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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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Human attention isn't stable, ever, and it costs us: lives lost when drivers space out, billions of dollars wasted on inefficient work, and mental disorders that...The Atlantic From ACM News | February 9, 2015
This summer, people will cruise through the streets of Greenwich, U.K., in electric shuttles with no one's hands on the steering wheel—or any steering wheel at...Nature From ACM News | February 9, 2015
Stefan Thurner is a physicist, not a biologist. But not long ago, the Austrian national health insurance clearinghouse asked Thurner and his colleagues at the Medical...Quanta Magazine From ACM News | February 6, 2015
A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has demonstrated that using metal-alloy catalysts can give more control over nanowire fabrication.Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory From ACM Careers | February 6, 2015
At large news agencies where speed is crucial, template-style stories have long been used for company results, allowing journalists to simply key in the relevant...CNN From ACM News | February 5, 2015
The people clamoring for tough, new regulations for Internet service—everyone from net neutrality activists and a few blue-chip companies to President Obama and ...Bloomberg From ACM Opinion | February 5, 2015
Last month, Adina Howe took up a post at Iowa State University in Ames. Officially, she is an assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering.Nature From ACM Careers | February 4, 2015
New research shows that graphene and related 2-D materials could be used to create the first generation of light-emitting electronic devices that are thin, flexible... From ACM Careers | February 4, 2015
The artificial-intelligence industry, a field that conjures up images of humanoid robots and self-aware computer systems, is making a comeback at Silicon Valley...Bloomberg From ACM Careers | February 3, 2015
In the last three months of 2014, the Associated Press published 3,000 articles on the earning reports of U.S. companies. Previously it could publish only 300.The Washington Post From ACM News | February 2, 2015
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories say better materials and manufacturing techniques for thermoelectric nanowires could allow carmakers to harvest power...Sandia National Laboratories From ACM Careers | February 2, 2015
When Microsoft stock was at a record high in 1999, and its market capitalization was nearly $620 billion, the notion that Apple Computer would ever be bigger—let...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 30, 2015
Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure...The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 29, 2015
Not many years ago, Jane Yang, a 26-year-old civil servant in Beijing, paid her landlord in three-month installments with a stack of 100-yuan notes.Technology Review From ACM Careers | January 29, 2015
Last summer, researchers demonstrated that non-invasive imaging combined with a staining technique enables the fast comparison and study of earthworm species and...Scientific American From ACM News | January 28, 2015
A team at the University of California, Riverside has found a way to induce magnetism in graphene while also preserving graphene's electronic properties, a development...niversity of California, Riverside From ACM Careers | January 26, 2015
The search for chief information security officers has become a seller’s market as companies rush to hire security experts in the wake of several high-profile cyberattacks...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | January 26, 2015
Well before the Internet of Things becomes an actual thing, chipmakers are jockeying to get a piece of the potentially huge new market.CNET From ACM Careers | January 23, 2015
Before you blast off to the moon in search of $30 million offered as part of the Google Lunar XPrize—or the juicy $20 million grand prize for being the first to...CNET From ACM Careers | January 23, 2015