The Java virtual machine provides a high-performance, universal runtime for a wealth of popular languages beyond just Java.

Computers need programming languages to function. That’s just a simple fact of life. However, these languages didn’t just spring up […] ...

What makes some knowledge feel sacred, or even forbidden? If you’re wondering how some truths, ideas and symbols reserved for a select set of people get to that point — look no further than the word ...

Solar and storage prices are about to rise after a year and a half of record lows, according to new data from Wood Mackenzie. Equipment procurement costs for solar and energy storage will jump around ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. It’s become fashionable to point out that AI agents are failing to meet expectations. But from a ...

The First Amendment protects most words and forms of speech from government interference. What’s not protected are threats, incitement to violence, defamation, obscenity, fighting words and child ...

In 2005, Travis Oliphant was an information scientist working on medical and biological imaging at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, when he began work on NumPy, a library that has become a ...

Katie Kitamura has had quite the year. Her fifth novel, “Audition,” published in April of 2025, became an instant national bestseller, was one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of the summer, and is ...

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...

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 ...

For Martha Barnette, griping about grammatical pet peeves is one of the least interesting ways to talk about language. Instead, the co-host of the radio show “A Way with Words” says she’d rather think ...