Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Actor Matt Smith, who starred as Doctor Who, has narrated ...

Edmond O'Brien and Jan Sterling during the filming of a 1956 adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 Harry Todd / Fox Photos / Getty Images In recent years, some conservative American groups have adopted ...

Donald Trump has been president for a full week, which brought us a full week of controversies, alternative lies, and lots of executive orders. It also happens that George Orwell’s dystopian hit 1984 ...

Americans still read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. At the time, the year 1984 was far in the future — now it’s 40 years in the past.

There may be no one who can say "I told you so" better than George Orwell, who was born today, June 25th in 1903. In Orwell's novel "1984" — which was published in 1949 — the English author outlines a ...