rss: npr

  • 4 surprising things to know about abortion in America since Dobbs
    A confusing patchwork of state laws began to take shape hours after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Here's where things stand now on the abortion issue.
  • 'They can kill you': Immigrants fear a surge in xenophobic violence in South Africa
    Foreign-owned businesses have been attacked, migrants driven from their homes, and several killed. A leading xenophobic group has given all undocumented immigrants until June 30 to leave the country.
  • How to find middle ground when your partner wants kids — and you don't
    Psychotherapist Merle Bombardieri has been helping couples with this conundrum for decades. She shares four exercises to bring clarity to the situation — and find a solution that minimizes regret.
  • Long before the World Cup, Ukrainian immigrants built a soccer powerhouse in Philly
    World Cup games are underway in Philadelphia. Long before Americans caught the world's soccer craze, Ukrainian migrants made Philly a soccer town. Today, the sport helps sustain their culture.
  • Trump keeps sabotaging legislation over a voting bill. Here's what's in it
    President Trump blew up what could have been a win for his party — and he did it to force lawmakers to pass an elections overhaul bill that has been all but doomed in the Senate.
  • Norman Rockwell art that ignited a lawsuit and a love story is now on public view
    So You Want to See The President! depicts a procession of visitors waiting to see Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The original 1943 Rockwell suite of illustrations goes on public view Thursday in D.C.
  • Eager for a break, farmers don't expect much relief after the Iran peace deal
    Fertilizer prices have gone down with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the prospect of a U.S.-Iran peace deal. But struggling American farmers won't likely see any relief for months.
  • Morning news brief
    At least 32 killed and 700 injured after two earthquakes hit Venezuela, Trump and Senate GOP face off in tense meeting, a top general is expected to retire, joining a number of Pentagon shakeups.
  • With a Round of 32 spot already clinched, the U.S. takes on Turkey in the World Cup
    Two U.S. wins and two Turkey losses already on the books mean the Americans have won this World Cup group no matter the outcome of Thursday's game. Still, the Americans say they're playing to win.
  • At least 32 killed, 700 injured in 2 major earthquakes in Venezuela, says acting president
    A 7.2-magnitude earthquake and a 7.5-magnitude were less than a minute apart, said the U.S. Geological Survey. The second earthquake was the largest to hit the country since 1900.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Moment earthquakes hit airport and buildings in Caracas
    Video filmed by BBC reporters, contributors and locals shows the aftermath, as frantic residents evacuate.
  • How to cope in a heatwave - according to you
    From what to wear to getting a restful night's sleep, you share your tips for beating the heat.
  • Bodies found in 'advanced deterioration' at under-fire trust
    An inspection of NUH mortuaries found 10 shortfalls, the Human Tissue Authority said.
  • Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban
    The government says a new Bill will protect LGBT people from "abusive acts" to change who they are.
  • Reeves backs Burnham to become next prime minister
    The chancellor throws her support behind the MP for Makerfield despite reports he could demote her if he becomes PM.
  • Trump describes Burnham as 'the mayor of a town' and 'extremely liberal'
    Donald Trump gives his first public reaction to the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister.
  • Council sorry for parking fines after train crash
    Stranded passengers find fixed penalty notices on their cars at Bedford railway station.
  • Trump asks Congress for billions for Iran war, after tension with Republicans
    But the budget faces an uphill battle as the president spars with some members of his own party over the issue.
  • Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime
    New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.
  • 'I thought I was going to die' - Venezuelans describe earthquake panic
    Buildings were flattened in the capital Caracas, where voices have been heard calling from the rubble.


rss: the register

  • Digital ID brain trust will meet behind closed doors as minister ducks cost questions
    Minutes will not be published, and MPs still have no answer on the group's budget or how its members were chosen
  • Salyut 5 at 50: The Soviet space station that sickened one crew and nearly drowned another
    The last inhabited Almaz outpost was short-lived, secretive, and remarkably accident-prone
  • The CPU's growing role in agentic AI infrastructure
    PARTNER CONTENT: As agentic AI systems scale across cloud and datacenter environments, CPUs remain the control plane coordinating performance and efficiency.
  • UK school’s network left wide open for invasion, student found
    And the admin password was right in the Active Directory description field
  • Infosys boss says vibe coding is no threat because there’s more to writing software than writing software
    Despite warnings of revenue deflation, chairman predicts AI will make more work, not less, for services orgs
  • Nation-state actors cracked critical Australian infrastructure to ‘cripple it at a time of their choosing’
    To defuse another attack, Oz spies called foreign counterparts to tell them an op was a bust
  • Micron locks in historically high memory prices for five years
    Big buyers agree to deals that will deliver historically enormous margins and profits
  • Companies are not looking before they're leaping into the AI playpen
    93% of organizations report infrastructure incidents attributable to AI
  • The hits keep on coming for Cisco vulnerabilities
    CVE-2026-20230 under exploitation, while an earlier SD-WAN 0-day looks even worse than we thought
  • Qualcomm claims it's not too late for Dragonfly to land in datacenters
    Oh, Snap(dragon): DC chief says the mobile-chip giant sees bit barns as its next growth market


rss: ars technica

  • Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games
    GTA6 might be an outlier, though—at least for now.
  • OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
    The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.
  • 13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.
    "Contract values for these efforts ballooned from nearly $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion."
  • US ends hantavirus outbreak response with no answers on draconian quarantines
    We still don't know why RFK Jr. overruled CDC expert to order strict quarantines.
  • One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime "assembly line"
    "Operation Endgame" simultaneously disrupts two widely used crime tools.
  • Underpromise, overdeliver? Hands-on with the $24,950 Slate auto.
    It has 205 miles of bare-bones range.
  • Disney agreed to $50M settlement over claims it made live-TV streaming expensive
    Lawsuit alleged Disney inflated market prices by making carriers include ESPN.
  • Experimental wine bottle tracks oxygen moving through the cork
    The small bit of air in the bottle sees oxygen and other chemicals move in and out.
  • FCC plans ID mandate that could block anonymous use of prepaid burner phones
    Privacy advocates and domestic violence groups say ID mandate is a big mistake.
  • Formula E reveals first calendar for GEN4 with lots of real race tracks
    Brands Hatch, COTA, and Zandvoort will all hold an e-Prix in 2027.


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