AI Boom: Why Did It Take Decades to Finally Arrive?

The recent AI Boom seems sudden, but its foundation was built over decades. Discover the key factors that held it back.

https://www.olamnews.com/technology/ai/2814/why-the-ai-boom-took-decades/

RIP to... Dial-up #internet! An incredible achievement and source of everlasting nostalgia for many. #Tech #technews #TechHistory

https://apnews.com/article/aol-dial-up-internet-shuts-down-08162912737f2fb221f10ba87ce5fc41

AOL's dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. The company confirmed it would discontinue the service on Tuesday, September 30th, citing routine evaluations of its offerings. Dial-up is no longer advertised on AOL's website, and former help pages related to the service are unavailable. AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago. The creaky door to the internet was characterized by a once-ubiquitous series of beeps and buzzes heard over the phone used to connect your computer online. Eventually, broadband and wireless offerings rose to dominance — but some consumers still use other dial-up offerings today.

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Un prototipo di iPad 2 con soli 8 GB di spazio di archiviazione è stato scoperto. 😮

Originariamente previsto come variante economica, questo modello inedito è stato condiviso da AppleDemoYT. 📱

#iPad #Apple #TechHistory

On this day in 1985, Microsoft Excel was created and released.
Happy 40th birthday to the spreadsheet that changed the world! 🥳📊
#Excel #Microsoft #Data #Analytics #Productivity #Innovation #Excel40 #TechHistory
A Requiem for a Dying Operating System

HP 5036A Microprocessor Lab: ein Lehr- und Lerncomputer rund um eine Intel 8085A CPU, tragbar verbaut in einem Aktenkoffer. Wer mehr über den Rechner wissen will, kann im Hewlett Packard Journal vom Oktober 1979 darüber lesen: https://hparchive.com/Journals/HPJ-1979-10.pdf

Das Exemplar auf dem Foto war zu sehen am VCFe 12.0 in München (2011). #VCFe #VCFeHistory #VCFe12.0 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #techhistory #hp

🎂 Google turns 27!

The 1998 logo Doodle for #Googles27thBirthday takes us back to its garage days. From a misspelled "googol" to 13B daily searches, discover the story behind the green "L" and Google's rise to tech giant.

Story 🔗: https://bestsoln.com/web/celebrating-googles-27th-birthday-from-humble-beginnings-to-tech-dominance

#TechHistory #Google #GoogleDoodle

Celebrating Google’s 27th Birthday: From Humble Beginnings to Tech Dominance

Introduction Google just turned 27, and if you visited the homepage on September 27, 2025, you might have felt a rush of nostalgia. The familiar search bar was topped with a special Doodle featuring the company’s original 1998 logo, a...

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Does anyone still remember this cursed thing? There was a time when they tried to make reversible USB type A happen. It was just as bad as you'd expect. Back when USB-C was about to debut, a lot of tech news tried to sell this as the Apple's next generation USB connector. I'm glad USB-C game along.

#usb #techhistory #tech

🎉💡 Attention all tech dinosaurs! 🦖 The von Neumann #architecture is apparently the villain of today's AI woes. Who would've guessed that a decision made when bell-bottoms were in fashion still haunts us today? 🕺🔧
https://research.ibm.com/blog/why-von-neumann-architecture-is-impeding-the-power-of-ai-computing #techdinosaurs #AIwoes #vonNeumann #nostalgia #techhistory #HackerNews #ngated
How the von Neumann bottleneck is impeding AI computing

The von Neumann architecture, which separates compute and memory, is perfect for conventional computing. But it creates a data traffic jam for AI.

IBM Research