rss: npr

  • Michigan muscles its way to program's 2nd NCAA basketball title, beating UConn
    High-scoring Michigan had to get down and dirty to dig out the national title Monday, making only two 3-pointers all night but still muscling its way to a 69-63 victory over stingy, stubborn UConn.
  • 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.
  • Gas prices are high. What can you do about it?
    With gasoline prices averaging above $4 a gallon nationally, drivers are grappling with a sharp rise in fuel costs. How can you get the most out of every fill-up?
  • 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.


rss: bbc

  • Watch: Artemis II mission loses contact with Earth for 40 minutes
    Once contact was regained, astronaut Christina Koch said: "It is so great to hear from Earth again."
  • Clock ticks on Trump's Iran ultimatum with little sign of breakthrough
    The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz tick down.
  • Disruption expected as six-day doctors' strike begins
    The NHS is advising patients in England to only use emergency services when necessary but attend any confirmed appointments.
  • Australia's most-decorated living soldier arrested over alleged war crimes
    Ben Roberts-Smith, who denies all wrongdoing, previously lost a landmark defamation case over the alleged murders.
  • JD Vance due in Hungary to back Orban's re-election bid
    The US vice-president's visit is the latest show of White House support for the Hungarian leader.
  • 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
  • Call for parents to teach online privacy like road safety
    Three in four parents fear their child cannot make safe choices about personal data online, the data watchdog finds.
  • 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.
  • 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".
  • 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.


rss: the register

  • Yahoo! Japan’s owner consolidating 164 OpenStack clusters into one

    Customizations are causing pain so new cloud will stick to upstream cuts of the open source stack

    LY Corporation, the Japanese web giant that dominates messaging, e-commerce and payments in many Asian countries, has revealed it is replacing a heavily-customized OpenStack cloud with a more conventional cut of the open source cloud stack – and making massive consolidations along the way.…

  • Anthropic reveals $30bn run rate and plans to use 3.5GW of new Google AI chips

    Broadcom's building the silicon and is chuffed about that, but also notes Anthropic remains a risk

    Broadcom has announced that Google has asked it to build next-generation AI and datacenter networking chips, and that Anthropic plans to consume 3.5GW worth of the accelerators it delivers to the ads and search giant.…

  • AI agents found vulns in this popular Linux and Unix print server

    CUPS server shown spilling out remote code execution and root access

    In the latest chapter on leaky CUPS, a security researcher and his band of bug-hunting agents have found two flaws that can be chained to allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code and achieve root file overwrite on the network.…

  • AI slop got better, so now maintainers have more work

    Once AI bug reports become plausible, someone still has to verify them

    If AI does more of the work but humans still have to check it, you need more reviewers. Now that AI models have gotten better at writing and evaluating code, open-source projects find themselves overwhelmed with the too-good-to-ignore output.…

  • 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.…



rss: ars technica

  • After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel
    The charter renewal gives Kennedy broad authority to pick anyone for the panel.
  • From folding boxes to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability
    New model can respond to disruptions and figure out moves it wasn't trained for.
  • Sports bets on prediction markets ruled to be "swaps," exempt from state laws
    Court rules US preempts states from applying gambling laws to prediction markets.
  • Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science
    Congress rejected huge cuts to science in 2026, but Trump is trying again.
  • “The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders don’t trust CEO
    OpenAI brainstorms ways AI can benefit humanity in effort to counter bad vibes.
  • 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.


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