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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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When President Obama launched his Twitter account in May, people noticed his rapid accumulation of followers, a silly back-and-forth with President Clinton, but...The Atlantic From ACM News | July 23, 2015
Baseball's statisticians have long been looking for a way—any way—to figure out what a player is worth on defense. It was nothing less than the holy grail of baseball...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | July 22, 2015
The giants of the Web have been pressing developers of mobile apps to index their content so it can be parsed by search engines or linked to from other sites.Bloomberg From ACM Careers | July 17, 2015
President Barack Obama wears a FitBit monitor on his wrist to count his steps and calories, and has waxed poetic about the power of wearable technology to "give...Politico From ACM News | July 1, 2015
Britain's youngest suicide bomber. That is how the name Talha Asmal was introduced to the public last week.New Scientist From ACM Careers | June 18, 2015
To get an idea of how the mobile Web is catapulting millions of people into the digital age by skipping landline connections, have a look at Vietnam.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | June 12, 2015
In an unusual twist on biometrics research, US computer scientists have joined with law-enforcement officials to find new ways to automatically detect tattoos on...Nature From ACM News | June 9, 2015
In Silicon Valley, most pioneers pursue big ideas and giant personal fortunes with equal zeal. Then there’s Mozilla, an innovation dynamo that refuses to get rich...Technology Review From ACM Careers | May 22, 2015
In a conference room nine floors above London's St. Giles High Street, a Russian engineer named Sasha booted up a computer and began giving me instructions.Advertising Age From ACM Careers | May 19, 2015
From ways to eavesdrop on brains and learn what advertisements excite consumers, to devices that alleviate depression, the number of U.S. patents awarded for "neurotechnology"...Reuters From ACM Careers | May 7, 2015
The night after the earthquake hit Nepal, people feared to sleep in their homes, worrying about powerful aftershocks toppling the few buildings left standing.The Atlantic From ACM News | May 6, 2015
Facebook, it seems, is unstoppable. The social publishing site, just 11 years old, is now the dominant force in American media.The Atlantic From ACM Careers | April 29, 2015
Earlier this year, the film Blackhat got high marks for realistic scenes in which hackers and information security specialists work at their computers to hunt down...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | April 22, 2015
Every Morning, Kim Casipong strolls past barbed wire, six dogs, and a watchman in order to get to her job in a pink apartment building decorated with ornate stonework...The New Republic From ACM Careers | April 22, 2015
When the Japanese computer scientist Yukihiro Matsumoto decided to create Ruby, a programming language that has helped build Twitter, Hulu, and much of the modern...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 2, 2015
Social networks offer an incredible tool for tapping into the collective unconscious, a virtual Jungian arena in which competition might be expected to amplify...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 17, 2015