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Covering the stories behind the technologists, hackers, and coders that shaped our technological world we live in today.
8 AUG 2022 · Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs are best known as the founders of Apple Computer Company. Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, but the two had been friends for five years. Just months after meeting, the two were intrigued and fascinated by an article on the illegal 'blue box,' a device that allowed you to make free phone calls, plus other illicit uses. After many weeks of immersing themselves in finding out how to build such a device, they succeeded. Thus began a shady business endeavor between them, ultimately laying the groundwork for the world's second-largest company.
11 JUL 2022 · John McAfee was born on September 18th of 1945 in Cinderford, England to an American father and a British mother. Don, the father of John, was attached to an American Army unit stationed in the area. John McAfee primarily grew up in Virginia, but very much considered himself both a Brit and an American. Quite eerily, Don McAfee, who struggled with alcoholism resulting in violent outbursts at his son, committed suicide in 1961 when John was only 15. It made an impact on John, described in articles about the incident as “haunting,” but rather than sulk, he threw himself into his fascination with mathematics and early computers.
21 FEB 2022 · John McAfee was born on September 18th of 1945 in Cinderford, England to an American father and a British mother. Don, the father of John, was attached to an American Army unit stationed in the area. John McAfee primarily grew up in Virginia, but very much considered himself both a Brit and an American. Quite eerily, Don McAfee, who struggled with alcoholism resulting in violent outbursts at his son, committed suicide in 1961 when John was only 15. It made an impact on John, described in articles about the incident as “haunting,” but rather than sulk, he threw himself into his fascination with mathematics and early computers.
29 JAN 2021 · Albert Gonzalez, infamous criminal hacker known by aliases like CumbaJohnny. His backstory however shows how a switch can be flipped in the mind of a bright young boy to become enthralled with schemes to obtain massive quantities of money illegally.
24 JAN 2021 · Introducing Cyber Minds: Covering the stories behind the technologists, hackers, and coders that shaped our technology filled world we live in today.
Covering the stories behind the technologists, hackers, and coders that shaped our technological world we live in today.
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