Olam News<p><strong>AI Boom: Why Did It Take Decades to Finally Arrive?</strong></p>
The recent AI Boom seems sudden, but its foundation was built over decades. Discover the key factors that held it back.
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Amato<p>RIP to... Dial-up <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a>! An incredible achievement and source of everlasting nostalgia for many. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/aol-dial-up-internet-shuts-down-08162912737f2fb221f10ba87ce5fc41" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/aol-dial-up</span><span class="invisible">-internet-shuts-down-08162912737f2fb221f10ba87ce5fc41</span></a></p>
Wolfgang StiefMagnetic Tapes / Magnetband. <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/onepicaday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onepicaday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/vintagecomputing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/retrocomputing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/magnetictape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magnetictape</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/techhistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techhistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/technikgeschichte?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technikgeschichte</a>.
Ari [APz] Sovijärvi<p>Does anyone still remember this cursed thing? There was a time when they tried to make reversible USB type A happen. It was just as bad as you'd expect. Back when USB-C was about to debut, a lot of tech news tried to sell this as the Apple's next generation USB connector. I'm glad USB-C game along.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usb</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Yash Sharma<p>2008–2014 felt like a golden age: new social networks everywhere, a flood of Android phones, fresh companies every month, new UI designs for apps. So much variety in hardware + software, and it all felt people-first.</p><p>Today? Feels saturated. Personally, the only hype is for gaming handhelds: the stuff that stuttered for me in 2018 now runs at a steady 60 fps in my hands. Wild.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumerTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GamingHandhelds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GamingHandhelds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandheldGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandheldGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MobileGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/60fps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>60fps</span></a></p>
Did You Know<p>🚀 Did you know? The term 'bug' in programming traces back to September 9, 1947, when Grace Hopper and her team at Harvard found a moth trapped in their <a href="https://streetwi.se/tags/MarkII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkII</span></a> computer! They taped it in their logbook, dubbing it the 'First actual case of bug being found.' 🐛 <a href="https://streetwi.se/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> This charming logbook now resides in the @Smithsonian, a testament to early <a href="https://streetwi.se/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> struggles. Grace Hopper, a pioneer, not only coined the term but also revolutionized programming with <a href="https://streetwi.se/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> (1/2)</p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>»The new Unix, called OSF I, has been delayed considerably, and its user-interface is called OSF/Motif, which is in direct conflict with AT&T's Unix interface called Open Look.« </p><p>Found in an article about the state of Unix in "Your Computer", issue June 1990.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unixhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/motif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motif</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openlook</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>Bought a Moto Edge 50 Neo to replace a Xiaomi Redmi 10 pro. I have a Moto G30 (a tank phone). Plan is to sell the Redmi and buy a refurb Pixel, and try out Graphene. tbh Moto phones have been easily the most robust and reliable Ive had, my love of Moto goes back to the 90s. </p><p>I still have a fully working Samsung A3 (used as wifi radio), and an HTC Wildfire! Also had a nice Wiley Fox, great Nokias, and yes, Ive had a lot of phones over the years.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phonehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a></p>
Jake in the desert<p>The Return of the Cassette Tape: How Analog Music is Making a Comeback <a href="https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/09/the-return-of-the-cassette-tape-how-analog-music-is-making-a-comeback" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">9/the-return-of-the-cassette-tape-how-analog-music-is-making-a-comeback</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/cassettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cassettes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CassetteTapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CassetteTapes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AnalogMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnalogMusic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PhysicalMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicalMedia</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Home automation for sure is as old as microcomputers and home computers are.</p><p>Found in "Interface Age", issue June 1979: <a href="https://archive.org/details/InterfaceAge197906" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/InterfaceA</span><span class="invisible">ge197906</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smarthome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeautomation</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>»Friends who use Unix tell me that it is a much more ›interactive‹ way of communicating with a computer, and thus much more appropriate to the PC era than, say, IBM JCL was. (I realise that ›JCL‹ is an unknown term – church elders and other geriatric types wiil be happy to explain it, and happy that you asked them.)«</p><p>Source: Your Computer, issue June 1990.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jcl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jcl</span></a></p>
