computer history

Tech

How the Screenshot Became One of the Internet’s Most Powerful Tools

06.29.20

By Riccardo Coluccini
Tech

The First Portable Computers Were the Size of an RV

06.12.18

By Ernie Smith
Tech

The Greatest Computer Network You’ve Never Heard Of

11.13.17

By Ernie Smith
Tech

The First Text Adventure Game Ever Is Finally Open Source

05.29.17

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Jason Scott Is Archiving CD-ROMs and Floppy Discs From Closets Around the World

05.03.17

By Jason Koebler
Dr. An Wang.

Tech

The Great Failure of Wang Laboratories, the David to IBM’s Goliath

02.21.17

By Ernie Smith
Tech

This Photo Shows How Computer Chips Were Made in 1975

01.12.17

By Ernie Smith
Tech

How the Commodore Amiga Turned Andy Warhol into a Computer Artist

12.29.16

By Ernie Smith
Tech

Packard Bell Was the King of 90s Computing. What Happened?

12.28.16

By Ernie Smith
Tech

The Year That the Entire Computer Industry Ran Out of Memory

11.26.16

By Ernie Smith
Tech

The Story of Shareware, the Original In-App Purchase

11.01.16

By Ernie Smith
Tech

The Future of the World’s Most Boring Software, the Word Processor

10.10.16

By Ernie Smith

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The 11 Best CBD Gummies for Sleep (When the Z’s Just Won’t Come)

Nobody ever had a good time lying in bed looking up at the ceiling. Say bon voyage to insomniac nights and sail into slumber with these CBD gummies for sleep.

11.15.24

By Matt Jancer
Screenshots: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Deep Silver, Epic Games Publishing

Gaming

Xbox’s Black Friday Sale Has Some Heavy Hitters at Big Discounts

Xbox started its Black Friday sale, and I’m telling y’all: this year? Xbox might have the competition beat.

11.15.24

By Dwayne Jenkins
Screenshot: Nintendo

Gaming

Hey, Listen! If You’re Going to Pirate Nintendo Games, Don’t Send Your Console in for Repairs

Nintendo spent a year tracking down someone who was pirating their games, only to find out that he was using their repair service.

11.15.24

By Shaun Cichacki
(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Life

A Toddler Needed Rattlesnake Antivenom. It Cost Almost $300,000.

The Pfeffer family found out just how awful the American healthcare system can be when they were slapped with a $297,461 bill.

11.15.24

By Luis Prada
Photo: K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Former ‘Dances with Wolves’ Actor Set for Trial in Sex Abuse Case

This week, Nathan Chasing Horse pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of sexually abusing young women and girls.

11.15.24

By Sammi Caramela