{
  "id": 10683524,
  "title": "Why does the keyboard start with QWERTY, not ABCD? This is the story behind the layout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/why-does-the-keyboard-start-with-qwerty-not-abcd-this-is-the-story",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T11:21:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/why-keyboard-starts-with-qwerty-not-abcd-history-typewriter-101790608178219.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The QWERTY layout was born in the age of mechanical typewriters and survived long after the machines that inspired it disappeared",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}