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The Internet Was Better When It Was Terrible

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The Internet Was Better When It Was Terrible

Listen to this article Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. “Was the internet really this bad?” I wondered to myself as I read the September 1995 issue of The Atlantic. I was reading …

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The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story

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The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story

Josiah’s father would take him along to their church’s “car ministry,” where they’d repair congregants’ cars for free and refurbish donated vehicles for missionaries. Josiah would stand in the corner of the shop, waiting for the foreman to give him a task, like reassembling a car’s broken water pump. Josiah reveled in impressing the adults …

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