During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing several months ago, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) struggled to perform basic arithmetic as they calculated $1.58 ...

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released their annual ...

U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say Donald Trump warns Supreme Court ruling could lead to ‘ruination’ Hunter found alive after going ...

Elite is probably the first home computer game that captured my imagination to any great level. When you look back at the wireframe graphics and janky, difficult controls, it should have been ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

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 ...

Abstract: Basic Programming Practice (BPP), as an introductory course for computer science majors, aims to enable students to have basic programming skills and lay a foundation for subsequent advanced ...

C-SPAN introduced new on-air graphics on June 2, 2025, replacing its previous insert design across its programming lineup. The graphics feature updated typography and formatting elements that appear ...

“The coolest code I’ve ever written.” With these words, Bill Gates introduces a blog post that celebrates Microsoft’s 50th anniversary by looking back on how the company got started. At the bottom of ...