Websites that hijack your back button must stop by June 15 or face Google's wrath Google says it could penalize back button hijacking by demoting websites in search ranking. https://arstechnica.com/ga…
California Ghost-Gun Bill Wants 3D Printers To Play Cop, EFF Says https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/209219/california-ghost-gun-bill-wants-3d-printers-to-play-cop-eff-says?utm_source=rss1.0…
The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason https://www.theverge.com/tech/911888/netgear-router-ban-conditional-approval
Long languishing API gets love from MozillaFirefox will soon be able to communicate directly with your 3D printer. Thirteen years after the idea was initially proposed, the Web Serial API has landed i…
One CVE under attack, one already disclosed by angry bug hunter, and 163 moreAttackers exploited a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server before Redmond issued a fix as part of April's …
LLM-Assisted Patches For Linux 7.1 May Have Negative Impact On 32-bit Systems Code now merged for the Linux 7.1 kernel may provide some negative performance implications for those still running modern…
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Two-year-old Surface PCs get $300 price hikes as sub-$1,000 models go away "Paying more for the same stuff" is the story of consumer technology in 2026. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/two-yea…
Amazon to merge with Globalstar, become iPhone's primary satellite provider Amazon announces $11.6B merger with Globalstar and satellite deal with Apple. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/am…
Audit Finds Google, Microsoft, and Meta Still Tracking Users After Opt-Out https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/1955224/audit-finds-google-microsoft-and-meta-still-tracking-users-after-opt-out?utm…
One error in every thousand operations is one too manyQuantum computers promise major speedups for problems in materials science, logistics, and financial modeling, but first they need to be made reli…
Dozens of 4K Blu-rays are included in Amazon’s three for $33 sale https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/911806/4k-bluray-movie-three-for-33-amazon-deal-sale
Linus Torvalds Rejects Performance Fix "Hack" & Kconfig "Terrible Things" For Linux 7.1 While a lot of interesting new features and changes have been merged already for the Linux 7.1 merge window, two…
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UK gov's Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hype New model is the first AI system to complete a difficult multi-step infiltration challenge. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/uk-…
Chrome Now Lets You Turn AI Prompts Into Repeatable 'Skills' https://features.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/1734204/chrome-now-lets-you-turn-ai-prompts-into-repeatable-skills?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkan…
With grid hookups slow and turbines scarce, on-site power is starting to look less optionalBloom Energy says it has an expanded remit from Oracle to provide the energy for its US datacenter buildout p…
Prime Video is bundling Apple TV Plus and Peacock for a limited time https://www.theverge.com/streaming/911793/amazon-prime-video-apple-tv-plus-peacock-bundle
Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE https://www.theverge.com/news/911789/eff-google-giving-data-ice-california-new-york
The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/911778/ai-violence-sam-altman-home
Elon Musk grilled by senator over X Money plans https://www.theverge.com/policy/911702/elon-musk-x-money-senator-warren
Thousands of Rare Concert Recordings Are Landing On the Internet Archive https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/1722231/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive?u…
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