computing history

Tech

The Long Lost Manual for the World’s Oldest Preserved Computer Has Been Found

09.22.20

By Matthew Gault
Tech

The Cloud Is Much, Much Older Than You Think

09.10.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

When Computer Graphics Pioneer John Whitney Melted Minds for IBM

05.01.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

How to Send an Email in 1984

03.13.16

By Rachel Pick
Tech

Coding Computer Animation in 1964 Looked a Lot Like It Does in 2016

02.17.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Ada Lovelace Was the First Person to Understand the Real Potential of Computers

10.13.15

By Victoria Turk
Tech

This Guy Rappelled Down the CN Tower For the Launch of Windows 95

08.25.15

By Matthew Braga
Tech

How Old-School Computer Graphics Overcame the Limited RAM of Early Machines

08.19.15

By Rachel Pick
Tech

Happy Anniversary to the Early Internet’s First Network-Wide Crash

10.28.14

By Michael Byrne

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So was it magical?

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By Julia Milona Halewicz
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Gaming

Original Hollow Knight Is Getting a Switch 2 Edition, and Silksong Players Get a Free Expansion in 2026

Hollow Knight: Silksong gets a free Sea of Sorrow expansion in 2026. Plus, the original Hollow Knight will receive a Switch 2 update.

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By Denny Connolly
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Gaming

Phasmophobia is Arriving on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026

Phasmophobia is officially confirmed for a 2026 release on Nintendo Switch 2.

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By Grace Black
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Life

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‘The Action Is the Juice’: Why Self-Destructive Men Love ‘Heat’

Michael Mann’s heist classic is 30 years old this week—and for three decades, it’s been a siren song to a certain type of man.

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By Tom Usher