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NATO Classified Cloud Platform Compromised
Hackers attempted to use the data in an extortion scheme, joking about altering the source code or sending it to Russian intelligence
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 13,065 posts.
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MIT and Harvard agree to transfer edX to ed-tech firm 2U
MIT and Harvard University announced a major transition for edX, the online platform for university courses: edX’s assets are to be acquired by education technology company 2U, and reorganized as a public benefit company. 2U will transfer $800 million to a nonprofit organization, led by MIT and Harvard, to explore the…
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We moderns are status-drunk
Twelve years ago I posted on how our era is a rare unique “dreamtime” of fast growth, wide cultural integration, and delusional beliefs.
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The Lightness of Windows
The Windows 11 announcement was fun and interesting, but there is a reason that Windows is no longer the center of Microsoft’s business.
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A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
by John Perry Barlow Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.We have no elected...
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Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
The latest announcements for Windows 11 have revealed that the next version of the Windows operating system will have very stringent hardware requirements. Some of them are, in my opinion, quite reasonable. For example, they’re finally dropping support for 32 bit X86 and legacy BIOS boot. These make sense, because…
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Privacy for Students: Surveillance Self-Defense
Schools are increasingly adopting surveillance technology to spy on students while they’re at school, at home, or even on their social media. The companies that make these surveillance products and services advertise them to schools as a way to keep students safe–but there’s no evidence so far that they actually...
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Windows 11, Amazon, and Uncomfortable Questions
Android app development books
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ISP announces 86% slowdown “in line with others”
Altice wins the race to the bottom.
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No Space Left to Run: China's Transnational Repression of Uyghurs
In partnership with the Uyghur Human Rights Project, the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs gathered cases of China’s transnational repression of Uyghurs from public sources, including government documents, human rights reports, and reporting by credible news agencies to establish a detailed analysis of how the…
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Reddit’s disrespectful design
An overview of Reddit's adversarial and seemingly counter-productive changes.
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Chris Avellone about why he “didn’t fight any of this”
Since “updates” can usually get lost in the noise, the most recent updates are put first.
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A man whose software ate the world
Marc Andreessen on building, COVID, and how the Internet is taking us back to previous forms of thinking
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Why Did Congress Just Vote to Break Up Big Tech?
The Judiciary Committee voted 21-20 to split up Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. What happened was unbelievable.
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Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way to go viral
Study of almost 3 million Facebook and Twitter posts from US media and politicians shows divisive posts dunking on opponents drives engagement on social media.
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Teaching open-source software in North Korea
In 2016, I went to North Korea to teach a class of masters students how to contribute to open source software . Here’s an image from one of my lectures:
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International coalition calls for action against surveillance-based advertising
Groups in Europe and U.S. ask for action to end practices that threaten citizens’ rights.
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‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics
Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products.
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The myth of the myth of the lone genius
The Myth of the Lone Genius is a bullshit cliche and we would do well to stop parroting it to young people like it is some deep insight into the nature of innovation.
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Costa Rica Has Run on 100% Renewable Electricity for 299 Days
For 75 days straight, Costa Rica ran on 100% renewable electricity
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The Most Dangerous Censorship
Invisible but present, and far from the eyes of the public
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SimCities and SimCrises (2017)
International City Gaming Conference 2017 keynote.
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Patent Trolling’s twin: Copyright trolling
Patent Trolling’s twin: Copyright trolling I’ve covered Patent Trolling in some detail in the movie The Patent Scam. Today I’ll briefly go over a variation on […]
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Apple is building the metaverse substrate
I thought it might be fun to take a semi-serious look at technology from the Apples WWDC21 keynote, and how it might help building the metaverse. I may have spent way too much time watching sessions at 1.5x, and it may have broken my brain a little.
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What it's like to be cancelled
An honest look at what it looks like to be cancelled, one year after it happened. A hopeful yet realistic message for everyone.