Chronicle 33 – New Massive Attack, Original Hackers, your evening wind down…
Chronicle / 04 March
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In the early 1980s, this group of Milwaukee teenagers broke into dozens of prominent computer systems, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, sparking landmark legislation that impacts how we use technology today.
“The tech world has (finally) come out against the FBI’s attempt to backdoor all smartphones, rightly characterizing the move as a sincere but foolish tactic that would invade our private lives and damage US tech companies…” [update]
In a new venture, Stripe has announced a new service that will let overseas businesses incorporate as U.S. businesses without setting foot on U.S. soil.
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