You’d assume that calculators would have been one of the many technological casualties of the smartphone, joining MP3 players and point-and-shoot cameras as standalone devices no one really uses any ...

There was a time when being an engineering student meant you had a sword. Well, really it was a slide rule hanging from your belt, but it sounds cooler to call it a sword. The slide rule sword gave ...

A year ago, I finally added an example of the very first handheld scientific calculator – the HP 35 – to my collection. If you don’t insist on a pristine unit, they can be had for quite reasonable ...

The beloved HP-35, one of the first scientific calculators able to “perform transcendental functions such as trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions” with an LED display just received an ...

California advances AI safety with SB 53, requiring transparency and risk reporting. Anthropic backs the bill, calling it a “trust but verify” approach. AI-driven automation is the theme of this ...

Feel that? That's the unexpected stir of nostalgia welling inside your dorktic-loin. Rest easy, you're not alone. In fact, that picture aroused a deeply seeded HP fanboi-ism long obscured by thick ...

Since the early 1970s, Hewlett-Packard pocket calculators have proved popular with students, scientists and engineers. Most of their scientific calculators let you show more digits after the zero. For ...

For math geeks, it doesn’t get better than this. Hewlett-Packard is marking the 30th anniversary of its HP 12c Financial Calculator today by launching a limited-edition version aimed at nostalgic fans ...

Dan Seifert is an editor overseeing The Verge’s product reviews and service journalism programs. Dan has covered the technology world for over a decade at The Verge. Back when many of us were in high ...

While we might have started out using our fingers and toes to count, humanity has been busy designing machines to help with calculations for hundreds of years. From early counting devices to modern ...