Long before you were picking up Python and JavaScript, in the predawn darkness of May 1, 1964, a modest but pivotal moment in computing history unfolded at Dartmouth College. Mathematicians John G.

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Well, we know that OpenAI isn't making the next iPhone. But what about the next Windows? At the end of September, news broke that ex-Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were working ...

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A NeXTcube computer running the NeXTSTEP operating system. Simon Claessen / Flickr Today marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of NeXTSTEP, a computer operating system launched by Steve Jobs during ...