Here’s the larger point that made this event signficant: Hackathons are awesome. They may be the most grassrootsy, most unifying, most purely creativity- and changemaking-driven aspect of the tech ...

ASU students will find technological solutions to real-life problems in an upcoming 36-hour hackathon event on the Tempe campus. The University will be hosting the Major League Hackathon (MLH) event.

Students plugged in their laptops, strapped on an Oculus Rift and tried to get Amazon’s Alexa to talk to them during a 36-hour hackathon in ASU Tempe campus on the last weekend of spring break.

HackRU is a bi-annual hacking competition that comes to Rutgers in the spring and fall. Hackathons are events that allow students to put their tech skills to the test ...