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Forgotten Tech History

Stories about the forgotten people, decisions, and accidents that quietly shaped the digital world.
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The Weavers: Memory and the Moon

In 1965, engineers were building a computer to fly men to the moon. It had to survive a rocket launch and the vacuum of space. It could not be erased by a power failure, a hard landing, or anything sh…

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Found

The show has a new name. Starting with this episode, Lore in the Machine is now Found in the Machine. Same stories, same voice, same obsessions. The name just finally says what the show actually does.…

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I’m Not a Robot: The Internet's Human Test

You’ve done this so many times you don’t think about it anymore. A box appears. You squint at some blurry letters, type them out, check the box. It takes about ten seconds.You probably didn’t know tha…