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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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New York City's subways—the nation's biggest mass transit network—serve more than 6 million daily riders who depend largely on a signal system that dates back to...The Associated Press From ACM News | December 22, 2014
Cheap, mass-produced semiconductors have transformed our world, with smartphones, laptops, sensors and tablets, all connected to big cloud computing systems.The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 19, 2014
Since the days of 19th century remedies such as castor oil laxatives and mercury syphilis tablets, pharmacists and patients have had a tacit understanding: Whatever...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | December 19, 2014
Universities are stepping up efforts to create "spinouts," or business startups born from some of the cutting-edge research of their students or faculty.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | December 17, 2014
Space is big. Really big. And not just in terms of the mind-boggingly vast distances between the stars and planets out there in the Universe at large.BBC News From ACM Opinion | December 17, 2014
Evolutionary geneticist Tom Gilbert was sipping a coffee in Madrid five years ago when an idea hit him—literally. "A pigeon crapped on me," he says, "and I thought...Nature From ACM Careers | December 16, 2014
Patent trolls: They're a huge suck on the economy, eating up untold millions in legal fees and deliberately suing innocent companies just because they're flush....The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 16, 2014
Until Andre Geim, a physics professor at the University of Manchester, discovered an unusual new material called graphene, he was best known for an experiment...The New Yorker From ACM News | December 15, 2014
A decade ago, data analysis was a chore. Workers poured figures into Excel and then spent hours searching for patterns.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | December 15, 2014
A few years ago, the most enthusiastic advocates of MOOCs believed that these "massive open online courses" stood poised to overturn the century-old model of higher...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 15, 2014
Maybe you read Gone Girl because Amazon recommended it; watched Breaking Bad because Netflix suggested you'd like it; even met the love of your life because OKCupid...New Scientist From ACM Careers | December 12, 2014
In February of 2012, a medical team at the University of Michigan's C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, in Ann Arbor, carried out an unusual operation on a three-month...The New Yorker From ACM News | December 10, 2014
The engineers and scientists spilling out of Greater Boston’s world-class universities built the foundations of the modern computing era and amassed the densest...Re/code From ACM Careers | December 10, 2014
For years, there has been a lot of talk about the consumerization of technology in the workplace. But so far, that has mostly meant employees using smartphones...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 10, 2014