The '80s was a decade on the constant cusp of technological transformation, and, in many ways, this period was the last hurrah of analog devices. By the '90s, tech running on magnetic tapes, ...

Technology is advancing almost faster than we can keep up with, so it's relaxing to look back and fondly remember the devices of yesteryear. And it's hard to get more iconic than tech from the '80s.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The 1980s were a time of significant change in the tech world. The personal computer industry exploded with numerous manufacturers warring ...

Video games are back bigger and more inventive after being nearly zapped from the market, popularity peaked in 1983 but this industry was bloated with hundreds of firms producing thousands of games.

The 1980s are forever immortalized in popular culture as an era of primitive digitization, with technological revolutions spanning everything from the artificial heart to the Space Shuttle. The ...

The 1980s are a fascinating period in recent history. It was the decade when regular people really started to experience the high-tech revolution, which, up to that point, had largely been limited to ...

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