rss: npr

  • He recorded his quest for tariff refunds. It shows why billions may never get repaid
    After the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, Richard Brown began lining up the paperwork he needed to get his refund. Experts say many businesses may never get their money back.
  • Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
    The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon.
  • How algorithms wreaked havoc with these workers' schedules and cut their pay
    Hourly workers across a number of industries have long been grappling with unstable schedules and pay as their employers use software to slash labor costs and maximize productivity.
  • Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal 'anticipated', Spain and Italy could be next
    Germany's defense minister is playing down the impact of the Pentagon's decision to pull 5,000 troops from the country, but the move has rattled NATO allies and added to growing fears that Europe can no longer rely on Washington.
  • Bard College's president to retire after scrutiny of relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
    The longtime president of Bard College in New York has announced his retirement, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship than was previously known with Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Golden Tempo takes the Kentucky Derby as Cherie DeVaux becomes the 1st woman to train its winner
    Golden Tempo has won the Kentucky Derby at odds of 23-1 to make Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown.
  • Iran submits 14-point response to U.S. proposal to end war
    Iran has presented a 14-point response to the U.S. proposal to end the war, according to Iranian state media.
  • Timmy the stranded whale rescued after weekslong effort
    Timmy captured the hearts of whale lovers across the globe who rooted for a happy ending for the humpback.
  • Academy announces major overhaul to rules
    The new rules focus on areas such as AI protections for writers and actors and expanded eligibility for international films.
  • Taiwan's Lai lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance
    Eswatini remains the only African nation without tariff-free access to China's market due to its ties with Taiwan.


rss: bbc

  • Polanski stands by concerns over police response to Golders Green attack
    The Green Party leader previously apologised for "sharing a tweet in haste" about the knife attack on Wednesday.
  • Airlines can cancel flights in advance over fuel shortages under new plans
    Ministers hope move would help avoid last-minute flight cancellations for passengers this summer over Middle East fuel supplies.
  • King's speech was a 'high stakes' moment of US visit, Palace says
    The state visit to the US draws a positive response after what was a difficult diplomatic challenge.
  • Germany troop cuts send wrong signal to Russia, say two top US Republicans
    The chairs of the House and Senate armed services committees said withdrawing 5,000 service personnel risked undermining deterrence.
  • The Iran war has strengthened Ukraine in surprising ways. Could a ceasefire with Russia be closer?
    President Zelensky has been visiting the Gulf to demonstrate his country's military nous.
  • From beds to LED masks, is the red light craze giving us more than just a warm glow?
    Whether it can really repair muscles and make skin look younger is up for debate.
  • Man charged with murder and sexual assault of 5-year-old Australian girl
    The girl's death sparked an outbreak of violence in the central Australian town from where she disappeared.
  • Musk's AI told me people were coming to kill me. I grabbed a hammer and prepared for war
    Several people told the BBC they experienced delusions after intense conversations with AI.
  • Laufey on making jazz cool again (and the fish that brought out her inner rage)
    The Icelandic star reflects on a phenomenal year, and the music video that let her go "primal".
  • The clandestine network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout
    Sahand tells the BBC World Service he sends satellite internet terminals into Iran to help show "the real picture".


rss: the register

  • Royal Navy chief backs drones, autonomous weapons in ‘Hybrid Navy’

    Plan mixes crewed ships, robot escorts, and long-range strike to bolster a stretched fleet

    The leader of Britain’s Royal Navy has outlined a “Hybrid Navy” built on a mix of crewed, uncrewed, and autonomous platforms to ensure it can continue to defend the nation and operate overseas.…

  • Job's a good 'un: Bank of England tech project wins watchdog praise

    PAC: Now why can't everybody else in public sector do it like this?

    Parliament's spending watchdog has held up a successful large-scale public sector tech transformation as a rare example worth emulating, in a striking departure from the usual diet of failure and overspend.…

  • Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents

    Take those token limits and shove them by vibe coding with a local LLM

    With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usage-based pricing, that vibe-coded hobby project is about to get a whole lot more expensive. Fortunately, you're not without cost-saving options.…

  • UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs

    Agency insists everything is working fine, even though users spend days failing to load it

    The DVSA's driving test booking system has spent the week offline, according to frustrated users.…

  • Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt

    Britain's cyber agency says the bill for years of technical shortcuts is coming due, and it's arriving all at once

    Britain's cyber agency is warning that AI-fuelled bug hunting is about to flush out years of buried flaws, leaving defenders scrambling to keep up.…

  • ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs

    CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes touts 'largest ever quarter for competitive displacements'

    The chase is on. Atlassian reported its largest-ever quarter for taking share from a major IT service management provider, CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said on the company's fiscal third-quarter earnings call Thursday, escalating its rivalry with ServiceNow.…

  • Mythos complicates the breakup, says Pentagon CTO, but Anthropic is still barred

    Emil Michael says agencies are evaluating the cybersecurity model, not deploying it

    Pentagon CTO Emil Michael pushed back on reports of a thaw in the department’s relationship with Anthropic: The two are not getting back together, even as Mythos draws interest from government agencies.…

  • Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demonstration

    SpaceX and Blue Origin will absolutely be ready in time. Definitely

    Amid the sensational NASA budget cut proposals taking place in the US at the moment, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has refined the Artemis III launch date to "late 2027."…

  • Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

    Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

    As both Apple and Google introduce unwelcome changes in their phone OSes, here's a quick reminder that you do have alternatives to the Gruesome Twosome.…

  • CIOs ready for another role-change as AI becomes agent of chaos

    If software writes software the risk is “systematic failure at scale”. Someone needs to take charge, argues Forrester

    Forrester predicts that by decade's end, the rush toward agentic AI will grow so chaotic that CIOs will be forced into a new role as enforcer of order.…



rss: ars technica

  • Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
    Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more
  • Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?
    Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.
  • Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors
    Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”
  • The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
    Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going?
  • Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive
    Doctors suspect three factors, each unremarkable on its own, contributed to his fate.
  • Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
    The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.
  • Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races
    Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next.
  • Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines
    More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
  • Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers
    AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on.
  • Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal
    Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.


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