The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

A new cyber threat called ClickFix is reportedly spreading rapidly online, using fake emails, websites and search results to trick users into pasting a single line of code that instantly infects their ...

UFO Simulator brings alien adventure to Roblox. Suspect in $20M fraud ring operating in 45 states arrested: Deputies ‘Why are we normalizing $20 lunches?!’ Workers balk at the surging price of the ...

Qiang Tang receives funding from Google via Digital Future Initiative to support the research on this project. Moti Yung works for Google as a distinguished research scientist. Yanan Li is supported ...

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...

For two decades, scientists have seriously considered whether we’re living in a simulated universe. A computer scientist at the University of Louisville explores ways that humans could try to hack our ...

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 ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. CoreStory uncovers fundamental aspects in code for developers to address and move towards software ...

Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...

The man, a former software developer for Eaton Corporation, wrote malicious code that crashed servers on the company’s network in 2019, prosecutors said. By Hannah Ziegler A former software developer ...

When Manasi Mishra began studying computer science, she envisioned a future writing code for major tech companies, not rolling burritos. But the recent Purdue University graduate has been unable to ...