Mastodawn

When the internet became public in the 90s, Google did not yet exist. Today, just 2 years after ChatGPT, we are again at such a turning point: the companies that will shape our AI future have probably not yet been founded - and we cannot yet imagine them.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #KI #Technology #Tech #Techhistory #FutureTech #TechTrends #google #chatgpt

moprius 11h ago

💬 IRC: o começo dos chats online

Em 1988, o finlandês Jarkko Oikarinen criou o IRC, que virou base para os chats modernos. Começou com uma BBS universitária e logo cresceu para dezenas de servidores no mundo todo.

Foi o início das conversas em tempo real na internet.

🔗 https://daniel.haxx.se/irchistory.html
#IRC #internet #technology #retrotech #techhistory

History of IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

Documentation and ramblings of Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of curl.

daniel.haxx.se

Hacker News 13h ago

The initial version of the /etc./magic file used by the file(1) command

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/31722/where-can-i-find-the-initial-version-of-the-etc-magic-file-used-by-the-file1

#HackerNews #etcmagic #file #filecommand #retrocomputing #techhistory #unix

Wolfgang Stief 23h ago

Some of you probably remember WAIS. An Internet search engine from the Gopher era (more specific: a search protocol). TIL: Thinking Machines (those with the massive red blinkenlights servers) were the main driver and developer of WAIS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_area_information_server #vintagecomputing #techhistory #wais #thinkingmachines #connectionmachine

Wide area information server - Wikipedia

Android Faithful 1d ago

Go down Android History memory lane with Jason Howell with the Google Nexus One. A trailblazer and its DNA is sprinkled throughout much of the modern smartphone landscape. #Android #TechHistory #Technology #Google https://www.androidfaithful.com/android-history-google-nexus-one-android-trailblazer/

Hacker News 1d ago

Intelligent Agent Technology: Open Sesame! (1993)

https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/05/31/intelligent-agent-technology-open-sesame-1993/

#HackerNews #IntelligentAgentTechnology #OpenSesame #1993 #TechHistory #AIInnovation

Intelligent Agent Technology: Open Sesame! (1993) ⌘I Get Info

After years of unsuccessful attempts to find the name of a long-forgotten app through Google, I tried pasting my query into Gemini:

Hacker News 1d ago

After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine Is No More

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-format-magazine-closes

#HackerNews #LinuxFormatMagazine #Linux #News #OpenSource #TechHistory #MagazineClosure

After 25 Years in Print, Linux Format Magazine is No More

The final issue of Linux Format, the UK's best selling monthly Linux magazine, has gone on sale. The first issue launched in May 2000.

OMG! Ubuntu

N-gated Hacker News 2d ago

Oh, look! Another ✨riveting✨ blog post about a topic as dry as toast: estimating logarithms. Because who wouldn't want to read a 5-minute love letter to John Napier's brainchild from the 1600s? 📚🔥 Spoiler alert: count digits, feel smart. 😂
https://obrhubr.org/logarithm-estimation #estimatinglogarithms #JohnNapier #mathhumor #blogpost #techhistory #drytopics #HackerNews #ngated