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retrofuturistic

See What People of 1967 Imagined the World Would Be Like in 1999

Spoiler: lots of egg chairs, turtlenecks, and computer servants.
Molly McBride Jacobson November 28, 2016
art

Human Eyes Might Not Notice a Good Forgery, But Computers Could

Artificial intelligence might thwart art forgers once and for all.
Natalie Zarrelli October 5, 2016
science

You Can Now Listen to the First Computer-Generated Music Ever

It was created by Alan Turing.
Erik Shilling September 27, 2016
victorian

The Strange Victorian Computer That Generated Latin Verse

Called the Eureka, it may have influenced Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.
Amanda Kolson Hurley September 23, 2016
computers

Why Computer Scientists In Pittsburgh Spent Last Night Differentiating Nipples from Navels

Meet the Torso Computer Club.
Cara Giaimo September 21, 2016
shipwrecks

Found: A 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton at the Antikythera Wreck

Archaeologists made a new discovery at the site where the world's oldest computer was found.
Sarah Laskow September 20, 2016
Star Wars-Inspired Conference Room
Verona, Wisconsin

Epic Campus

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.
nasa

A Hacker From South Africa Rescued the First NASA Computer in Space

The 1966 Apollo Guidance Computer paved the way for the moon landing—and then sat in a scrap heap for decades.
Cara Giaimo September 2, 2016
The "Arctic Cathedral" in Tromsø, Norway—one of the many churches that about 15,035 people will no longer be attending.
churches

Thousands Leave Norwegian Church as Online Registration Backfires

15,035 people have "unsubscribed" from the church since Monday.
Cara Giaimo August 22, 2016
computers

Say Farewell to New York's Original Apple Store

Computer mecca Tekserve hits the auction block.
Atlas Obscura August 19, 2016
Athletic regalia at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championships.
computers

The Microsoft Office World Championships Feature Blood, Tears, and Very Little Sweat

Behind the scenes with the teens trying to become the best in the world at Powerpoint.
Cara Giaimo August 10, 2016
games

How a Small Group of Devotees Are Saving Neopets From Extinction

25 million people once raised Neopets. A few thousand persevere today, in what has become a virtual ghost town.
Lauren Young August 2, 2016
music

Watch These Floppy Drives Play a Famous Power Metal Song

It's like a comeback tour for an artist that wasn't a musician in the first place.
David Doochin July 26, 2016
secret

Found: Nodes in an Anonymity-Protecting Network That Are Actually Spying on Users

Tor is used for anonymity, so it's a problem if parts of it are collecting data.
Sarah Laskow July 26, 2016
music

Found: Hidden and Charming Mac Porn Game From 1986

It was discovered, yes, by a Redditor.
Sarah Laskow July 8, 2016
secret

How a Kitten Video Can Transmit Secret Instructions to Criminals

An ancient form of information-hiding known as steganography has infiltrated the viral internet.
Lauren Young June 22, 2016
Alan Turing Memorial
Manchester, England

Alan Turing Memorial

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Permanently Closed
Accra, Ghana

Agbogbloshie

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.