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.

For years, Merlyne Graves spent several hours every weekend reading text aloud and recording it for her students who struggled with reading. Graves, a fourth-grade English language arts teacher at ...

In the global race for technological advancement, many developing countries are turning to an unexpected ally: Hackathons. These intense, collaborative coding events are emerging as powerful tools for ...

As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...