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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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One year ago, a group of professors, librarians, and futurists gathered in San Francisco to discuss how they would go about building a Digital Public Library of...ArsTechnica From ACM Careers | April 22, 2013
Wireless operators have access to an unprecedented volume of information about users' real-world activities, but for years these massive data troves were put to...Technology Review From ACM News | April 18, 2013
Which is more intrusive: security screening and metal detectors every few blocks, or a drone flying high above it taking video of every little thing you do?Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
Google is pulling back the curtain a bit more on Google Glass, the high-tech spectacles with an eye-mounted display for accessing the Internet.Time From ACM Careers | April 18, 2013
A new collaboration called the National Consortium for Data Science aims to create a national hub for data-intensive business and data science research and education...Renaissance Computing Institute From ACM Careers | April 17, 2013
Whether you call it a data-driven prediction or think of it as a self-fulfilling prophecy, Moore's Law has been going strong.Wired From ACM Opinion | April 17, 2013
Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which President Obama announced in his State of the Union address in February, will...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
Last week I attended what was, I think it is fair to say, the oddest conference I have been to yet. It was the first world congress of the Digital Olfaction Society...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2013
In Issac Asimov's classic science fiction saga Foundation, mathematics professor Hari Seldon predicts the future using what he calls psychohistory.Wired From ACM News | April 12, 2013
Early attempts at driverless cars have had little difficulty gathering the loads of data required to operate autonomously.Scientific American From ACM News | April 11, 2013
"The mission to find, capture and redirect an asteroid robotically, and then visit it with astronauts to study it and return samples takes advantage of expertise...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 11, 2013
Phil Richards used to like his job driving a forklift in a produce and meat warehouse. He took pride in steering a case of beef with precision.The Los Angeles Times From ACM Careers | April 9, 2013
Steve Jobs was a stickler for detail, requiring final approval on everything from ads to wording on his Keynote presentations. It's no surprise then that the company...CNN From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2013
Over microbrews last April at a pub near Ontario's University of Waterloo, engineering student Stephen Lake, 23, and two friends discussed using wearable devices...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | April 8, 2013
John Wilkes spent a year negotiating his move to Google, and when he finally agreed to join the company, he still didn’t know what he’d be working on.Wired From ACM News | April 5, 2013
Under the bright lights of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last January, a stunning black Bentley sat with the top down on the showroom floor.Fortune From ACM Careers | April 5, 2013
For big sellers of computer technology to business that are looking to stay relevant, there's no friend quite like Big Data.The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 5, 2013