What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration ...
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Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the ...

Can a Start-Up Make Computer Chips Cheaper Than the Industry’s Giants?

Mr. Proud, who became a U.S. citizen in 2019, put together a policy paper for the first Trump administration, calling for a ...
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20 Historical Facts About The ENIAC, The World's First Modern Computer

It all began in the 1940s, when “computers” weren’t objects but people—mostly women—doing calculations by hand. Then came a ...

Hunter Biden claims he didn’t think ‘laptop from hell’ was really his when damning contents first revealed by The Post

Former first son Hunter Biden emphatically insisted he didn’t believe his abandoned “laptop from hell” was really his when ...

Week 9 NFL odds, lines, best bets, predictions: Computer model likes Texans and Chargers

It's not a primetime game, but the contest many will highlight with their Week 9 NFL picks is Chiefs vs. Bills at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday. It's become, arguably, the league's preeminent rivalry, and ...

Here’s How the AI Crash Happens

The AI boom is visible from orbit. Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed ...
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First human brain-computer chip implanted in U.S. patient

Synchron successfully implanted the first FDA-approved brain-computer interface in a U.S. patient with ALS. The device ...

Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as ...
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Restoring The E&L MMD-1 Mini-Micro Designer Single-Board Computer From 1977

Over on YouTube [CuriousMarc] and [TubeTimeUS] team up for a multi-part series E&L MMD-1 Mini-Micro Designer Restoration. The ...
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The First Video Game Came Long Before Pong And Was Invented By A Manhattan Project Physicist

Key to the game was an analog computer designed to calculate ballistic trajectories, which Higinbotham adapted for more ...

Is This the End of the Silicon Era? Scientists Unveil World’s First 2D Computer

Researchers at Penn State have developed the first silicon-free computer using atom-thin materials. This breakthrough could reshape the future of electronics, paving the way for ultra-efficient, ...