The speakers discuss Netflix’s architecture for surviving extreme traffic spikes. They explain the mechanics of prioritized load shedding embedded in their Envoy sidecar proxy, allowing user-initiated ...

Director Frank Coraci and production designer Perry Andelin Blake recall designing the most iconic prop from any Sandler film ...

On April 13, 2026 (US time), Google announced that it would add back button hijacking to its spam policies as a policy violation. Violating sites may be subject to manual spam actions, and enforcement ...

Are you tired of waiting for your Windows 10 computer to boot up? Do you wish it could start faster and run more efficiently? One of the most effective ways to achieve this is to disable startup ...

Some automakers have caved to buyer demand and started bringing physical buttons back, including VW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Hyundai. Rivian, on the other hand, has no interest in joining them, ...

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have produced the most detailed map of the cosmic web ever made, ...

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) introduced legislation on Wednesday to reincorporate Arlington and Alexandria, two independent jurisdictions in Northern Virginia, into the District of Columbia, hearkening ...

Back to buttons, please. Stop it with the screens. We’ve had enough. Automakers are rethinking all-screen controls, considering a return to physical buttons for ergonomics. Luke Miles says “physical ...

On June 15, Google will implement a new spam policy that will allow it to punish sites that interfere with your browser's back button. So-called “back button hijacking" is any behavior that interferes ...

PCWorld reports that Google will penalize websites that hijack the browser’s back button, a manipulative practice that redirects users to unwanted pages or ads. This new spam policy violation, ...

Google is putting its foot down on "back button hijacking," an infamous deceptive practice where users are kept on a long loop of pressing the back button but are either not brought anywhere or ...