rss: npr

  • Bill Gates to appear before Congress over Epstein involvement
    Gates will sit for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
  • San Francisco immigration court shuts down, striking at heart of historic advocacy
    The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application.
  • The World Cup is starting. Here's what to know and how to watch
    This summer, 48 men's national teams will compete in the World Cup's biggest tournament ever. Here are a few of the basics to get you started.
  • Morning news brief
    U.S. and Iran exchange strikes after Apache helicopter is downed, takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in four states, House Republicans approve a bill to fund ICE for the remainder of Trump's term.
  • Israeli leader who pulled out of Lebanon warns against getting stuck again
    Ehud Barak withdrew Israeli forces from Lebanon in 2000, ending an occupation that lasted nearly two decades. He says that was a quagmire Israel shouldn't repeat.
  • U.K. leaders call for calm as protests break out after Belfast street stabbing
    U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests.
  • In Nevada, Trump's policies are making things tough for Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo
    In one of the most competitive races for governor this year, Nevada Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford will challenge Republican Gov. Joe Lomardo for his office in November.
  • After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math
    Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a different story for 13-year-olds, however.
  • Evette, backed by Trump, and Wilson, a Trump supporter, head to S.C. governor runoff
    In South Carolina, both Republican candidates for governor are MAGA devotees, but Trump only endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, not Attorney General Alan Wilson. The two are headed to a GOP runoff.
  • House approves labor-friendly bill with support from 20 Republicans
    The House has approved a bill to slash the time it takes for newly unionized workers to get a first contract. The measure allows for government intervention if a deal is not reached within 90 days.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Residents flee as cars and houses burn in Belfast
    Police and firefighters help families leave their homes amid disorder following a knife attack.
  • Illegal mini-marts to shut for up to 12 months under law change prompted by BBC
    Under current rules, shops breaking the law can only be closed for up to six months in England and Wales.
  • US strikes Iran in response to downing of military helicopter
    President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond.
  • Model who alleges Kanye West choked her tells BBC she felt 'suffocated and scared'
    West claims the encounter on a music video set was part of a "provocative theatrical performance".
  • Who will win the World Cup? BBC pundits make their predictions
    Who will win, who might spring a surprise and how will England and Scotland do? BBC pundits predict what will happen at the 2026 World Cup.
  • Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into army
    The BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding.
  • Advanced radiotherapy for prostate cancer to cut sessions from 20 to five
    Some men in England with the disease will now be offered an advanced form of treatment on the NHS.
  • David Sullivan banned from contact with West Ham women's and youth teams since 2023
    The decision followed a safeguarding investigation opened by the the Football Association.
  • Manhunt under way in South Africa after 12 killed in mass shooting in Johannesburg
    Another nine people were injured at an informal settlement in Cleveland late on Tuesday.
  • The UK could hit 28C this weekend - is another heatwave on the way?
    Temperatures are expected to rise by the end of the week where we could see another heatwave developing, Simon King explains


rss: the register

  • France and Germany agree to disagree, ditch joint next-gen Euro fighter
    Aircraft at core of the Future Combat Air System canned as parties could not decide who leads on the work
  • Logitech knows when to fold 'em
    Meet Mobi Fold - creased popster or clever portable mouse
  • AI is making Patch Tuesday (kinda) fun again
    Unless you're an admin or vulnerability manager – then you're totally screwed
  • Salesforce cuts staff amid acquisition spree and $50 billion share buyback
    The layoffs come after CEO Marc Benioff boasted of record revenue and 'incredible cashflow' two weeks ago
  • If your sex life is dead, you can blame Steve Jobs
    Economists find signs of a ‘large and causal relationship between iPhones and fertility' in AT&T exclusivity-era data
  • Anthropic spins a Fable of a tamer, safer Mythos
    Company also changes data retention policy
  • Miasma worms its way onto GitHub as attack kit goes open source
    As if there weren't enough package poisonings to worry about
  • MIT boffins take electrospray nozzles out of the cleanroom, into the 3D printer
    Who said sub-millimeter, three-layer science juice had to be expensive to squirt?
  • Apple’s iOS 27 goes all agentic on compromised passwords, promises to change them with one tap
    iBiz might not win the AI race, but analysts say it's focusing on features people may actually use
  • Neo4j plots Palantir alternative with GraphAware acquisition
    Graph database biz says on-prem, air-gapped intel stack gives governments a no-kill-switch option


rss: ars technica

  • Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from one-time purchases
    Starlink, SpaceX's top moneymaker, also raised service prices by $5 to $10.
  • Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed
    A separate zero-day also disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse appears to be patched as well.
  • Three key vital signs make up the "urban pulse" of a city
    Cities are dynamic, not static grids, and urbanization is a "spiky," cyclical, and asynchronous process.
  • Commonwealth Fusion makes the physics case for its 400 MW reactor
    Five peer-reviewed papers update the design and model its expected output.
  • Paramount accuses Netflix of "scorched-earth campaign" against WBD merger
    Netflix's response: "Absurd."
  • Anthropic says these topics are too dangerous to let its Fable 5 model talk about
    New frontier model refuses cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry queries.
  • Google announces Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for instant voice-to-voice translation
    Voice translations preserve speaker's tone, pacing, pitch—with SynthID watermarks for security.
  • NASA assigns crew for Artemis III, sets aggressive timeline for flying it
    "Artemis III will be an extraordinary demonstration of what is possible."
  • Screwworms in US: Human risk is low—but they can burrow through your skull
    The chances are low, but not zero.
  • One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses
    Meta won't say why or whether it's coming back.


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