Ingenuity–built by the people of Earth
Which has more computer horsepower onboard: the almost car-sized Mars Perseverance rover or the tiny four-pound Ingenuity helicopter?
Computers
AP Archives
In a stunning example of how NOT to manage your data responsibly, the Associated Press lost a media archive in Gaza when the Israeli military destroyed the building it was in.
Security through Obscurity
The 1986 bombing of Libya by the United States teaches an important lesson about Security Through Obscurity. The U.S. raid was in response to the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin that targeted and killed two U.S. soldiers.
Pompous Europeans and Naval Codes
How pompous French naval officers rejected technological improvements because of insufficient noble birth. Good thing there were pompous British officers who exploited this.
Rudd Canaday–UNIX Pioneer
Rudd is one of the original group of three people who worked on the UNIX operating system at Bell Labs in the mid-1960s. He worked on the UNIX file system.
Move over Intel
Most of the computer processors in use in the world today are designed by Intel?
Nope. Not even close. It's the ARM.
Alan Turing on British money
The Bank of England will issue a 50 pound note featuring Alan Turing on June 23, 2021, Turing's birthday.
Fixing Congress with AI
I want to propose that an AI-based system could be applied to government.