rss: npr

  • How Silicon Valley's new tech right has profited by aligning with MAGA
    Atlantic writer George Packer discusses how tech venture capitalists, who are heavily invested in AI and cryptocurrency, aligned with Trump and influenced policies related to their own investments.
  • Greetings from a sea village in Indonesia, where Indigenous fishing gets help from mangroves
    As a water taxi rounded a corner at sunset, the village of Torosiaje came into view, with its colorful stilted houses perched over the Molucca Sea.
  • Brash CNN founder Ted Turner dies
    Turner had a larger-than-life personality, and used it to launch the country's first 24/7 all-news network.
  • Have you lost or are worried about losing SNAP benefits? NPR wants to hear your story
    NPR wants to hear from people impacted by changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
  • Iran says ships can pass Strait of Hormuz as Trump warns of bombings without a deal
    Iran's Revolutionary Guard said shipping through the Strait of Hormuz could resume, under unspecified procedures, after President Trump paused a U.S. military effort to help vessels transit the strait.
  • Democrats gain midterm edge, NPR poll shows. And, U.S. pauses 'Project Freedom'
    Democrats outpace Republicans in voter enthusiasm for the midterm elections, according to NPR's latest poll. And Trump says "Project Freedom" is paused because of progress toward an Iran agreement.
  • A new Medicare option for weight loss drugs is coming: Here's what to know
    Millions of people with Medicare will soon be eligible to get discounted GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here's how it will work.
  • Poll: Trump blamed for gas prices as Democrats gain midterm edge
    A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds strong support for Democrats this midterm season. It also shows increasing concern about the war in Iran and the economy, particularly the price of gas.
  • Do you say 'wash' or 'warsh?' Here's where the pronunciation comes from
    Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, has dominated headlines for weeks. For some, his surname is a reminder of a disappearing accent in South Midland America.
  • A trip to Europe? In this economy? Expensive flights keep vacations closer to home
    Travel advisers are seeing Americans picking cheaper domestic travel destinations over Europe.


rss: bbc

  • US plan to escort ships through Hormuz paused after just 50 hours - what happened?
    The US president pauses the military operation to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz two days after he announced it.
  • What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Key questions after outbreak
    The Andes strain of the virus has been confirmed in some passengers, which can rarely be passed from person to person.
  • Oil prices drop and stock markets rise after reports of deal to end Iran war
    Reports have raised hopes of an agreement between the US and Iran after days of escalation.
  • Massive Alaska megatsunami was second largest ever recorded
    New research suggests glacier melt driven by climate change is increasing the risk of giant waves.
  • Ted Turner, media mogul who revolutionised TV news by launching CNN, dies at 87
    The media mogul pioneered the modern 24-hour news culture when he launched the Cable News Network in 1980.
  • Political parties make final pitches ahead of key elections
    A final push for votes is under way on the last day of campaigning ahead of elections across England, Scotland and Wales.
  • Airlines cut 13,000 flights in May as jet fuel prices soar
    Airlines have removed nearly two million seats from flights over the month, data from Cirium shows.
  • Up to 150 former WHSmith high street stores to close
    The stores were purchased by Modella Capital last year, and then rebranded under the name TGJones.
  • Strictly Come Dancing: Five pros to leave the show as line-up confirmed
    Five members of the show's professional line-up, including the long-serving Karen Hauer, are leaving.
  • Russia ignores Ukraine's unilateral ceasefire and attacks kindergarten
    Ukraine's president says Russia has "spurned the ceasefire" and Kyiv is deciding on further action to take.


rss: the register

  • AWS lets agents drive its virtual cloudy desktops – which could cost 500,000 tokens per click
    Vendor benchmark finds APIs let you do the job faster and cheaper
  • Bun posts Rust porting guide, says rewrite is still half-baked
    Zig's no-AI policy is at odds with view that most open source code will be AI-written in future
  • Brit mathematician lets AI agent loose with credit card – cue password leaks, CAPTCHA chaos and more
    Professor Fry's AI experiment shows light and dark sides of agentic tech
  • Attackers are cashing in on fresh 'CopyFail' Linux flaw
    Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn’t sit idle for long
  • Anthropic comes for the midmarket software spend
    Backed by private equity and banking giants, it will build custom AI systems for business bottlenecks
  • OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else's money on compute this year
    If the numbers are large enough, perhaps we won't question the math
  • More missions, less money, higher risk: NASA's back to the '90s playbook
    Faster, better, cheaper is back and history suggests you can't get all three at the same time
  • AI layoffs backfire as cutting staff doesn't cut it, firms warned
    Replacing meatbags with failure prone agents isn't the gold mine some CEOs hoped for
  • Ruby inventor Matz working on native compiler with AI help
    Matz gets together with Anthropic's Claude to create an experimental ahead-of-time compiler for Ruby – though with many limitations
  • IBM tried to kill Tab navigation. Microsoft told it Bill Gates' mother wasn't interested
    Big Blue escalated the OS/2 keyboard squabble through seven layers of management. Redmond's answer? Nope


rss: ars technica

  • Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!
    A celebration of the tweaks and customizations that make life easier at the CLI.
  • More than just an SUV? Rivian is working on more R2 variants.
    Without giving much away, CEO RJ Scaringe teased the idea of an R2 pickup and an R2X.
  • OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury
    Elon Musk argued the journals show the moment when OpenAI abandoned its mission.
  • Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean
    Panthalassa aims to test floating AI computing nodes in the Pacific in 2026.
  • Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license
    State says chatbot claimed to practice medicine, gave invalid license number.
  • Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack
    Daemon Tools users: It's time to check your machines for stealthy infections, stat.
  • RFK Jr. plans to curb antidepressants, which he falsely compares to heroin
    Kennedy has made—and continues to make—many false claims about SSRIs.
  • Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls
    Google's smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp.
  • Trump SEC lets Musk settle $150 million Twitter lawsuit for $1.5 million
    SEC alleged Musk's late disclosure cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million.
  • How do you design a $30,000 electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks.
    We tour Ford’s top-secret Electric Vehicle Development Center in California.


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