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The WanaCry ransomware quickly spread to hundreds of thousands of Windows systems on May 12, 2017, impacting everything from car manufacturing to hospitals. A few hours later, it was stopped by a cybersecurity...

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, helping guide the country through the Civil War and advocated for an end to slavery. Nearly 100 years later, he was resurrected as a robot for the 1964 New...

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Apple helped develop PowerPC processors as competition against Intel in the 1990s, but by the early 2000s, the architecture was falling behind. Apple's switch to Intel x86 processors revived its Mac computers, kicked...

Google introduced AMP in 2015 as a solution for slow and unresponsive mobile websites. It didn't go well. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Adam Conway. Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales...

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The Intellivision arrived in 1979 as an exciting new game console, and almost 40 years later, Tommy Tallarico picked up the rights and began work on a sequel. The Intellivision Amico aimed to bring family fun back to...

CyanogenMod started as a custom build of Android for one smartphone, and quickly grew into an operating system spanning hundreds of devices. With the corporate backing of Microsoft and partnerships with OEMs, it seemed...

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The Apple II in 1977 was the computer that made Apple into a successful company, and in 1986, the upgraded 16-bit Apple IIGS hit store shelves. Even though it was an impressive computer, it was overshadowed by the new...

Duke Nukem 3D took the world by storm in 1996, pushing first-person shooter video games to a new frontier. The sequel, Duke Nukem Forever, was planned for release before the end of 1998, but remained stuck in...

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Microsoft tried one last time to reinvent Internet Explorer in 2015, with the arrival of Microsoft Edge alongside Windows 10. It had a modernized engine and new features, but only a few years later, the last remnants of...

Internet Explorer 10 arrived in 2012, alongside the release of Windows 8, sporting a new Metro look and a controversial privacy change. Microsoft followed it up with IE 11 in 2013, which would ultimately be the final...

Apple partnered with Irish rock band U2 in 2014 to give the group's new album, Songs of Innocence, to everyone with an Apple account. Apple called it the largest album release of all time, but it immediately sparked...