Google will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking in June
So you thought you’d just read that webpage and then go back to the previous page? A bold assumption. All too often, clicking the back button in your browser doesn’t actually take …
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IONNA Rechargeries are coming to more than 350 Circle K stations
Today, the IONNA charging network announced that it’s partnering with Circle K to bring its “Rechargery” experience to more than 350 Circle K locations in the US. IONNA will start with 85 …
Retro Rewind re-creates the glorious drudgery of working a '90s video store
As the days go on, you’ll slowly unlock minor variations in this seemingly inexorable cycle. A new video release day, for instance, might mean moving the old copies of “Forward to the …
Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US
A person with measles passed through the busiest airport in Idaho, shedding one of the world’s most infectious viruses in the state with the country’s lowest measles vaccination rate. Health officials are …
Google shoehorned Rust into Pixel 10 modem to make legacy code safer
Modern smartphone operating systems have myriad systems in place to improve security, but none of that helps when attackers target the modem. Google’s Project Zero team has shown it’s possible to get …
NZXT agrees to let customers keep their rental PCs in class-action settlement
PC hardware company NZXT and its billing partner, Fragile, have agreed to a $3,450,000 settlement in response to a class-action complaint regarding NZXT’s Flex PC rental program. NZXT announced Flex in August …
Your tech support company runs scams. Stop—or disguise with more fraud?
Michael Cotter had a problem: “Chargebacks” at his tech support company were too high. The reason for this was not hard to find; people at his company, Tech Live Connect, were scamming …
New Era of Development in Naxal-Free Bastar with ₹308 Crore Projects in Sukma
*Development Echoes in Naxal-Free Bastar: Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai dedicates and lays foundation stone of Rs. 308 crore projects in Sukma* Raipur, April 13, 2026/ In a significant milestone in …
Sunrise on the Reaping teaser brings us a Second Quarter Quell
Joseph Zada stars as young Haymitch, who is selected as one of the tributes for the 50th Hunger Games, aka the Second Quarter Quell. Each district is required to send twice as …
IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty
IBM agreed to pay $17 million to the US government to resolve the Trump administration’s claim that the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies discriminated against employees and job-seekers. The Department …
Sukma’s Shift from Conflict to Development Gains Momentum Under State Policy
*From insurgency to a new beginning: Government scripting a development story through rehabilitation in Sukma* *Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai reviews rehabilitation centre, holds heartfelt interaction with rehabilitated individuals* *Distribution of …
‘भटके कदमों को नई राह’—सुकमा में पुनर्वास नीति से बदल रही जिंदगी
*भटके कदमों को नई दिशा: सुकमा में पुनर्वास से विकास की कहानी लिख रही है सरकार* *मुख्यमंत्री श्री विष्णु देव साय ने पुनर्वास केंद्र का किया अवलोकन, पुनर्वासितों से किया आत्मीय संवाद* …
Slate Auto raises $650 million as production gets closer and closer
The electric pickup startup Slate Auto started the week well. This morning, it announced it has raised $650 million in its latest funding round. Slate is a refreshing outlier among the aspiring …
Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees
Meta is building an artificial intelligence version of Mark Zuckerberg that can engage with employees in his stead, as part of a broader push to remake the Big Tech company around AI. …
To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain
Not only does this soul-crushing work consume a shockingly large percentage of my time, but it leaves me with the disturbing thought that even my engaged students might not be what they …
Shock from Iran war has Trump's vision for US energy dominance flailing
“The only way to do what the president said in his speech, which is to be completely independent and have this not matter to us at all, is to just dramatically reduce …
AI models are terrible at betting on soccer—especially xAI Grok
AI models from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic lost money betting on soccer matches over a Premier League season, in a new study suggesting even the most advanced systems struggle to analyze the …
The Artemis II mission has ended. Where does NASA go from here?
The Artemis era well and truly began Friday evening when a shiny spacecraft that had traveled 700,000 miles around the Moon, carrying four astronauts, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the …
Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon
Slamming into the atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound, NASA’s Orion spacecraft blazed a trail over the Pacific Ocean on Friday, returning home with four astronauts and safely …
Californians sue over AI tool that records doctor visits
Several Californians sued Sutter Health and MemorialCare this week over allegations that an AI transcription tool was used to record them without their consent, in violation of state and federal law. The …