Imaginary Worlds: Widow’s Bay Builds a History with Horror
I’m a little obsessed with Widow's Bay. It’s a horror-comedy series on Apple TV set on a fictional island off the coast of Massachusetts. The island isn’t as famous as…
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
California’s legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1856, exempting open-source operating systems from the State’s Digital Age Assurance Act months before the law is due to take effect on January 1,…
The genius engineering of the 3½ inch floppy disk
A look at the brilliant physical design and engineering of the 3.5" diskette.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
“we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.
This is just to say I have OCRed
David Pritchard
Is your printer tracking you?
why those tiny yellow dots are on every printed page
How to Build a Raspberry Pi Router
What Is a Raspberry Pi Router? A Raspberry Pi router is a custom-built network device that replaces the cheap router your ISP hands you. Instead of relying on locked-down firmware…
Punch Card Archive
Punched cards were once a ubiquitous part of accounting, data collection and early computing. At their peak of use, in the 1950s and 60s, hundreds of companies around the world…
Journalists, Audiobook Narrators Sue AI Giants Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law for ‘Stealing Their Voices’
In yet another display of how Illinois’ pioneering biometric privacy law can be used to protect Americans, state residents who work as audio storytellers, broadcast journalists, podcasters, voice actors, and…
The Legend of SwordQuest
What started as a promotion for a new Atari game would become one of the most controversial moments in ‘80s pop culture, with a central mystery that’s consumed fans for…