Tech History
Fastest Change In Tech History
The pace and scale of artificial intelligence (AI) development is now outstripping every previous tech revolution, according…
BBC Basics – 87 Years Ago
“Gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.”, said Isaac Shoenberg,…
A Thousand-Year Name Extension
Around a thousand years before electronics, a monk called Poppo was asked to prove his faith, because…
“A Thousand Songs In Your Pocket”
Around this time 22 years ago on October 23 2001, Steve Jobs promised to give people “A…
October 1980 : Halloween, Early AI & Ghosts …
AI isn’t something that’s just emerged in the last couple of years. Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde…
Stooky Bill
In days gone by, a Scottish person with a broken appendage might well have said their arm…
Rocket Man!
This week on September 28 2008 SpaceX managed to finally get the Falcon 1 rocket into space….
Q. Why Do Python Programmers Wear Specs?
A – Because they don’t see sharp! That’s a programming humour for you. And talking of programming,…
25 Years of Google
Did you know that Google was incorporated 25 years ago, in September 1998?Or that it was originally…
28 Years Ago : eBay (& Amazon by Comparison)
Whilst eBay’s market cap is dwarfed by that of Amazon (i.e. circa 24 billion dollars compared to…