How To Handle A Hack: Blizzard in 2012

In 2012, game developers were beginning to experiment with a principle known as “always on”. [...]

ShovelWare

Shovelware refers to a certain kind of small, quickly made game that’s there purely to [...]

Pirating Is a Crime

Piracy is a crime. Don’t pirate things. They’re serious about it. There are real reasons [...]

Sony’s DRM Nightmare

In 2005, an organization had been covertly installing a program similar to a rootkit onto [...]

The Worst Way To Make A Password

There are many ways to make good passwords. How do you make a password that [...]

Don’t Delete Your System32

System 32 is essentially the heart of the computer’s software. Task manager, the boot-up instructions, [...]

Remember the Apple Wheels?

Ah, Complaining. Apple Wheels The Apple Mac Pro cost several thousand dollars, and it looked [...]

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The first Bit of Data A bit is a single character in binary, and actually [...]

AI Advertising and Glasgow Wonka

It’s official – even small events are using AI for their ads, to mixed results. [...]

The World’s Most Specific Shirt

You’ve probably seen some variation of the shirt. You’re wondering how it’s so wildly specific. [...]