We offered a free classroom set of 30 micro:bits to primary schools across the UK as part of our BBC micro:bit - the next gen campaign. The deadline for UK primary school teachers to sign up for a ...

Find out more about the Microsoft MakeCode platform and the micro:bit, plus how you can access free coding training and ...

The BBC collaborates with 29 partners to send thousands of miniature computers to every grade 7 child in the UK. This is the BBC you're thinking of – the news organization – and this is not the first ...

The BBC Microcomputer System (or BBC Micro) was an innovative machine back in the early 1980’s. One feature that impressed reviewers was a “tube” interface that allowed the machine to become an I/O ...

The BBC has unveiled the Micro:bit, the spiritual successor of the 8-bit, beige-box BBC Micro released way back in 1981. To try and propel the Micro:bit to a comparable echelon of usefulness and ...

If you are of a certain age and nationality, you’ll remember the BBC Micro or Beeb, a computer produced by Acorn for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, an effort by British Broadcasting Corporation to ...

There is a whole generation of computer scientists, software engineers, coders and hackers who first got into computing due to the home computer revolution of the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Machines ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...

This article was first published in the October 2015 issue of WIRED magazine. Be the first to read WIRED's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional ...

In 1981, a revolution was taking place. The personal computer market, once famously dismissed by 70s computing powerhouse Ken Olsen with the immortal words “There is no reason anyone would want a ...

There comes a point in everybody’s life when things that they were a part of are presented as history, and for the 8-bit generation, that time is now. It’s interesting to see the early history of ...

Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This installment was contributed by Philip and ...