Debby ⁂📎🐧:disability_flag:<p>I just came across a video about the ALCO Mosaic 7-Segment Display, a 7-segment display from the 1970s. </p><p> By the way, that's why I love Fran Blanche Lab—always new vintage tech to discover. She is just a great creator! <a href="https://youtu.be/7WptvceHhoU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/7WptvceHhoU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/VintageTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageTech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FranBlancheLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FranBlancheLab</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/7SegmentDisplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>7SegmentDisplay</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FranLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FranLAB</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FranBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FranBlanche</span></a></p>
Wolfgang StiefPreislistenprogramm auf einer Olivetti Programmkarte. Zu sehen im <a class="u-url" href="https://pixelfed.de/@Computeum@mastodon.bayern" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Computeum@mastodon.bayern</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/onepicaday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onepicaday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/vintagecomputing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/retrocomputing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/olivetti?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#olivetti</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/techhistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techhistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/technikgeschichte?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technikgeschichte</a>
Wolfgang Stief<p>»DOS already represents a foretaste of hell to many ordinary computer users, so they will probably have no difficulty restraining their enthusiasm for something which is two orders of magnitude more complicated than DOS.«</p><p>Found in a column/rant on Unix in "Your Computer" issue June 1990. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a></p>
Zorawar Purohit<p>"Python: The Documentary" is a must-watch for tech enthusiasts! 📽️ Dive into Python's origin, evolution, & the community's push for inclusivity. From Mars rovers to global impact, it’s educational, inspiring, & delightful! Watch: <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?si=UdheJb1jXdeD74Q4&v=GfH4QL4VqJ0&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?si=UdheJb1jX</span><span class="invisible">deD74Q4&v=GfH4QL4VqJ0&feature=youtu.be</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Some Unix history for your enlightenment: »Microsoft produces Xenix as an 'enhanced' (read 'stripped down') version for microcomputers. It has been very successful and became the de facto standard for PCs, although it needs at least a '286-based AT.«</p><p>Source: Your Computer, June 1990.<br><a href="https://archive.org/details/1990.06-unix-for-the-masses/page/n19/mode/2up" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/1990.06-un</span><span class="invisible">ix-for-the-masses/page/n19/mode/2up</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a></p>
Marco Ciappelli🎙️✨:verified: :donor:<p>Here is my new newsletter article! 🙂 </p><p>Why the Transistor Radio Was Actually the First Smartphone (And What That Teaches Us About Digital Transformation)</p><p>Before we had smartphones creating personal media bubbles, teenagers in the 1950s were doing the exact same thing with transistor radios.</p><p>They'd escape to their bedrooms, tune into rock and roll (that parents hated), and discover pirate radio stations broadcasting rebellion from ships offshore. </p><p>Sound familiar?</p><p>This isn't just tech nostalgia. It's a pattern that reveals something crucial about how technologies actually evolve—and why our current AI fears might be missing the point.</p><p>Radio didn't kill newspapers. TV didn't kill radio. The internet didn't kill any of them. They all found new ways to matter.</p><p>As Marshall McLuhan said: "The medium is the message." To understand what's happening in our digital age, we need to understand the media themselves—not just the content they carry.</p><p>New newsletter exploring this pattern and what it means for our hybrid analog-digital future 👇</p><p>What do you think? Are we repeating history or writing something entirely new?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DigitalTransformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTransformation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MediaEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaEvolution</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> ITSPmagazine <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-smartphone-transistor-radio-how-tiny-device-youth-ciappelli-urarc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/pulse/first-smart</span><span class="invisible">phone-transistor-radio-how-tiny-device-youth-ciappelli-urarc</span></a></p><p>Follow my newsletter "Musing On Society & Technology" for more explorations at the intersection of technology, cybersecurity, and society.</p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Boing Boing: Zoom in to a visual archive of Byte, the small systems journal. “You can zoom into it like a map of the heavens, each issue starting as a row of pixels until you find yourself lost in the fine print of a Silicon Specialties ad or an introduction to computer telecommunications.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/28/boing-boing-zoom-in-to-a-visual-archive-of-byte-the-small-systems-journal/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/28/boing-boing-zoom-in-to-a-visual-archive-of-byte-the-small-systems-journal/</a></p>
heise online<p>Stellt euch vor: Sommer 1995, Leute campieren vor Elektronikläden, weil ein Software-Release ansteht – und ja, es ging dabei um Windows 95. 💿✨</p><p>Zum Artikel: <a href="https://heise.de/-10590863?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/-10590863?wt_mc=sm.re</span><span class="invisible">d.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows95</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/ComputerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Dear Fediverse! Being German, I'm quite familiar with German computer magazines. But not with the UK and US world. What were the “professional level” computer magazines in ca. 1980-2010 which wrote about enterprise IT, Unix, supercomputers, hardware? I'm NOT (yet) interested in software engineering or programming languages and also not very much in Linux.</p><p>I already know BYTE magazine, Unix Review and several 8bit related magazines. What else? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a></p>
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