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The first computer programmer was Ada Lovelace, a woman, in the 1840s.
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More people in the world have mobile phones than toilets.
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The entire World Wide Web was invented by one person — Tim Berners-Lee — in 1989.
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The first 1GB hard drive weighed about 550 pounds and cost $40,000 in 1980.
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About 90% of the world's data was created in just the last two years.
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The QWERTY keyboard layout was designed in 1873 to prevent typewriter jams.
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Artificial Intelligence can now generate human-like text, with models like GPT-3 able to produce coherent and contextually relevant sentences.
The smartphone, as we know it, was popularized by the iPhone, released by Apple in 2007, changing communication forever.
The first 1 GB hard drive, released in 1980, weighed over 500 pounds and cost $40,000.
Wi-Fi technology was developed from a 1980s project for a wireless cash register by the Australian government.
In 2019, over 4.5 billion people worldwide were using the internet, representing more than half of the global population.
Robotics advancements have led to robots now performing surgeries with precision, reducing recovery times for patients.
Blockchain technology, most famous for powering cryptocurrencies, was invented in 2008 by an unknown person using the name Satoshi Nakamoto.
Virtual reality was used for training pilots back in the 1970s, long before it became popular in gaming and entertainment.
Voice recognition technology has come a long way since its early days; it can now accurately transcribe speech with high precision.
AI can analyze vast amounts of data more quickly than humans, making it invaluable in fields like healthcare.
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