Archivists and researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have unearthed a recording from the 1940s.

The idea of sending a fax might sound like something from the 1990s, but faxing remains a critical tool in industries like healthcare, finance, real estate, and legal services.

Published in the print edition of the March 16, 2026, issue, with the headline “A Day in the Pre-Internet World*.” If you’re ...

When your hard drive was a cassette deck--the forgotten realities of 8-bit storage ...

For many people struggling to fall or stay asleep, sound machines have become a popular sleep aid. Broadband sounds promise to mask disturbing noises, “soothe” the brain, and help users drift off into ...

Decades into the era of email and smart phones, San Diego County is discontinuing the use of antiquated desk phones and fax machines. Democratic supervisors want to phase out the dated office tech as ...

For at least 50 years, fax machines were at the forefront of information transfer technology, along with the letters and the telephone. Today, it’s considered unusual to send a fax, and even rarer to ...

Once upon a time, a car phone was a great way to signal to the world that you were better than everybody else. It was a clear sign that you had money to burn, and implied that other people might ...

Imagine, if you will, a physician standing solitarily in a white room, beneath bright lights, waiting for that familiar, almost musical sound of the fax machine to weave its mysterious magic. The ...