On a recent 90-degree day in the heart of Purdue University’s campus, dozens of students sat in a windowless basement lab, wiring keypads into integrated circuits, drawing diagrams on whiteboards and ...

I have always taken it for granted that, just as my parents made sure that I could read and write, I would make sure that my kids could program computers. It is among the newer arts but also among the ...

When you think about virtualization, you usually think about making some CPU pretend to be another CPU. However, there are sometimes advantages to making a computer pretend to be the same computer.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

The ConnectTech program aims to teach essential computer skills for workforce participation. By June, the program will have distributed 900 free laptops to participants. Classes are hosted by Goodwill ...

With crypto moving away from GPU (graphics processing unit) mining and AI turning to more specialized chips, GPU prices are finally on the decline, making it a great time to build your long-awaited PC ...