Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand ...

Now, with Hack, their new programming language, Bryan O'Sullivan and his tiny team have solved the other problem. Hack makes it easier to manage code and eliminate errors.

For this Hack Chat, we’re going to be talking about ways to make programming microcontrollers easier. The focus of this discussion is Visuino , a graphical programming environment.

Hack is Facebook’s spinoff of the PHP language, working with the HHVM virtual machine. The library, meanwhile, generates code that is written into signed files to prevent undesired modifications.

A hacker group releases code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack as soon as this weekend, security researchers warn.

Rewind to computing’s earliest decades and being a "hacker" was a term of praise rather than disgrace. It meant you were someone who could literally hack code down to size and get it to do new ...