There are some things that belong in a computer. Wires, chips, whirring mechanical doodads—what most of us would think of, sensibly, as “hard drive stuff.” Absent from this list—absent from most lists ...

Heat is your computer's worst enemy. Over time, dust buildup inside your computer could undermine its cooling efficiency, resulting in shorter life spans for your computer's components. Ed Rhee, a ...

"Whoa." It's the familiar refrain of Neo (Keanu Reeves) in 1999's The Matrix, the celebrated cyberpunk thriller that imagines reality as a grandiose computer simulation. It's also how a few sci-fi ...

What if the classic late 90s sci-fi flick The Matrix actually had it right? What if we’re all just living inside of a computer simulation? That’s the idea behind a 2003 paper by Nick Bostrom, a ...

Once a mainstay of giant desktop workstations, trackballs were eventually miniaturized and stuck inside computer mice, and then mostly replaced with trackpads and touchscreens. They deserve a comeback ...

Digital video has always meant moving a lot of data around inside a computer. And as computers get ever more powerful, Phil Rhodes explains what really goes on inside your video workstation. It's a ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Inside the Computer This is a game that takes place in computer hardware. It’s about you fighting against computer viruses. I’m a 16-year-old senior high ...