After Reinventing Mathematics, Can A.I. Eradicate Computer Bugs?

Using the same techniques that allowed A.I. technologies to crack a million-dollar math problem, researchers are building new ...

What is PHP and how serious is the computer language flaw causing website shutdowns?

An estimated 70% of websites use the open-source language. What is the identified vulnerability in it?

Building robots, solving problems and preparing for the future

Robots may be the main attraction, but for the students participating in FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge, the ...

Programming can do terrifyingly complex things just by repeating—A story about the Mandelbrot set and infinite loops

The incredibly mundane command of repetitionWhen you learn programming, the concept of "repetition" appears quite early on.In ...
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AI cracks a 27-year-old pillar of computer science, OpenAI and Anthropic claim

Just 3 weeks after OpenAI dumped hundreds of mathematical results onto the internet—a move that came 1 month after OpenAI’s ...
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Rashi family turns Halloween math problem into app

Last October, Brynn Berkowitz’s fifth grade extra-credit math assignment involved graphing her large Halloween candy haul.

On Future Programming Learning

What should we learn in an era where AI creates programs?The environment surrounding programming has changed significantly ...
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Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton was a problem-solver for the ages (op-ed)

The world will miss Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering programmer who helped NASA land Apollo astronauts on the moon. But we ...
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Teaching Novice Computing and Programming in the Agentic AI Era

Yet, instead of celebration, much of the conversation we hear about computing education in the era of AI-programming agents ...

Flaw in PHP computer language leads to shutdown of websites around world

Precautionary takedowns come as experts say vulnerability in PHP, which is used by 70% of sites, could be exploited ...
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Anthropic cancels programming interviews: newcomers get the first opportunity to compete directly with senior engineers.

The traditional coding interview format has been fully phased out in the recruitment scope under my leadership at the ...

A just-revealed security flaw is hitting computer systems around the world

A coding flaw in a widely used web programming language is causing a global scramble to secure websites and servers. While the issue was uncovered decades ago, security experts at the time believed it ...