The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

If you encounter an error data checksum error, it means the integrity of a file or system data has been compromised. This issue can appear in various scenarios, such ...

If you've just downloaded a file from the Internet, you might want to verify that the file you downloaded hasn't been tampered with. After all, who knows what other nefarious tricks a hacker might ...

Every communication protocol should have a mechanism to determine whether the received data is valid. I once encountered a team that didn’t have such a mechanism. Their device operated in a ...

If you’ve ever paused a video on TikTok to wonder why it’s being shown to you, you know about the mysteries of the popular short-form video app’s algorithm. A post with no caption and minimal ...

Abstract: Algorithm-based fault tolerance (ABFT) has been proposed to complete a program on an unreliable computer that would generate bit flips. A famous ABFT technique is to insert checksums into a ...

I'm trying to create PUT presigned url` in order to send them to the client and client makes the upload to my S3 bucket. My S3 is configured to send PutObejct events ...

Three new books warn against turning into the person the algorithm thinks you are. Like a lot of Netflix subscribers, I find that my personal feed tends to be hit or miss. Usually more miss. The ...