rss: npr

  • Trump directs federal government to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
    President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada .
  • The stakes are high as Kevin Warsh is set to give his first major speech as Fed Chair
    The stakes are high as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to give a speech on Friday at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
  • Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, has died at 84
    Ratko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a "Serbian God."
  • The real cause of most wildfires? People
    More than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson.
  • Meta reaches $17B settlement. And, nuclear regulator to abandon radiation safety rule
    Meta and the states that sued the company have agreed to a $17 billion settlement. And, nuclear regulators are preparing to abandon a decades-old radiation safety rule.
  • Rwandans love their milk bars. The health minister wishes they'd drink a little less
    A big glass of moo juice — no, make that several glasses a day — is common in Rwanda. Is that too much of a good thing?
  • At least 1,500 missing after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
    At least 1,500 people are missing, many of them foreign tourists, after deadly floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border, sweeping away entire villages.
  • School districts face a back-to-school math problem: The high price of diesel
    With the war in Iran driving up fuel prices, diesel is now nearly $5.60 a gallon, affecting school districts at the start of the year.
  • NDAs are hiding data center deals, drawing ire from locals — and attention from lawmakers
    Nondisclosure agreements covered up negotiations between a tech company and several local and state officials, surprising local residents. It's a tactic used around the country in data center deals.
  • Jon Ossoff, usually a head down senator, has found a formula to excite Democrats
    Ossoff should be among the most vulnerable Senate incumbents this year. Instead, the Georgia Democrat has opened a steady lead in polls and is increasingly seen as a potential 2028 contender.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood
    BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.
  • Uefa preparing criminal legal action against Infantino
    Uefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over the scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.
  • The monstrous crimes of Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia'
    The Bosnian Serb commander led a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian conflict.
  • Dame Jenni Murray died days after car crash, inquest hears
    The former presenter of BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour died earlier this year, eight days after the collision.
  • Extra 200 police drafted in to aid force investigating wrong-way crash and fire deaths
    Cleveland Police confirms it has support from six local forces and the National Crime Agency.
  • Jury deliberating in trial of Lindsay Clancy, US woman accused of killing her children
    Prosecutors argued Clancy made a calculated decision to murder the children, while the defence argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
  • Man City and Aston Villa to face holders PSG - check full details of Champions League draw
    European champions Paris St-Germain will face Premier League duo Manchester City and Aston Villa in the league phase of this season's Champions League.
  • Top Gear to return to TV four years after Flintoff crash, BBC confirms
    The show was "rested" after co-host Andrew Flintoff was injured in a crash during filming in 2022.
  • Optimus Prime and Eeyore voice actor Peter Cullen dies
    Cullen voiced the heroic Optimus Prime in the Transformers TV series and then the Hollywood films.
  • UK salmonella cases nearing 500 as egg investigations continue
    Close to 500 people have become ill with salmonella linked to imported eggs, say UK authorities who are investigating more clusters.


rss: the register

  • ATF responds to 'major' cybersecurity incident after ransomware gang's claims
    US Justice Department investigating the breach
  • Schrödinger's backup: not actually recovered until you try to restore IT
    SPONSORED FEATURE: Verify and survive: your backup isn't real 'til you test it
  • Nitter might be no more, but Twitter is back (sort of)
    Twitter.now aims to fill the bird-shaped hole left by X. For a fee
  • Salesforce boasts: 50% of bookings were from 'customers refilling the tank... they consume Flex Credits, they want more'
    As SaaS giant gets a boost from Claudeforce, users might want to know how their AI use will be monetized
  • Cybercrooks jet off with Manchester Airports Group customer data
    UK’s largest airport operator believes 8.7 million customers affected
  • HP has a solution to expensive AI tokens: Buy a more expensive PC
    Rising cloud AI costs are pushing workloads onto pricier PCs – which just happen to be better for PC maker's margins
  • Microsoft slaps a fresh coat of AI paint on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap
    AI at Work roadmap is the new name for upcoming Microsoft 365 capabilities
  • Nuisance-call blocker fined £190k for being a nuisance caller
    Elderly Aids made 758,000 unwanted calls a year selling gear to stop unwanted calls
  • Want to lead Whitehall's AI strategy? AI experience is not essential
    Track record is merely desirable for the person tasked with shaping UK.gov's skills blueprint for 550,000 civil servants
  • AROS, the FOSS recreation of AmigaOS, comes to Raspberry Pi
    Plus: new official Amiga-branded hardware is coming


rss: ars technica

  • The iconic T-38 jets flown by astronauts just got a spiffy new look
    "Everyone wants to take that aircraft up now..."
  • RFK Jr. goes full anti-vaccine bananas over two measles deaths—one was a newborn
    Kennedy and his allies have a history of downplaying vaccine-preventable deaths.
  • Why did 1,000 world citizens bury their underpants?
    Study: Land use is the biggest factor in determining decomposition rates of organic cotton underpants.
  • Panic passes Trump tariff refunds back to the Playdate customers who paid them
    "It just felt like the right thing to do."
  • Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago
    "We built this city on good cacao" does have a nice ring to it.
  • Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks
    227 install commands were found in corporate docs pointing at code nobody owns.
  • How much of a problem is AI’s water use?
    AI’s water footprint is growing, but location and cooling technology make a difference.
  • How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face
    Without authorization, 1,200 OpenAI agents conspired among themselves to game a test.
  • Bentley takes us for a ride in its new EV, the Torcal
    The electric Torcal will be Bentley's entry model and cost less than a Bentayga.
  • RIP, Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances
    A dashing pirate, a butler, a shapeshifting killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.


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