Faculty Mini Sabbatical Program - Summer 2025 - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Livermore, CA
Livermore, CA, United States
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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Donald Trump Summons Tech Leaders to a Round-Table Meeting
During the long presidential campaign, the most resolutely anti-Trump part of the country was the narrow strip of land south of this city.
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Silicon Valley's Culture, Not Its Companies, Dominates in China
The majesty of the Golden Gate, the windy chill of Alcatraz, the tourist hubbub of Pier 39—Zhao Haoyu’s itinerary for San Francisco had it all.
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The New Workplace Is Agile, and Nonstop. Can You Keep Up?
Whether you like it or not, your boss may want you to start acting more like a programmer.
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James Simons's Foundation Starts New Institute For Computing, Big Data
A new private research institute financed by the billionaire James H. Simons in New York will develop software tools and apply cutting edge computing techniques...
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Jay W. Forrester Dies at 98; a Pioneer in Computer Models
Jay W. Forrester, an electrical engineer whose insights into both computing and organizations more than 60 years ago gave rise to a field of computer modeling that...
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How Data Failed S in Calling an Election
It was a rough night for number crunchers. And for the faith that people in every field—business, politics, sports and academia—have increasingly placed in the...
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We Went to the Grace Hopper Celebration. Here's What We're Bringing Back
Members of The New York Times Developers recently made their first group trip to the Grace Hopper Celebration. At 15,000 attendees, GHC is the world's largest gathering...
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The Stakes Are Rising in Google's Antitrust Fight With Europe
Google is locked in a six-year battle with Europe's antitrust officials. And the stakes for both sides are getting higher.
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IBM Is Counting on Its Bet on Watson, and Paying Big Money For It
Watson, can you grow into a multibillion-dollar business and become the engine of IBM's resurgence?
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The Pentagon's 'terminator Conundrum': Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
The small drone, with its six whirring rotors, swept past the replica of a Middle Eastern village and closed in on a mosque-like structure, its camera scanning...
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Why Isn't the U.s. Better at Predicting Extreme Weather?
At 11 o'clock on the night of Sept. 29, the National Hurricane Center in Miami posted an updated prediction for Hurricane Matthew.
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Leo Beranek, Acoustics Designer and Internet Pioneer, Dies at 102
Leo L. Beranek, an engineer whose company designed the acoustics for the United Nations and concert halls at Lincoln Center and Tanglewood, then built the direct...
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Stepping p Security For an Internet-of-Things World
The vision of the so-called internet of things—giving all sorts of physical things a digital makeover—has been years ahead of reality. But that gap is closing fast...
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nder Hawaii's Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground
Little lives up here except whispering hopes and a little bug called Wekiu.
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Phone Makers Could Cut Off Drivers. So Why Don't They?
The court filings paint a grisly picture: As Ashley Kubiak sped down a Texas highway in her Dodge Ram truck, she checked her iPhone for messages.
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For the Debaters: What Shall We Do About the Tech Careening Our Way?
Here's a question I’m hoping comes up at Monday's presidential debate: Secretary Clinton and Mr. Trump, what would you do about self-driving trucks?
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Apple Offers Free App to Teach Children Coding (ipads Sold Separately)
Apple plans to release a free coding education app on Tuesday that it developed with middle-school students in mind, in the latest salvo among technology companies...
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The Time I Went on Border Patrol in a Virtual Reality World
I found myself on a desolate desert road, in front of a man who was leaning against the hood of a banged-up sedan and next to a United States Border Patrol agent...
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Does the Messaging Service Telegram Take Privacy Too Far?
The encryption of digital information is considered the best protection against hackers, snoops or potential enemies looking to poke around into private exchanges...
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How Spy Tech Firms Let Governments See Everything on a Smartphone
Want to invisibly spy on 10 iPhone owners without their knowledge? Gather their every keystroke, sound, message and location?
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