The timeless genius of a 1980s Atari developer and his swimming salmon masterpiece
In 1982, while most game developers were busy with space invaders and maze ghosts, Bill Williams created something far more ...
How an artist gave computers an aesthetic soul without writing a single line of code?
Susan Kare revolutionized computer design in the 1980s by making technology more user-friendly. Her work on the Apple ...
An artist’s vision that transformed technology without writing a single line of code — here’s how it happened
Susan Kare, an artist without a computer science background, revolutionized early computer interface design in the 1980s. Her ...
Google quantum exec says tech is ‘5 years out from a real breakout'
Julian Kelly, Google Quantum AI’s director of hardware, told CNBC quantum computers may only be about five years from a ...
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Employment for computer programmers in the U.S. has plummeted to its lowest level since 1980—years before the internet existed
Computer-programming employment fell steeply after the introduction of ChatGPT and has returned to its lowest level since 1980. 32,355 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it ...
Angelina Jolie Was Right About Computers
RISC architecture is gonna change everything.” Those absurdly geeky, incredibly prophetic words were spoken 30 years ago.
Looking back at the early days of video games and home computing
NORFOLK, Va. — Video games have been part of our lives for decades. Kids and adults have been entranced by the glowing screen of new worlds, battles, and triumph; it’s an addiction that first began in ...
The Osborne Effect: Why tech giants stay silent on their next big thing?
Osborne Computer Corporation's premature announcement of a next-generation product in the early 1980s led to the 'Osborne ...
10 Best Anime Series of the 1980s
Anime in the ‘80s was nothing short of a revelation. Gone were the simple formulaic cartoons of the past decade. In their ...
I've been covering Microsoft, DOS, and Windows since the 1980s, and Microsoft turning 50 is more important than you think
The Mac slowly chipped away at Windows' global market share, though Apple still has just 25% of the overall desktop market.
Microsoft at 50: what the brand's done right
As a result, on 4 April 1975, Microsoft was born. Soon after, the company secured a deal to provide the operating system for ...
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The Vectrex Home Computer You Never Had
The Vectrex console from the early 1980s holds a special place in retrocomputing lore thanks to its vector display — uniquely ...