KS3 / KS4 Computer Science: Checking your algorithm

A teenage programmer tests a set of instructions she has written to get her computer to mop the floor. Suitable for teaching ...

Designing brain–computer interfaces is now easier than building with LEGO

Imagine being able to compose an email or steer a wheelchair directly with your thoughts. For millions of people living with ...
Computer Weekly

UK banks still run software code written more than 60 years ago

UK banks are still using software code that was written in the 1960s and 1970s, with only a handful of employees who understand them. According to a survey of 200 UK banks, 16% rely on software from ...
Uproxx

One Of Radiohead’s Old ‘OK Computer’ Songs Just Hit The ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 Chart For The First Time

Radiohead’s albums do well on the charts. Every album since 2000’s Kid A has peaked in at least the top three spots on the Billboard 200 chart, with two of them (Kid A and In Rainbows) going No. 1.
Bleeping Computer

Fake WhatsApp developer libraries hide destructive data-wiping code

Two malicious NPM packages posing as WhatsApp development tools have been discovered deploying destructive data-wiping code that recursively deletes files on a developer's computers. Two malicious NPM ...
The New York Times

How Do You Teach Computer Science in the A.I. Era?

Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the implications of generative A.I.’s transformation of technology. Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the ...
Computerworld

Microsoft-backed no-code AI startup files for bankruptcy

Artificial intelligence startup Builder.ai, which has financial backing from Microsoft and the Qatar Investment Authority, has filed for insolvency in the UK, the equivalent of seeking Chapter 11 ...
TechCrunch

Hugging Face releases a free Operator-like agentic AI tool

A team at Hugging Face has released a freely available, cloud-hosted computer-using AI “agent.” But be forewarned: It’s quite sluggish and occasionally makes mistakes. Hugging Face’s agent, called ...
Macworld

Here’s the 50-year-old Microsoft source code that inspired the first Apple computer

Maybe you didn’t realize this, but Microsoft is actually older than Apple. While Apple marked its 49th anniversary earlier this week on April 1, Microsoft will celebrate its 50th anniversary on April ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers abuse WordPress MU-Plugins to hide malicious code

Hackers are utilizing the WordPress mu-plugins ("Must-Use Plugins") directory to stealthily run malicious code on every page while evading detection. The technique was first observed by security ...
Wired

The Worm That No Computer Scientist Can Crack

The Santa Ana winds were already blowing hard when I ran the first worm simulation. I’m no hacker, but it was easy enough: Open a Terminal shell, paste some commands from GitHub, watch characters ...