With "vibe coding," almost anyone can be a programmer. Just ask an AI to generate code through a ChatGPT-like conversation, and refine the output. This technique is rapidly becoming a popular way for ...

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 ...

Since 2013, there have been metaphorically for programmers to build annual rankings of the world’s most popular programming languages. The rankings have traditionally relied on public signals such as ...

The socially challenged of Reddit are currently benefiting from shared psychological hacks that help them deal with other people. A recent Ask Reddit post challenged users to give away their most ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that an insect—the bumblebee Bombus terrestris—can decide where to forage for food based on different durations of visual ...

A recent AskReddit post is filling up with free “cheat codes” that can make real life easier to navigate—something we could all use right now. As every expense increases and wages stagnate, most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amir is Founder of AI unicorn Avathon & Boeing/SC JV, SkyGrid. Recently, a friend asked me a question that's been floating around ...

Programming languages have, almost since their inception, assumed a fixed syntax that is rooted in English for its keywords, with relatively few exceptions. Pascal has PROGRAM, FUNCTION, VAR, and so ...

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 ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...