Technology camps that teach children computer skills—programming, software design, and how to build apps, websites, and video games—are gaining in popularity in the US, which is great news for the computer science industry. Campers get a leg up in learning valuable abilities for in-demand jobs.

Drones are being deployed and subsequently hacked worldwide by software experts young and old. We take a look at just how people are cracking the code—and what they're doing with it. And we're asking: Why in the world are drones so easy to hack and what can be done to make them more secure?

The market lifespan of a cell phone is becoming roughly equivalent to last season’s outfit, which means you may have a not-so-old smartphone just sitting around. BOINC allows smartphone users to contribute their phone's processing power to scientific research when charging their phones.