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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
As the second and final day of the 2015 DICE Summit came to a close, Alexey Pajitnov took the stage in a rare public appearance to talk frankly about the history...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | 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
The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare...The Guardian From ACM News | February 4, 2015
With its recent investment in Stack Exchange, venture firm Andreessen Horowitz now counts three significant companies in its portfolio that serve the broad and...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | February 4, 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
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
China had 649 million Internet users by the end of 2014, with 557 million of those using handsets to go online, said a government report on Tuesday, as the world's...Reuters From ACM News | 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
A team of astronomers using the NSF's Green Bank Telescope and NASA's Deep Space Network radar transmitter has released the most detailed radar images yet of asteroid...National Radio Astronomy Observatory 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
Nineteen ninety-five was the inaugural year of the 21st century, a clear starting point for contemporary life.Wired From ACM Careers | January 30, 2015
Just four pieces of information are enough to identify 90 percent of the people in a data set recording three months of credit-card transactions by 1.1 million...MIT News From ACM Careers | 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
Satellites planned for launch during the next several years may play a role in forecasting air-quality worldwide. University of Iowa researchers say satellites...University of Iowa From ACM Careers | January 29, 2015