rss: npr

  • Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ice loss
    Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe.
  • Leaning into culture war flashpoints, Hegseth says he has transformed U.S. military
    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told hundreds of junior military officers and enlisted leaders on Wednesday that the Trump administration has achieved a cultural shift in the military.
  • Greetings from Syria, where time seems to melt as a glassmaker braves scorching temps
    As a Syrian glassmaker created his wares in Damascus, watching his craft reminded this reporter to slow down and enjoy the moment.
  • Police questioning can shape a sexual assault case. Their approach is often wrong
    The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say.
  • Trump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting
    The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting.
  • How Ukrainians are coping with new, more deadly Russian attacks
    Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist's editor in chief, just visited Ukraine. She says, despite all its drone weaponry, Kyiv is under extraordinary bombardment, as Russia tries to make it unlivable.
  • How Trump keeps undercutting his anti-communist message
    The Trump administration has taken government equity stakes in more than three dozen private companies.
  • After failed execution, health workers say Tennessee's method flouts medical ethics
    After a botched lethal injection in May, dozens of Tennessee medical professionals told the governor that healthcare professionals shouldn't help with executions, no matter the method.
  • On flight to Israel, pilot is stabbed, plane plunges before passengers tackle attacker
    As the plane went into a spin and began to plunge, passengers and crew members got into the cockpit, subdued the pilot and diverted the flight to land in Saudi Arabia, Israel's leader says.
  • FBI hunting the hackers who stole its employees' sensitive data
    The FBI says it's addressing a massive data breach, vowing to go after the hackers it believes are responsible.


rss: bbc

  • Veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
    Rantzen, who fronted the BBC's That's Life for two decades, went on to found Childline, and in recent years had been a campaigner for assisted dying.
  • How That's Life! gave Esther Rantzen a career-defining moment
    Sir Nicholas Winton's story became national news when he appeared on That's Life! in February 1988.
  • US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead
    The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before a lower court paused the execution.
  • Employers should teach primary-age children about work, says Milburn
    The author of a major report into youth activity in the UK says children as young as four should be learning about careers.
  • China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game?
    Beijing has cracked down on AI chatbots that can replicate human relationships. Experts are asking if this is the right thing to do.
  • Celebrity Traitors is back - here's what you need to know ahead of the first show
    Maya Jama, Michael Sheen and Bella Ramsey are among this year's celebrities taking part in the show.
  • We fear for our lives after being told our abusive exes will be freed from jail early
    Three victims of domestic abuse tell the BBC why they feel let down by the early prisoner release scheme.
  • Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest
    Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.
  • Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
    Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
  • BBC should not overspend on shows such as Suits and Schitt's Creek, MPs say
    The issue is one of several raised by an influential committee as debate about the BBC's future continues.


rss: the register

  • Azure maintenance mess disrupts hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services
    Microsoft broke its own cloud but isn’t sure how
  • Irony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else
    US model makers can train on web data - but distilling theirs is a 'national security risk'
  • Hot Dog! America's new chatbot is packed with wieners
    Just ask America.gov and you'll receive a favorite July 4th food.
  • YouTube lunatic designed and 3D printed a working mechanical calculator
    If you can't afford a Curta, we still don't recommend trying this: It'll eat up months of your life and all the filament you have
  • Huawei boss claims homegrown AI chip sales top Nvidia in China
    The chips may not be as advanced, but they won't get banned at a moment's notice, Eric Xu says
  • Peter Norvig says all aboard for AI coding
    Software engineering practices need to catch up with increasingly capable agents
  • 16-year-old researcher found a Microsoft bug, got admin access to databases with 17.3 trillion rows
    It's 2 am. Do you know what your teen is doing?
  • Canonical begins pushing Resolute Raccoon
    Users on Ubuntu 24.04 will begin to get nagged to update to 26.04.1. Here's how to proceed
  • Trump decrees era of 'Super Intelligence' upon us
    Federal paperwork to be pulped as agencies told to forget the old name, while critics ask who owns all those .si domains
  • Show colleagues how much you care by sending an AI avatar to your Google Meet call
    MeetTwins is still in development, but it's a genius idea if the goal is to prove more time-wasting calls should just be emails


rss: ars technica

  • Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life
    Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact.
  • Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths
    State health officials race to vaccinate residents by giving over 8,500 doses.
  • Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
    Reminder: The "border exemption" to your rights is real.
  • A local network of implants uses your body as the wiring
    It's possible to send electrical signals right through human tissues.
  • Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails
    A simple email gives the attackers the ability to remotely inject OS commands.
  • Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet
    So much for Gemini 3.5 Pro.
  • Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com
    Reddit says it's fighting "automated abuse."
  • RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical facts, expertise
    AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.
  • The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers
    Boycotting Disney is hard.
  • Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
    Trump gets dozens of AI firms to agree to voluntary safety tests.


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