The history of VCRs. The technologies behind the creation of VCRs. The VCR’s eventual decline. In today’s world, we rely primarily on streaming services to watch movies and TV shows at HD resolutions.

For Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the playwright who wrote the book for the musical version of “Purple Rain,” theater is a place of solitude. “I like to think of the theater as a gym for the emotions,” he ...

The early noughties were filled with useless technology, and the Cuecat barcode scanner was no exception to the rule. Even the cat-shaped scanner didn’t add anything to the product. The device allowed ...