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The best laptops for kids may not be the same options as for adults, because their priorities are specific to schoolwork and gaming. Consider whether a hardware keyboard or a touch screen is ...

As kids get older, having a designated study space can set the tone for a productive school year. Yet these days, kids don’t just need space for their textbooks and notes—they’ll also need room for ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The digital divide is growing, and children are caught in the middle. Having a home computer can change a child’s entire future. There are more than 72 million children in the ...

Being the only girl, coupled with being the only Hispanic student, in many of the computer science classes and programs Athena Coco Hernandez was in, was a lot. Don’t misunderstand, though. It wasn’t ...

If I let them, my kids would live on the computer. I don’t think it’s a good place to live. Every computer must have a monitor — a really, really good one. Otherwise, the computer is useless. What ...

Robert Szweda wants to give families that can’t afford a computer for their children the opportunity to own one. Szweda and Cliff Peterson, director and co-director of Computers for Kids in Baraboo, ...

Here is the situation. I have 2 boys. 10yo and 8yo. They enjoy Minecraft, Fortnite, Overwatch, Roblox, SIMS. Nothing too violent.... Now the want: I want to build them the cheapest gaming PC I can.

Ask any British coder of a certain age what it was that got them into the technology business in the first place, and the chances are high that they’ll say it was a childhood encounter with a Sinclair ...