National governments release all kinds of official data online, but most people don’t make use of it. San Francisco-based programmer Andrew Godwin is not most people. He recently found a way to use ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emma Sandler is a journalist covering beauty, fashion and wellness. This article is more than 9 years old. When Andrew Godwin ...

Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Apollo 11's mission to the moon was when the Eagle began its final descent to the lunar surface and the ship's computer became overloaded. Few were more nervous ...

Id Software co-founder and lead developer John Carmack recently posted some thoughts about the future of 3D technology to “News for Nerds” site Slashdot.org. He also mentioned the Mac. On 3D ...

A new technology called Codex generates programs in 12 coding languages and even translates between them. But it is not a threat to professional programmers. Tom Smith, a veteran programmer, shows how ...