Web comic xkcd notes that "through 20 years of effort, we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess." The comic above ...

Everyone has their own way of remembering Steve Jobs. XKCD’s wordless tribute is kind of perfect. (click the link to see the full, animated version) Update: It’s not wordless. On the XKCD site, if you ...

If you’re not reading the brilliant web comic xkcd, then a) what’s wrong with you? and 2) seriously, go read it. Written by Randall Munroe, it’s arguably the geekiest and most scientifically literate ...

Cartoonist Randall Munroe has a knack for making complicated things understandable — most notably by drawing pictures, dodging jargon and delighting laypeople with his xkcd comics. From tectonic ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. It looks like the book will include around 60 diagrams in all. It’ll be released ...

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