These ahead-of-their-time vintage kitchen appliances contributed to enormous changes in the 20th century that reshaped ...

An online firewall might keep your computer safe from viruses and other unauthorized access, but the original firewall back in the 1500s was far more literal: the Oxford English Dictionary has ...

It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...

The incredible story behind the Moylan Arrow, the unassuming yet ingenious invention that transformed the humble fuel gauge.

The world's earliest computer was a silk loom built in China over two millennia ago, according to a claim made by China's ...

A 2,000-year-old loom found in a Chinese tomb may hold the key to the origins of computing.

For people around the world, the Times Square Ball Drop on New Year’s Eve is a symbolic gesture to acknowledge the passage of ...

World War 2 had its fair share of technologically advanced weapons. Take a look at some of the most forward-thinking to see ...

We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance you are talking about an Excel spreadsheet, and if not, at least a program ...

At a low-key talk for a local professional society in 1964, computer scientist and chemist Gordon Moore laid out a prediction that would define the world of technology for more than 50 years. In the ...

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

EXCLUSIVE: The History Channel is bringing back its first and longest-running franchise. The A+E Global Media network has greenlit a new series of Modern Marvels, the franchise that was created more ...