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German engineer and inventor Konrad Zuse is considered as the inventor of the modern computer but was frustrated in his ...

I bought an 8GB Raspberry Pi 5 as soon as they went up for preorder, just like I have bought every full-size Pi model since the Pi 3 Model B launched back in 2016, including the Pi 3B+, with its ...

The race is on to scale up quantum computing, transforming it from an esoteric research tool into a commercially viable, general-purpose machine. Special-purpose quantum computers have been available ...

Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Computers — the iPad, the Mac and anything else where a screen is the main form of interaction — are creativity killers. They distract, frustrate and get in the way ...

The question of who invented the first computer and when was the computer invented has a complex answer that spans centuries of innovation. Many people assume a single inventor and a specific date, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Today, most of us have become fairly blasé about the computing power of even the tiniest handheld devices. But a report in The Engineer from 1951 on the so-called Manchester Electronic Computer is a ...