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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
BNN| February 28, 2024
Neuroscientist Ryan McGarry swabbed a brain activity headset with saline solution and lowered it onto Brian Hazel's head, connecting circular prongs gingerly to...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | June 23, 2016
Swarms of journalists lined the halls of a Southern California oceanfront resort recently to see tech luminaries like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk discuss the Gawker...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | June 10, 2016
America's nuclear arsenal depends on a surprising relic of the 1970s that few of us may recall: the humble floppy disk.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | May 31, 2016
Like many Silicon Valley start-ups, Larry Gadea's company collects heaps of sensitive data from his customers.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | May 25, 2016
Those fretting over the effect that small screens have on big news stories may be able to breathe a little easier.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | May 6, 2016
The threat of hacking seems to lurk around every corner, but American universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | April 11, 2016
More computer programmers are self-taught rather than graduates of coding "boot camps" or industry certification programs run by big tech companies, according to...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | March 30, 2016
Peter Hogan was surprised at how heavy the sextant felt in his hand when he squinted through its eyeglass this week, the first time he had ever held one.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | February 17, 2016
The National Security Agency, the largest electronic spy agency in the world, is undertaking a major reorganization, merging its offensive and defensive organizations...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | February 4, 2016
Most consumers may not realize it, but there's a furious battle playing out right behind the products they use every day.
The Washington Post From ACM Careers | February 2, 2016
Computers have already been trained how to write up quick summaries of sporting events after studying the box score, putting the jobs of sports journalists at risk...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | December 15, 2015
Leonard Reinsfelder's wife found a note on her car as she was leaving a shopping center one day: "Have your husband give us a call. We think we could use him."The Washington Post From ACM Careers | November 10, 2015
To get his Ph.D., MIT grad student Andy Barry packed up a car with a drone and a catapult to launch it. Then he headed west.The Washington Post From ACM News | November 5, 2015
A petition calling for President Obama to support strong encryption and "reject any law, policy or mandate" that would undermine digital security reached 100,000...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | October 28, 2015
Earlier this month the European Union's top court struck down a major trade agreement that thousands of companies use to transfer Europeans' personal data to the...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | October 20, 2015
At the 12th annual iGEM Giant Jamboree this weekend in Boston—an event that its founder Randy Rettberg refers to as "the World Cup of science"—over 250 student-led...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | September 29, 2015
Google had all of Silicon Valley to choose from when deciding on a leader for its ambitious self-driving car division.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | September 15, 2015
Silicon Valley has a reputation for being filled with egghead coders who popped out of college as brilliant engineers (or who never finished college in the first...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | August 27, 2015