December 28, 2025 / code for gold / Go developers are invited to take part in an exhilarating new coding competition that not only aims to challenge their abilities but also rewards their hard work ...

C#, Microsoft’s object-oriented, cross-platform, open source language for the .NET platform, has become the fastest-growing language on Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity. C# may ...

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released their annual ...

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 ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Three parents — Reni Cao, Xiao Zhang, and Susan Rosenthal — were worried about their children’s screen time, so they left their tech jobs to create a product that encourages children to engage with ...

Indigenous researchers and roboticists are crafting innovative tools to help save endangered dialects Serena Jampel More than a third of the world’s over 6,000 languages are at risk of extinction, and ...

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 ...

Speaking — even trying to speak — a language will help open doors on your next trip, and achieving a “survival level” might be easier than you think. By Ruffin Prevost There are plenty of reasons to ...

Ada, a programming language born in the late 70s, has managed to break into the top 10 of the TIOBE Index for July 2025. The sudden return of this old-timer has developers debating whether it’s a ...

Every so often, someone creates or changes a programming language. In the process, these language creators make a number of design choices. They may wonder whether to check certain conditions at ...