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Apollo 11 Landed on the Moon With 4 KB of RAM: The Computer That Got Us There
The Apollo Guidance Computer had about 4 KB of RAM, a 1 MHz clock and code woven by hand. How it worked, and how the 1202 alarm nearly stopped the landing.
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PHP2Shell: AI Found a 14-Year-Old Bug in the Code Behind 70% of the Web
AI tools helped find PHP2Shell, two critical PHP flaws hidden for about 14 years. Then details leaked, attacks hit millions and sites went dark. The story.
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Wi-Fi Was Born From a Failed Black Hole Hunt. Here's the Story
In the 1970s an Australian astronomer hunted for exploding black holes and found nothing. His signal-cleaning maths later became a key part of Wi-Fi.
AI Explained
GPT-6 Astra vs Sol vs Luna: Which One Are You Talking To?
OpenAI's GPT-6 comes in three models named after the sky. What Astra, Sol and Luna mean, what each does, and which one you get in ChatGPT.
AI Explained
A Chatbot 'Sold' a $58,000 SUV for $1: The No-Takesies-Backsies Story
In 2023 a Chevy dealer's ChatGPT chatbot agreed to sell a 2024 Tahoe for $1. How one prompt tricked it, whether the deal was real, and the lesson for AI.
AI Explained
Your Smart TV Is Watching You – So People Are Using AI to Make It Dumb Again
Smart TVs track what you watch with ACR. Now people use AI agents like Claude Code to switch off ads, trackers and bloat. How it works, and the risks.
AI Explained
A 1979 Atari Game Beat ChatGPT at Chess. Here's Why Chatbots Struggle
A 4 KB chess game on a console with 128 bytes of RAM beat ChatGPT and Copilot, and Gemini backed out. What happened, and why chatbots are bad at chess.
AI Explained
Researchers Left a Secret Message for Rogue AI Agents – and They Replied
A fleet of AI agents hammered Alibaba's map service. Researchers hid a message for them in a web page, and the agents wrote back. Here's what happened.
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6 Nintendo Myths Busted: Older Than the Airplane, Taxis, Love Hotels and More
Nintendo began in 1889 making playing cards, ran a taxi firm and sold instant rice. But did it run love hotels? 6 Nintendo myths and facts, checked.
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