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SlashGear · 12/17/2025 11:15 EDT

5 Groundbreaking Tech Inventions That Defined The '80s

From the first brick-sized cell phone to the birth of personal computing, these 5 groundbreaking inventions from the 1980s completely changed how we live today.

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