Demonstrating you’re not a robot is getting harder and harder

Davos in winter, like most other Swiss villages in the Alps, is a white cereal bowl with frosted gingerbread houses in the middle. Unlike other winter retreats, it is also the site of the annual World Economic Forum, a socializing and business retreat for…

Skeptical judges question FCC's justification of net neutrality repeal.

Josiah Wedgwood has been cited as the father of modern marketing and the creator of the first luxury brand. Yet he's been largely forgotten by time.

Musings of a Computer Scientist.

Taxpayers have helped Stewart and Lynda Resnick turn an irrigated desert into a dangerous and lucrative agricultural gamble.

Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) have evolved from solving database management challenges to becoming a foundational element of modern data systems. This blog explores the history, structure, and practical applications of UUIDs, highlighting their role…

In 1950, Californians voted to put a provision in the state Constitution that makes it harder for poor people to find a place to live.

Neural networks can be as unpredictable as they are powerful. Now mathematicians are beginning to reveal how a neural network’s form will influence its function.

Rutger Bregman never intended to take billionaires to task over tax at World Economic Forum

Note: As was pointed out in numerous comments on Hacker News and here, this approach is problematic for a number of reasons. Transferring a secret key between devices in this manner can leave you vulnerable to serverside exploits and increases the likelyhood…

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This is something you really shouldn't do. But I'm 23, so it had to be done.

One of the guest lecturers aboard the ship [1] (Donald Gibbs, of Pearl-Harbor conspiracy-theory infamy) gave a very interesting talk a few ...