As a person who covers day-to-day tech news, I often wonder how my writing might come off to someone in the future — and whether anyone will even be reading it. I can’t answer those questions, but I can do the next best thing: look back at what other people were writing 20 years ago.
Here are a collection of stories — big and small — that science and technology enthusiasts might have checked out two decades ago, and that can help inform the ways we think about the world today.
Apr 20, 2019, 5:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Internet time and doomsday asteroids: this week in tech, 20 years ago
Five science and technology stories from April 1999
Feb 23, 2019, 6:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
‘Don’t get mad, get a web page’: this week in tech, 20 years ago
Spy satellites, virtual dancing, and revenge
Dec 29, 2018, 3:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
The biggest video games, tech news, and apocalyptic anxieties of 1998
Nov 24, 2018, 3:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Furby hell: this week in tech, 20 years ago
Five science and technology stories from this week in 1998.
Nov 3, 2018, 6:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Remembering Grim Fandango: this week in tech, 20 years ago
The launch of adventure game Grim Fandango, plus other stories from this week in 1998.
Oct 6, 2018, 2:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Men are from cyberspace: this week in tech, 20 years ago
Cyber dating, Y2K, and other tech stories from the week of October 6th, 1998.
Sep 8, 2018, 6:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Happy birthday, Google: this week in tech, 20 years ago
Google’s 20th anniversary, a fight over flame mail, and other science and technology stories from the week of September 8th, 1998.
Jul 14, 2018, 6:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Darren Aronofsky’s Pi day: this week in tech, 20 years ago
Darren Aronofsky’s Pi, a Windows disaster in the Navy, and other stories from July 14th, 1998.
Jun 16, 2018, 2:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Cybermom on the run: this week in tech, 20 years ago
The first live streamed birth, an angry FTC report, and other stories that science and technology fans might have checked out the week of June 16th, 1998.
May 12, 2018, 2:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
This week in tech, 20 years ago
Stephen Glass, the iMac, and other science and technology stories from the week of May 12th, 1998.
Apr 21, 2018, 1:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
This week in tech, 20 years ago
Five stories — big and small — that science and tech enthusiasts might have checked out the week of April 21st, 1998.
Mar 24, 2018, 5:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
This week in tech, 20 years ago
Teenage hackers, the men who sold Mars, and other science and tech stories from two decades ago.
