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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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Often, when there's talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money.Nieman Journalism Review From ACM News | March 6, 2014
Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto is a 64-year-old Japanese-American former defense contractor living in a modest Temple City, Calif. suburban home. Speaking with...Newsweek From ACM Careers | March 6, 2014
Since 2001, the Human Dynamics Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab has used digital technologies—from home-brewed portable sensors to cellphone call records—to try...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2014
A dedicated mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, one of the best bets for life beyond Earth in our solar system, has inched a little closer to reality today.Wired From ACM News | March 5, 2014
MIT hosted a daylong workshop on big data and privacy, co-sponsored by the White House, as part of a 90-day review of data privacy policy announced in January...MIT News From ACM Careers | March 5, 2014
The inventor of the modern cleanroom, Willis Whitfield, will be honored posthumously by the National Inventors Hall of Fame for a technology that revolutionized...Sandia National Laboratories From ACM Careers | March 5, 2014
When Radia Perlman attended MIT in the late '60s and '70s, she was one of just a few dozen women (about 50) out of a class of 1,000.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 4, 2014
The normally humdrum world of IT security is heating up, and not just because of comedian Stephen Colbert's controversial closing keynote at last week's RSA Conference...Fortune From ACM Careers | March 4, 2014
Shortly after Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple in August 2011, he told a confidant that he got up every morning reminding himself just to do the right...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | March 4, 2014
"Catastrophe is all but inevitable if cyber security measures fail to match the sophistication of saboteurs," says Suraj Kothari, Richardson Professor in Electrical...Iowa State University From ACM Careers | March 4, 2014
Pi stands apart, according to David H. Bailey and Jonathan Borwein. It is the only mathematical topic from antiquity still being researched today.Mathematical Association of America From ACM Careers | March 4, 2014
Five major IT hiring trends have the potential to change the recruiting landscape over the next 12 months.Computerworld From ACM CareerNews | January 21, 2014
Nearly half of American jobs today could be automated in within two decades, according to new research.The Atlantic From ACM CareerNews | January 23, 2014
IBM has announced its Watson Mobile Developer Challenge for mobile software developers to create applications that use its Watson cognitive computing platform on...InfoWorld From ACM TechNews | March 3, 2014
In a nondescript industrial estate in El Segundo, a boxy suburb in south-west Los Angeles just a mile or two from LAX international airport, 20 people wait in a...The Guardian From ACM News | March 3, 2014
The idea of erasing and implanting memories is a common feature of science fiction films such as Total Recall and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.Wired From ACM Opinion | March 3, 2014
Experts say social media is playing an evolving role in organizing and broadcasting global protest movements. "It's becoming increasingly difficult to imagine...NextGov.com From ACM TechNews | February 28, 2014
A newly published study shows a regular decline in the length of social media messages during public events as the volume of messages increases. From ACM Careers | March 3, 2014