Technician Keeps Computer Made In 1959 Still Humming Along
Long obsolete and not just a museum piece, an early massive computer developed 60 years ago remains working, thanks to a technician dedicated to preserving it for future generations.

July 31, 2019 at 11:23AM
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An Easy-To-Understand Breakdown Of How Computers Work
You use one all day every day but do you actually know what is happening in your computer at the most foundational level?

July 31, 2019 at 08:02AM
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Now Even Funerals Are Livestreamed—and Families Are Grateful
With friends and relatives dispersed, a growing number of funeral homes will stream services, and demand is increasing.

July 31, 2019 at 07:24AM
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Uber Only Has 800 Marketing People Now
On Monday, Uber announced it had laid off a third of its marketing department. According to the New York Times, an internal email said the team had “grown bloated.” Now it’s just 800 or so people.

July 30, 2019 at 07:12PM
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Dark mode isn’t as good for your eyes as you believe
The shadowy display mode has leagues of fans claiming it helps reduce eye strain, lengthen battery time and improve sleep. But dark mode isn’t quite the screen savior it’s made out to be.

July 30, 2019 at 02:26PM
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Google’s ‘field research’ offered people $5 to scan their faces for the Pixel 4
It’s ensuring that the Pixel 4 will work on a wide range of faces.

July 30, 2019 at 06:42AM
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A Conversation With My 35-year-old Chatbot
I had just turned twelve when I decided to write my first chatbot. I’d been programming for a while (first on a Commodore Vic-20, and then on a Commodore 64), and I was inspired by an issue of the magazine Compute’s Gazette.

July 29, 2019 at 04:08PM
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Scientist Have Made A Contact Lens That Lets You Zoom In By Blinking
Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, have created a new robotic soft contact lens that lets you zoom by blinking twice. The lens can be controlled by your eye movements.

July 29, 2019 at 07:40AM
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Man Builds His Own Android Phone From Scratch Using Parts From Random Stores In China
A man builds a Samsung Galaxy S9+ completely on his own.

July 27, 2019 at 12:26PM
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Why A ‘Clever Hack’ Against Nazis Shows How Upload Filters Have Made Copyright Law Even More Broken
Using copyright material in the background creates a kind of cloak of invisibility for the foreground actors — both good and bad — that makes certain videos impossible to post to the Internet if upload filters are in place.

July 26, 2019 at 03:53PM
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