DEFCON Hacking Conference is going on right now in Las Vegas. One of the seminars targets kids and shows them how to create their own bot army. “The goal isn’t to launch a new flurry of hoaxes and chaos on…
Discover 15+ resources for learning and teaching code
“According to Code.org, 90 percent of parents in the U.S. want their children to learn computer science—it will be crucial for many jobs in the near future—but only 40 percent of schools teach it … A focus on STEM is…
Find out how math is integral in designing video games
Matthew S. Stenquist shares a first-hand look at how math is used in video game design. His shared experience at Quora might inspire your kids to get involved in the business. Read more at Forbes.
Triad trains students at Byte Back
Triad and McGraw-Hill had an amazing morning last week helping students gain skills and get ready for tech careers at Byte Back in DC. Byte Back provides a pathway of inclusive tech training that leads to living-wage careers.
DJs of the Future Don’t Spin Records—They Write Code
DJs at live-coding shows known as algoraves use computers to play music and display the code on big screens. “Whereas a traditional EDM show might feature a performer cueing up sounds or samples on a laptop, DJs at live-coding shows…
Kids need to learn two codes to succeed
Find out why your kids need to master “two codes” — computer science and the U.S. Constitution. Read the entire article at The New York Times.
PC Speaker Pushed to Eleven
System Beeps, a new album by shiru8bit, runs in MS-DOS and is produced entirely through the PC speaker — you know, the one that can only beep. Read more about it at TechCrunch aind out how he did it at…
Women in Cloud Summit inspire women to stay in tech
Thirty-six percent of all tech jobs were held by women in 1991. That number is only 25 percent today. Women in Cloud Summit rallies crowd to turn the tide in tech. Read about some inspiring women and companies that are…
Online tools removes image’s background
Digital Trends features a pretty cool use of a website that uses AI to remove the background from photos … go straight to remove.bg if you want to try it out now. Remove.bg is a free service that takes five…
Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin died this week—she should be remembered
“While IBM had been producing word processors of a sort for a few years when Berezin developed hers in 1968, she was the first to use semiconductor chips to make a true computing system for this purpose. IBM’s solution used…