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Computers

A large rectangular artwork consists of thousands of brightly colored squares arranged in a dense pixel-like field, transitioning from blue and green to red and yellow in a gradient reminiscent of early digital imaging.

A Trove of Early Computer Art Is Hiding in Plain Sight in Sotheby’s History of Science & Technology Sale

Grace Hertlein’s collection is “a kaleidoscopic snapshot of the early decades of an art historical and technological phenomenon.”
By Christa Terry
Canyon like landscape with a big moon on a light blue sky.

Even More of Paul G. Allen’s Massive Collection Is Coming to Christie’s

Three sales will put early computers, technologies from the Space Race, artworks and significant scientific documents and memorabilia on the block.
By Elisa Carollo
Bulky desktop computer with light orange keyboard

The World’s First Desktop Computer Heads to Auction

Produced in the 1970s, the pioneering Q1 was the first computer powered by a single-chip microprocessor.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Sanjay Mehrotra testifying during Senate hearing

Micron Will Invest $100 Billion in a New Computer Chip Factory in New York State

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

COVID-19 May Have Rewired People’s Relationships With Artificial Intelligence Forever

By Sofia Quaglia
A sample of Y2K related books are photographed December 1, 1999 in New York City.

Y2K Survival Guides: They’re Now a Little Bit Dated

By Harmon Leon

The ‘Quantum Computing’ Decade Is Coming—Here’s Why You Should Care

By Chris Roberts
robot

J Robot: Could Artificial Intelligence Actually Replace Reporters?

By John A. Tures
Americans love UFOs.

Americans Are 300× More Likely to Report UFO Sightings Than the Rest of the World

By John Bonazzo
Evan Dahm tests a Wacom MobileStudio Pro at Think Coffee in Manhattan.

How Much Did Wacom’s MobileStudio Pro Impress This Traditional Cartoonist?

By Brady Dale
Supercomputers at Facebook's Luleå data center.

Researchers Just Discovered a Way to Make Supercomputing Way More Powerful

By Sage Lazzaro
These kids may be engrossed in their iPad, but a new book says the tablet is harmful to their developing brains.

iPad Alert: What Exactly Is Your Tablet Doing to Your Kid’s Brain?

By John Bonazzo
Tim Cook, Apple CEO

Apple Is Opening Siri to Outside Development and Helping You Breathe

By Josh Keefe
Anonymous has lost its moral authority.

Anonymous Has Lost Its Touch

By Micah Halpern
Chris Cox of Microsoft(left), Gary Riding of Samsung (center) and Navin Shenoy of Intel (right).

‘There’s Never Been a Better Time to Buy a Computer’: Samsung, Microsoft & Intel Team Up

By Sage Lazzaro
(Screengrab: Lifetime)

Project Runway Designers Used Old Computer Parts to Make These Amazing Dresses

By Sage Lazzaro
(Photo: Amazon)

Computing, Gaming Gear On Sale For Dirt Cheap On Amazon Today Only

By Sage Lazzaro
One of the shuttles rolling out in Greenwich. (Photo: TRL GATEway Project)

Self-Driving Cars Will Be in 30 U.S. Cities by the End of Next Year

By Sage Lazzaro

Meet the Man Behind ‘Solarized,’ the Most Important Color Scheme in Computer History

By Jack Smith IV
(Flickr/Paul Hudson)

Hack-Proof Smart Keyboard Learns How You Type, Won’t Work for Anyone Else

By Sage Lazzaro

Artificially Intelligent Robot Scientists Could Be Next Project for Google’s AI Firm

By Sage Lazzaro
(Photo: Wikipedia)

Google’s New Computer With Human-Like Learning Abilities Will Program Itself

By Sage Lazzaro
Susan Orlean. (Photo by Getty Images)

Susan Orlean on Blogs, Twitter and Writing

By Matthew Kassel
Not a British person. (Photo: Neuroscience Marketing)

Five Days of Our Lives Vanish Waiting for Slow Computers

By Jordan Valinsky
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