Finland's last landline call has been made as the Nordic country becomes the latest to retire copper-wire phones in favour of fibre
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Nineteenth-century critiques of technology show how longstanding many current concerns are
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How a strange face in a random 19th-century newspaper ad became a portal to a forgotten moment in ASCII art history
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The first transatlantic telegraph cable was a bold, beautiful failure
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How a 19th-century teenager sparked a battle over who owns our faces
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