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CAPTCHA: the test that lost to AI
For twenty years the CAPTCHA told humans from bots. Today artificial intelligence solves it better and faster than we do. This is its downfall.
Spam: The First Junk Email in History
On May 3rd, 1978, a salesman sent the first unsolicited mass email to 400 people. That we call it “spam” is the fault of a can of ham.
The Programmers Who Gave Away Empires
Torvalds, Bellard, Hipp: they wrote the software the modern world runs on, it was worth trillions, and they chose to give it away for free.
The Man Who Has Edited a Third of Wikipedia
Steven Pruitt has made nearly 7 million Wikipedia edits without earning a cent. The story of the most generous obsession on the internet.
Why I Think an Internet Blackout Is Coming Soon
The day the internet forgets its own name, the roads will still exist but no one will reach them: why a DNS blackout may be closer than you think.
YuboxNow: equip your ESP32 board with its own LoRaWAN configuration and support Web interface
Embed a configuration web interface on your ESP32 just like a router, with built-in WiFi and LoRaWAN support for your next open-source IoT project.
The strange case of Satoshi Nakamoto. Who is behind the most wanted character in the world and father of cryptocurrencies?
He convinced cryptographers, handed over the code, registered the domain, then vanished without a trace: who is really behind Bitcoin's father?