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A closer look at the Tabula Peutingeriana
This map story is about one specific map, the only one remaining from the Roman …
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Are Apple 'stealing' Open Street Map data?
Update: Please also read the further information about this post — Traditionally, map applications on Apple platforms have made use of Google Maps. But iPhoto for iOS, launched today, ditches…
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Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI
Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube's kids content
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It was all downhill after the Cuecat
Sometime in 2001, I walked into a Radio Shack on San Francisco's Market Street and asked for a Cuecat: a handheld barcode scanner that looked a bit like a cat and a bit like a sex toy. The clerk handed one over to me and I left, feeling a little giddy. I didn't have to pay a cent.
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10 Years of Nukemap
NUKEMAP was released into the world a decade ago, believe it or not.
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Paul Graham and not being as right as he could be in “The Age of the Essay”
Main internet atau akses situs favorit pakai Indihome atau Telkomsel sering kena blokir? Tenang, BIGOBET899 punya cara paling gampang buat buka blokir tanpa ribet.
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New study affirms that fewer copyright restrictions benefit the economy
A new study from Australia presents the latest evidence that loosening copyright restrictions not only enables free speech, but can improve an economy as well. The study, published by the Australian Digital Alliance, indicated that if Australia expanded copyright exceptions like fair use, along...
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Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Third Quarter 2022
We’re sharing details about three deceptive networks we took down during the last quarter.
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Verizon made an enemy tonight
On a flight back to New York I read Level 3’s assessment of the latest round of the Netflix vs Internet Provider debacle. The summarized version is that basically Netflix is slow because Verizon refuses to add capacity to peer with Level 3. Fixing the situation would cost Verizon
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New TPP Leaked Text Reveals Weakening Resistance to Copyright Proposals
When we wrote about the intermediary liability provisions in a reported May 2015 leak of the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) last month, we hadn't actually seen the text. But thanks to the publication of that leak by Knowledge Ecology International yesterday and...
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International Repair Day
International Repair Day is an annual celebration for everyone who makes repair happen in their communities around the world.
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Manifestos and Monopolies
Facebook has long had too much power, but Mark Zuckerberg’s expressed willingness to use said power for political ends means it’s time to consider countermeasures.
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You Should Self-Publish
Your experience has been an inspiration to me, Joe, as I've noted on my own blog . I've always believed that self-publishing was the mark of permanent amateurism. Now, I've self-published my own book, Dead Furst . I've sold... next to nothing. But I'm obscure, and patient, and have a lovely Carl Graves cover. So…
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Felix "fx" Lindner has died
With heavy hearts, we announce that Felix “FX” Lindner —a cherished friend, and the founder and owner of Recurity Labs—passed away on 2026-03-01.
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Everybody Let's Stop the TPP: Share These Videos and Spread the Word
President Obama was scheduled to meet with the leaders of the other eleven countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Bali, supposedly to plan the “end-game” for this massive trade deal. However, he has made a...
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White House Doesn't Want You to Know the TPP's Effects on U.S. Copyright Laws
As the White House doubles down on its attempt to pass legislation to fast track secret trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, their oft-repeated refrain about these deals' digital copyright enforcement provisions is that these policies would not alter U.S. law. In a...
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Facebook announces new privacy and tagging model
Learn about Meta: our mission, principles, leadership, who owns the company, apps (Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads) and products like Quest.
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Charlie Stross: Reasons to be Cheerful
Elsewhere on the interwebbytubes, an acquaintance asked, somewhat grumpily, if anything good had happened in the past decade (aside from the iPod).
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American Big Brother: A Century of Political Surveillance and Repression
In his 2004 book Perilous Times , Geoffrey R. Stone observes that with respect to free speech rights in wartime, “Time and again, Americans have suppressed dissent, imprisoned and deported dissenters, and then—later—regretted their actions.” In reality, as the timeline below demonstrates, it is not simply American’s…
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Alpha: A translation of Genesis 1
1. An advent: ancient archangels architect abstract astronomy and arid asteroids. 2. All asteroids are amorphous and absent; And a...
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