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Google Workspace starts nudging Firefox users toward Chrome with security warnings
On June 18, 2026, a Google Workspace administrator on a Business Plus plan reported that signing in from Firefox triggered a full-page interstitial urging them
Hyundai Takes Full Control of Boston Dynamics as SoftBank Cashes Out
Hyundai Motor Group has acquired the remaining stake in robotics firm Boston Dynamics, with SoftBank exiting its position for a reported $325 million. The move
Inside a Texas 'Telescope Ranch' Where Astrophotographers Rent Dark Skies Remotely
Starfront Observatories, run by astrophotographer Bray Falls on 40 acres near Brady, Texas, operates as a hosting service for telescopes. Hobbyists and research
Kent Beck to junior engineers: nobody is counting your closed tasks
Kent Beck's advice to new engineers inverts the obvious assumption: the count of tasks you finish barely registers with the senior engineers around you. They co
Maker Plans to Drive a Two-Ton Motorized Banana Around the World
This is not a security or technology story in any conventional sense — it surfaced on Hacker News, but it's the personal project page of Steve, a hobbyist who b
Marketing Agency Clones an Author's Book, Then Outranks the Original Online
A San Francisco web design shop called Qontour (formerly Prompt Digital) built a polished site that republishes John Koenig's entire book, The Dictionary of Obs
New Outlook's WebView2 architecture makes notification clicks 10x slower than Classic
Microsoft's web-based "new Outlook" for Windows 11 takes roughly 10 seconds to surface a specific email after you click its notification banner, while the Win32
Norway bars under-13s from AI in school, swings funding back to books
Norway is effectively banning generative AI for its youngest students. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced on June 19, 2026 that pupils in grades one thro
SMPTE Opens Its Standards Library, Making Specs Freely Accessible
SMPTE — the standards body behind much of the technical backbone of film, television, and streaming, from timecode to the ST 2110 IP-video suite — is opening it
SpaceX IPO Pulls Americans' Retirement Savings Into the AI Bubble They Didn't Choose
SpaceX's public debut at a $1.77tn valuation — which made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire — is set to entangle ordinary Americans' retirement savings w
The 3-30-300 rule: a simple tree test most cities fail
Urban forester Cecil Konijnendijk's 3-30-300 rule has become a popular shorthand for measuring fair access to nature: every home, school, and workplace should h
UK weighs 'age-gating' VPNs as part of under-16 social media ban
The UK government is preparing new rules around VPN use tied to its planned ban on social media for under-16s, with a formal statement promised in July. Childre