When Anna Otto evangelizes about the power of computer science to transform lives, she’s not just talking as the computer science coordinator for a suburban Colorado district. She’s speaking as a mom.

With a severe shortage of college-trained IT workers across the U.S., what’s it going to take to get more students to pursue computer science studies? Two researchers think they have an answer: ...

Over on YouTube [Usagi Electric] shows us how to make RAM for the TMS9900. He starts by remarking that the TI-99/4A computer is an excellent place to start if you’re interested in getting into ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.