rss: npr

  • What can Artemis II astronauts see that satellites haven't captured?
    The astronauts on Artemis II will observe parts of the moon rarely seen by human eyes. A NASA planetary scientist said it will offer a vital perspective for lunar research.
  • Even when Arsenio Hall's show was a hit, 'everyone wanted it to be something else'
    Hall's late-night show gave hip-hop a home on TV and helped propel Bill Clinton to the White House. "I wanted to do this show that didn't exist when I was a kid," he says. Hall's memoir is Arsenio.
  • Medical supplies are stuck in Dubai, as clinics around the world face shortages
    The war in Iran has slowed down international shipping, much of which contains medical and humanitarian goods destined for Asia and Africa.
  • Trump reiterates threats to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges
    The president has had mixed messages about how and when the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran will end.
  • Over-the-counter medication abortion? These researchers say it would be safe
    A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that possibility may not happen anytime soon.
  • Supreme Court clears the way for Bannon contempt case to be dismissed
    Bannon spent four months in prison after defying a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
  • Trump threatens Iran's power plants, bridges. And, Artemis II readies for lunar flyby
    Trump threatened to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz. And, NASA's Artemis II crew prepares to make its closest approach to the moon.
  • Iran rejects a U.S. ceasefire plan as Trump again threatens to bomb its infrastructure
    Iran's top officials pushed back against a U.S. ceasefire plan and President Trump's deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz, striking a defiant tone as the warring sides traded missile attacks.
  • She paid into Medicare for years. Trump's immigration policy will end her coverage
    A provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make Rosa María Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible. Her once secure retirement is in question.
  • Shingles can hit younger than you think. The vaccine can prevent the painful illness
    A reactivation of the virus that causes chickenpox, the illness can be miserable. Here's what to know about early warning signs, long-term symptoms and some surprising news about the vaccine.


rss: bbc

  • Wireless Festival boss defends Kanye West booking and asks people to forgive rapper
    Its managing director calls the rapper's past comments "abhorrent" but asks people to "offer some forgiveness".
  • Don't put off treatment during doctors' strike, NHS tells patients
    The strike comes at the end of the bank holiday weekend and NHS managers fear demand could be "challenging".
  • 'Really feeling the love' - Savannah Guthrie returns to NBC as search for mother goes on
    Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in what authorities believe was an abduction.
  • Illegal rave shut down as police face 'violent and hostile' crowd
    Dorset Police said the event drew about 2,000 people and more than 100 vehicles.
  • Warmest weather of the year expected with 24C this week
    The warmest weather of the year is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday as temperatures rise above average, as Simon King explains
  • Benefits and pensions rise as two-child cap ends
    Families on some benefits with three or more children will get an average rise of £4,100 a year.
  • Trump endorses ex-UK political aide Steve Hilton for California governor
    Steve Hilton, who advised the former prime minster and hosted a Fox News show, is running as a Republican.
  • Schools in knife crime hotspots to get specialist training
    A new partnership will provide training for school leaders about knife-crime risk, the government says.
  • Ban for teacher who told pupils about drunken night
    Natasha Blackmore, 36, met students outside of school and told them of relationships and drunken nights.
  • Tories urge Waitrose to reinstate worker sacked 'after tackling shoplifter'
    The Waitrose employee says he was dismissed from his job after 17 years for trying to stop a theft of Easter eggs.


rss: the register

  • AMD's AI director slams Claude Code for becoming dumber and lazier since last update

    'Claude cannot be trusted to perform complex engineering tasks' according to GitHub ticket

    If you've noticed Claude Code's performance degrading to the point where you find you don't trust it to handle complicated tasks anymore, you're not alone.…

  • Anthropic closes door on subscription use of OpenClaw

    The company is having trouble meeting user demand

    OpenClaw is popular, but not with the people responsible for keeping Anthropic’s services online. The company has disallowed subscription-based pricing for users who use the open-source agentic tool with Claude to try to keep things moving.…

  • Attackers exploited this critical FortiClient EMS bug as a 0-day

    CISA added the flaw to KEV after Fortinet confirmed exploitation in the wild

    Fortinet released an emergency patch over the weekend for a critical FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) bug believed to be under attack since at least March 31.…

  • Patch to end i486 support hits Linux kernel merge queue

    After a year of patchwork, maintainers look ready to start retiring 486-class CPUs

    It's taken nearly a full version number to get the pieces in order, but the long-awaited end of 486 chip support in the Linux kernel appears to be nigh with Linux 7.1's release later this year. …

  • Windows asks a networking question on a Stratford billboard

    Glue and paper wouldn't have cared about discoverability

    Bork!Bork!Bork! Today's entry in the pantheon of public whoopsies is not so much Windows falling over as someone sticking a network connection where it possibly doesn't belong.…

  • The developer who came in from the cold and melted a mainframe

    It's not just machines that need proper HVAC

    Who, Me? The world is rapidly becoming a more uncertain place, but The Register tries to offer readers one small point of certainty by always delivering a fresh Monday morning instalment of "Who, Me?" – the reader-contributed column in which you admit to your errors and elucidate your escapes.…

  • Anthropic sure has a mess on its hands thanks to that Claude Code source leak

    Pay no attention to that code behind the curtain, says Anthropic as it scrambles to defend its IPO

    Kettle When it comes to circling up for this week's Kettle, what is there to discuss but Anthropic's accidental release of Claude Code's source code?…

  • Researchers didn’t want to glamorize cybercrims. So they roasted them

    True-crime tales of criminals making fools of themselves

    interview Cybercrime crews have become almost mystical entities, with security vendors assigning them names like Wizard Spider and Velvet Tempest.…

  • If an AI agent screws up while running your business, there's nobody to sue

    Vendors tout the potential, but responsibility remains unclear

    "You can't blame it on the box," says the boss of a UK financial regulator. What about the people who sold you the box? Good luck with that, says a global tech analyst.…

  • How Nvidia learned to embrace the light in its quest for scale

    The GPU king's move to optical scale-up was inevitable

    If you thought Nvidia's GB200 rack systems were big, CEO Jensen Huang is just getting started. At GTC last month, the world's most valuable company revealed plans to use photonic interconnects to pack more than a thousand GPUs into a single mammoth system by 2028.…



rss: ars technica

  • NASA's Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?
    Lori Glaze: "We have seen real commitment to try and do that... from both Blue and from SpaceX."
  • Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing
    LG almost released a rollable smartphone in 2021, and this is what it looked like inside.
  • Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices
    The market for new cars has slumped as Americans look for deals on used EVs.
  • Why will today's lunar flyby only beam back low-resolution video?
    "Don't expect hi-res video."
  • What Memento reveals about human nature, 25 years later
    Director Christopher Nolan's breakout film explores themes of the nature of memory and personal identity.
  • CBP facility codes sure seem to have leaked via online flashcards
    Quizlet flashcards seem to include sensitive information about gate security at CBP locations.
  • Artemis II is going so well that all we're left to talk about is frozen urine
    "I think the fixation on the toilet is kind of human nature."
  • Tech companies are trying to neuter Colorado’s landmark right-to-repair law
    A state bill is a glimpse of how corporations are limiting people's ability to make their own fixes and upgrades.
  • Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon
    Congress will likely reject the White House's NASA cuts, just as it did last year.
  • Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability
    Ice Age hunter-gatherers "were intentionally relying on random outcomes in repeatable, rule-based ways."


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