Technical

Code for freedom at the upcoming Reentry Project hackathon

PowerUp Reentry: A Digital Solutions Day is a three-day hackathon that aims to help break the cycle of recidivism. Put forth by the Reentry Project — an alliance of 15 newsrooms including our sister ...
Business Wire

Code Metal’s Metal Ops Hackathon Unveils Cutting-Edge Smart City Concepts for USSOCOM

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Metal Ops: Smart City Hackathon, hosted by Code Metal in downtown Boston from March 14-16, 2025, has successfully concluded. The event showcased innovative concepts for ...
Technical

Code for Philly is reinventing the hackathon model

Rushing through buggy demos in pizza-fueled crazes was not cutting it for Code for Philly. So when time rolled around for the City as a Service Hackathon (or CaasH, as it was known on social media), ...
Microsoft

Coding Unbarred app at Hackathon helps inmates learn to code

It was a programming class filled with massive barriers. The students had no internet, personal computers or homework tools besides old-fashioned paper and pencils. Many came from low-income ...