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Little Boy and Fat Man
With the film Oppenheimer released to theaters, it's time to talk about the tech of the atomic bombs. What set the two apart? How did they work? And …
2 years, 8 months ago
TechStuff Classic: How Magnetic Storage Works
Learn about the amazing world of magnets and how super smart people figured out we could use them to store data. From old wire recordings to magnetic…
2 years, 8 months ago
Tech News: World Famous Hacker Passes Away
Hacker Kevin Mitnick passed away this week. Back in the 1990s, Mitnick upset a lot of powerful companies by infiltrating their computer systems and b…
2 years, 8 months ago
TechStuff Tidbits: Perpetual Motion and Thermodynamics
We've all heard that perpetual motion machines are impossible (at least as far as our understanding of the universe goes) but why? We look at how our…
2 years, 8 months ago
Tech News: Microsoft Scrambles to Save Activision Deal
Microsoft's contract to purchase Activision Blizzard expires today, and Reuters reports that the company is trying to get an extension on the agreeme…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hamlet and the Apprehension of AI
A developer has created an AI chatbot designed to help hackers create malicious code and content. Was this inevitable? Beyond that, the "good" versio…
2 years, 8 months ago
TechStuff Classic: Bad Computer Bugs
Software bugs range from annoying to catastrophic. It's time to explore some of the most famous flaws in computer history!
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2 years, 8 months ago
Tech News: Concerns about AI on the Rise
From Hollywood to India, today's tech stories largely focus on how AI is disrupting businesses and the consequences that follow. Plus, we learn about…
2 years, 8 months ago
Whatever happened to RSS?
Once upon a time, the RSS icon was a common sight on web pages. But these days, it's rare to see the friendly widget on the web. So what happened? Wh…
2 years, 8 months ago
Tech News: TikTok in the Crosshairs
Leaders in the US and Australia continue to view TikTok critically. The US state of Massachusetts proposes a law that would make it illegal for data …
2 years, 8 months ago