talks have taken place but says there will be no mandatory cap on essential food prices.
  • Channel 4 boss 'deeply sorry' over MAFS UK rape allegations
    Priya Dogra says a Panorama which included allegations from former cast members was "very troubling" to watch.


rss: the register

  • Even Claude agrees: hole in its sandbox was real and dangerous
    Another day, another AI bug silently fixed with no CVE and no public disclosure
  • Intel's CEO reveals early hiring challenges as bankruptcy concerns deterred top talent
    Recovering chipmaker looks beyond 14A to 10A and 7A process nodes in foundry comeback bid
  • OpenAI floats buy-before-your-try AI availability guarantee
    Nice AI workloads you have going, it'd be a shame we ran out of stock
  • Fedora: Microsoft is all aboard, but Deepin is dumped
    Red Hat’s free distro loses a desktop, but makes an important new friend
  • Bye-bye, Gemini CLI; Google's gone and swapped you for a closed-source AI
    Most users lose access June 18 - unless you’ve got enterprise creds or paid API keys
  • Plex appeal fades as Lifetime Pass jumps to $750
    How many times would you have to watch Lord of the Rings to cover that?
  • Those spared latest Meta job cuts forcibly reassigned to AI roles
    Staff protest overhaul and mouse tracking at 'Employee Data Extraction Factory'
  • Datacenter builds could be shielded from judicial review in UK planning reforms
    British government wants to ensure no hold-ups for critical energy and infrastructure projects
  • Microsoft says cu l8r to text message security
    Old, busted, insecure authentication to be replaced with something shinier and safer
  • 'Workforce rebalancing' comes for Kyndryl, and delivery teams are in the firing line
    Big Blue spinout eyes up to $500M in savings and agentic AI while insiders grumble it's still 'IBM without the hardware'


rss: ars technica

  • NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
    "As a bonus, it captured Mars images from a rare perspective."
  • Masters of the Universe final trailer brings the '80s nostalgia
    "You are he who will restore peace to Eternia."
  • Leaving the V8 in the past: The all-electric Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door
    The 0–60 time is impressive, the miles/kWh number even more so.
  • "Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition" may help you avoid paying for a new PC
    It could be one way to make your old PC play nicely with a high-end GPU.
  • Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users
    Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 29 months earlier, is fixed.
  • Trump wants $1B to protect White House ballroom from drones and other threats
    President asks $1B from taxpayers to secure his $400M privately funded ballroom.
  • Hulu set to keep existing as standalone streaming service and app (for now)
    Disney still has a lot of tech to unite and bundles to push.
  • Chickens without eggs? De-extinction company creates artificial egg.
    In the process, Colossal may have handed a useful tool to developmental biology.
  • Minnesota prohibits prediction markets, promptly gets sued by Trump admin
    State law makes it a felony to create, operate, or advertise prediction markets.
  • Buckle up: Google is set to remake search with agentic AI in 2026
    Google's AI search evolution is accelerating at I/O 2026.


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