Three previous winners of Apple's Swift Student Challenge reveal what got them started in programming, and how they won, as the company prepares to launch the next contest.

To garner attention for their cause, “people needed to hate us to have a reason to talk about us. So we kept doing things that we called media-baiting,” Malcolm said. The more controversy they caused, ...

The 2026 Swift Student Challenge is coming in February, and today Apple has highlighted four apps from three previous winners.

Another Swift Student Challenge winner highlighted by Apple is Sofia Sandoval. Her winning app, playground, Cariño, offers a ...

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