Tech History with Fexingo: Stories of Silicon Valley, Pioneers, and Industry Origins

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Tech History with Fexingo: Stories of Silicon Valley, Pioneers, and Industry Origins

Lucas and Luna explore the hidden backstories of technology's defining moments — from the founding of Fairchild Semiconductor to the rise of the graphical user interface. Each episode takes a single company, product, or figure from Silicon Valley lore and examines the decisions, market pressures, and serendipity that shaped it. They ask: What did Intel's Andy Grove actually believe about operational discipline? How did Atari's culture of chaos birth both Steve Jobs and Nolan Bushnell's downfall? Why did Xerox PARC invent the future and fail to own it? Expect number-literate conversation that treats history not as a museum, but as a working toolkit for understanding today's tech landscape. Lucas brings the archival detail and journalistic rigor; Luna presses on the strategic lessons that still echo. This show is for founders, engineers, and product leaders who want to learn from the original mistakes and breakthroughs — not sanitized myths, but the messy, data-rich reality. By the end, you'll see the iPhone, the cloud, and AI not as inevitabilities, but as one possible path among many.

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Episodes

142 episodes

How the First Bar Code Scanner Changed Retail

Aug 1, 2026 · 7:11
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How the First Domain Name Was Registered

Jul 30, 2026 · 5:45
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How VisiCalc Launched the Spreadsheet Revolution

Jul 30, 2026 · 7:22
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How the QR Code Was Invented to Track Car Parts

Jul 29, 2026 · 4:39
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How Mosaic Brought the Web to the Masses

Jul 29, 2026 · 6:59
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The First Hard Drive Changed Data Storage Forever

Jul 28, 2026 · 6:20
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The First Touchscreen and the Physicist Who Invented It

Jul 28, 2026 · 4:18
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How the Altair 8800 Launched the PC Revolution

Jul 27, 2026 · 6:55
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How the First Email Was Sent

Jul 27, 2026 · 5:16
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How the First Microprocessor Changed the World

Jul 26, 2026 · 5:09
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IBM's 1971 Floppy Disk That Launched Portable Data

Jul 26, 2026 · 5:17
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How the First Computer Virus Was Born on the ARPANET

Jul 25, 2026 · 7:07
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How the First Computer Game Was Created

Jul 24, 2026 · 7:13
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How the First Digital Camera Was Invented at Kodak

Jul 23, 2026 · 6:10
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How the First Computer Network Launched the Internet Age

Jul 23, 2026 · 7:42
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How the First Computer Compiler Made Programming Possible

Jul 22, 2026 · 8:42
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How the First Transistor Changed Everything

Jul 22, 2026 · 9:11
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How the First Capacitor Made Modern Electronics Possible

Jul 21, 2026 · 9:52
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How the First Integrated Circuit Launched Silicon Valley

Jul 21, 2026 · 7:35
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How the First Computer Mouse Changed Interaction Design

Jul 20, 2026 · 6:40
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How the First Computer Bug Was Literally a Moth

Jul 20, 2026 · 6:45
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How the First Router Pioneered Packet Switching

Jul 19, 2026 · 7:37
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How the First Laser Printer Was Invented at Xerox PARC

Jul 19, 2026 · 8:50
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How the First Spreadsheet Turned a PC into a Business Tool

Jul 18, 2026 · 7:08
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How the First Computer Programmer Was a Woman

Jul 18, 2026 · 7:43
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How the First Computer Password Was Invented at MIT

Jul 17, 2026 · 8:46
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How the First Computer Hard Drive Changed Data Storage

Jul 17, 2026 · 12:04
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How the First SQL Database Changed Data Forever

Jul 16, 2026 · 8:20
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How the First Computer Modem Connected the World

Jul 16, 2026 · 7:58
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How the First Email Was Sent and Why It Matters

Jul 15, 2026 · 4:26
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How the First Web Browser Was Born at CERN

Jul 15, 2026 · 9:01
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How the First Computer Was Programmed Without Software

Jul 14, 2026 · 10:32
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How the First Unix Shell Revolutionized Computing

Jul 14, 2026 · 7:19
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The First Video Game Console Was Not Atari

Jul 13, 2026 · 8:08
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How the First Computer Virus Was Created

Jul 13, 2026 · 8:37
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How the First GUI Made Computers Visual

Jul 12, 2026 · 10:56
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How the First Ethernet Cable Connected the World

Jul 12, 2026 · 10:06
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How the First Word Processor Changed Writing Forever

Jul 11, 2026 · 10:09
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How the First Computer Graphics Were Created

Jul 11, 2026 · 8:56
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How the First Computer Was Actually Conceived

