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Facebook’s name change plan is a reflection of its real priorities

Vox

Zuckerberg sees the metaverse as the next phase of major technological innovation akin to the invention of the internet or mobile phones. The CEO told journalist Casey Newton in March that Facebook will be a metaverse company — not a social media company — in the next five years.

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Jimmy Wales is selling his first Wikipedia edit as an NFT

The Verge

The funds will go toward charitable causes and WT.Social, a donation-backed social network that Wales launched in 2019. Wales’ NFT is effectively the keys to a very early version of Wikipedia, which debuted in January of 2001. For now, this NFT is supposed to offer a window back into the launch of Wales’ own internet-changing project.

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Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse. What does he see next?

Vox

Neal Stephenson I started hearing about it in the mid-90s, as the Internet became a thing. When Google Earth came out [in 2001], word reached me through the grapevine that the Earth application described in Snow Crash had been somewhat inspirational for that. “The I don’t know what to do about social media.

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The silent spreaders: How computer worms can sneak into your system undetected?

Dataconomy

CodeRed: A worm that first appeared in 2001 and infected tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft’s IIS web server software. It caused significant disruptions to internet traffic and website access. Networks:  Worms can cause disruptions to computer networks, such as slowing down or disabling internet access.

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Social networks, intelligence, and homeland security - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Leading network analyst Valdis Krebs published an interesting analysis of the terrorist networks involved in the tragedy of September 11, 2001. However social network analysis has been applied by intelligence agencies and law enforcement for decades. This is a field set for massive growth. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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The silent spreaders: How computer worms can sneak into your system undetected?

Dataconomy

CodeRed: A worm that first appeared in 2001 and infected tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft’s IIS web server software. It caused significant disruptions to internet traffic and website access. Networks:  Worms can cause disruptions to computer networks, such as slowing down or disabling internet access.

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Before Astro, these were the robots people invited home

The Verge

Image: Byte Magazine / The Internet Archive. Release year: 2001, first Roomba introduced in 2002. Companies have been envisioning self-controlled vacuums for decades , but one of the first ones you could actually buy was the Electrolux Trilobite , which was released in 2001. The HERO didn’t look very friendly. Robot vacuums.