Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could "induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal ...

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 ...

He invented DRAM, the technology that allowed for the faster and higher-capacity memory storage that is the basis for modern computing. By Steve Lohr Robert H. Dennard, an engineer who invented the ...

Thomas E. Kurtz, who translated the exhilarating power of computer science in the 1960s as the coinventor of BASIC, a programming language that replaced inscrutable numbers and glyphs with intuitive ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new computer keyboard that would allow for the additional connection of a wired USB mouse or other USB computer accessory," said an ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Doug Engelbart, a visionary who invented the computer mouse and developed other technology that has transformed the way people work, play and communicate, died late Tuesday. He was 88.

Tech bloggers are fuming over a comment by an IBM vice president taking credit for the invention of the personal computer. But who actually invented the PC anyway? Turns out it's more complicated than ...