A Still-Functioning Auto Shop Relies on This Ancient Computer
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The average life cycle of a smartphone is just a couple of years, but older tech products can last a lot longer. Read about this extreme example at Car and Driver.
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Antikythera Mechanism: The ancient 'computer' that simply shouldn't exist - BBC REEL
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Grand Theft Auto VI: PS5 And Xbox Series X/S Release Confirmed For 2025, No Mention Of PC - Game Informer
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Researchers Re-Create the Antikythera Mechanism, the World's Oldest Computer - The New Stack
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How Software Is Eating the Car - IEEE Spectrum
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Freight Railroad Chronology - AAR
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Find Out Why Workers Over 70 Are a Growing Labor Force
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How I introduced a 27-year-old computer to the Web
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Today's Internet Still Relies on an ARPANET-Era Protocol: The Request for Comments - IEEE Spectrum
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Scientists may have solved ancient mystery of 'first computer', Astronomy