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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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If you liked 1960s Star Trek, the first non-Trek title that Netflix is likely to suggest to you is the original Mission: Impossible series (the one with the cool...Wired From ACM News | August 9, 2013
Professor emeritus Rodney Brooks gained fame in the 1990s for co-founding iRobot, an MIT spinoff that brought the world the Roomba and other innovative, helpful...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | August 9, 2013
The U.S. National Security Agency, hit by disclosures of classified data by former contractor Edward Snowden, said Thursday it intends to eliminate about 90 percent...Reuters From ACM News | August 9, 2013
Silent Circle shuttered its encrypted email service on Thursday, the second such closure in just a few hours in an apparent attempt to avoid government scrutiny...CNET From ACM News | August 9, 2013
As computers have matured over time, the human brain has no way of keeping up with silicon's rapid-fire calculating abilities.Scientific American From ACM News | August 8, 2013
That iPad in your hand? It feels like the most modern of computers. But like the iPhone and the Macintosh, the Apple tablet revolves around a core piece of software...Wired From ACM Careers | August 8, 2013
As an undergraduate at Oxford University in the mid-1970s, K. Birgitta Whaley struggled to choose between chemistry and physics.Quanta Magazine From ACM Opinion | August 8, 2013
For the Curiosity rover, it's just another day on Mars—but back on Earth, Tuesday was a day to look back at the $2.5 billion mission's first year, including a moment...NBC News From ACM News | August 7, 2013
Earlier this summer in a packed and freezing-cold auditorium in Doha, the all-female team of students from Qatar University burst into cheers and tears as theyINJAZ...BBC News From ACM News | August 7, 2013
It looks like a bakery. A warm glow emanates from the windows of big, oven-like machines, and a dusting of white powder covers everything.The Associated Press From ACM Careers | August 7, 2013
If something can connect to a network, it can be hacked. Computers and phones are still popular targets, but increasingly so are cars, home security systems, TVs...CNN From ACM News | August 6, 2013
One year ago Monday (Aug. 5), NASA's Mars rover Curiosity pulled off a stunning and unprecedented landing inside Gale Crater, kicking off a two-year surface mission...Space.com From ACM Opinion | August 6, 2013
The U.S. government's efforts to recruit talented hackers could suffer from the recent revelations about its vast domestic surveillance programs, as many private...Reuters From ACM Careers | August 6, 2013
A new model of wireless networks that better represents the real world could lead to more robust communications protocols.MIT News From ACM Careers | August 6, 2013
David Holz took the main stage at this year's South by Southwest Interactive, the annual innovation conference in Austin, Texas, looking like a hobbit on casual...Popular Science From ACM News | August 5, 2013
At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a quartet of researchers, Alex Stamos, Tom Ritter, Thomas Ptacek, and Javed Samuel, implored everyone involved...ArsTechnica From ACM News | August 5, 2013
Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi says about 90 percent of U.S. schools lack computer science programs due to a shortage of funds and teachers. There are over 40,000 high...Vator News From ACM TechNews | August 2, 2013
Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information on suspects, bringing the criminal...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 2, 2013