TikTok’s “Computer Guy” meme is built around one simple joke: commanding an imaginary computer to change reality. Here's how ...

Software demos and Pentagon records detail how chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude could help the Pentagon analyze intelligence and suggest next steps.

Computing and data shape nearly every aspect of modern life. In recent years, efforts to expand data and computing education in K-12 settings have grown rapidly but unevenly. A new National Academies ...

Last month Perplexity announced the confusingly named “Computer,” its cloud-based agent tool for completing tasks using a harness that makes use of multiple different AI models. This week, the company ...

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

Researchers at DTU have developed a nanolaser that could be the key to much faster and much more energy-efficient computers, phones, and data centers. The technology offers the prospect of thousands ...

It was once a degree to some of the highest-paying jobs in the world, but now the University of California is seeing a drop in enrollment for computer science. Part of the reason is that tech ...

If your PC is a few years old, it probably doesn't feel as fast anymore. PCs running Windows slow down after years of use for a number of reasons. While you can't always fix the root causes, there's ...

OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot and Moltbot) is an agentic AI tool taking the tech sphere by storm. If you’ve missed it, it’s a gateway that plugs your tool-capable AI model of choice into a wide range of ...

Less than 40 percent of public middle schools say that they are offering computer science coursework. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up ...

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...