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CIA 2010 covert communication websites – Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli)
The existence of the websites emerged in various stages, some of which may refer to this network or to other closely related communications failure since the published information is sometimes not clear enough. May 21, 2011: various Iranian news outlets reported that: 30 individual suspected of spying for the US were arrested and 42 CIA…
Real-world map data is helping make better games about farms and transportation
I’m feeling a strange sense of pressure as I set up my first bus route in City Bus Manager. I want to get things right for the public transportation users of this city, probably because it’s the city I actually live in. City Bus Manager uses OpenStreetMap (OSM) data to populate its maps, so I…
Anthropic’s new AI model resorted to blackmail during testing, but it’s also really good at coding
So endeth the never-ending week of AI keynotes. What started with Microsoft Build, continued with Google I/O, and ended with Anthropic Code with Claude, plus a big hardware interruption from OpenAI, the week has finally come to a close. AI announcements from the developer conferences jockeyed for news dominance this week, but OpenAI managed to…
20 Most Iconic YouTube Videos of All Time
YouTube isn’t just where you go to waste hours watching random stuff—it’s the birthplace of viral moments that have changed the internet forever. Since 2005, we’ve witnessed everything from accidental genius to epic fails, and some of the weirdest, most random clips have become global sensations. Why do these videos matter? Because they show us…
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 1: Lines and Arcs | CSS-Tricks
Creating CSS Shapes is a classic and one of my favorite exercise. Indeed, I have one of the biggest collections of CSS Shapes from where you can easily copy the code of any shape. I also wrote an extensive guide on how to create them: The Modern Guide For Making CSS Shapes. Even if I…
How to Build Scalable Web Apps with React JS — SitePoint
Scalability isn’t just a buzzword – it’s crucial for any application’s survival. It’s your application’s ability to handle more users, data, or features without performance degradation. A scalable app adapts, allowing you to focus on new features, not fixing performance issues. The Three Pillars of Scalable Web Applications Building a scalable web application rests on…
Smashing Animations Part 3: SMIL’s Not Dead Baby, SMIL’s Not Dead — Smashing Magazine
While there are plenty of ways that CSS animations can bring designs to life, adding simple SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) animations in SVG can help them do much more. Andy Clarke explains where SMIL animations in SVG take over where CSS leaves off. The SMIL specification was introduced by the W3C in 1998 for…
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How To Measure Topical Authority [In 2025]
Today’s Memo is an updated version of my previous guides on topical authority, one that takes the Google leaks, documents revealed in Google lawsuits, my recent UX study of AIOs, and the latest shifts in the search landscape into account. Image Credit: Lyna ™ I think this is one of these concepts that can fly under…
The real value isn’t in the code – Jon Ayre
Time is money, money is value Okay, I’ll admit that calling your software worthless was a shameless clickbait tactic. However, I will assert that it’s not as valuable or indispensable as you might think it is. You need two things to solve a problem using software, skill and time. Skill. Of course, you can create…
Everything we hope to learn at Google I/O 2025: Gemini, Gmail, and Project Astra updates
UPDATE: May. 19, 2025, 1:36 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with new information from ‘The Android Event,’ the Android-focused mini I/O event held on Tuesday, May 13. The latest news from Google-land is all Gemini, Gemini, Gemini. And with Google I/O 2025 less than a day away, we expect more of the same….