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The Lines of Code That Changed Everything Apollo 11, the JPEG, the first pop-up ad, and 33 other bits of software that have transformed our world.
Grace Hertlein’s collection is “a kaleidoscopic snapshot of the early decades of an art historical and technological ...
In 1901, sponge divers discovered the Antikythera Mechanism off a Greek island. Dated to around 100 BC, it’s now believed to be the world’s first analog computer. It could predict eclipses ...
The first electronic computer purchased by a private business in the U.S. took some getting use to for the GE Appliance Park employees who began working with the device in Louisville in 1954.
Set in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Computer History Museum long cheered the developments around it. Now, it’s taking a more nuanced approach.
Google and the Computer History Museum release AlexNet’s original 2012 source code on GitHub, offering a rare look at a pivotal moment in AI history.
The source code for AlexNet is publicly available now in part because Computer History Museum curator Hansen Hsu reached out to its creator Alex Krizhevsky, citing the code’s “historical ...
Computer Freaks The untold history of when the internet really started making money.
In March 1989, the first webpage was created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee. This infographic guides you through the 30-year history of the Web. See how we got to where we are now.
Computer History Museum in Mountain View announces new CEO Former NASA associate administrator Marc Etkind taking the helm in April Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month.
In the annals of computer history, few names are as venerated as IBM. The company, eventually known as International Business Machines, remained on the bleeding edge of computer technology for ...