“The code that launched a million cat videos”, the invention of COBOL, the ancient programming language banks still use to this day, and how one student accidentally invented malware – all of these stories will appear in a new book by editor Torie Bosch. Tantalizingly titled “You Are Not Expected to Understand This”: How 26 […]| TechTheLead
The famous Lenna image, of Playboy model Lena Forsén, can’t be used in any more research papers published on IEEE, the organization announced this week. They’re following on the tails of the Nature journal, which banned the Lena image back in 2018. Michel P. Frank revealed on X an email he received from IEEE’s Technical […]| TechTheLead
First there were free book huts, now people are sharing actual DVDs and Blu-Rays to help others step away from streaming apps All streaming apps became more and more expensive. The great Netflix password sharing crackdown proved a hassle to most subscribers. Good content seems to disappear from catalogs and you can’t find anything to […]| TechTheLead