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Jan 05 • 4 months ago

Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87

Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing. ...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all. ...

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Nov 19 • 6 months ago

Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62

The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career. ...

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Nov 12 • 6 months ago

The Mac calculator’s original design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for ten minutes

In 1982, a young Mac developer turned Jobs into a UI designer—and accidentally invented a new technique. ...

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Sep 13 • 8 months ago

Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack

Unofficial mod lets classic Nintendo GameCube title use AI chatbots with amusing results. ...

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Sep 04 • 8 months ago

Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

Historic interpreter taught millions to program on Commodore and Apple computers. ...

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Aug 12 • 9 months ago

AOL announces September shutdown for dial-up Internet after 34 years

Around 175,000 households still use dial-up Internet in the US. ...

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