AI tools promise that anyone can build apps, so I put that claim to the test. After a few minor bumps, I built a custom ...

Have an app you've always wanted to build? A humdrum task to automate? AI tools make it easier than ever, but they can be as ...

OpenAI alum Andrej Karpathy wrote on X that his failure to fully claim the 10x boost of new tools felt like a "skill issue." ...

Maintainers and developers are now using AI to help build Linux. Simultaneously, Rust has graduated to being a co-equal language with C for mainstream Linux development. However, the programming world ...

Back in the 1960s, a couple of Harvard students had an idea. From Radio Diaries, this is a look back at the creation of the very first computerized dating service.

Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

Quantum computing has long lived in the realm of lab demos and bold PowerPoint slides, but two of the industry’s biggest ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

Hard on the heels of its successful Venus landing, and just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia announced last week that its space scientists had carried out an ...

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 ...

Computer science involves much more than writing code. It blends technical knowledge —like programming, algorithms and data systems — with soft skills, such as communication and problem-solving.

How Many Years Does a Master’s in Computer Science Take? The exact answer depends on your course load, schedule and program requirements, but it’s possible to earn your master’s in computer science in ...