UC San Diego cognitive scientist Philip Guo created Python Tutor, a free tool that makes code “visible” step by step. The research behind it earned a Test of Time award, recog ...

Quantum computers could solve certain problems that would take traditional classical computers an impractically long time to solve. At the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), ...

A previous program designed to clean up voter rolls was criticized by election officials, experts and some of the activists ...

In a single experiment, scientists can decipher the entire genomes of many patient samples, animal models, or cultured cells.

The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously difficult to remove.

Computing and data shape nearly every aspect of modern life. In recent years, efforts to expand data and computing education in K-12 settings have grown rapidly but unevenly. A new National Academies ...

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, ...

There’s Dave and HAL at the pod bay doors. John Connor battling Skynet. Your latest instance of man against computer? Local boys basketball coaches trying to decipher the Colley Royalty Method ...

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

Researchers identified an attack method dubbed “Reprompt” that could allow attackers to infiltrate a user’s Microsoft Copilot session and issue commands to exfiltrate sensitive data. By hiding a ...

Clarification: A previous version of this story had a different image. It has been updated for clarity. Walk into any kindergarten classroom this fall, and there’s a good chance students will be ...