The World’s First Computer Sank 2,000 Years Ago. Science Finally Solved One of Its Biggest Mysteries.

Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human ...

How to quickly convert EPUB files to Kindle format - and why it matters

Think you're stuck using only Amazon's Kindle format? Think again. Here's how to convert e-book formats, giving you more ...

Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen to raise $1,300 for Apple’s first computer. He became a millionaire just two years later at 23

Steve Jobs sold his car to raise enough money to build Apple’s first computer. Just one year later, the tech titan reeled in ...

I've tracked Apple for nearly 50 years: How a garage rebel became a multitrillion-dollar empire

Opinion: On Apple's 50th anniversary, here's a look at what the company gained - and lost - on its journey from a tech geeks' ...
Fast Company

AI is creating the first generation of cognitively outsourced humans

Now we are beginning to outsource something far more consequential: not memory, not route-finding, not scheduling, but thought itself. Or, more precisely, the labor of forming a judgment before ...
The Verge

Apple’s four-pack of first-gen AirTags is down to $60 for the first time

Apple’s first-gen AirTag may not be the newest model, but it’s still one of the best trackers available. Apple’s first-gen AirTag may not be the newest model, but it’s still one of the best trackers ...
Bates College

First-generation student mentors help peers navigate academics, social life at Bates

Since her freshman year, Sheila Robledo ’26 of Alton, Texas, has spent a lot of time in Bates’ Student Center for Belonging and Community. “It’s just one of my favorite places on campus, to be honest, ...
The Fader

Follow the Fader

The FADER’s longstanding GEN F series profiles the emerging artists you need to know right now. Ninajirachi is backstage beneath the blacklights and the whole venue is screaming. It’s a bitterly cold ...
Inside Higher Ed

Rethinking First-Generation Labels

Labeling a college applicant “first generation” has long been a way to identify students who may need extra support navigating college life. But new research from Common App suggests that binary first ...
TechCrunch

China’s brain-computer interface industry is racing ahead

While Elon Musk’s Neuralink likes to say it’s “pioneering” brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), China’s BCI industry is already quietly moving from research to scale. A new wave of startups is racing to ...
Electronic Design

Lightning Strikes Twice: First ENIAC and Soon the Personal Computer

AI has consumed/claimed the supply of silicon and magnetic storage for the next two or three years. Severe shortages of critical components will lead to massive disruption in a wide swath of products, ...
TechSpot

Micron's world-first PCIe Gen 6 SSD doubles data rates for AI data centers

Highly anticipated: After over a year of teasing its latest storage technology, Micron is now almost ready to sell its storage breakthrough to enterprise and Big Tech customers. The world's first PCIe ...