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Huffman coding, how probability shapes the optimal code

When message symbols have unequal probabilities, the cost of transmission can be compressed to a precise mathematical limit. This video reveals how Huffman's bottom-up tree construction achieves ...
AOL

Scammers are using a fake captcha hack to steal your personal information: ‘Verify you’re human.’ Here’s the big red flag to watch for

Clicking a captcha "I am not a robot" box and identifying images to prove it is second nature for many internet users. Now, cybercriminals are exploiting people's comfort with the routine to scam them ...
Indiatimes

Microsoft tells engineers to stop using Anthropic's Claude, as canceling Claude Code licenses becomes an easy way to…

Microsoft is canceling most internal Claude Code licenses by June 30, pushing engineers to its own GitHub Copilot CLI. The catch? Anthropic's tool got too popular, undercutting Microsoft's homegrown ...
BBC

Plots, love letters and remedies: The medieval secrets being revealed by AI

Historic messages and documents obscured by incomprehensible ciphers can be found in libraries and archives all over the world. Artificial intelligence is helping historians crack open these ...