rss: npr

  • Morning news brief
    Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran at a stalemate, Congress votes to end record DHS shutdown, Trump announces new nominee for surgeon general.
  • Myanmar attempts to rehabilitate image with Suu Kyi move
    State television in Myanmar says detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, more than five years after the military coup that removed her from power.
  • Man charged with attempted murder after stabbings of Jewish men in London
    A 45-year-old man was charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked fear and anger in Britain's Jewish community.
  • Republicans say they will defer to Trump on Iran war despite arrival of deadline
    Republican lawmakers say they will continue to defer to President Donald Trump, for now, during the fragile ceasefire with Iran.
  • Hegseth faces questions about Iran in first congressional appearance since war began
    Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats.
  • Prosecutors release video of armed man storming correspondents' dinner
    Federal prosecutors released a video Thursday showing the moment authorities say a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and attempt to kill President Donald Trump.
  • The Venice Biennale jury resigns amid tensions over awards ban, Russian participation
    The international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned Thursday amid tensions over Russia's participation and the panel's decision to bar prizes for countries accused of crimes against humanity.
  • Zelenskyy says he's seeking details of Putin's May 9 ceasefire proposal
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking details of a short-term ceasefire Russia proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump.
  • 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.


rss: bbc

  • 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.
  • Billions of meals at risk due to Iran war, says fertiliser boss
    A shortage of fertiliser due to the Iran conflict could reduce crop yields and push prices higher, says the boss of Yara.
  • Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented British politics
    London offers an insight into the dilemma Labour faces about which direction to take.
  • The Renters' Rights Act is here - this is what it means for tenants and landlords
    The biggest shake up of renting rules in England for 30 years affects millions of people.
  • Why hundreds of everyday medicines are now so hard to get
    People living with conditions include heart problems, stroke risks, eye infections and bipolar are unable to get hold of the drugs they rely on.
  • Chippies sell catfish as 'traditional fish supper'
    A BBC investigation finds chip shop owners passing off cheaper species as "traditional fish and chips".
  • British couple jailed in Iran: 'We're likely to be here for a long time'
    Lindsay and Craig Foreman are facing the reality of a 10-year prison sentence following their arrest in Iran while on a motorcycle tour last year.
  • Met chief defends knife attack officers after criticism from Zack Polanski
    Sir Mark Rowley says he is "disappointed" that Green Party leader Zack Polanski shared a post condemning how police subdued the suspect.
  • King arrives in Bermuda after ending US trip with visit to small town America
    On the final day of the state visit, the royal couple headed to Virginia for a more informal experience of the US.
  • Oscar goes missing after Academy Award winner is blocked from taking it on flight
    The airline said it regrets the situation and was doing an urgent "comprehensive internal search" for the award.


rss: the register

  • DVLA's 14-week driving license fiasco – the tech, people and chatbot trying to clear it

    Medical license applicants still waiting months while agency insists it's 'putting things right'

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has introduced new techto support driving license applications that require medical checks, after processing times exceeded 14 weeks in February.…

  • User found the perfect formula to make Excel misbehave

    For once, Oracle ERP wasn’t the problem

    On Call Fridays can be a drag, but The Register has a formula to inject a little fun by delivering a new instalment of On Call – the reader-contributed column in which we share your tech support stories.…

  • Qualcomm teases ‘dedicated CPU for agentic experiences’ and ‘agentic smartphones’

    Enters the custom AI silicon business with secret silicon for an un-named hyperscaler

    Qualcomm has quietly entered the market for custom hyperscale silicon, and datacenter CPUs…

  • Fujitsu confirms mainframe biz to die in 2035, in time for quantum AI supercomputers to take over

    In talks with Japan, the UK, and Australia on defense tech that can ‘contribute to global stability’

    Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has confirmed the demise of its mainframe business in the year 2035 and hinted it’s working on significant defense projects.…

  • 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.…



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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