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Google will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking in June

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/14/2026 11:48 EDT

Google says it could penalize back button hijacking by demoting websites in search ranking. Read more ›

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IONNA Rechargeries are coming to more than 350 Circle K stations

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 04/14/2026 11:37 EDT

The OEM-backed charging network offers 400 kW NACS and CCS DC fast chargers. Read more ›

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Retro Rewind re-creates the glorious drudgery of working a '90s video store

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 17:58 EDT

What the nostalgic throwback lacks in complexity it makes up for in repetitive charm. Read more ›

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Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 17:32 EDT

In the 2024-2025 school year, only 78.5% of kindergartners had measles vaccination. Read more ›

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Google shoehorned Rust into Pixel 10 modem to make legacy code safer

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 17:12 EDT

Cellular modems are complex black boxes of legacy code, but Google is making them safer with Rust. Read more ›

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NZXT agrees to let customers keep their rental PCs in class-action settlement

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 16:55 EDT

NZXT will forgive up to $5,000 in debt for customers of the Flex program. Read more ›

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Your tech support company runs scams. Stop—or disguise with more fraud?

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 15:58 EDT

Fake it till you make it. Read more ›

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Sunrise on the Reaping teaser brings us a Second Quarter Quell

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 14:15 EDT

"You have no idea what's in store for you. Twice the number of tributes, twice the glory." Read more ›

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IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 13:53 EDT

IBM is first firm to pay penalty under Trump's "Civil Rights Fraud Initiative." Read more ›

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Slate Auto raises $650 million as production gets closer and closer

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 10:35 EDT

The Slate Truck will start in the "mid-$20,000s" when it goes on sale in late 2026. Read more ›

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Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees

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Hannah Murphy, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 09:52 EDT

The Meta chief is personally involved in training and testing his animated AI. Read more ›

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To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain

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Scott K. Johnson @ Ars Technica · 04/13/2026 07:00 EDT

LLM use is the most demoralizing problem I’ve faced as a college instructor. Read more ›

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Shock from Iran war has Trump's vision for US energy dominance flailing

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Marianne Lavalle, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica 1 place · 04/12/2026 07:17 EDT

Record domestic oil and gas production hasn't saved US drivers from price spikes. Read more ›

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AI models are terrible at betting on soccer—especially xAI Grok

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Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times @ Ars Technica 1 place · 04/11/2026 07:15 EDT

Systems from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI struggle with the Premier League. Read more ›

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The Artemis II mission has ended. Where does NASA go from here?

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 04/10/2026 23:24 EDT

"The work ahead is greater than the work behind us." Read more ›

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Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 04/10/2026 21:21 EDT

"I can't imagine a better crew that just completed a perfect mission right now." Read more ›

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Californians sue over AI tool that records doctor visits

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Cyrus Farivar @ Ars Technica · 04/10/2026 17:43 EDT

Plaintiffs say transcription tool processed confidential chats offsite. Read more ›

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F1 moves a step closer to fixing its 2026 hybrid problem

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 04/10/2026 15:07 EDT

Algorithms, not drivers, are deciding how hard to accelerate, and that's no good. Read more ›

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Report: US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/10/2026 14:43 EDT

Trump admin reportedly gets grand jury involved in attempt to identify Redditor. Read more ›

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Microsoft's "commitment to Windows quality" starts with overhaul of beta program

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/10/2026 14:00 EDT

Windows Insider builds remain confusing, but they should be more predictable. Read more ›

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