There’s pretty much nothing cooler than old computers and Rocky Bergen, a visual artist from Canada, has spent years creating paper replicas of them. From early Apple models to Ataris to Commodores and early IBM PCs, Bergen manages to work up visceral recreations of retro hardware that look almost exactly like the…
Once, IBM was the world leader in AI, trotting out robots to face off against chess grand masters and Jeopardy! champions in televised media stunts. Now AI is back in the limelight, but IBM is nowhere near the front of the pack.
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Super Bowl 57 is happening soon in the U.S., so it’s time for another barrage of multi-million dollar commercials. It’s been like this for a long time, and often what is successful during the Super Bowl carries over into what is successful in the real world.
In 1982, the Department of Justice wrapped up a 13-year antitrust case against IBM. The DOJ lost, but so did IBM. The tech landscape changed, and IBM was distracted and had to move slowly under the increased scrutiny. Microsoft and Apple swooped in and knocked IBM off its perch. 20 years later, the same thing happened…
