Scientists at the University of Edinburgh thought they had a brilliant idea. Could they turn a computer into a witty comic? They wrote a software program that mimics the most basic form of humor, the ...

HEARD the one about the computer that turned into a ­comedian? Actually, it’s no joke. Scientists have created a computer ­program which comes up with gags to make us laugh. Did you know with a ...

An experiment to uncover the world’s funniest jokes has found that some computer-generated gags can be more amusing than those thought up by humans. The Laugh Lab survey is being conducted through a ...

Most areas of our modern life seem easy to create jokes from – politics is an obvious choice, but you can probably think of quite a few jokes about pubs, traffic wardens, flying, pretty much ...

Computer helpline? Every time I log onto the seven dwarfs website my computer screen goes snow white.... Customer: I cleaned my computer and now it doesn't work any more. Repairman: What did you clean ...

It’s the week after Christmas, and we finally got (a little) holiday snow in Michigan. My family went sledding this afternoon, and my son got to try out his new snowboard. I’m home with the family now ...

What did the spider do on the computer? Made a website! What did the computer do at lunchtime? Had a byte! What does a baby computer call his father? Data! Why did the computer keep sneezing? It had a ...