Jul 10, 2026 · 7:26
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How the First Computer Mouse Changed Human-Computer Interaction

Jul 10, 2026 · 8:06
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How the First Computer Bug Was a Real Moth

Jul 9, 2026 · 6:49
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How the First Digital Camera Changed Photography Forever

Jul 9, 2026 · 6:39
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How the First 3D Printer Created a New Manufacturing Revolution

Jul 8, 2026 · 8:48
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How the First Microprocessor Launched the Personal Computer Era

Jul 8, 2026 · 7:58
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How the First Domain Name Registry Was Born

Jul 7, 2026 · 5:47
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How the First Rechargeable Battery Powered Silicon Valley

Jul 7, 2026 · 7:47
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How the First Electronic Spreadsheet Revolutionized Business

Jul 6, 2026 · 6:02
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How the First Mousepad Was Born Out of a Coffee Spill

Jul 6, 2026 · 6:25
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How the First MP3 Player Changed Music Forever

Jul 5, 2026 · 7:36
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How the First Email Was Sent and What It Said

Jul 5, 2026 · 7:48
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How the First Domain Name Registry Was Born

Jul 4, 2026 · 6:56
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How the First Transistor Changed the World

Jul 4, 2026 · 7:53
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How the First Hard Drive Stored a Whopping 5 Megabytes

Jul 3, 2026 · 11:57
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How the First Capacitive Touchscreen Was Invented

Jul 3, 2026 · 6:10
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How the First Laser Printer Changed Office Work

Jul 2, 2026 · 7:57
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The First Spam Email and How It Changed Online Communication

Jul 2, 2026 · 7:23
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How the First GPS Satellite Was Launched

Jul 1, 2026 · 9:43
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How the First Word Processor Transformed Writing

Jul 1, 2026 · 6:38
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How the First Web Browser Mosaic Made the Internet Easy

Jun 30, 2026 · 9:11
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How the First Router Connected the ARPANET

Jun 30, 2026 · 8:24
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How the First USB Port Simplified Device Connections

Jun 29, 2026 · 6:57
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How the First Videogame Console Was Born at Magnavox

Jun 29, 2026 · 6:33
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How the First Digital Camera Changed Photography Forever

Jun 28, 2026 · 10:40
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How the First Digital Camera Was Built by an Engineer at Kodak

Jun 28, 2026 · 8:33
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How One Flawed Password Created the First Botnet

Jun 27, 2026 · 7:18
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How the First Computer Mouse Was Born at Xerox PARC

Jun 27, 2026 · 9:32
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How the First Wi-Fi Standard Was Created

Jun 26, 2026 · 6:08
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How the First Microchip Led to the Silicon Valley Ecosystem

Jun 26, 2026 · 8:20
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How the First VoIP Call Changed Telecom Forever

Jun 25, 2026 · 10:57
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How the First Microprocessor Launched the PC Revolution

Jun 25, 2026 · 7:41
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How the First Modem Turned Telephones Into Data Lines

Jun 24, 2026 · 6:29
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How a Coffee Pot Invented the Webcam

Jun 24, 2026 · 9:55
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The Story Behind the First Optical Mouse

Jun 23, 2026 · 7:51
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How the First Anti-Virus Software Was Born

Jun 23, 2026 · 10:38
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How the First Hard Drive Became a 1970s Breakthrough

Jun 22, 2026 · 10:05
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How the First Transistor Changed Everything

Jun 22, 2026 · 7:39
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How the First Email Was Sent and the @ Symbol Chosen

Jun 21, 2026 · 8:04
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How the First Laser Printer Changed Office Work Forever

Jun 21, 2026 · 7:48
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How the Ethernet Cable Connected the World

Jun 20, 2026 · 7:12
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How the First Programmer Wrote the First Algorithm

Jun 20, 2026 · 7:55
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How the First Computer Worm Spread Across the Internet

Jun 19, 2026 · 7:52
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How the First Web Browser Was Born at CERN

Jun 19, 2026 · 8:18
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How the First Video Game Console Launched an Industry

Jun 18, 2026 · 9:29
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How the First Webcam Was Invented for a Coffee Pot

Jun 18, 2026 · 9:23
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How the First Smartphone Was Actually a Phone

Jun 17, 2026 · 6:05
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How the First Computer Virus Was Born

Jun 17, 2026 · 6:47
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How the First Spreadsheet Software Sparked the PC Revolution

Jun 16, 2026 · 6:07
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How the Macintosh Inspired a Generation of Desktop Publishing

Jun 16, 2026 · 6:44
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How the First Computer Mouse Changed Interaction Design

Jun 15, 2026 · 8:10
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How the First Digital Camera Changed Photography Forever

