Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies at 80

Tracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a ...
IEEE

Junior Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers: A Novel Course for Discipline-Specific Instruction of the Engineering Design Process

Abstract: This innovative practice full paper describes a novel design course for electrical and computer engineering students. In the class, students are taught the basics of the engineering design ...
The New York Times

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...
Investopedia

These 37 College Majors Have Higher Unemployment Rates Than All Workers

Elizabeth Guevara is a personal finance reporter who explains the world of business and economics and how it impacts your finances. She joined Investopedia in 2024. Paul Bersebach / MediaNews Group / ...
CNBC

The 16 highest-paying college majors 5 years after graduation

Engineering majors earn some of the highest salaries right after college — and they're still near the top years later. That's according to the latest findings from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ...
IEEE

Discriminating Data: How LGBTQ+ Computer Scientists, Engineers, and High-Tech Professionals Used Data Collection and Computational Analysis to Advocate for Queer Labor Rights

Abstract: In the 1980s and 1990s, American LGBTQ+ computer scientists, engineers, and employees in the tech sector engaged in data activism. These workers, through organizations such as the Lesbian ...
CBS News

Why engineers in Philadelphia created ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer

When it comes to innovation in the computer science field, Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania play a huge role. Technology continues to advance rapidly. Take, for example, the CBS ...
9to5Mac

Computer History Museum to celebrate Apple’s 50th anniversary with special programming

With Apple’s 50th anniversary fast approaching, the Computer History Museum is planning a series of programs and a temporary exhibit to celebrate the company’s history. Here are the details. The ...
IEEE

AI Technologies to Significantly Reduce Routine Work, Drive Autonomous Power, and Institute Adaptive Therapeutics in 2026

Los Alamitos, California, January 29, 2026 — IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization and a public charity dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, together with the IEEE ...
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What early computer engineers had to use before transistors existed

Before transistors and microchips, engineers had limited options for building computing machines. Light bulbs, known as vacuum tubes, were the only components fast and reliable enough to perform ...
Frontiers

From neurotechnology to the classroom: the promise of brain–computer interfaces for training systems engineers

This perspective article explores the transformative potential of brain–Computer Interfaces (BCI) in undergraduate systems engineering programs, a domain characterized by high attrition and a widening ...