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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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Google and Facebook's Idealistic Futures Are Built on Ads
In 2011 a young computer scientist named Jeff Hammerbacher said something profound while explaining why he'd decided to leave Facebook—and the promise of a small...
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Meet the People Who Train the Robots (to Do Their Own Jobs)
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The Internet of Things Needs a Code of Ethics
In October, when malware called Mirai took over poorly secured webcams and DVRs, and used them to disrupt internet access across the United States, I wondered who...
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Software Startups Aim to Automate Bio Labs
Earlier this month, major tech consulting company Cambridge Consultants announced a partnership with Synthace, a small, U.K.-based software startup.
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The S Takes On the World in Nato's Cyber War Games
Last year, Capt. Sean Ruddy and his team of operator-soldiers from the US Cyber Brigade entered a Locked Shields, a NATO-organized cyber-defense war game that pits...
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The Easter Egg Puzzles that Are Hiding Inside Video Games
Brad Hill knew what the jumbled letters represented, but he had no idea where they would lead.
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Next List 2017 20 Tech Visionaries Who Are Creating the Future
Microsoft will build computers even more sleek and beautiful than Apple's. Robots will 3-D-print cool shoes that are personalized just for you.
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Inside China's Plans For World Robot Domination
Scenes from China's quest to dominate the robotic future: At startup E-Deodar, a human-looking droid serves coffee to employees who are building $15,000 industrial...
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Why Is Russia So Good at Encouraging Women Into Tech?
Irina Khoroshko, from Zelenograd near Moscow, had learned her times tables by the age of five.
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President Trump's New Order Gives China Tech Opportunity To 'hire American' Too
The same week that President Trump issued his hire American executive order, the president of one of China's top tech companies said his company wants to do the...
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How to Build Your Own Moonshot Lab, According to Astro Teller
From balloon-based Internet to self-driving cars, Astro Teller and his team have produced some of the world's most ambitious technology products.
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50 Years Ago, a Computer Pioneer Got a New York Subway Race Rolling
Fifty years ago, Peter Samson, one of the inventors of Spacewar, considered the world's first video game, began another craze underground.
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Find Out If a Robot Will Take Your Job
At a community college in upstate New York, 12 cafeteria workers recently learned that they will lose their jobs—and be replaced by self-serve machines.
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Kees Immink: The Man Who Put Compact Discs on Track
Remember vinyl records? More specifically, do you remember the way vinyl records skip when they're dusty or scratched?
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95% of Engineers in India nfit For Software Development Jobs, Claims Report
Ninety-five percent of engineers in India are not fit to take up software development jobs, and over two-thirds cannot even write code that compiles, a new survey...
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Bill Gates Is Wrong: The Solution to AI Taking Jobs Is Training, Not Taxes
Let's take a breath: Robots and artificial intelligence systems are nowhere near displacing the human workforce.
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The Great AI Recruitment War: Amazon Is on Top, And Apple Is Almost Nowhere to Be Seen
When Matt Zeiler finished his PhD in machine learning from New York University in 2013, the tech giants came scrambling.
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How Youtube's Shifting Algorithms Hurt Independent Media
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