rss: npr

  • Why there's a debate over the new quarantine center for Americans at risk of Ebola
    Opinions are divided about the new facility in Kenya. The U.S. defends it. Kenyans are protesting it. Doctors who were on the ground in the 2014 Ebola outbreak voice criticism as well.
  • NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
    The crew of four — NASA astronaut and commander Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency pilot Luca Parmitano, NASA mission specialists Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas — are scheduled to launch next year.
  • To find the World Cup's Cinderellas, we have to start with the group stage
    Uzbekistan, Jordan, Cape Verde and Curacao are making their World Cup debut. Meanwhile, Scotland, South Africa, Canada, and New Zealand (just to name a few) have never made it past the group stage.
  • Trump confirms Iran shot down helicopter, says U.S. 'must' respond
    Trump also confirmed the two pilots were unharmed and safe.
  • Big tobacco hooked us on ultra-processed foods. It might teach us how to cut back
    Research published in the American Journal of Public Health details the connection between ultra-processed foods and the tobacco industry when it comes to production, strategy and marketing.
  • Social Security funds could run short by 2032, program's Trustees warn
    A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that.
  • Are we ready for the World Cup, the NBA Finals and Trump's UFC match, all in one week?
    The biggest World Cup ever starts this week. Laura Williamson, editor in chief of The Athletic, describes how sky-high prices, travel restrictions, politics and the Ebola outbreak are impacting fans.
  • 4 states head to the polls. And, global conflicts are on the rise, new report says
    Voters in four states head to the polls today for their primaries. Here are the races to watch. And, global conflicts are at their highest level since World War II, data shows.
  • The Supreme Court is in its final stretch this term. Here are the major cases left
    The Supreme Court is heading into its crunch time, the part of the year when the justices are racing to finish decisions and dissents in the cases that remain undecided. Here's what's left.
  • GLP-1s appear to protect against cancer. Researchers are trying to figure out how
    Recent studies suggest the weight loss and diabetes drugs may prevent cancer and slow its progression. While weight loss is known to curb cancer risks, GLP-1s may act on other brain and metabolic pathways to prevent cancer.


rss: bbc

  • 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.
  • Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter and vows to respond
    Two crew members of the Apache helicopter that crashed following the attack were rescued by an American sea drone.
  • Bowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East - now they risk a permacrisis
    The US and Israeli leaders have lost control of the consequences after miscalculating the Iran war.
  • Men jailed for violence at Henry Nowak police protest
    Disorder broke out in Southampton close to where the 18-year-old student was murdered.
  • Two reportedly killed as women take part in rare protest in Afghanistan
    The demonstration, in the western city of Herat, was broken up after police are alleged to have opened fire.
  • Nasa names next astronauts for Artemis Moon programme
    Nasa names its next Artemis crew, though they will not be walking on the Moon or even going anywhere near it.
  • Fifa working to resolve revoked Iran tickets
    Fifa has said it is working to "maximise opportunities for Iranian supporters to attend matches" after the country's World Cup group-stage ticket allocation was revoked just days before the tournament.
  • 'Please send help': Crew's distress call after ship hit by US missile
    The crew of a sanctioned oil tanker were rescued off Oman after it was struck by a missile fired from a US fighter jet.
  • Iranian group could be labelled national threat under proposed new law
    The government is introducing the National Security (State Threats) Bill which could become law within weeks.
  • Farage says Reform has contacted X 'to highest level' over fake AI ads
    The fake ads feature the governor of the Bank of England - the Bank has urged people to report them.


rss: the register

  • 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
  • LibreOffice brands Euro-Office a 'de facto ally' of Microsoft's lock-in strategy
    The Document Foundation accuses newly launched Euro-Office of undermining digital sovereignty by defaulting to Microsoft's OOXML document format
  • Devs know AI code is riddled with holes, but ship it anyway
    Pressure to deploy wins out over security as four in five orgs confess to breaches from vulnerable apps
  • Signal says UK plan to scan devices for nude images 'endangers us all'
    Encrypted messaging app warns device-level checks could be repurposed for censorship
  • Chrome's zero-day Whac-A-Mole continues with fifth exploited bug of the year
    Google paid researcher a tidy $55K bounty for its discovery
  • France probes compromise of gov messaging platform after account hijack
    Authorities say the breach only exposed public chat rooms, but alleged attacker claims to have accessed far more data
  • Kyndryl showers execs with shares while staff ponder redundancy packages
    IBM spin-off's top brass bag six-figure stock awards


rss: ars technica

  • Netflix trying to "poison regulators" about WBD merger, Paramount lawyer claims
    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.
  • Drone boat picked up downed US Army helicopter pilots—a first for sea rescues
    US Navy’s Task Force 59 achieved the drone rescue at sea near Strait of Hormuz.
  • High-severity vulnerability in Linux caused by a single faulty character
    Use-after-free bug can be exploited to evade sandbox defenses.
  • Gold isn’t inert, it just has bodyguards protecting it
    Individual gold atoms move around to form oxidation-proof structures.
  • Here's Audi's next Q7 SUV and US-only SQ7, now with an RS V8
    At night, the car projects its turn signals onto the road to alert other road users.


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