“The first digital use of the transistor for consumers was in a calculator,” says Rick Bensene, curator of the Old Calculator Web Museum.

Mohamed Atalla of Egypt and Dawon Kahng of Korea are responsible for the technology that helped harness the transistor’s power.

The transistor was born in 1947 at Bell Labs in New Jersey. We’re looking into the culture of innovation that made it possible.

Prices for some film rolls are more than double what they used to be, while some camera prices have quadrupled.

“Interest in the crypto space, generally speaking, tends to track the price of bitcoin,” a UCLA professor says of his computer science students.

Applicant tracking systems often home in on degrees, specific schools, previous employers and key words that can bias the process.

Jobs losses at Meta and others could be an indicator of wider cuts in other industries.

It’s not common for companies to be involved with teaching freshmen-level courses. A new program in Chicago is trying it out.

Semiconductor production positions pay about $100,000 on average, and schools are rushing to offer training so people can qualify.

Microsoft, Apple and Meta are reporting earnings this week. But rising interest rates are luring investors away from tech stocks.