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7 Fast Facts About RollerCoaster Tycoon

'RollerCoaster Tycoon,' the Windows game that allows players to erect theme parks and monitor barfing patrons, celebrates its 20th anniversary this month.

Missing the Days of Clippy? There’s an App That Will Bring Him Back

Microsoft Office retired the annoying anthropomorphic paper clip in the early 2000s, but you could rescue him from the void.

Here’s How to Find Out If Your MacBook Pro Was Just Banned by the FAA

Apple recalled the laptops because the batteries can overheat and possibly catch on fire, so it’s for the best.

10 Illuminating Online Courses You Can Take in August

From mastering mindfulness to making macarons, there’s an online class on this list for every type of student.

Dealing With an Annoying Bug In Chrome? Report It to Google and You Might Get $30,000

If you're the first person to notice a security flaw in Google Chrome, you can earn a significant paycheck for reporting the bug to the company.

Margaret Hamilton, lead Apollo flight software engineer, in the Apollo Command Module.

Meet Margaret Hamilton: The Woman Behind the Apollo Project

When Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the surface of the Moon in July of 1969, software was a relatively new development. In fact, the Moon mission was one of the first times this kind of engineering was used in such a fundamental way. History was being wri

LEGO's New SPIKE Prime Is Designed to Teach Kids Coding and Confidence

LEGO Education's latest release, SPIKE Prime, is designed to teach kids vital STEAM skills in the classroom.

Google Engineer Calculates Pi to 31 Trillion Digits, Sets New World Record

Pi, a.k.a. the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, is infinite. But a Google engineer has calculated the first 31 trillion digits of the figure just in time for Pi Day.

When Y2K Sent Us Into a Digital Depression

Sometime during the late 1990s, consumers noticed that their credit cards with expiration dates in the year 2000 were being declined by merchants.

Marriott's Starwood Data Breach Affects 500 Million People. Here's What to Do If You're One of Them

Don't lose even more of your information to a phishing scheme.

Watch: The Brilliant Life of Ada Lovelace

On Ada Lovelace Day, celebrate the woman who wrote the first computer program.

This Build-Your-Own Touchscreen Computer Will Help Your Kid Learn to Code

Kano's new touchscreen kit is the more educational alternative to constant iPad usage.

Katherine Johnson at NASA's Langley Research Center, 1980.

10 Fascinating Facts About Katherine Johnson

Before she helped send the first astronauts to the moon, Katherine Johnson was an anonymous “computer” doing thankless but vital work at NASA.

Christie's Will Hold the First Major Auction of an AI-Generated Artwork

The portrait looks like it could be centuries old, but it was created by an algorithm.

When the Commodore 64 Ruled Personal Computing

The legendary 1980s home computer could do things computers costing thousands of dollars couldn't. It sold for as low as $190.

The World's First Computer Program: A Rare Copy of Ada Lovelace's Algorithm Sells for $125,000

It's one of six known copies published in 1843.

Coming Soon: A Harry Potter Wand That Teaches Kids to Code

Yes, it's suitable for adults, too.

The New MacBook Has a Crumb-Resistant Keyboard

Don't worry about munching on pretzels at your desk anymore.

Finally! Windows Notepad Is Getting an Update for the First Time in Years

The basic text-editing app will be slightly fancier.

15 Riveting Facts About Alan Turing

More than six decades after his death, Alan Turing’s life remains a point of fascination—even for people who have no interest in his groundbreaking work in computer science.

Photo Illustration by Lucy Quintanilla. Image: iStock.

The Quest to Break America’s Most Mysterious Code—And Find $60 Million in Buried Treasure

For the past century, the quest to break the Beale Ciphers has attracted the military, computer scientists, and conspiracy theorists. All have failed.

15 Surprising Facts About WarGames

President Reagan was a fan of the film, which was released 35 years ago, and based a policy decision on the movie.

MIT Wants to Teach Robots to Do Your Chores

A new simulator is designed to break household chores down into robot-friendly steps.

How To Get Past the iPhone-Crashing 'Death Emoji'

Receiving a simple text message can freeze your Messages app. Here's how to fix it.

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