When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At the #MicrosoftEDU event, Microsoft unveiled a new code construction tool for Minecraft.

The popular block-building-sandbox game is creeping into the third annual Hour of Code, a worldwide campaign to spark students' interest in programming. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

Microsoft knows that Minecraft can get kids into programming, and it's banking on that strategy again this year. It just teamed up with Code.org to introduce the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a ...