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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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Even the most creative jobs have parts that are pretty routine—tasks that, at least in theory, can be done by a machine. Take, for example, being a reporter.NPR From ACM Opinion | May 22, 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
People have long thought of astronomy as the science of looking to the stars, but discoveries in the cosmos increasingly come from a different kind of observational...The Atlantic From ACM News | May 21, 2015
In 1997 chess master Gary Kasparov went to battle against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in a landmark match. After six games Deep Blue prevailed, marking the...Wired From ACM Careers | May 21, 2015
The perfectibility of the human mind is a theme that has captured our imagination for centuries—the notion that, with the right tools, the right approach, the right...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2015
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will launch a major initiative to develop guidelines for editing human genomes...Nature From ACM News | May 20, 2015
MIT researchers have developed an algorithm that finds the smallest possible approximation of an original matrix or data table while guaranteeing reliable computations...MIT News From ACM Careers | May 20, 2015
Cars can now drive by themselves. Automatic pilot systems can fly a jet airliner much of the time. Why is it so hard to make trains that can stop on their own?Newsweek From ACM News | May 19, 2015
From the self-checkout aisle of the grocery store to the sports section of the newspaper, robots and computer software are increasingly taking the place of humans...NPR From ACM Opinion | May 19, 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
"Here let's zoom in so you can see your Kerbal floating above Kerbin," my boyfriend suggests before hitting the "M" key on his keyboard.The Daily Dot From ACM Careers | May 18, 2015
Two years ago, Sean Murray, a video-game developer from the town of Guildford, outside London, announced an ambitious game that he had been working on in secrecy...The New Yorker From ACM News | May 15, 2015
It's a long, hard road to understanding the human brain, and one of the first milestones in that journey is building a … database.Wired From ACM News | May 14, 2015
It is perhaps the most daunting challenge facing experts in both the fields of climate and computer science—creating a supercomputer that can accurately model the...The New York Times From ACM News | May 12, 2015
In the late 20th century, while the blue-collar working class gave way to the forces of globalization and automation, the educated elite looked on with benign condescension...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 12, 2015
NASA has selected 15 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a program that aims to turn science fiction into science...NASA From ACM News | May 11, 2015
What do you need to bring, and how do you minimize the need for delivery of future supplies in order to establish a sustained human presence on a planet 140 million...NASA From ACM Careers | May 11, 2015