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In 1983, Steve Jobs placed his Apple Lisa mouse inside a 13-foot time capsule in Colorado; after construction erased its location, crews finally excavated it in 2014- In 1983, Steve Jobs reportedly ordered Apple’s failed Twiggy Macs destroyed; one surviving prototype sold for $150,075
- BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitions
- In 1983, Atari dumped 14 truckloads of games like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Atari 2600 and others in a landfill in New Mexico. In 2014 more than 800 of them were sold for more than $100,000Atari’s 1983 disposal of video-game cartridges and computer equipment at an Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill became one of gaming’s most fam...14 Sep, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
- In 1843, a 27-year-old woman wrote first-ever computer program. Mentored by Charles Babbage, her work still inspires modern technology nearly 200 years laterAda Lovelace, a visionary ahead of her time, imagined programmable machines long before electronic computers came into being. In 1843, she ...20 Aug, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
- A Latvian astronomer and his wife drove 190 miles to a secret Soviet ghost town in 1994; found a 600-ton telescope the Russians had poured acid on - adapted the Cold War machine built to spy on the West and listen to the starsAfter the retreat of Russian forces from Latvia, a concealed Soviet-era radio telescope came to light. Astronomer Juris Zhagars dedicated h...16 Aug, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
- Scientists rebuilt ancient primate brains from fossils and found a stunning clue to human evolution: The brain may have grown larger not simply to think more, but because our ancestors were processing an increasing amount of visual informationAncient primate brain evolution is now better understood. Researchers reconstructed fossil brain spaces using advanced imaging techniques. ...12 Aug, 2026, 11.30 PM IST
- As AI grips world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growingDersch is part of a growing community of vintage computer collectors who are preserving the classic machines that helped launch the digital...10 Aug, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
- In 1955, a forgotten NASA pioneer began work that helped reach the edge of the Solar System — how Annie Easley’s journey from NACA to the iconic Cassini mission is inspiring America once againMost people know the names behind the Moon landing. Few know Annie Easley. Yet her work helped shape America's space future. She joined NAC...29 Jul, 2026, 06.21 PM IST
- Thousands of forgotten World War I Indian soldiers commemorated in UKA research project has officially recognised 9,909 Indian soldiers missing from World War I records. These servicemen from pre-Partition In...06 Jul, 2026, 05.41 PM IST
- In 1963, Douglas Engelbart imagined people physically controlling computers with their hands: And helped create the computer mouseIn the 1960s, Douglas Engelbart envisioned interactive computers. He developed the computer mouse, a wooden prototype with wheels, which al...15 May, 2026, 03.04 PM IST
- Grace Hopper Found the First Computer “Bug”- a Real OneA literal moth found in a 1947 computer led Rear Admiral Grace Hopper to coin the term "debugging." This incident, though humorous, highlig...13 Feb, 2026, 03.41 PM IST
- AI pioneer Raj Reddy honoured by Silicon Valley’s Computer History MuseumRaj Reddy, an Indian-American professor and researcher, has been honoured for his contribution towards revolutionising artificial intellige...29 Jun, 2021, 03.29 PM IST
- Silicon Valley inventor of 'cut, copy and paste' diesBronx-born Lawrence "Larry" Tesler, a pioneering computer scientist whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on "cut, cop...20 Feb, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
- Central Vista makeover: North, South Blocks likely to reflect India's pre and post-1857 historyAt present, the South Block houses the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs, while the North Block...16 Jan, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
- IIT alumnus launches accelerator to help IIT startups in USThe initiative is to provide mentorship, incubation and other necessary support to the budding entrepreneurs and to connect the IIT alumni ...05 Feb, 2018, 10.10 PM IST
- Wolf-sized otters roamed Earth over 6 million years ago25 Jan, 2017, 02.01 PM IST
- Apple computer that Steve Jobs programmed fetches $365,000 at Christie's New York auctionA rare Apple-1 computer personally sold by the company's co-founder Steve Jobs nearly 40 years ago has fetched a whopping $365,000 at an au...14 Dec, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
- Silicon Valley needs to upgrade memory cacheGoogle and Apple have had a profound impact on contemporary history but there are few obvious landmarks in Silicon Valley celebrating the m...09 Apr, 2007, 01.57 AM IST
- Sun buys Hewlett and PackardIn a nicely crafted PR stunt, Sun Microsystems recently announced that it purchased Hewlett and Packard for a little over $6,000 reports UK...21 Aug, 2006, 04.05 PM IST
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