The first recorded hackathon was a group of 10 OpenBSD developers who met on June 4, 1999 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Incidentally, a group of Java developers met at the JavaOne conference just a few ...

In this age characterized by ceaseless technological advancement and digital transformation, the hackathon, a creative instrument has gained remarkable popularity among both industry and policy-makers ...

I’m currently in the process of planning a hackathon and have learned many tips. One that stands out is bringing in food trucks for lunch. This gives employees a chance to get some fresh air and take ...

Hackathon prize money keeps rising each year as organizations learn to take advantage of their value. Runner-up cash prizes are now in the thousands, and grand-prize payouts are as high as $1 million.

If you’ve paid attention to Facebook’s culture at all, you know that one thing has stayed true since its launch. The company has a hacker mentality, and since 2007 has held many official “hackathons” ...

North Idaho College will host a free AI Hackathon on March 7, bringing together students, educators, industry professionals ...

The 2025 BE Smart HBCU Hackathon returns for its 10th year and will be bigger and more impactful than ever. The 2025 BE Smart HBCU Hackathon returns for its 10th year and will be bigger and more ...

It seems that almost every major feature on Facebook started as a hackathon project. Hackathons are all-night coding sessions where engineers get amped up on caffeine, brainstorm ideas, and build ...

Hackathons, those one- or two-day innovation sprints in which teams of like-minded, well-intentioned, super-excited people gather to develop solutions to a designated challenge, can often be less ...