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Retro Rewind re-creates the glorious drudgery of working a '90s video store
13 April 2026 @ 9:58 pm
What the nostalgic throwback lacks in complexity it makes up for in repetitive charm.
Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US
13 April 2026 @ 9:32 pm
In the 2024-2025 school year, only 78.5% of kindergartners had measles vaccination.
Google shoehorned Rust into Pixel 10 modem to make legacy code safer
13 April 2026 @ 9:12 pm
Cellular modems are complex black boxes of legacy code, but Google is making them safer with Rust.
NZXT agrees to let customers keep their rental PCs in class-action settlement
13 April 2026 @ 8:55 pm
NZXT will forgive up to $5,000 in debt for customers of the Flex program.
Your tech support company runs scams. Stop—or disguise with more fraud?
13 April 2026 @ 7:58 pm
Fake it till you make it.
Sunrise on the Reaping teaser brings us a Second Quarter Quell
13 April 2026 @ 6:15 pm
"You have no idea what's in store for you. Twice the number of tributes, twice the glory."
IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty
13 April 2026 @ 5:53 pm
IBM is first firm to pay penalty under Trump's "Civil Rights Fraud Initiative."
Slate Auto raises $650 million as production gets closer and closer
13 April 2026 @ 2:35 pm
The Slate Truck will start in the "mid-$20,000s" when it goes on sale in late 2026.
Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees
13 April 2026 @ 1:52 pm
The Meta chief is personally involved in training and testing his animated AI.
To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain
13 April 2026 @ 11:00 am
LLM use is the most demoralizing problem I’ve faced as a college instructor.