The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed course-management software that it is giving away free to help institutions create and run distance-education programs. MIT announced the ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is giving away course-management software it has developed to help institutions create and run online-learning programs. The free software, called Caddie.net, ...

(CBS) - Imagine the moment as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were descending toward the moon, a few minutes away from landing in the Sea of Tranquility. Civilization's most historic event was within ...

As part of an initiative to expand its online course offerings, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology plans to release as open source the software it will use to manage student online learning, ...

This comes after growing calls for his removal, most recently tied to Stallman's statements in an MIT email thread about Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, and what he called the "injustice" of claiming ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

The growing popularity of 3D printing machines and companies like Thingiverse and Shapeways have given previously unimaginable powers to makers, enabling them to create everything from cosplay ...

Free software pioneer and renowned computer scientist Richard Stallman resigned from his post at MIT following recent comments about one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking victims. He also resigned ...

When we talk about algorithms and automation, we can't assume that handing responsibilities over to a machine will eliminate human biases. Artificial intelligence, after all, is constructed and taught ...