The 1990s was a period of fast-paced change and disruption for the desktop publishing industry. A swathe of different companies were bought, sold and merged together to reshape the foundations for what we see today – an industry dominated by Adobe. One of the most significant deals of this era was Adobe’s merger with Aldus … Read more
This one-off folding iPhone mod could be a glimpse of the future. Photo: KJMX Apple may have decided that 2026 is the right year to launch a folding iPhone. Cupertino has been tinkering with prototype handsets with foldable displays for a long time. An analyst predicted Thursday that the company will finally have something to … Read more
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Northern Australian elder George Milpurrurr shows the next generation how to do a cultural burn.Credit: Penny Tweedie/Alamy Indigenous Australians have been using fire to shape the country’s northern ecosystems for thousands of years. Researchers analysed charcoal … Read more
In just four U.S. states, residents can add their driver’s license or ID to the Apple Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age at select airports, businesses, and venues. Adoption of the feature has been slow since Apple first announced it … Read more
The scale and prevalence of mobile phones in today’s age is extraordinary when you think that little more than 40 years ago, not one person was able to buy one commercially. That all changed on March 13 1984, when the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X became the first mobile phone to be sold in the US Midwest … Read more
“When you think about the history of Bluetooth, and specifically about audio, you really have to go back to the mid-to-late ’90s.” Chuck Sabin is a Bluetooth expert. As a senior director at Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), he oversees market research and planning as well as business development. He’s also leading the charge for … Read more
For many decades, businesses in the US and across the world have been relying on specially-engineered business laptops that have boosted productivity immeasurably. One such model that’s been a staple for 30 years is the Dell Latitude family of enterprise laptops – starting with the Dell Latitude XP in 1994. Since then, Dell has continued … Read more
It’s unclear whether Tim Berners-Lee knew the magnitude of his authoring of the 1989 paper titled “Information Management: A Proposal“. But it was undoubtedly a transformative moment for humanity and has impacted society and business in profound ways. 35 years on from a mere proposal, we have interconnected systems all around the world that are … Read more
Northern Australian elder George Milpurrurr shows the next generation how to do a cultural burn.Credit: Penny Tweedie/Alamy Indigenous Australians have been using fire to shape the country’s northern ecosystems for at least 11,000 years, according to charcoal preserved in the sediment of a sinkhole. The study was published on 11 March in Nature Geoscience1. The … Read more
After seven years of development, indie visual novel game The Hayseed Knight is now available in full for PC on both Steam and Itch.io. Helmed by solo developer Maxi Molina, the game follows a one-eyed farm boy called Ader as he pursues his personal quest to become the most celebrated knight in Acazhor – a … Read more