2026 • Jan 05
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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2025 • Dec 04
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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2025 • Nov 19
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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2025 • Nov 12
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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2025 • Sep 13
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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2025 • Sep 04
Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978
Historic interpreter taught millions to program on Commodore and Apple computers. ...
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2025 • Aug 12
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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