In April 1981, the floor of the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco was crowded with hobbyist tinkerers, engineers and ...

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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.

The ancient Antikythera Mechanism acts like an astronomical calculator, but its full purpose remains a mystery.

We all scream for ice-cream, especially as temperatures soar in the summer. Ancient civilizations had the same desire for a ...

From amphibious cars to 3D TVs, these products were once seen as the future. Instead, they turned out to be massive flops.

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations ...

On its 112th anniversary, the Federal Reserve's track record speaks clearly: 97% purchasing power lost, M2 up 140,000%.

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He was completely unaware that this one minor character would attain a massive cult following amongst Star Wars fans, purely ...