rss: npr

  • As western fires erupt, Trump's Forest Service says it's now fully staffed
    The Forest Service says it's fully staffed with seasonal firefighters going into summer but there are still questions about whether the government is prepared if major wildfires get out of hand.
  • Here's how much the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger
    More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, the costs and aftereffects are felt around the world.
  • An inside look at President Trump's campaign to acquire Greenland
    New Yorker writer Ben Taub says while the idea of acquiring Greenland is out of the headlines, it hasn't been dropped. Taub describes how Trump's ongoing efforts have broken the trust of our allies.
  • Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season
    Forecasters say Arthur could generate life-threatening flash floods along the northern Gulf Coast. But it is not expected to strengthen further.
  • Greetings from Maputo, Mozambique's capital, shaped by a modernist architecture
    An impromptu tour of Mozambique's capital city reveals a unique imprint left by architect Amâncio "Pancho" Guedes.
  • Pakistan ends 'luxury tax' on menstrual products, contraceptives. Will prices drop?
    In Pakistan, taxes on menstrual products can add up. Activists have long worked to change this. Now a new budget wipes out the 18% sales tax. But questions remain about the impact on prices.
  • Taiwan says Chinese pressure over the island is the 'new normal'
    Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the scholars' passports and mobile phones were confiscated, and they were detained in Mombasa for more than 20 hours before being allowed to leave the country.
  • Senate postpones confirmation hearing for intel chief after Trump's call to delay
    Senators wanted to fast-track President Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence. But Trump now says he wants to delay until they pass voting legislation that already failed in the Senate.
  • Trump to face questions at G7 press conference. And, Tuesday's primary results
    Trump has touted his tentative agreement with Iran at the G7 summit. Today, he is expected to field questions at a press conference as the summit wraps up. And, a look at Tuesday's primary election results.
  • 'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years
    People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.


rss: bbc

  • Trump and Iran's president sign initial deal aiming to end war
    Iran's nuclear programme, the main reason stated by the US for the conflict, is still to be negotiated.
  • Cervical cancer deaths in England fall to zero in young women given vaccine
    A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
  • Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
    The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.
  • Interest rates expected to be held by Bank of England
    The Bank last cut interest rates in December but upheaval in the Middle East has stalled any further reductions.
  • ChatGPT can be made to generate sexualised and violent images, researchers find
    But researchers say its still possible to trick the AI chatbot into producing graphic content.
  • The Ring and Lilo & Stitch actress Daveigh Chase dies aged 35
    Chase died from sepsis following a bout with meningitis in a Los Angeles hospital, her longtime manager told the BBC.
  • Apple to raise prices as AI boom pushes up chip costs
    The firm's outgoing boss Tim Cook did not say when prices will rise or which products will be affected.
  • Cape Verde goalkeeper set to be reunited with his mum
    Vozinha's mum has been granted a visa to travel to the US ahead of Cape Verde's next game against Uruguay.
  • Developing heatwave across Europe to send UK temperatures above 30C
    Very warm weather is set to return to parts of the UK with temperatures of 30C plus expected as Europe experiences a 'heat dome' as Simon King explains.
  • Passport 'mega queue' strands Ryanair passengers in Greece
    A flight from Athens to Luton leaves without "angry" passengers who are stuck at passport control.


rss: the register

  • Cyber offenses now account for around a third of all crime across Asia and South Pacific
    Latest Interpol review shows how scams continue to dominate, and AI-enabled attackers prove too hot to handle for cash-strapped regions
  • Estonia intends to recognize AI agents with digital IDs
    I am not a number! I am a free agent (that just happens to have a number)
  • Git good with Epic Games' new open source VCS, Lore
    Got big binaries? Tired of other version control systems that treat them like inferior files? Lore might be worth a look
  • Smelly config files will make your agents waste tokens, researchers warn
    Researchers urge developers to see that less is more when it comes to instructions
  • Nvidia-backed optics vendor to boost wafer output by 4x to meet AI interconnect demand
    Jensen can't risk semiconductor supply chains derailing the AI hype train
  • Massive password-stealing attack hits 75k Fortinet firewalls
    Why are you even reading this?! Rotate your passwords!!
  • Uncle Sam bets $500M that Alphabet spinoff's AI can dig up new semiconductor materials
    AI drug discovery is so last year, even though it hasn't accomplished much yet
  • Only half of US datacenter capacity planned for 2026 is actually under construction
    Another fun example of AI hype and reality colliding
  • Smartphone market to shrink 15 percent this year due to memory crisis
    Buyers put off by rising prices expected to turn to second-hand phones instead
  • AWS hypes continuous agentic DevOps, puts Kiro in your pocket
    Trust is the biggest barrier to AI adoption, says AI chief, claiming that new features in Bedrock AgentCore will prevent bad outcomes


rss: ars technica

  • Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy
    Maggot therapy lacks robust data, but it has fans and a fail-safe "bacon therapy."
  • Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.
    Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back.
  • California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network
    FCC considers AT&T petitions to preempt state rules and discontinue phone service.
  • Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks
    The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet.
  • Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
    Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.
  • AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties
    Nvidia's self-improvement program for robots enlists teams of AI coding agents.
  • The Slate Truck's price may have leaked, starts at $24,950
    The official launch takes place next week.
  • "Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what
    AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.
  • Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder
    Google's new smart speaker is more about Gemini than audio quality.
  • Towers once planned for California shuttle launches leveled for SpaceX rockets
    "Space Launch Complex-6 represents six decades of American innovation."


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