The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But ...

The history of computers from 1930 to the present is a story of extraordinary progress, tracing humanity’s journey from ...

Kyle Chayka writes about Laine Nooney’s book “The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal,” which is a history of the Apple II and early personal computers.

The history of computers in education has been variously characterized as an "accidental revolution" or "unthinking man and his thinking machines." Others have said that the computer revolution has ...

A New History of Modern Computing is the must-read story of how we got from ENIAC to Tesla.

The Verge is partnering with the Computer History Museum to explore the past and future of tech We’re teaming up with CHM to take a look at critical innovations in technology history, beginning ...

The invention of the computer is often articulated like a three-act play: the idea of the computer arrives, then there is the process of how to make the computer and, finally, there is the creation.

Computers and artificial intelligence have changed our world immensely, but we are still at the early stages of this history.

MOUNTAIN VIEW — After being closed for two years because of the pandemic, the Computer History Museum reopened Saturday, and visitors could once again let their inner nerd geek out as they ...

A Brief History of Computer Concordances Michael Preston Computer-assisted study of folklore and literature was initiated shortly after World War II by Roberto Busa, S.J., who began preparing a ...