rss: npr

  • Communities launch cleanup after severe weather and tornadoes churn across Midwest
    At least 66 tornado reports were submitted across multiple states on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
  • Will the DHS shutdown affect security for the World Cup?
    The FIFA World Cup is a little over 50 days away. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to former Department of Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem about the security concerns people have about hosting the tournament in America in this moment.
  • 8 children killed in a shooting in Louisiana, police say
    The suspect was the father of seven of the children killed, police said. The victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14 years old, according to police in Shreveport, La. A total of 10 people were shot.
  • Why nearly every farmer who grows these chile peppers is a woman
    Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges," says one, "we've found freedom."
  • U.S. seizes Iranian cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz
    The U.S. has taken custody of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz after firing on its engine room, President Trump said in a post on social media.
  • Real estate investors are buying up long-term care facilities. Residents can suffer
    Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch but deny blame for bad care.
  • This tariff-refund portal is about to be America's hottest website
    Exactly two months after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. government has set Monday as the day when some companies can begin requesting refunds.
  • She no longer remembers it's her birthday. He got her a present anyway
    A special day can be tinged with sorrow when your partner has dementia. But then he found the perfect gift.
  • Iowa went all-in on school choice. It's hurting this city's public schools
    With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.
  • The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
    This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.


rss: bbc

  • US intercepts and seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship, Trump says
    Tehran vows retaliation soon for what it calls an "act of armed piracy", which comes as the US prepares for a second round of talks.
  • Tehran will never cede control of Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian politician tells BBC
    Lyse Doucet speaks to Ebrahim Azizi, who says Iran "will decide the right of passage" through the crucial shipping route.
  • Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal
    The prime minister said he was "staggered" to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him.
  • Eight children killed in Louisiana shooting, police say
    The children, aged from one to 14 years old, were killed in a shooting that police are describing as a "domestic disturbance".
  • The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
    The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
  • 'They told me he was dead': Children born near army base learn truth about UK soldier dads
    A DNA and legal project has identified the fathers of 20 children born near a military base in Kenya.
  • Attempted murder arrest after car hits pedestrians in central London
    The incident took place in central London in the early hours, leaving a woman in a critical condition.
  • Chief Rabbi says attacks 'gathering momentum' after another synagogue targeted
    The warning comes after a north-west London synagogue was hit by an arson attack overnight.
  • New university free speech complaints system to come into force this year
    Universities could face fines of £500,000 or 2% of their income if they are found to have failed to protect free speech.
  • Health visitors call for limits on 'impossible' 1,000-family caseloads
    BBC analysis shows the number of health visitors in England has almost halved in the last 10 years.


rss: the register

  • Just like phishing for gullible humans, prompt injecting AIs is here to stay

    Aren't we all just prompting tokens of linguistic meaning and hoping the other person isn't bullshitting us?

    kettle It's a week of the year, which means there's been the discovery of yet another prompt injection attack that will force supposedly well-guarded AI bots to spill secrets by asking the right way. …

  • I meant to do that! AI vendors shrug off responsibility for vulns

    Passing the buck, and the blame, down the road shows lack of AI companies' maturity

    OPINION AI vendors: "You need to use AI to fight AI threats (and do everything else in your corporate IT environment)." Also AI vendors: "That's not a security flaw; it's working as intended."…

  • Ruby Central in 'real financial jeopardy' following RubyGems maintainer ruckus

    Non profit loses several staffers including its executive director

    Ruby Central, a nonprofit that supports the Ruby programming language ecosystem, in is "real financial jeopardy," according to a missive from its board members.…

  • Cloudflare can remember it for you wholesale

    Agent Memory stores AI chat scraps off to the side and recalls them when needed

    Not only is hardware memory scarce these days, but context memory, the conversational data exchanged with AI models, can be an issue too.…

  • Atlassian’s new data collection policy protects rich customers while AI eats the rest

    From August 17, the outfit will collect customer metadata by default unless you pay for the top tier

    Unless a customer pays for the most expensive enterprise license, or the law forbids it, Atlassian is going to collect their data to train its AI models. And you can't fully opt out.…

  • Intel eases reliance on TSMC with 'Merica-made Core Series 3 processors

    Stripped-down Ultra for laptops and low-power edge boxes

    Intel brought a few more chips home from Taiwan this week, with a new round of budget-oriented Core Series 3 processors fabbed right in the US-of-A.…

  • Anthropic mocks up Claude Design to draft fancy new pink slips for marketing teams

    The bar for creating visual assets has been lowered to the ability to converse with a model

    Anthropic is known for its industry-leading Claude Code that writes programs, but why stop there? The company, on Friday, introduced a research preview service called Claude Design that creates visual assets, potentially putting some folks out of work.…

  • CISA tells feds to patch 13-year-old Apache ActiveMQ bug under active attack

    Bug hiding in plain sight for over a decade lands on KEV list

    CISA is sounding the alarm on a newly-exploited Apache ActiveMQ bug, ordering federal agencies to patch within two weeks as attackers circle a flaw that's been quietly lurking for more than a decade.…

  • Opsec oopsie: Dutch navy frigate location outed by mailing it a Bluetooth tracker

    Or, how public information and a €5 tracker exposed an avoidable opsec lapse

    Militaries around the world spend countless hours training, developing policies, and implementing best operational security practices, so imagine the size of the egg on the face of the Dutch navy when journalists managed to track one of its warships for less than the cost of some hagelslag and a coffee.…

  • Users complain that UK Azure is having capacity problems

    We hear Sweden is lovely place for workloads to visit

    Microsoft Azure capacity woes are back, and worse than ever, judging by the complaints of UK users.…



rss: ars technica

  • Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure
    Blue Origin's reused first stage hit its targets, but New Glenn's upper stage did not.
  • I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day looks like
    The laser was used to study the physics of stellar interiors and fusion energy, among other things.
  • Great white sharks are overheating
    The sharks might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters.
  • US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"
    Grinex says needed hacking resources "available exclusively to ... unfriendly states."
  • Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake"
    Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media.
  • Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious
    She's well qualified but will need to navigate RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda.
  • $25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options
    Is $20,000–$25,000 a sweet spot for secondhand electric cars? We think so.
  • Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction
    Data centers face construction delays and energy bottleneck as resistance grows.
  • Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore
    The two newest Fire Sticks block apps from outside of Amazon's store.
  • Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer
    "The world that was, doesn't exist. It's just us, trying to hold onto what was."


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