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 ...

The machine, which has been created by scientists at the University of Edinburgh, was designed to generate its own witty one-liners following a simple set of rules. The system was programmed to ...

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 ...

The online launch will allow people to create their own jokes A joke-generating computer program created to help children with disabilities develop language skills has now been launched online.

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There's no app for that: Bob Monkhouse's jokes packed a huge amount of nuanced meaning into a very small ...

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 ...