A program is teaching computer coding to felons who find it tough to get jobs out of prison. It's landing some of them six-figure salaries. Program organizers said it is addressing public safety.

With the current mania for generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is much anguish about AI replacing jobs. Many university lecturers despair that the pinnacle of education, the ability of a ...

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across a video posted to YouTube by the Microsoft Citizenship group titled “Woolly worms to worlds of opportunities: Jeremy’s story.” The video tells a story of a ...

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The ads for computer coding “boot camps” are everywhere online — promising to teach coding in 12 weeks, 18 weeks, 24 weeks, for free, for more than $10,000, and to put students in line for high-paying ...

When our middle school started offering a robotics course to its students this year, it was a pretty big deal. I’d used a gamified coding platform in my previous district and figured it would be a ...

Whether you’re streaming a show, paying bills online or sending an email, each of these actions relies on computer programs that run behind the scenes. The process of writing computer programs is ...

AI-powered coding may have shortcomings but it may also inspire novice programmers or even amateur coders to pursue the discipline more deeply Whether you’re streaming a show, paying bills online or ...

A new afterschool program in Durham is offering children a chance to learn profitable and in-demand coding skills for future careers. Two out of three STEM jobs involve software development, so ...

Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun advised computer science students to prioritize foundational knowledge over trendy ...