Jun 15, 2026 · 11:32
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How the First Hard Disk Drive Changed Computing Forever

Jun 14, 2026 · 9:16
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How the Alto Brought Graphical Computing to Xerox PARC

Jun 14, 2026 · 8:58
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How the Palm Pilot Created Mobile Computing as We Know It

Jun 13, 2026 · 7:55
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How the Fairchild 9040 Calculator Launched Silicon Valley

Jun 13, 2026 · 11:27
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How the NeXT Computer Shaped the Modern Web

Jun 12, 2026 · 10:01
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How the BBC Micro Shaped a Generation of British Programmers

Jun 12, 2026 · 12:34
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How the Amiga 1000 Redefined Multimedia Computing

Jun 11, 2026 · 6:11
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How the Kindle Redefined Reading and Publishing

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:46
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How Moore's Law Shaped the Semiconductor Industry

Jun 10, 2026 · 9:33
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How the First Email Was Sent and the @ Symbol Chosen

Jun 10, 2026 · 8:17
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How the IBM PC Compatible Became the World Computer

Jun 9, 2026 · 9:36
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How the World Wide Web Was Actually Invented at CERN

Jun 9, 2026 · 8:03
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How the Ethernet Cable Was Born at Xerox PARC

Jun 8, 2026 · 8:10
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How the Floppy Disk Democratized Data Storage

Jun 8, 2026 · 10:31
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How the ENIAC Operators Became Computing's First Programmers

Jun 7, 2026 · 6:52
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How the IBM 350 RAMAC Invented the Hard Drive

Jun 7, 2026 · 8:00
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How the HP-35 Calculator Revolutionized Engineering

Jun 6, 2026 · 7:24
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How the Transistor Radio Created Portable Electronics

Jun 6, 2026 · 7:55
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How the TrackPoint Changed Laptop Navigation

Jun 5, 2026 · 9:08
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How the First Spreadsheet Changed Everything

Jun 5, 2026 · 6:33
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How the Lisp Machine Revolutionized AI Development

Jun 4, 2026 · 7:01
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How the Sony Trinitron Redefined Color Television

Jun 4, 2026 · 10:13
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How Xerox PARC Invented the Graphical User Interface

Jun 3, 2026 · 7:54
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How Doug Engelbart Invented the Future of Computing

Jun 3, 2026 · 10:02
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How Java Applets Almost Ran the Web

Jun 2, 2026 · 7:58
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How the Fairchild Plan Changed Silicon Valley Forever

Jun 2, 2026 · 11:28
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How the IBM System 360 Rescued Computing from Chaos

Jun 1, 2026 · 6:47
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How Bob Taylor Sparked the ARPANET Revolution

Jun 1, 2026 · 7:59
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How the Walkman Changed How We Listen to Music

May 31, 2026 · 11:05
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How a Single Chip Created the Graphics Revolution

May 31, 2026 · 9:41
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How One Engineer Created the TLA+ Specification Language

May 30, 2026 · 9:41
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How Bell Labs Invented the Transistor

May 30, 2026 · 9:13
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How Robert Metcalfe Shaped Ethernet and the Network Era

May 29, 2026 · 7:34
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How a Single Transistor Changed the Course of Computing

May 29, 2026 · 7:45
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The Story Behind the First Computer Mouse

May 28, 2026 · 8:20
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How Grace Hopper Invented the Compiler

May 28, 2026 · 8:03
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How the GRiD Compass Created the Modern Laptop

May 27, 2026 · 7:22
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The Forgotten Story of the Stretch Computer

May 27, 2026 · 6:56
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The Origin Story of the JPEG Image Format

May 26, 2026 · 6:59
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The Man Who Wired the Internet Together Router by Router

May 26, 2026 · 7:56
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How the HP 35 Calculator Killed the Slide Rule

May 25, 2026 · 8:30
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The Israeli Team That Rewrote the Rules of Memory Chips

May 25, 2026 · 7:36
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The Forgotten Story of Ethernet Origins

May 24, 2026 · 6:53
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How Xerox PARC Built the Future Before Anyone Else

May 24, 2026 · 7:54
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How Arthur Rock Created Venture Capital

May 23, 2026 · 7:09
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The Story Behind the First Commercial Email System

May 23, 2026 · 8:33
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The Forgotten Story of Fairchild Semiconductor

May 22, 2026 · 5:16
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The Story Behind the First Microprocessor

May 22, 2026 · 8:54
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The Alto That Invented the Modern PC

May 21, 2026 · 10:59
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The SRI Mouse That Changed Everything

May 21, 2026 · 7:39
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How Apollo Computer Shaped Modern Engineering Workstations

May 19, 2026 · 11:06
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