Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hackers are a busy bunch, with more than 300 million computers hacked every year — and there's a dizzying range of ways in which a ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Have you ever had that sinking feeling that something’s not quite right with your computer? Maybe it’s running slower than usual or there are new icons on your desktop that you don’t recognize. Well, ...

Carnegie Mellon University has a well-earned reputation as one of the nation’s top schools for computer science. Its graduates go on to work at big tech companies, startups and research labs worldwide ...

How do hackers get access to your computer? Hackers have many tricks up their sleeves. Viruses and malicious software, aka malware, make the most of security gaps, but something called social ...

We often think that computers close computerA device that processes information by following a set of rules called a program. and computing devices are really clever. Sometimes we think they are more ...

If you've ever been computer shopping, you'll undoubtedly have heard the term RAM thrown around willy-nilly. You might know a few things about RAM, such as that it's one of the most important parts in ...