The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages developers still use daily, and what they’re good for. The computer revolution has ...

Brain–computer interfaces are beginning to truly "understand" Chinese. The INSIDE Institute for NeuroAI, in collaboration with Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, the National Center ...

It’s an emerging economic narrative that we’ve been talking about for a while now: Upper-income consumers are going out and spending money, while lower-income consumers are pulling back. In other ...

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...

In this week's It’s Debatable article, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether we're all living in a computer simulation like the Matrix. Rosen retired as a professor from the Texas Tech ...

Learning a new language doesn’t have to mean night classes, bulky textbooks, or boring apps. With Babbel, you can pick up real-world conversation skills through short, fun, and practical lessons. And ...

Grace Hertlein’s collection is “a kaleidoscopic snapshot of the early decades of an art historical and technological phenomenon.” Courtesy Sotheby's It’s Geek Week at Sotheby’s—the auction house’s ...

C programming is a general-purpose, processor-oriented, and powerful language, widely used in various daily life applications. As a prerequisite for many core courses in computer science and ...

Here’s something to keep in mind when you’re thinking in a growth mindset: learning can be fun. However, those looking to add a language or two to their skillset quickly realize that most language ...

Businesses are losing out twice by having to support old IT systems that they cannot afford to turn off because they perform business-critical functions. Companies have to pay to keep computer systems ...