PBS News Hour West live episode, May 27, 2025
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1189: Russia occupies four border villages in Sumy Oblast
Exclusives Russians bullied and threatened Ukraine in Istanbul — but Putin banned his men from one move. Russia came to Istanbul armed with a script of threats. But Ukrainian delegate Kyslytsya now reveals there was one thing they absolutely couldn’t do. Yes, Tucker, Christians are really killed in Ukraine —Continue Reading
UK intel: Wagner-linked Russian general Surovikin resurfaces in first public role since 2023
Sergey Surovikin, former Commander of the Russian Group of Forces in Ukraine, has appeared publicly for the first time since 2023, reportedly taking up a new role as “head of a group of Russian military specialists” at the Russian Embassy in Algeria. According to the British Ministry of Defence’s DefenceContinue Reading
Operators Of Another ‘Spoiler Website’ Arrested In Japan
Here we go again. Late last year we talked about how revisions Japan made to copyright law within the country, predominantly as a gift to the manga and anime industries, was resulting in some absurd arrests. Specifically, the law was amended to pull copyright issues from the civil realm andContinue Reading
Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN
As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, education and employment.Continue Reading
UN aims to transform urgency into action at Nice Ocean Conference
Countries are uniting in the French city of Nice next month to save the marine environment. Continue Reading
A Seabird Chick With 778 Pieces of Plastic in Its Body Shows How Bad Marine Pollution Has Gotten
A new analysis found that ingesting plastic can disrupt proteins that facilitate key functions in seabirds—the latest in a series of unsettling discoveries about marine plastic pollution. By Kiley Price For a seabird, it can be tough to tell the difference between a squid snack and a piece of plasticContinue Reading
Installing VS Code on Arch Linux Takes Some Thinking
There are two main choices for getting VS Code on Arch Linux: Install Code – OSS from Arch repositories Install Microsoft’s VS Code from AUR I know. It’s confusing. Let me clear the air for you. VS Code is an open source project but the binaries Microsoft distributes are notContinue Reading
Providing second lives for fleet EV batteries
Zenobe’s stationary storage business complements its turnkey EV offering for fleets. One compelling reason for fleets to use a third-party expert to manage their electrification projects is to avoid the massive capital investment and the financial risks it entails. One of the financial risks of going electric: After a fewContinue Reading
Vibracoustic develops air springs for premium electric pickup truck
Germany-based Vibracoustic, which specializes in providing systems to reduce automotive noise, vibration and harshness (NVH), has engineered components to enhance the driving comfort and experience of a premium electric pickup truck. The company has developed air springs as well as integrated jounce bumpers and top-mount isolator elements to limit discomfortContinue Reading
ASUS to chase business PC market with free AI, or no AI – because nobody knows what to do with it
Really strong USB ports make a difference too by reducing the need for motherboard replacements Computex Analysts rate Taiwan’s ASUS the world’s fifth most prolific PC-maker, but the company wants to climb the charts by targeting business buyers, according to Shawn Chang, Head of Go-To-Market for the outfit’s Commercial BusinessContinue Reading
Arc put on ice as The Browser Company bets big on AI-powered Dia
No more features for the design darling – now it’s all about chatting with your tabs like they’re sentient AI is rapidly reshaping how we use the web, or so The Browser Company founder Josh Miller argues. That belief helped drive his team’s decision to stop building new features forContinue Reading
France’s National Assembly adopts long-debated bill legalizing end-of-life options
France’s lower house of parliament has adopted a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication, Read MoreContinue Reading