Scientists Find Way to Supercharge Dangerous Computer ‘Worms’ With A.I.

Researchers at the University of Toronto showed how hackers could use artificial intelligence to create a program that could ...
The New York Times

A Dinky Little Computer Program Is My Secret Weapon for Creativity

Remember Microsoft Paint? It’s more perfect than ever. By Jean-Luc Bouchard My generation may be the last to have childhood memories of a family “computer room” — though ours was really more of a ...

Steve Jobs: "Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer"

Steve Jobs was a huge believer in the power of education and learning skills like programming and development ...

This Matrix-Inspired Program Only Needs 16 Bytes to Produce a Chiptune Banger

In the case of “Wake Up!”, it only needs 16 bytes to produce a Matrix-inspired visualization with an accompanying soundtrack.
Wired

The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

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 ...
Kaleido Scope

Department of Computer Science announces Bridge to Cyber program

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Computer Science is launching an innovative new program titled, “Bridge to Cyber,” an opportunity to get a head start in cyber security ...