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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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Scientists say that specific, rigorous interventions will lead to positive outcomes in addressing what they call persistent gender, racial, and ethnic bias in...Skidmore College From ACM Careers | February 7, 2014
With the alighting of fashion's air-smooching society, this week's tempest of runway shows, private dinners and after-parties offers endless opportunities for gate...The New York Times From ACM Careers | February 6, 2014
Whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations have revealed that a huge capability resides within America's National Security Agency to collect and analyse communications...BBC News From ACM Opinion | February 6, 2014
Facebook could help diffuse possible arguments and alleviate tension between friends by displaying their shared interests during confrontational conversations,...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM TechNews | February 5, 2014
As a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996, Amit Sahai was fascinated by the strange notion of a "zero-knowledge" proof, a type...Quanta Magazine From ACM News | February 5, 2014
In three states, not a single girl took the Advanced Placement exam in computer science last year. In eight states, no Hispanic students took it. And in 11 states...The New York Times From ACM Careers | February 3, 2014
Ari Juels, an independent researcher who was previously chief scientist at computer security company RSA, thinks something important is missing from the cryptography...Technology Review From ACM News | January 31, 2014
In nominating Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers as the new director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, President Obama chose a recognized expert in the new...The New York Times From ACM News | January 31, 2014
The Knight Foundation is supporting 24 early-stage media projects through its Prototype Fund, which provides small projects with grants of $35,000. PBS From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2014
An MIT professor's new book explores how white-collar job hunters in the United States blame themselves unnecessarily — and suffer as a result — when they cannot...MIT News From ACM Careers | January 29, 2014
Even as the world's carriers build out the latest wireless infrastructure, known as 4G LTE, a new apparatus bristling with 96 antennas taking shape at a Rice University...Technology Review From ACM News | January 28, 2014
Any aspiring science fiction writer looking for a good protagonist could do worse than ripping off the Wikipedia page for Demis Hassabis.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | January 28, 2014
Do scientific papers written by well-known scholars get more attention than they otherwise would receive because of their authors' high profiles? A new study...MIT News From ACM Careers | January 28, 2014
Tufts University is developing and testing an interactive video game created in collaboration with the Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College to see if it can...Tufts University From ACM Careers | January 27, 2014
For all its success, Google's famous Page Rank algorithm has never understood a word of the billions of Web pages it has directed people to over the years.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | January 27, 2014
Last year, Edward Snowden turned over to the Guardian, a British newspaper, some 58,000 classified U.S. government documents.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | January 24, 2014