This essay is part of Time, Online, a Future Tense series on how technology is changing prison. It’s published in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on higher education.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s a computer, a monitor, an internet communicator, and one of the most iconic lines of tech in history. But ...

The 40-year history of Macintosh computers is a roller coaster of ages golden and dark. Anything that lasts so long in the forefront of technology has to change to stay relevant. This once-plucky ...