rss: npr

  • Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. as the countries' trade fight deepens
    The measures come after President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods and threatened more after trade talks broke down on Friday.
  • 'Forget about going back': 9 years on, Rohingya crisis enters dangerous phase
    The world largely moved on from the Rohingya crisis. But the exodus has not stopped, aid is shrinking and a generation of refugees is growing up with little prospect of going home.
  • Several states will decide voter ID ballot measures this year
    Voters in at least six states will soon decide ballot measures related to voter ID — the largest number of voter ID measures in a single year. The tally includes three prominent swing states.
  • Trump calls leaders to isolate Iran. And, SCOTUS backs Trump for now on mail-in voting
    President Trump is calling on world leaders to join his economic war against Iran. And, the Supreme Court is backing the president for now on his order to restrict mail-in voting.
  • How the AIDS crisis helped create a multibillion-dollar death-speculation market
    Investors will buy your life insurance policy today — and collect the payout when you die.
  • Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?
    What a new round of U.S. sanctions could mean after nearly six months of war with Iran — and years of economic pressure on the country.
  • Churches, libraries and breweries: Inside DHS' covert surveillance operation
    DHS allegedly went undercover at community meetings, subpoenaed the financial records of labor unions, and created dossiers on people at a church gathering, according to court filings.
  • Spokane wildfire evacuees return home, but it's 'still a hazmat situation'
    Most evacuees have been allowed to return to their homes near burn zones in Spokane, despite concerns about lingering toxins.
  • Did climate change cause this heat wave? Most likely, and here's why
    As the senior climate editor at NPR, when extreme weather impacts us, I often send out guidance to the newsroom to help everyone understand the role of climate change. Here's what I tell them.
  • When is suspending students discrimination? Education Department renews an old fight
    President Trump's Education Department is telling schools to stop considering race when it comes to school discipline.


rss: bbc

  • Father's house rammed before son died in A66 crash
    The house belonging to Cole Worthy's father is significantly damaged and its windows are smashed.
  • CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports
    Flight tracking data confirms an American military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday.
  • Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz
    Iran has closed the vital waterway since the beginning of the conflict causing wild fluctuations in oil prices worldwide.
  • Who does Iran trade with and what could Trump's 'economic D-Day' mean?
    Iran is no stranger to US sanctions and has developed deep economic ties with several countries.
  • Man dies in crash after police pursuit
    Two women are also hurt and one remains in hospital in critical condition.
  • Yellow weather warnings issued as thunderstorms and flooding forecast
    The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast to move northwards across the UK on Wednesday.
  • Young people leaving care have death rate four times higher than national average
    Those leaving care have a death rate around four times higher than the general population, a new review reveals.
  • US judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'frivolous' appeal against conviction
    The former Jeffrey Epstein accomplice loses her latest effort to be released from prison.
  • Inspectors to assess police after Henry Nowak murder
    Hampshire Police officers initially arrested the student and placed him in handcuffs as he lay dying.
  • Andrew Tate exaggerates and did not own supercars in photos, his lawyers say
    Prosecutors argue Tate and his brother Tristan are a flight risk and should not be released on bail.


rss: the register

  • EPA to drop requirement for public notice of polluting datacenters
    State and local regulators would decide whether the public gets a say on minor-source permits
  • You could've applied all 1,449 Oracle patches and still been hit by this attack
    Attackers now ready to exploit how things work, rather than just break them, says Oracle support expert
  • Microsoft warns that transitioning Excel workbooks to new Exchange connectors might not be smooth sailing
    Current Exchange connector is retiring - and new ones won't work if you don't upgrade
  • Slop factory bans Russians for using slop factory to create slop
    OpenAI wants you to thank it for keeping a permanent record of all your discussions with its bots
  • US convicts ex-Philips engineer for exposing X-ray secrets to competitor
    Dutch electronics giant saw right through ex-engineer’s plot, albeit over a year after it all unravelled
  • OpenAI's upcoming Jalapeño chip looks like it'll be an inference beast
    128 chips, 1.7 exaFLOPS, and 27 TB of HBM give Altman and crew a leg up over Blackwell, and maybe even Rubin
  • Windows XP was released to manufacturing a quarter of a century ago
    So incredibly stable, govt branches, banks, and dentist offices still haven't figured out how to close it
  • SiFive pushes development server to take RISC-V into the datacenter
    Rack-mount system intended for software porting, workload optimization, to bring open standard to the bitbarn
  • Microsoft breaks WPF printing with .NET update
    Summer in Redmond, Winter for everyone else
  • CISA slaps its tightest three-day patching deadline on perfect-10 Oracle flaw
    Disclosed in January and honeypots buzzed soon after, CISA says it’s finally time for the USG to plug the gap


rss: ars technica

  • New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest
    Privilege escalation attack grants "full control" and freedom from Meta's servers/apps.
  • AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will dramatically change their jobs
    A pioneering AI scientist once predicted computers would replace human radiologists. They haven't.
  • Apple's new desktop computers are designed specifically for local AI development
    Folks have been daisy-chaining Macs for AI—this refresh keeps that in mind.
  • AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds
    Young employment in AI-impacted fields down 19% compared to more AI-resistant occupations.
  • Data centers become "killer application" for new power transformer tech
    Solid-state transformers could also benefit EV charging and, someday, households.
  • RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized
    There are currently 3 categories. Without reason, RFK Jr. is considering changes.
  • Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.
    Monitor vendors are playing with fire.
  • GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports
    The eBoost brake-by-wire system is responsible for at least 22 crashes now.
  • Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
    Is the technique outdated? Yes. Is it still creepy? Also yes.
  • Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores
    "Mummified remains sold online exhibit signs of biodeterioration, yet sellers provide no safety guidance."


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