With the rapid transformation of our lives by AI, one might wonder if there has ever been a societal force that has changed the way we work and communicate. One only has to look back at the last half ...

Scientists say they have developed a computer model -- dubbed quantitative fate mapping -- that looks back in the developmental timeline to trace the origin of cells in a fully grown organism.

For Jim Scherrer, founder and president of the Compuseum, the 6502 microprocessor chip made Montgomery County’s MOS Technology the “vanguard of personal computing.” The 6502 chip was created by MOS ...

Among the many facets of modern technology, few have evolved faster or more radically than the computer. In less than a century its very nature has changed significantly: today’s smartphones easily ...

A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi is a must-read for investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and anyone interested in understanding the technology that is embedded in ...

In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) sound like science fiction to most people. But this technology is getting real, quickly.

Once wildly expensive and inaccessible but to the very rich, computers today are one of the most ubiquitous technologies worldwide. The most basic model of an HP 3000 sold for $95,000 in 1972, the ...

Computers have been around since the end of World War II. In order to use most of them, you had to learn fancy computer languages or use stacks of cards with holes punched into them or reel after reel ...