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Once upon a time, typing “www” at the start of a URL was as automatic as breathing. And yet, these days, most of us go ...

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Not too long ago, I was searching for ideas for the next installment of the “Big Chemistry” series when I found an article ...

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Cryptographic messaging has been in the news a lot recently. Like the formal audit of WhatsApp (the actual PDF). And the ...

People experience a variety of problems with USB-C. I’ve asked people online about their negative experiences with USB-C, and got a wide variety of responses, both on Twitter and on Mastodon.