80 years later, GCHQ releases new images of Nazi code-breaking computer
GCHQ unveils new docs on Colossus, a 1943 marvel that let allies “read Hitler’s mind.”
80 years later, GCHQ releases new images of Nazi code-breaking computer Read MoreGCHQ unveils new docs on Colossus, a 1943 marvel that let allies “read Hitler’s mind.”
80 years later, GCHQ releases new images of Nazi code-breaking computer Read MoreDecades before Google Street View, state government vans were photographing each mile of roadway, capturing a rich visual history of America’s roads and highways.
The forgotten history of highway photologs Read MoreHow artificial intelligence and computer science grew up together.
Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science Read MoreStacy Horn set out to create something new and very New York. She didn’t expect it to last so long.
The inside story of New York City’s 34-year-old social network, ECHO Read MoreAfter discovering that a history of keyboards— from typewriters to iPhones—had yet to be written, designer and typographer Marcin Wichary got to work.
Shift happens: Writing about the history of keyboards Read MoreA real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time.
The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits’ Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime Read More“Like, Comment, Subscribe,” a new history of the platform by Mark Bergen, makes the case that YouTube cracked the code for turning the desire to watch and be watched into money.
How YouTube Created the Attention Economy Read MoreTo understand what we are—and should be—building, we need to look beyond Snow Crash.
The metaverse is a new word for an old idea Read MoreThe pixel as the organizing principle of all pictures, from cave paintings to Toy Story.
A Biography of the Pixel Read MoreAlvy Ray Smith helped invent computer animation as we know it—then got royally shafted by Steve Jobs. Now he’s got a vision for where the pixel will take us next.
Meet the Little-Known Genius Who Helped Make Pixar Possible Read MoreTracking the historical events that lead to the interweaving of data and knowledge.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
—George Santayana
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. —Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997.
Steve Jobs Read More“The most interesting book ever written about Google” (The Washington Post) delivers the inside story behind the most successful and admired technology company of our time, now updated with a new Afterword.
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives Read MoreIn Bounty Everything: Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug Marketplace, researchers Ryan Ellis and Yuan Stevens provide a window into the working lives of hackers who participate in “bug bounty” programs—programs that hire hackers to discover and report bugs or other vulnerabilities in their systems.
Bounty Everything: Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug Marketplace Read MoreThe computer and the Internet are among the most important inventions of our era, but few people know who created them. There were a lot of fascinating people involved, some ingenious and a few even geniuses. This is the story of these pioneers, hackers, inventors, and entrepreneurs—who they were, how their minds worked, and what made them so creative. It’s also a narrative of how they collaborated and why their ability to work as teams made them even more creative.
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Read MoreHow the computer became universal.
A New History of Modern Computing Read MoreThe future of computing depends in part on how we reckon with its past.
Where computing might go next Read MoreLevy profiles the imaginative brainiacs who found clever and unorthodox solutions to computer engineering problems. They had a shared sense of values, known as “the hacker ethic,” that still thrives today.
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution Read More