3 myths about tech history to erase from your memory

There’s an ironic saying in journalism: “That’s too good to fact check.” Some stories are so funny—and so useful when you’re trying to make a point—that people repeat them constantly. Over time these stories are widely believed, at which point you can call them myths. I’ve written more than a few myth-busting articles for Popular Science, and many of the myths are centuries old. But computers haven’t been around for long, depending on ho