Image of Windows patch KB 3139929: When a security update is not a security update. Microsoft buried a Get Windows 10 ad generator inside this month's Internet Explorer security patch for Windows 7 and 8.1.
Windows patch KB 3139929: When a security update is not a security update. Microsoft buried a Get Windows 10 ad generator inside this month's Internet Explorer security patch for Windows 7 and 8.1.
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If Microsoft's documentation is correct, installing Patch Tuesday's KB 3139929 security update for Internet Explorer also installs a new Windows 10 ad-generating routine called KB 3146449. Man...
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Lisp: Learning to Think about Thinking | Restless Device
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Great podcast about the Lisp programming language and why it's special.
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Image of Crypto for everyone. Crypto 101 is an introductory course on cryptography, freely available for programmers of all ages and skill levels.
Crypto for everyone. Crypto 101 is an introductory course on cryptography, freely available for programmers of all ages and skill levels.
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Start to finish: Comes with everything you need to understand complete systems such as SSL/TLS: block ciphers, stream ciphers, hash functions, message authentication codes, public key encrypt...
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Image of The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1 - Wait But Why
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1 - Wait But Why
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Part 1 of 2: "The Road to Superintelligence". Artificial Intelligence — the topic everyone in the world should be talking about.
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Samsung warns customers not to discuss personal information in front of smart TVs
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Samsung has confirmed that its "smart TV" sets are listening to customers' every word, and the company is warning customers not to speak about personal information while near the TV sets. The...
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Android or iOS? Which system is preferred on each country? [World Map]
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Android controls most part of the global market (nothing new!) But the interesting part of the trend is that is coming like the chosen one on european countries like France, Germany and Finland, plac...
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In defense of Google
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Never did I expect to write a screed with that as the title. But principles must be defended even when the actors are evil. First things first: however reluctantly, I admit to using Google for som...
Image of Batteriser is a $2.50 gadget that extends alkaline battery life 800%. Someone thought it was hot enough to go to jail for.
Batteriser is a $2.50 gadget that extends alkaline battery life 800%. Someone thought it was hot enough to go to jail for.
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Count the number of alkaline batteries in your house. Now consider replacing those batteries eight times less often. If Batteriser delivers, it could be a game changer. Bob Roohparvar tells...
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The $1,000 CPM — Medium
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Advertising is a kinda shitty model. It’s very exciting that we’re moving beyond it.
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The origin of smiley faces/emoticons - Smiley Lore :-)
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tl/dr: The original smiley was proposed by Scott Fahlman at at Carnegie Mellon on Sept 19, 1982: 19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-) From: Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-...
Image of A recent, partially Army-funded study conscripted Facebook users as unwitting participants during a weeklong experiment in direct emotional manipulation. Stop acting so surprised. It's Facebook after all.
A recent, partially Army-funded study conscripted Facebook users as unwitting participants during a weeklong experiment in direct emotional manipulation. Stop acting so surprised. It's Facebook after all.
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A recent, partially Army-funded study conscripted Facebook users as unwitting participants during a weeklong experiment in direct emotional manipulation. The study set out to discover if the emotio...
Image of Yo, the dumbphone application. Why do we celebrate ignorance?
Yo, the dumbphone application. Why do we celebrate ignorance?
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"Yo." "Yo." Talk about a bunch of yo-yos. This is what some savvy investors consider a $1 million idea. One person sending a one-syllable slang word to another. How many of you think that's bri...
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Why I won’t work for Google
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Brilliant response from Niklas Femerstrand to Google's attempt to recruit him.
Image of The Cost to Connect - Internet Prices Around the World
The Cost to Connect - Internet Prices Around the World
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Embarrassing. Abysmal. Pathetic. These are the words that used to come to mind when I considered Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the US. To me, they seemed so slow and costly. Then I did some...
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Outernet | Information for the World from Outer Space
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Outernet is a project to take the best content from Internet and make it available to the world for free using 150 micro satellites broadcasting from 600km above Earth. By leveraging datacasting techn...