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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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In the shadow of Internet monoliths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, it's easy to forget that Silicon Valley got its start from hard-scrabble tinkerers building...Reuters From ACM Careers | May 6, 2014
When it is completed in early 2018, Muse, a 49-story luxury-condo development in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will have an automated parking system with push-button...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | May 6, 2014
For the second year in a row, the number of applications from Chinese students to get into U.S. graduate schools has declined, according to a report from the...China Daily From ACM Careers | May 6, 2014
A scientist's ambitious plan to create an early detection system for eye cancer using people's home cameras is coming along.NPR From ACM Careers | May 6, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University's Steve Awodey has received a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to reshape the foundations of mathematics... From ACM Careers | May 6, 2014
An American friend living in Beijing once said she refused to communicate with anyone whose email address consisted of a string of numbers, such as 62718298454@163...The New Republic From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2014
Even before the first day of class in August, Maura Fritzley had second thoughts about taking Advanced Placement physics.The New York Times From ACM Careers | May 5, 2014
The term "cancer killing nanorobot" could conjure up all sorts of images, the best involving teeny tiny laser eyebeams.Re/Code From ACM News | May 5, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University's Steve Awodey has received a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the Department of Defense to reshape the foundations of mathematics...Carnegie Mellon niversity From ACM Careers | May 5, 2014
Microsoft makes Windows, Word, and the Xbox. But it also employs scientists who make sensors to stick on the hides of elephants and rhinoceroses.Nature From ACM News | May 2, 2014
Showing the company is still making advances in more traditional tech, an Apple patent filing for "Multi-functional keyboard assemblies" describes a keyboard consisting...Apple Insider From ACM News | May 1, 2014
Now in its seventh season, the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory is more popular than ever, averaging 19.79 million viewers per episode; and it’s not going away anytime...Science magazine From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2014
The biggest-sized junkyard in the world orbits the Earth, and it's time to get active about reducing it, says Tom Percy, a University of Alabama in Huntsville...University of Alabama in Huntsville From ACM Careers | April 30, 2014
University students who used a Facebook group as part of a large sociology class did better on course assignments and felt a stronger sense of belonging, according... From ACM Careers | April 30, 2014
Fiber optics could increased the speed and quantity of information transmitted within laptops and other devices by using organic materials containing chromophore...South Dakota State University From ACM Careers | April 30, 2014
A startup called Ultrahaptics aims to make gesture control and virtual reality more engaging by using ultrasound waves to let you feel like you’re touching virtual...Technology Review From ACM News | April 30, 2014