On 29 October 1969, two scientists established a connection between computers some 350 miles away and started typing a message. Halfway through, it crashed.

Our world runs on randomly generated numbers and without them a surprising proportion of modern life would break down. So, why are they so hard to find?

They may have barely enough capacity to store a modern smart phone picture, but some people still love using this technology from the 1980s.

How we deal with knotty interpersonal problems is a test for a different form of intelligence.

On π-day, one mathematician explores our fascination with pi and asks why we obsessively compute its digits.

On 24 January 1984, the Apple Macintosh 128K was unveiled to the world – and it changed personal computing forever.

Fixing devices and appliances is currently tricky – but new consumer rights laws are seeking to change that. Chris Stokel-Walker looks at how this might change the technology we use.

As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution.