If you’ve ever used a smartphone, browsed the web, or streamed a movie, chances are you’ve interacted with Linux—even if you didn’t realize it. This open-source operating system, born from the curiosity of a Finnish college student, has quietly become one of the most influential pieces of software i...

In the vast cosmos of programming languages, C stands as a celestial body—neither the newest nor the flashiest, but one whose gravity has shaped the orbits of countless technologies. Born in the early 1970s at Bell Labs, C emerged from the minds of Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson as a tool to rebuil...