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  • Trump issues two pardons related to Jan. 6 investigation
    President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents.

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  • Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
    The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.

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  • A red meat allergy caused by ticks killed a N.J. man. Here's what to know
    Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome ? a red meat allergy caused by tick bites.

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  • U.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela
    The country's largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force.

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  • Americana troubadour Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter, dies at 59
    Known for his cosmic-stoner songwriting and freewheeling tunes, Todd Snider's career spanned three decades.

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  • Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination
    The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus.

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  • A stock of U.S.-bought birth control, meant for sub-Saharan Africa, goes bad in Belgium
    Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives have been stored in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid. A local official says some products were stored improperly and are largely unusable.

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  • Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
    The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.

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  • Opinion: Pope Leo's hope-inspiring favorite films
    Pope Leo likes movies. As he meets with Hollywood stars today, we have a look at his four favorite movies.

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  • As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research
    Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.

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  • Feud erupts between Trump and ally Marjorie Taylor Greene ahead of Epstein files vote
    The Georgia congresswoman has criticised Trump's foreign policy and handling of Jeffrey Epstein files.

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  • Major incident still in place after Storm Claudia causes severe flooding
    The fire and rescue service was called to more than 82 incidents after severe flooding in South Wales.

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  • My mum was a 17-year-old free spirit, so she was locked up and put in a coma
    Marina's mother was held against her will in a convent in 1960s Spain under Franco's regime.

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  • Thousands protest against government in Mexico as clashes leave 120 injured
    The protests came weeks after Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, was killed.

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  • I'm a Celebrity 2025 kicks off tonight - here's everything you need to know
    Alex Scott, Jack Osbourne and Ruby Wax are among those being dumped in the middle of the Australian outback.

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  • Fuelled by fear, Benn ends 35-year wait for revenge by beating Eubank
    Conor Benn achieves something his father Nigel was unable to do by beating a Eubank in a dominant rematch.

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  • He takes medical cannabis every day - but worries people think he's a lazy stoner
    About 50,000 people in the UK have a medical cannabis prescription, but some still feel a stigma attached to it.

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  • Bin bags are piling up on this street and residents have had enough
    Bin bags put on the pavement for collection leave neighbourhoods worse places to live and work.

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  • India's pollution readings always hit the same limit - but in reality it gets a lot worse
    India's air quality framework hasn't been comprehensively revised since 2009 and needs an update, say experts.

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  • Data centre in the shed reduces heat bills to £40
    "It's fantastic because it's eco-friendly...We're not burning any gases," says Terrence Bridges.

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rss: the register

  • Power: The answer to and source of all your AI datacenter problems

    Digital Realty CTO Chris Sharp weights impact of densification on the datacenter and the rise of the AI factory

    Interview In the datacenter biz, power is the product. You either have it or you don't, Chris Sharp tells El Reg.?



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  • Apple?s new 15% mini-app deal finally gets Tencent to cut Cupertino in

    When is an app not an app? When it?s a mini app inside another app

    Apple has cut its take to 15 percent on purchases inside mini apps running within other iOS apps, and reached a parallel agreement with Tencent that brings WeChat's vast mini-program ecosystem into its revenue net.?



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  • Memory boom-bust cycle booms again as Samsung reportedly jacks memory prices 60%

    Leaving buyers to cry, AI AI AI

    If you haven't noticed, DRAM memory has gotten a lot more expensive in recent weeks. ?



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  • Researchers find hole in AI guardrails by using strings like =coffee

    Who guards the guardrails? Often the same shoddy security as the rest of the AI stack

    Large language models frequently ship with "guardrails" designed to catch malicious input and harmful output. But if you use the right word or phrase in your prompt, you can defeat these restrictions.?



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  • Fortinet finally cops to critical make-me-admin bug under active exploitation

    More than a month after PoC made public

    Fortinet finally published a security advisory on Friday for a critical FortiWeb path traversal vulnerability under active exploitation ? but it appears digital intruders got a month's head start.?



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  • Canonical pushes Ubuntu LTS support even further - if you pay

    Enterprise Linux vendors keep jostling to see who can prop up geriatric distros the longest

    Last year, Canonical increased its paid extended support lifespan to 12 years. Now, it's increasing it again, to 15 years ... for a price.?



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  • Crims poison 150K+ npm packages with token-farming malware

    Amazon spilled the TEA

    Yet another supply chain attack has hit the npm registry in what Amazon describes as "one of the largest package flooding incidents in open source registry history" - but with a twist. Instead of injecting credential-stealing code or ransomware into the packages, this one is a token farming campaign.?



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  • Now you can share your AI delusions with Group ChatGPT

    Just when you thought virtual collaboration couldn?t get worse, OpenAI stuffs a bot into your group conversations

    Feel like your team's group chat is a bit lifeless? Remote coworkers not really collaborating as well as they should be? There's a new way to stir the pot now that OpenAI has piloted ChatGPT group chats: cram a chatbot into the conversation and let it chime in whenever it thinks it should.?



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  • AMD grabs more x86 share as Intel stumbles in entry-level chips

    Mercury Research blames stockpiling and low-end shortages for unusually flat CPU market

    AMD continues to claw market share away from Intel in CPU shipments, growing faster than its rival in most segments. Meanwhile business in the x86 processor arena is unusually flat overall, likely due to stockpiling over tariff fears.?



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  • Project Kuiper becomes Amazon Leo as satellite network trickles into orbit

    Starlink challenger drops the codename, but full-blown service still years out

    Amazon has rebranded its satellite broadband plan from Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo. And no, Leo doesn't stand for "Late Entrants Only," even though the project is years behind Starlink and still not ready for anyone to use.?



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rss: ars technica

  • Wyoming dinosaur mummies give us a new view of duck-billed species
    Exquisitely preserved fossils come from a single site in Wyoming.

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  • US may owe $1 trillion in refunds if SCOTUS cancels Trump tariffs
    Tech industry primed for big refunds if SCOTUS rules against Trump tariffs.

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  • The twin probes just launched toward Mars have an Easter egg on board
    "Blue" and "Gold" are expected to arrive at Mars in September 2027.

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  • As shutdown ends, dubious CDC panel gets back to dismantling vaccine schedule
    Pediatricians are calling for members to be replaced and all their decisions reversed.

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  • How two Nissan Leafs help make a regional airport more resilient
    We've seen schoolbuses and big pickups do V2G; how about a smaller car?

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  • ?How about no?: FCC boss Brendan Carr says he won?t end news distortion probes
    Carr rejects criticism from four former FCC chairs, including three Republicans.

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  • What?s it like to compete in the longest US off-road rally with no GPS?
    Hydrogen and solar power the rally infrastructure, but navigation is low-tech.

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  • Three astronauts are stuck on China?s space station without a safe ride home
    "This does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return."

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  • Forget AGI?Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules
    Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.

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  • World?s oldest RNA extracted from Ice Age woolly mammoth
    Sequencing an ancient creature?s RNA opens up a new window into extinct life.

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