rss: npr

  • Trump gives the go-ahead for a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline
    More state and federal approvals are needed for the 3-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion, which would stretch from the Canadian border with Montana down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it would link up with another pipeline.
  • Will.i.am wants to future-proof a new generation
    The Black Eyed Peas co-founder turned entrepreneur is now teaching a class on "agentic AI" for Arizona State.
  • Trump pulls Casey Means' stalled surgeon general nomination, announces new pick
    President Trump says he's nominating former Fox News Channel contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Dr. Casey Means' path forward stalled in the Senate over questions about her experience and her stance on vaccines.
  • U.S. House primaries in Louisiana are suspended after Voting Rights Act ruling
    Louisiana suspended its upcoming primaries for the U.S. House, following Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state's congressional map is an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander."
  • In real-world test, an AI model did better than ER doctors at diagnosing patients
    Researchers evaluated how well an AI model could diagnose and make decisions about patient care.
  • The Onion's bid to take over Infowars moves to the Texas Supreme Court
    The state's highest court will now consider a deal that would allow the Onion to license the Infowars brand name and turn the show into a mockery of itself.
  • Congress ends record shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security
    Thursday's vote in the House provides funding for DHS after a more than two-month shutdown, but does not include dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
  • Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi moved to house arrest, doubts linger
    The secrecy surrounding Suu Kyi's new location has alarmed her son, Kim Aris, who says he has received no authoritative confirmation of her wellbeing.
  • Craig Venter, pioneering human genome decoder, dies at 79
    Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper.
  • 'Fool me once…' Lawyers argue Kennedy Center should not meet same fate as the East Wing
    Lawyers made arguments in hearings for two separate lawsuits against President Trump and the Kennedy Center's board this week. Both lawsuits want to halt plans to close the performing arts venue for two years for renovations.


rss: bbc

  • UK terrorism threat level raised to severe after Golders Green attack
    The UK was last raised to the second-highest level in November 2021 after an attempted bombing and the murder of an MP.
  • 'I held down Golders Green suspect' says volunteer who grabbed ankle
    "If eyes could kill, I'd be dead," he tells the BBC when recounting the moment he saw the suspect.
  • New footage shows how Trump dinner gunman charged through security in four seconds
    The CCTV shows an officer draw a firearm and open fire as the suspect sprints past.
  • UK should not keep changing prime ministers, warns John Major
    The former Tory PM tells the BBC political leaders are letting young people down by failing tackle long-term problems.
  • Fertiliser boss says Iran war puts 10 billion meals a week at risk
    A shortage of fertiliser due to the Iran conflict could reduce crop yields and push prices higher, says the boss of Yara.
  • Trump to remove whisky tariffs after King's visit
    The US president said he would lift restrictions on Scotland's ability to work with the state of Kentucky on whisky and bourbon.
  • Chippies sell catfish as 'traditional fish supper'
    A BBC investigation finds chip shop owners passing off cheaper species as "traditional fish and chips".
  • Britney Spears charged with driving under influence in California
    The pop star is facing one misdemeanour count of driving under the influence of any alcohol and drug.
  • Teens who lured man to beach to kill him sentenced to between five and seven years' custody
    Alexander Cashford was attacked on a Kent beach by three teenagers who thought he was a paedophile.
  • Banksy confirms he's behind statue in central London
    The sculpture in central London of a man walking off a plinth while holding a flag has been drawing crowds.


rss: the register

  • ICANN opens applications for new generic top-level domains for the first time since 2012

    $227k gets you a hearing for your dot.vanity project, or strings in one of 27 scripts

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Thursday kicked off a new application process for generic top-level domains (gTLDs), its first since 2012.…

  • The never-ending supply chain attacks worm into SAP npm packages, other dev tools

    Mini Shai-Hulud caught spreading credential-stealing malware

    The wave of supply chain attacks aimed at security and developer tools has washed up more victims, namely SAP and Intercom npm packages, plus the lightning PyPI package.…

  • Govern your bots carefully or chaos could ensue

    Stop the sprawl!

    With the average Global Fortune 500 enterprise expected to run more than 150,000 AI agents by 2028, up from fewer than 15 today, there’s plenty of room for chaos. Analyst firm Gartner says that, without proper governance, those agents will multiply and run amok.…

  • Firefox maker torches Google for building Prompt API into browser

    Mozilla fears wiring an AI API into Chrome will make the web less open

    Updated Mozilla has reiterated its opposition to Google's decision to build AI plumbing into its Chrome browser, though rather belatedly now that the technology, known as the Prompt API, is already being tested in Chrome and Microsoft Edge.…

  • Bot her emails: most modern phishing campaigns are AI-enabled

    KnowBe4 says 86% of phishing it tracked used AI, and inboxes are only the start

    Give a man a phishing kit and he might get lucky a couple of times; teach an AI to phish and it'll change the landscape, if KnowBe4's latest phishing trends report is accurate.…

  • FBI cyber boss: China's hacker-for-hire ecosystem 'out of control'

    One alleged cyber contractor was extradited to the US over the weekend

    China's "hacker-for-hire ecosystem has gotten out of control," according to Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI's cyber division.…

  • Phone users know when to hold ’em, delay upgrades amid inflation

    Analyst says handsets now stay in pockets for 4.2 years on average

    Remember the early days of the smartphone revolution when, even after six months, your phone felt outdated? Not anymore. Smartphone replacement cycles are getting longer as discretionary household budgets come under pressure from inflation, with demand for new devices expected to fall for the rest of this year.…

  • Bandwidth hogs rejoice, Celestica's latest switch is bristling with 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet

    Networking kit arrives just in time for Nvidia's 1.6 Tbps ConnectX-9 NICs

    If you thought 800 Gbps Ethernet was fast, just wait. Celestica's latest switches cram 64 1.6 Tbps ports into a single chassis.…

  • Google's fix for critical Gemini CLI bug might break your CI/CD pipelines

    This CVSS 10.0 RCE vuln has been patched, automatically for some, so better check those workflows

    If you use Gemini CLI, watch out: Google has patched a CVSS 10.0 vulnerability in its command-line AI tool and is warning anyone running it in headless mode, or through GitHub Actions, to review their workflows.…

  • French prosecutors link 15-year-old to mega-breach at state’s secure document agency

    Two computer crime allegations follow up to 18M lines of data surfacing online

    French prosecutors say police detained a 15-year-old on April 25 over the alleged theft of millions of records from France Titres (ANTS), the agency handling secure documents.…



rss: ars technica

  • Trump nominates Fox News doctor to be the next surgeon general
    Trump lashes out at Cassidy while announcing his new nomination.
  • US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold
    "In 25 years, the average score... has never been so low."
  • Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine's sights
    "We had serious inbound attempts to the cosmodrome that day."
  • Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial
    Elon Musk spent three days testifying as the first witness in his trial against OpenAI.
  • The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed
    CopyFail threatens multi-tenant servers, CI/CD work flows, Kubernetes containers, and more.
  • Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex
    Meta said the Kenyan workers didn't "meet our standards."
  • Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids
    Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid.
  • Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn
    If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we're here for it.
  • Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser
    Fresh off the Oscar-winning Weapons, director Zach Cregger has his own vision for the gaming franchise.
  • Beijing bans drone sales even as rest of world buys Chinese drones
    Beijing's citywide ban restricts the sale, transport, and storage of drones.


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