Microsoft's highly popular game can help children learn everything from programming, science and math to art, languages and history. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

More for You Woman divorced at 28 starts dating again—unprepared for realization Chrysler recalls 320,000 SUVs, telling owners to park outside over fire risk Contributor: The Constitution is clear ...

Minecraft is a sandbox-type game where you gather materials and use them to create things, which is about as understated a description as “the sun is a big bright light in the sky.” The poster child ...

Microsoft is in talks to acquire Swedish game company, Mojang. If the $2 billion deal for the maker of Minecraft goes through, the mobs, skeletons, zombies — and most importantly — the company's ...

Université de Montréal provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Université de Montréal provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. A video game like Minecraft in ...

"Try to look straight," a Microsoft employee tells me in a bright, cheery tone. I'm staring through an unusual pair of binoculars -- the kind that's normally used to test your eyesight in an ...

Microsoft Corp. is hoping a cult videogame built around virtual blocks will help fix the company's real-world problems, even if the brains behind the brand aren't sticking around. The software giant's ...