One of the fun things about “old school” computers is that it was fairly easy to get kids into programming them. The old Basic interpreters were pretty forgiving, and you could do some clever things ...

Irish software engineering research centre LERO is using the intuitive Scratch programme to inspire school students to code. Outreach and education manager Clare McInerney spoke to Claire O’Connell.

Governor Cuomo of New York last week announced a new ‘Vax and Scratch’ programme providing lottery tickets for prizes up to US$5 million. In the war against ‘vaccine hesitancy’, this huge ...