rss: npr

  • Foreign ticket holders from World Cup teams' countries won't have to pay bonds to enter U.S.
    The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that visitors from countries that have qualified for the World Cup and bought tickets for the tournament pay as much as $15,000 in bonds to enter the U.S.
  • Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as next chair of the Federal Reserve
    Warsh has argued there's room for the central bank to lower interest rates, but that could be challenging at a time of rising inflation.
  • Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago
    Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise dental procedure.
  • Greetings from Seville, where springtime means caracoles
    Spring is snail season in Seville. Caracoles in southern Spain differ from the well-known French escargot — they're smaller and eaten directly from the shell. And everyone has a favorite tapas bar that serves them.
  • Alex Murdaugh will get a new murder trial. Here's a timeline of his case
    Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced former lawyer serving a life term for the murders of his wife and son — will get a new trial in South Carolina, the state Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
  • Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate as police try to arrest senator
    Witnesses say a burst of gunfire has rung out in the Philippine Senate where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the ICC.
  • War in Iran costs $29 billion so far. And, students are finally improving in math
    Pentagon officials told Congress they estimate the war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far. And, a new Education Scorecard shows U.S. students are improving in math.
  • Putin hails Russia's test launch of a new ballistic missile
    Russia test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize its nuclear forces. The nuclear-armed Sarmat missile would enter combat service at the end of the year.
  • Japanese snack packages turning black-and-white as Iran war depletes ink supply
    The packaging on some snacks is turning black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient used in colored ink. Calbee's chips originally came in a bright-orange bag.
  • Some Minneapolis donors have moved on. The immigrants waiting for help haven't
    During Operation Metro Surge, mutual aid efforts raised millions of dollars. But with most agents gone and increasing fatigue from the community, funds are drying up and people are moving on. Immigrants are not.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: Starmer hopes to save his job with promise of change - and warnings of chaos
    There is a big moment coming in the next 24 hours, for Sir Keir Starmer and for would-be challengers to the prime minister.
  • Watch: What next after the King's Speech?
    BBC Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman explains what is next for the government after the King's Speech.
  • Drug addiction counsellor sentenced in Matthew Perry's overdose death
    The drug counsellor was one of five people accused of supplying ketamine to Perry and exploiting his drug addiction.
  • Farage faces standards probe into £5m gift from crypto billionaire
    The probe will examine whether the Reform UK leader should have declared the gift from crypto billionaire.
  • Met Police prepares armoured vehicles and 4,000 officers for dual London protests
    It comes as a Unite the Kingdom rally is taking place in central London on the same day as the annual Nakba march.
  • Bodies of three young women pulled from sea off Brighton
    Police leave the scene and Brighton beach reopens after the bodies of three women are found.
  • Israel's Eurovision contestant 'shocked' by protests during semi-final show
    Noam Bettan was met with a mixture of cheering, boos and chants as he performed in Vienna on Tuesday night.
  • Trade, Iran and Taiwan on the agenda as Trump arrives in China for high-stakes talks with Xi
    The US president says his first request to Xi would be to "open up" China, while Beijing is expected to press Trump on the status of Taiwan.
  • Netanyahu secretly visited UAE during war with Iran
    The Israeli prime minister met with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed in the UAE, his office confirmed.
  • Reform councillor suspended after posts 'brought party into disrepute'
    Reform UK say Sheffield councillor Nathaniel Menday has been suspended pending an investigation.


rss: the register

  • Bug hunter tracks down three massive MCP flaws and one vendor won't fix theirs
    Apache, Alibaba databases vulnerable and only one has a patch
  • See through local AI lies with Irish eyes
    ICCL Enforce project offers Verity fact-checking server
  • Dissatisfied: Three-fourths of AI customer service rollouts are a letdown
    AI rollback rates hit 81% at firms with mature guardrails, suggesting enterprises are struggling to manage the systems in production, says Sinch
  • Utah mega datacenter could dump 23 atomic bombs worth of energy per day
    Physicist warns proposed Stratos campus could seriously affect local environment
  • Mystery Microsoft bug leaker keeps the zero-days coming
    Security pros warn YellowKey claim could make stolen laptops a much bigger problem
  • Rust stalks IBM mainframes, but only in nightly form
    Patch series would bring memory-safe code to Linux's s390 port, with compiler caveats attached
  • Royal Household seeks £3M finance system fit for a King
    One seeks contractor to manage millions in taxpayer cash, will provide generous 20% off Windsor biscuit tins and tea towels
  • Microsoft aims to speed Windows with 'leap forward' in WinUI 3 perf
    Bittersweet post tells devs what they already knew: The framework is too slow
  • SpaceX sets date for Starship test that asks: Did we break anything in the upgrade?
    May 19 launch will put redesigned rocket, pad, and engines through their paces
  • Greater Manchester still says no to NHS data platform with Palantir at its heart
    Public concern has only grown, says ICB, while evidence of benefits remains thin


rss: ars technica

  • The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell's "whip"
    The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery.
  • NASA provides some details about Artemis III, but hard decisions remain
    "NASA also is defining the concept of operations for the mission."
  • A new US military wargame series began by simulating a nuclear weapon in orbit
    US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year.
  • Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
    “Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
  • Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar
    "Very painful": Altman relives his Muskian reaction to losing control over OpenAI.
  • Windows Update is getting better at saving your PC from buggy drivers
    Driver recovery can automate what used to be an irritating manual process.
  • Amazon devices chief says a new smartphone is “just not the goal”
    "We know what customers need right now.”
  • Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act “evil”
    But training on "synthetic stories" that model good AI behavior can help.
  • Gravitational lens shows a galaxy just 800 million years post-Big Bang
    Early galaxy has elements produced by the Universe's first supernovae.
  • Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets
    Are the pockets of Jeff Bezos not as deep as everyone thinks?


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