Xerox’s PARC birthed groundbreaking technologies such as the Alto PC, GUI, Ethernet, and laser printing, but due to a closed‑innovation model and management choices, the company failed to commercialize most of them, prompting a shift toward open‑innovation paradigms.
The speech outlines the rapid rise of generative AI models, traces the historical evolution of computing technology, examines AI safety risks and regulatory responses, and proposes strategic pathways for China to advance intelligent computing through open, closed, or hybrid ecosystems while addressing talent, hardware, and cost challenges.
This article celebrates International Women Engineers Day by profiling pioneering women—from Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper to Radia Perlman and Susan Kare—who made foundational contributions to computing, networking, software engineering, and technology design, inspiring future generations of female engineers.
The 1988 MS‑DOS 4.0, a significant upgrade with 2 GB partition support and experimental multitasking, has now been released as open‑source, offering developers a glimpse into early PC operating system architecture, though its practical use is limited compared to later DOS versions and modern alternatives like FreeDOS.
This article traces the evolution of data storage and computing—from 1725’s punched paper tape and Jacquard looms through Turing’s theoretical breakthroughs, early computers, the rise of operating systems, virtualization, cloud services, and modern AI—highlighting how each milestone laid the groundwork for today’s digital world.
Celebrating International Women’s Day, this article chronicles the pivotal contributions of female computing pioneers—from Ada Lovelace’s first algorithm and Grace Hopper’s COBOL legacy to Anita Borg’s advocacy, Joyce Weibecker’s early games, Margaret Hamilton’s Apollo software, and the six ENIAC programmers—highlighting their lasting impact on technology.
The Zuse Z4, built in 1945 and regarded as the world’s oldest surviving computer, has had its long‑lost user manual and related notes on flutter calculations recently uncovered, offering rare insight into early computing history and its operation at ETH Zurich.
This article chronicles how Alan Turing’s insights into Hilbert’s Entscheidungsproblem sparked the invention of the Turing machine, the wartime code‑breaking efforts at Bletchley Park, and the development of the first electronic computers such as the Bombe, Colossus and ENIAC, shaping the foundations of modern computing.
