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  Pixar’s True Story

  Friday, December 5, 2025

  The true story of Pixar's IPO and the Silicon Valley investment bankers who took a chance on Steve Jobs' passion project.

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  Taiwan Rising

  Thursday, November 13, 2025

  Honghong Tinn, author of Island Tinkerers, shares the fascinating history of how hobbyists and enthusiasts in Taiwan helped transform the country through innovative and creative computer use.

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  PDP-1 Sings Boards of Canada

  Tuesday, October 21, 2025

  CHM volunteer Joe Lynch unpacks how Peter Samson's Harmony Compiler programmed the DEC PDP-1 to play music like Boards of Canada's "Olson."

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  Is Today’s AI Boom Different?

  Friday, October 17, 2025

  AI company founders from three different eras of artificial intelligence booms (and busts) share their experiences and insights into the future of AI technology.

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  A Computing Legend Speaks

  Wednesday, October 8, 2025

  Ken Thompson, one of the foremost programmers and computer scientists of the last 50 years, shares stories about his life and career in a newly released oral history.

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  Cold War Computing

  Monday, September 29, 2025

  Historian and author Victor Petrov explores the rise of Bulgaria's powerhouse computing industry during the Cold War and how it evolved.

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  In Memoriam: Dame Stephanie Shirley, 1933–2025

  Monday, August 18, 2025

  CHM is saddened to share the passing of 2018 CHM Fellow Dame Stephanie Shirley, who was a pioneer in embracing remote, flexible work for the thriving software company she founded in the 1960s.

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  RAMAC History Comes Alive

  Monday, July 14, 2025

  At age 93, Nicholas F. Garcia, may be one of the last people around who worked at IBM’s first R&D lab on the West Coast, in the center of what would become Silicon Valley. His daughter tells his story.

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  Burton Grad: A Tribute

  Tuesday, July 8, 2025

  CHM offers a tribute to a special computing pioneer who worked with CHM for decades, sharing his passion for the history of software with the world.

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  Tech and the Future of News: A CHM Initiative

  Monday, June 23, 2025

  CHM’s Tech and the Future of News initiative decoded the impact of new technologies powered by artificial intelligence on journalism and the news industry.

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