A look back at the room-size government computer that began the digital era Steven Levy Philadelphia schoolchildren are drilled on the names of its accomplished citizens. William Penn. Benjamin ...

A tech twist to Philly’s 2026 heritage celebrations, eight decades after the pioneering Penn-built machine changed society forever.

It's a piece of Philadelphia history that powered the future. The world's first electronic computer was born at the ...

The invention of ENIAC in Philadelphia sparked countless technological innovations.

When I first got interested in computers, it was all but impossible for an individual to own a computer outright. Even a “small” machine cost a fortune not to mention requiring specialized power, ...

80 years ago, ENIAC was presented to the world. Not the first, but the most important computer of its time.

In February 1946, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly were about to unveil, for the first time, an electronic computer to the world. Their ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, could ...

2021 marks 75 years since Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was first revealed to the public. An important part of computing history, ENIAC’s development was a collection of ...

There are many reasons why working in Philly tech is inherently cool, but one of our favorites is that the city is the birthplace of the world’s very first all-electronic, programmable computer — the ...