A "Minecraft" player just built a virtual computer that actually runs programs inside the video gaming tile after a seven-month-long process. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 03: Lydia Winters (L) and Saxs ...

Building a computer is one thing. Designing a computer from scratch is another. Doing both of those things in the confines of Microsoft's smash-hit sandbox game Minecraft is, I want to say, absurd?

A student completes the Minecraft-themed coding tutorial that Microsoft built with Code.org. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft wants to turn kids’ love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella welcomed a group of teachers to the company’s Redmond, Wash., campus on Monday morning, talking to them about the ways Microsoft products can be used in the classroom. As a ...

Players of the pixelated building block game have taken its virtual simulation tools to an unprecedented level: building functioning hard drives that can read and write data. Nick Statt was a staff ...