A hundred years ago, Maryland’s first state forester, Fred Besley, issued a challenge to residents: Go out in the woods and find the biggest tree you can. Then collect its measurements and send them ...

Generative AI is infiltrating everything you do online, including how you find information. If you're bored with traditional web search, give one of these five AI-powered engines a try. I've been ...

What would you like to Propose? I propose adding flowcharts for selected algorithms to make it easier for beginners to understand the logic visually. Flowcharts will complement the existing code ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. One of the Java platform’s enduring strengths has always been its ecosystem. Since the early ...

A new crop of startups are betting on the rapid demise of traditional Google search. At least a dozen new companies are pouring millions of dollars into software meant to help brands prepare for a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...

Reddit wrapped up its first year as a publicly traded company with its Q4 earnings report on Wednesday. The social platform took a major step forward in 2024, passing $1 billion in revenue for the ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that the United States’ federal government is lurching toward an unabashed oligarchy, with the Trump administration actively cutting ...

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Computer scientists often ...

Now that we’re getting into more complex data structures, having more complex operations, it’s helpful to have a tool for visualization. Here’s a tool developed by David Galles, formerly of University ...