What seemed cutting-edge a decade ago now collects dust in attics and thrift stores. But here’s the thing—most of us remember these gadgets for their mainstream glory days, not for the quirky, ...

THE FIRST TIME I SAW STAR WARS, A MONTH INTO ITS release, I found myself struck not by the special effects, nor even the story, but by the fact that the technology in the film looked so, well, ...

All it takes is one good vintage image to make you stop and reminisce about your youth. That’s the power of a good photo—it opens the door to a deep yearning for the ‘good old days’ and reminds you of ...

Hospitals are one of the few industries that still use obsolete communication technologies, such as pagers, and the cumulative effect of relying on those systems costs U.S. hospitals more than $5.15 ...

The world is moving towards the electrification of vehicles. In 2025, EVs grew by 33% in Europe and 20% worldwide. They represented 50% of new car sales in China. It’s a very different story in the ...

A growing cohort of people are shunning new technologies in favour of the outdated or obsolete. Euronews Next spoke to four collectors about escaping digital fatigue with dumb phones and iPods.View on ...

Though the need for reliable security technology increases daily, IT and security practitioners across a broad range of industries—including the federal government, healthcare, energy, utilities and ...

There are some technologies that we were once so grateful for, and wondered how we ever happily existed without them. And then one day they became useless. Here's a look at some of those technologies.

Some old-and-busted technologies die gracefully of natural causes. Pagers, PDAs, floppy disks — they’re gone, and good riddance. But other obsolete tech lingers on, even though better alternatives ...

In a world with total or near-total battlefield transparency, speed is far more important than stealth—and unmanned systems will define any air war. As the recent US Air Force airstrikes against three ...