The first instant messaging service was born 52 years ago and still exists: the story of Talkomatic

The first instant messaging service was born 52 years ago and still exists: the story of Talkomatic
PLATO Terminal V. Credits: Jason Scott, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. In 1973 there was already a system capable ...

Why does Apple call macOS operating systems after location names?

Why does Apple call macOS operating systems after location names?
When Apple introduced OS Tradition, that of using names of big cats, which over the course of over a decade ...

ELIZA, the first chatbot in history, and the human need to be understood

ELIZA, the first chatbot in history, and the human need to be understood
“Artificial intelligence” refers to the ability of machines to imitate human functions and behaviors such as learning, the ability to ...

New IT-Alert test in Veneto on November 13th: what time and where does the alarm message sound

New IT-Alert test in Veneto on November 13th: what time and where does the alarm message sound
New IT–Alert tests in Veneto for the risk of a “significant industrial accident” in the Pometon factory in Martellago. Credit: ...

A new study finds that there is more text created by AI than written by humans on the Internet

A new study finds that there is more text created by AI than written by humans on the Internet
Over half of the articles available online are said to be written by AI. This was revealed by a recent ...

Elk Cloner is the first computer virus in history: created as a joke by a 15-year-old student

Elk Cloner is the first computer virus in history: created as a joke by a 15-year-old student
Image generated with AI. Elk Cloner is considered the first computer virus in history, developed in 1982 by the American ...

What happened to Meta’s metaverse: is it one of the biggest flops in the tech world?

What happened to Meta's metaverse: is it one of the biggest flops in the tech world?
Was the metaverse idea a flop? Even if the project proposed by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has largely fallen into oblivion, ...

5 practical tips to protect your online privacy and reduce risks

5 practical tips to protect your online privacy and reduce risks
Online privacy, the control of your data on the internet, is an increasingly central topic in the society we live ...

WhatsApp is testing a feature to make profiles more secure

WhatsApp is testing a feature to make profiles more secure
WhatsApp is testing a new feature designed to make profiles more secure and to offer greater control over the management ...

The WhatsApp 6-digit code scam is back: how to protect yourself from profile theft

The WhatsApp 6-digit code scam is back: how to protect yourself from profile theft
The State Police has issued a warning about the return of a scam that uses WhatsApp’s six-digit verification code. If ...