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An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Ars Technica

Read full article Comments ARPA was funding multiple research projects across the United States, but users of these different systems had no way to share their resources with each other. Wouldnt it be great if there was a network that connected all these computers?

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Google’s Gemini AI can now see your search history

Ars Technica

You'll be able to use the improved Deep Research to get in-depth information on a topic, and Google's newest reasoning model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. Gemini will even display a banner to remind you it's connected to your search history so you don't forget. What could go wrong?

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Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

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Google recently changed the way it stored timeline data to improve privacy , but the company now confirms that a "technical issue" resulted in many users losing their timeline history altogether, and there might not be any way to recover it. Read full article Comments Google has been investigating the problem, and the news isn't good.

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Mark Zuckerberg predicted Meta's antitrust trial in a 2018 email

Engadget

CNBC reported on Tuesday that the comments from an email thread with executives came to light in Washington, DC. On the flip side, while most companies resist breakups, the corporate history is that most companies actually perform better after they've been split up," Zuckerberg added in the same email, according to The New York Times.

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Analyzing the history of Tableau innovation

Tableau

I am proud to announce that my History of Tableau Innovation viz is now published to Tableau Public. In this blog post, I'll describe my analysis of Tableau's history to drive analytics innovation—in particular, I've identified six key innovation vectors through reflecting on the top innovations across Tableau releases. Release v1.0

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the dad rock of video games, and I love it

Ars Technica

Im only 40 hours into Shadows (I reckon Im only about 30 percent through the game), but I already consider it one of the best entries in the franchises long history. Read full article Comments Ive appreciated some past titles willingness to experiment and get jazzy with it, but Shadows takes a different tack.

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Flashy exotic birds can actually glow in the dark

Ars Technica

She and her team studied a treasure trove of specimens at the American Museum of Natural History, which have been collected since the 1800s, and found that 37 of the 45 known species of birds of paradise have feathers that fluoresce. Read full article Comments