From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

The VI Bots, St. Paul VI Catholic High School’s second-year robotics team, began the 2024–25 FIRST Tech Challenge season working out of a new lab equipped with parts and materials donated by a school ...

Mojang should see this release (and its subsequent success) as a major kick in the butt.

Pokemon is set to appear in Hytale through community-made mods, after the PokeFind team confirmed it is bringing its ...

Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA published a step-by-step framework for determining the ...

Explore a programming languages list with top coding languages explained, their uses, job prospects, and how to choose the ...

Hyper3D, the platform developed by Deemos Tech, offers a suite of AI-powered generation tools that process various input types to produce 3D models for use in gaming, film, and digital media ...

Java 26, due in March with structured concurrency, lazy constants, AOT object caching, and primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch, has entered a second rampdown phase for bug fixes. Java ...

Pokemon is coming to Hytale through Pokefind, with early footage revealing Kanto starters, custom models, and plans for full ...

TIOBE Index for January 2026: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages Your email has been sent January’s TIOBE Index begins the year with familiar names still setting the pace, but the underlying ...

It’s possible to improve your 3D prints in all kinds of ways. You can tune your printer’s motion, buy better filament, or tinker endlessly with any number of slicer settings. Or, as ...

Mike has worked in the Joystiq Network since 2006, as lead blogger and senior editor on WoW.com and one of the founding editors on Massively.com. Currently, he is a contributing editor on Joystiq, and ...