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Logitech faces lawsuit for withholding $61M in tariff refunds from customers — lawsuit claims company extracted up to $97M from consumers in 2026 through tariff-justified price increases (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Jowi Morales | tags: logitech, tariffs, ars technica

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Devious New Font Turns AI Scrapers Into Mincemeat (futurism.com)

2026-08-22 | by Frank Landymore | tags: shieldfont, ai scrapers, ars technica

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DiffusionGemma Technical Report (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: diffusion, gemma, technical report

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PBS Station Fears Losing 50TB of Data After Being Ghosted By Cloud Provider (slashdot.org)

2026-08-14 | tags: iron mountain, cloud provider, data privacy

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Ars Live recap: How can we stop publishers from killing their own games? (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: video game preservation, stop killing games, ars technica

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Taylor Farms' connections to Trump admin spurs probe into Cyclospora response (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: taylor farms, cyclospora, trump administration

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ATG (YC F25) Is Hiring Member of Technical Staff (Data Platform) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | by Autonomous Technologies Group | tags: atg, data platform, technical staff

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DEF CON Crowd Suspected In Fake-Hotspot Attack On Delta Flight (slashdot.org)

2026-08-12 | tags: delta, def con, hotspot

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Navigating the Pivot From Tech Expert to Organizational Leader (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-07 | by Prachi Jain | tags: career, leaders, leadership

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Trump’s Head Start overhaul could deepen the digital divide (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: administration, antipoverty, build

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What 30 Years of Building Has Taught Me About Leading Through Transformation (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | by Brad Birnbaum | tags: actually, decisions, right

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Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand (slashdot.org)

2026-08-05 | tags: texas, power grid, ars technica

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An AI-Supervised Remote Exam Went So Badly That 58,000 Students Must Retake It (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | tags: unam, ai proctoring, lockdown browser

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Diátaxis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Daniele Procida | tags: diátaxis, technical documentation, tutorials

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Pennsylvania town lists 43 specific demands to approve new AI data center project — developer calls local demands 'too difficult' as council slams response as 'approval by tantrum' (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ai data center, plymouth township, ars technica

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Customize Ars your way with an Ars Pro subscription (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: ars pro, ars orbiting hq, ars technica

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Code Faster Today … Fail Faster Tomorrow? (computer.org)

2026-07-29 | tags: ai coding assistants, technical debt, ieee computer society

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ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Mariella Moon | tags: openai, chatgpt, ars technica

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ChatGPT Starts Blocking Direct Requests To Copy an Author's Style (slashdot.org)

2026-07-27 | tags: openai, chatgpt, ars technica

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Kimi-K3 Technical Report [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: kimi-k3, technical report, feedback

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Want to be a leader? You can no longer rely on technical expertise (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: microsoft, leadership, technical expertise

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TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: jam software, treesize, perpetual licenses

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Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-14 | by Connie Loizos | tags: anthropic, blomfield, decision

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These are the application keywords that will bring in top creative talent (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-12 | tags: ai technical, analysis, creative

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Broadband consumer labels could become less transparent under new FCC rules (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-07 | by Marcus Mendes | get Wi-Fi 6 Router → | tags: ars technica, fees, isps

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Best Simple System for Now (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-03 | by Daniel Terhorst-North | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: software development, agile, technical debt

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Why Public Speaking Skills Are Worth Investing In (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-07-01 | by Brian Jenney | get Public Speaking Mastery Book → | tags: developers, speaking, technical

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South Korea Plans To Train Entire Military As 'Drone Warriors' (slashdot.org)

2026-06-30 | by Posted | get Drone Warfare Training Kit → | tags: south korea, drone warriors, arstechnica

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Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-26 | get Profile Email Verification Tool → | tags: netflix, profile, email

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How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-23 | get AI Development Kit → | tags: openai, ars technica, cory doctorow