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Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Imagine you’re a ninth grader navigating a world where generative AI, agentic AI and other emerging technologies dominate the headlines. The future feels uncertain, so how do you even begin to decide ...

Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work. “I cannot think that in this day and age that there is a student who is ...

Buying a laptop for a college student is a little different than buying one for everyday use. There’s a good chance you’re not buying for yourself, for one. Your student's needs will also differ based ...

University computer science (CS) courses serve as important bridges into further CS study and careers in STEM. Yet many women and underrepresented students with interests in STEM turn away from these ...

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...