ReHacked vol. 285: Windows NT vs. Unix, Google Has Officially Killed Cache Links and more
Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison - by Julio Merino #software #history #longread #technotes NT is often touted as a "very advanced" operating system....
ReHacked vol. 284: The Hindenburg’s Interior: Vintage Photos, OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free and more
The Hindenburg’s Interior: Vintage Photos Reveal What Luxury Air Travel Was Like in the 1930s - Rare Historical Photos #history #photos #longread Before...
ReHacked vol. 283: Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Makes Memories Stick for a Lifetime, Iron as an inexpensive storage medium for hydrogen and more
Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Makes Memories Stick for a Lifetime | Scientific American #psychology #health #longread A new study published...
ReHacked vol. 282: Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (1982), Uber loses landmark appeal - court rules drivers are employees, not contractors and more
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ReHacked vol. 281: Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious, Kim Dotcom's Extradition, Does astrology work and more
Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious • The Register #internet In the past eight months, however, Google has lost two major US competition lawsuits:...
ReHacked vol. 280: Rest of World on influence in social networks, Computer security is a political struggle and more
Computer security is a political struggle #security #privacy #politics #longread Most of Western society now depends on digital technology. Yet we have a...
ReHacked vol. 279: To preserve their work journalists take archiving into their own hands, How Great was the “Great Oxidation Event” and more
To preserve their work — and drafts of history — journalists take archiving into their own hands | Nieman Journalism Lab #copyrights #internet #longread AI...
ReHacked vol. 278: An Interview With Robert Caro and Kurt Vonnegut, Zurich, Bern Consider Billboard Advertising Bans, Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 – the heaviest ever and more
An Interview With Robert Caro and Kurt Vonnegut #literature #history #longread One fine summer day, Barbara Stone and I arrived at the home of Kurt Vonnegut...
ReHacked vol. 277: How the Rise of the Camera Launched a Fight to Protect Gilded Age Americans' Privacy, Meta trains its AI with public Instagram posts and more
How the Rise of the Camera Launched a Fight to Protect Gilded Age Americans' Privacy | Smithsonian #privacy #copyrights #history Early photographers sold...
ReHacked vol. 276: Speed Limiters Now Mandatory in All New EU Cars, The Law Code of Hammurabi, Tokyo’s oldest train line in pictures and more
eHammurabi #history #law #longread The Law Code of Hammurabi is one of the oldest legal texts from ancient Mesopotamia. The artifact, a basalt stele, is...
ReHacked vol. 275: The Economics of Writing Technical Books, Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts and more
Short survey I would like you to fill the one question survey, which will shape the future of the newsletter. You can find the survey form here (no any...
ReHacked vol. 274: S. Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware, Remembering Larry Finger, who made Linux wireless work and more
South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware — over 600,000 torrent users report missing files, strange folders, and disabled PCs | Tom's...
ReHacked vol. 273: Greece introduces the six-day work week, Donald Sutherland dies aged 88, Notes on Tajikistan and more
Donald Sutherland dies aged 88 #promemoria The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, star of films including The Hunger Games and Don't Look Now, has died at 88...
ReHacked vol. 272: Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack, Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computers and more
Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack — ProPublica #security #longread Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about...
ReHacked vol. 271: Tokyo Street Photography, How influencer cartels manipulate social media, Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings and more
Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Ground | Smithsonian #history #longread “Gellhorn was willing to put herself in...
ReHacked vol. 270: 12 books from global tech leaders, Tracking private jets just got much harder, Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma revealed and more
Huge #privacy threat arises in #Europe and highly prorussian move. Original message:Beware: The #ChatControl proposal which has been stalling could be...
ReHacked vol. 269: When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid, Carmakers Will Give Your Location to Police Without a Warrant, Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Science Data and more
Steve Blank Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid #photography #history #economy #longread In April 1969 Kodak tore up a 20-year...
ReHacked vol. 268: Cyber Security: A Pre-War Reality Check, Microsoft's Emissions Spike 29% as AI Gobbles Up Resources and more
Cyber Security: A Pre-War Reality Check - Bert Hubert's writings #politics #history #world #longread First, some important words from Donald T: “I know it...
ReHacked vol. 267: Roger Corman Dead, Atari’s Mike Jang, The people who won't give up floppy disks and more
Atari’s Mike Jang – The Arcade Blogger #computer #games #history #atari #longread I started the concepts for the Star Wars cabinet and later another designer...
ReHacked vol. 266: Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail, Britain's Secret Ice "Bergship" Aircraft Carrier Project and more
ESA - Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail #space #science The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest...