rss: npr

  • Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia wins the 2026 Tour de France, his fifth victory in the race
    The route for the iconic cycling race's final stage was shortened because security and police were reassigned to assist with wildfires in southwest France.
  • U.S. pauses attacks on Iran for a second straight day and Tehran does too
    The United States paused attacks on Iran for a second straight day Sunday and Tehran said it had done so too, as efforts continued to bring the countries back to negotiations on an interim ceasefire.
  • Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds
    A year after President Trump signed a law ending six decades of federal funding of public media, it's a time of reinvention, innovation and clear anxiety at public tv and radio stations nationwide.
  • Lebanese displaced by war turn to satellites to check their homes
    Unable to return home, some Lebanese displaced by Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon are buying satellite images to see whether their houses survived.
  • ADHD looks different in women and poses unique health risks
    For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.
  • Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
    Many Native American languages are endangered. With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Michigan hopes to help preserve his language through robotics.
  • Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break
    When summer rolls around, many parents scramble to sign up their young kids for outdoor activities. But what do you do when extreme heat and wildfire smoke increasingly make the outdoors dangerous?
  • Suspect in Berlin Pride vehicle attack is dead, police say
    Germany's interior minister Alexander Dobrindt described the incident as a likely "Islamic terror attack," and named the suspect as Abdul Ballout, who was born in Germany and has Lebanese roots.
  • France and Spain fires force more than 300,000 to flee homes
    In France, around 50,000 people were evacuated from their homes overnight into Sunday, according to interior minister Laurent Nuñez. At least one person has died in a fire in Spain, officials said.
  • Biden ghostwriter tapes to be released
    Former President Joe Biden is declining to appeal a court ruling that allows the Justice Department to publicize recordings of conversations between him and a writer collaborating on his memoir.


rss: bbc

  • Firefighters battle wildfire as tens of thousands evacuated near Bordeaux
    More than 330,000 people have now been evacuated from wildfires across France and Spain.
  • Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation
    Police say Abdul Ballout was shot and killed after he rushed at officers with a knife in a western borough of Berlin.
  • Badenoch says PM must rule out tax rises to fund social care reform
    In a letter to the PM, the Conservative leader offers to work with him on adult social care reform.
  • PM pledges continued support for Ukraine ahead of Zelensky visit
    The Ukrainian president will be Andy Burnham's first international visitor since taking office.
  • Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, Palestinians say
    The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tal, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.
  • Trump paused attacks on Iran to make space for talks, US ambassador says
    Neither the US nor Iran have launched attacks in the last two nights, after almost two weeks of tit-for-tat strikes risked derailing talks to permanently end the war.
  • Pogacar wins fifth Tour as Van der Poel takes stage
    Slovenian Tadej Pogacar wins the Tour de France for a record-equalling fifth time.
  • Burnham says he is prepared to call out Trump 'if right for Britain'
    Speaking exclusively to the BBC, the prime minister says he had a good first conversation with the US president and insists "you have to defend your own national interest".
  • Four people including baby die after car crash
    Four people, including a baby, died after a car crashed into trees in Derby. The driver was arrested.
  • Water returns to Gatwick Airport after major outage
    Gatwick Airport faced a day of disruptions with toilets and restaurants closed to passengers.


rss: the register

  • Trump expands voluntary pledge to keep datacenter costs off household power bills
    Pinkie promise gains 200-plus new participants and precisely zero enforcement
  • The last Space Shuttle returned to Earth 15 years ago
    So, how are those commercial replacements working out for you, NASA?
  • How AI drove Shopify back to clean code
    Turns out, agents just want the same things as humans: easily-readable code, explicit contracts, and helpful feedback
  • Anti-AI open source has an enemy in common, but almost nothing else
    Building bot-free alternatives may require lefties, libertarians, and culture warriors to share code
  • BOFH: This printer engineer knows every trick in the book
    But so does this customer
  • Anthropic debuts Opus 5 at half the price of its Fable sibling
    And as a bonus, it doesn't require data retention
  • Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
    (Security) hole-ier than thou
  • AMD vibe codes its way past the CUDA moat with ROCm.AI
    Hey Claude, optimize this model for me
  • Europol flags 4,340 'horrific' URLs linked to The Com
    Stop the spread (of online recruiting and propaganda)
  • Tech leaders issue letter to train Uncle Sam about value of open weight AI
    Can you guess who didn't sign on to the group letter?


rss: ars technica

  • SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099
    Also: Forging the One Ring in Rings of Power S3 teaser; new Lanterns trailer; Spaceballs: The New One panel.
  • SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
    SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight.
  • With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience
    Museums are embracing data-driven curation and a shifting technology landscape.
  • Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers
    Researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta aren't providing data they're legally required to.
  • Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
    "Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so."
  • Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial
    “Halting this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory," NY AG said.
  • Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech
    "Here’s a more natural, flowing version of that section..."
  • Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap
    Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough.
  • Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent
    Roku blames RAM shortage after CEO called it "great" for business in May.
  • RFK Jr.'s handpicked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
    There's no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter.


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