The world has moved past the era of floppy disks and dial-up tones. Now, it revolves around apps, encrypted emails, and real-time messaging. So, naturally, you'll peg the humble fax machine as one of ...

The history of technology is a story of innovation, of pushing forward the frontier of human capabilities. But it’s also a story of unexpected persistence. The fax machine, for example, may seem like ...

Fax machines and dinosaurs have become colloquially interchangeable. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From ...

Most estimates are off by more than 100 years. Learn when the fax machine was actually invented and how it evolved to today’s technology. Long before the era of smartphones, there was a time when ...

Faxed is the first history of the facsimile machine--the most famous recent example of a tool made obsolete by relentless technological innovation. Jonathan Coopersmith recounts the multigenerational, ...

If any of Rodney Eddins' accounting clients want his undivided attention at work first thing in the morning, they should shun e-mail or his telephone answering machine. Instead, they should send him a ...