From floppy-era disasters to laptop lids and MagSafe snaps, an unexpected journey through magnets in computing.

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Aug 12, 2026 at 2:10 pm August 12, 2026 at 2:10 pm ...

The Odyssey is now officially the highest grossing movie in Christopher Nolan’s career. The filmmaker of Inception, Oppenheimer, and three different Batman pictures capped that milestone Sunday when ...

It’s hard to believe, but before that phone in your hand existed people used to tap on boxy, clunky machines called “computers.” Now the golden era of desktop computing will be feted at the Vintage ...

Dan Tao is associate research fellow at the Research Institute of Science Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. In early 2025, the Chinese artificial-intelligence company DeepSeek, ...

You open your inbox and see a billing alert. It claims you signed up for Geek Squad protection. The total is $489.99. There is a big button to pay now. There is only one problem. You never signed up.

In one of Kurt Vonnegut’s stories, God leaves it to humans to think of a purpose for everything, including "all this." Purpose both gives us something to live for and provides the foundation to pursue ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Families looking for something fun to do during spring break will have a chance to mix science, learning and entertainment this week at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and ...

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...

Less than 40 percent of public middle schools say that they are offering computer science coursework. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up ...