Getting started in computer science can feel like trying to learn a new language, but don’t worry, it’s totally doable. Think of this section as your friendly guide to the absolute must-knows. We’re ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

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The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, which connects to the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, on a sunny afternoon in June 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The ...

Quantum computers still can’t do much. Almost every time researchers have found something the high-tech machines should one day excel at, a classical algorithm comes along that can do it just as well ...

To her children, Charlene Roberts-Hayden was like a character out of the book and movie “Hidden Figures” — just born a generation later, and working as a pioneering Black woman in computer programming ...

What is the Q-Day prize? The Q-Day Prize is a challenge to make the Bitcoin network quantum resistant. On April 16, 2025, quantum computing-focused company Project 11 announced the “Q-Day Prize,” a ...

Researchers at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing have developed an encryption algorithm to defend videos from attackers with access to the world's most powerful computers. The encryption ...

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Computer-programming employment fell steeply after the introduction of ChatGPT and has returned to its lowest level since 1980. Computer-programming employment in the U.S. has reached its lowest level ...