Colloquy: Join an online discussion about whether writing computer viruses can be taught responsibly and whether it is appropriate to do so in a computer-security curriculum.By BROCK READ When the ...

If a computer can learn how to write simply by analyzing one person’s work, that machine is theoretically in a position to reveal otherwise subtle idiosyncrasies about the input data—a ...

None of this turned out how it was supposed to. Here I am, a human, writing a story that was assigned to a machine. If I’d published what the computer came up with, you’d be reading something ...

Learn how to use a computer to write with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2.

To the Editor: I have been teaching information-security courses for over 15 years (“How to Write a Computer Virus, for College Credit,” January 16). Graduates of our program are considered to ...

Douglas Rushkoff says digital literacy is not a priority in our schools, impeding kids’ understanding of the digital world and crippling U.S. competitiveness.

President Barack Obama, to kick off the annual Computer Science Education Week, has become the first US president (at least as far as we know) to write a computer program. While this might not seem ...