rss: npr

  • 'Movement never lies': 100 years of the Martha Graham Dance Company
    Graham was a creative force in the performing arts. She wanted dance to express authentic, human emotions — a revolutionary idea in the late 1920s.
  • The SAVE Act faces long odds in the Senate. GOP-led states are picking up the cause
    Several Republican-led states are passing their own versions of the SAVE America Act, Trump-backed legislation that would introduce new proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote.
  • Fear, defiance, and anger: Iranians describe life under bombardment
    In messages to NPR, Tehran residents describe largely deserted streets roamed by paramilitary officials and vigilantes. They say security forces are banning gatherings for Nowruz, the Persian new year, this week.
  • As Pakistan and Afghanistan declare truce, civilians in Kabul count the cost of war
    At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The U.N. says over a hundred people were killed.
  • Israel and Iran attack gas facilities. And, Cesar Chavez accused of sexual abuse, rape
    Attacks on gas facilities by Israel and Iran have escalated the war and impacted global markets. And, renowned union leader and labor rights advocate Cesar Chavez is accused of sexual abuse and rape.
  • Japan's prime minister visits the White House under shadow of Iran war
    Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be the first U.S. ally to visit the White House since President Trump asked for help in sending ships to patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
  • New autism group meets to counter MAHA's 'ideological agenda'
    Autism experts plan to convene in Washington Thursday to propose a research agenda at odds with the one endorsed by the Trump Administration.

  • Cursive is back. But should students be learning the skill?
    A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an effective learning tool or just nostalgia?
  • This tax season, there's a new deduction for interest on car loans
    Taxpayers who purchased a new vehicle in 2025 may qualify for a new deduction on their taxes — even if they're not itemizing. But not everyone is eligible.
  • Kick your tiredness with these 7 natural energy boosters
    A full calendar doesn't mean you have to feel exhausted all the time. Experts share natural ways to boost energy and beat the constant battle of tiredness.


rss: bbc

  • Faisal Islam: Iran war is having a dramatic effect on the UK economy
    The knock-on effects of the war in the Gulf go beyond a hold on interest rates and are set to reverberate for months.
  • Are US and Israel aligned on Iran war? Deciphering Trump's post after gas field attacks
    What does Trump's Truth Social post after gas field attacks tell us about US-Israeli alignment?
  • King opens world's longest coastal path around England
    The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.
  • Stay at home advice questioned and rules too tough - key findings from Covid report
    An NHS close to collapse, patients failed and NHS staff put at risk - what you need to know.
  • US messageboard 4Chan mocks £520,000 fine for UK online safety breaches
    The fine includes £450,000 for lack of age checks to prevent children from seeing pornography.
  • Parents jailed after letting 'skeletal' five-stone daughter die
    Steffie Davies was found dead and in an "almost skeletal" state by paramedics who were called to her home.
  • Former counter-terrorism head investigated by FBI over alleged leaks
    The former counter-terrorism head resigned on Tuesday over the war with Iran, saying the country posed "no imminent threat" to the US.
  • Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content
    Meta wants creators to "rediscover" Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.
  • Wimbledon's plan to triple size of grounds gets boost in High Court ruling
    Campaign group Save Wimbledon Park had argued a statutory trust prevented the development from going ahead.
  • 'Designer' dog owners report more problem behaviours, vets warn
    The Royal Veterinary College says popular "doodle" dogs do not always behave as expected.


rss: the register

  • GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center

    Most Ubuntu desktop users will be looking at this until at least 2028

    GNOME 50 is here, codenamed Tokyo after the location of the GNOME Asia Summit 2025, and the biggest change is in fact more or less invisible, unless you look for an options button on the login screen.…

  • FBI director leaves open the possibility that it's buying location data again

    Kash Patel says the FBI uses all the tools it has to accomplish its mission - even if those tools are questionable

    It's been three years since an FBI director admitted to purchasing the location data of Americans, potentially in violation of the Constitution. Here we go again.…

  • Lock down Microsoft Intune, feds warn after Stryker attack

    Iran-linked attackers wiped employees' devices using Intune

    The US government has urged companies to better secure Microsoft Intune, an endpoint management tool that was abused in last week's cyberattack against med-tech firm Stryker.…

  • PwC will say goodbye to staff who aren't convinced about AI

    Professional services giant did not read its own report on lackluster benefits

    You'll use AI and like it too - if you work for PwC. Paul Griggs, US chief executive of the global professional services giant, has made clear there is no room at the corporation for AI skeptics.…

  • UK blinks on AI copyright carve-out after star-studded revolt

    Creative pressure forces rethink as officials step back from default data use

    The UK government has backed off plans to allow AI companies to access copyrighted material for free for training purposes by default.…

  • Google says it will let UK publishers opt out of AI overviews

    One search engine switch to rule them all in Google's response to UK competition watchdog

    The UK's competition watchdog has published responses to its consultation over Google's strategic market status (SMS) covering search and search advertising services - and the tech biz is offering some concessions.…

  • Fixing Claude with Claude: Anthropic reports on AI site reliability engineering

    It's still a job for humans, even though bots can search logs at the speed of I/O

    QCon London A member of Anthropic's AI reliability engineering team spoke at QCon London on why Claude excels at finding issues but still makes a poor substitute for a site reliability engineer (SRE), constantly mistaking correlation with causation.…

  • Hide and sleek: Latest Vivaldi release can tuck its UI away until summoned

    New toggle strips away browser chrome if you want

    Browser maker Vivaldi has opened up a new front in the browser wars by making itself disappear.…

  • Competition watchdog cracks knuckles, probes legality of Adobe cancellation fee

    Annual billed sub scrubbed after 14 days? Expect to pay 50% of yearly price

    Britain’s competition watchdog is opening an investigation into Adobe’s early cancellation fees on membership plans to ascertain if it breaks consumer law.…

  • Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing unsuspecting users

    Perks fall short as third-party AI models rack up costs with minimal notification

    Complaints about Microsoft's startup credits and Azure AI Foundry keep mounting, with users reporting surprise credit card charges and invoices they never saw coming.…



rss: ars technica

  • After 25 years, Valve reworks Counter-Strike's reload system
    Full-magazine reloads throw out muscle memory in favor of "higher stakes" decisions.
  • Study pinpoints when bow and arrow came to North America
    Radiocarbon results suggest a single origin and rapid diffusion through cultural transition networks.
  • TCL’s German QLED ban puts pressure on TV brands to be more honest about QDs
    "This is a serious warning shot."
  • Kagi Translate's AI answers the question "What would horny Margaret Thatcher say?"
    Remember when it was fun to play around with LLMs?
  • Musk’s tactic of blaming users for Grok sex images may be foiled by EU law
    Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less "spicy."
  • Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running
    Department of Energy's attempts to prop up coal can look pretty pointless.
  • Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar
    Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant.
  • Cloudflare appeals Piracy Shield fine, hopes to kill Italy's site-blocking law
    Firm says requiring site blocks within 30 minutes breaks core Internet architecture.
  • A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid
    Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station.
  • Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway
    One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security.


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