The Cable That Changed the World: How the Transatlantic Telegraph Link Was Built in 1858
How a cable laid in 1858 first linked North America and Europe, carrying the telegraph across 2,000 miles of sea.
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404 Media: AI Agents Are Ruining the Internet
A tale of vexing AI agents who flood the internet with endless, senseless reply-emails, each more absurd than the last.
Reader Says He Hates the Internet After Reading ‘Careless People,’ Quits Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
One reader's tale of quitting every major social platform, from Facebook to WhatsApp, and the peace found beyond the internet.