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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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The Hype, and Hope, of Artificial Intelligence
Earlier this month, on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver skewered media companies' desperate search for clicks.
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Bounty Hunters Are Legally Hacking Apple and the Pentagon–for Big Money
Nathaniel Wakelam became a bounty hunter when he was 18.
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China's $100 Billion Chip Supremacy Bid Unrealistic: Bain
China faces an uphill battle in its push to become the global leader in computer chips because of a lack of technological know-how and talent, according to an analysis...
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Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web
Internauts, today we celebrate this glorious technology that brings us all together! On August 23, 1991--25 years ago today--the public gained access for the first...
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Obama's Science Legacy: Betting Big on Biomedical Science
When president-elect Barack Obama chose physicist John Holdren as his top science adviser in December 2008, some biomedical researchers worried that the pick signalled...
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Maker Movement Turns Scientists Into Tinkerers
To do science, scientists need money—and usually a lot of it because specialized equipment and tools don’t come cheap.
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98 Personal Data Points that Facebook ses to Target Ads to You
Say you're scrolling through your Facebook Newsfeed and you encounter an ad so eerily well-suited, it seems someone has possibly read your brain.
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China, Japan, Cern: Who Will Host the Next Lhc?
It was a triumph for particle physics—and many were keen for a piece of the action.
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How Tech Changed Scoring in Sports—nearly a Century Ago
Technology has changed sports by offering things like instant replay and the ability to determine precisely where a ball is relative to lines on the field and court...
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S Ready to 'hand Over' the Internet's Naming System
The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet's naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet's...
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Space, Climate Change, and the Real Meaning of Theory
I used to be an astronaut, a spacewalker on the International Space Station.
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The Wretched, Endless Cycle of Bitcoin Hacks
It seemed bitcoin exchange Bitfinex was doing all the right things. In the end, that didn’t stop hackers from stealing $65 million.
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Why Facebook Is Really Blocking the Ad Blockers
Ads can seem like the bane of the Internet.
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No One Wants to Buy Those Stolen Nsa-Linked 'cyberweapons'
When an anonymous group calling itself Shadow Brokers put up for auction a collection of data it said it stole from the NSA, the group wrote that it would make...
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Israeli Army Prepares Augmented Reality For Battlefield Duty
If Pokemon Go achieved one thing, it was showing the world that augmented reality technologies are ready for the mainstream.
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The Next Must-Have Smartphone Feature
Smartphones can tell you when to depart for the airport to make your flight, provide voice-guided directions on the way there, and route around traffic jams.
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Will Data Help U.s. Sailing Get Back on the Olympic Podium?
The U.S. sailing team left the 2012 London Olympics without any medals—it was the first time Americans had failed to place in an event since the 1936 Berlin games...
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Bitcoin's Technology Has a Surprising Fan: IBM
Bitcoin has a bad rap as the preferred currency of drug dealers. But that isn't stopping IBM and some of the world's most conservative businesses from tapping into...
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Envisioning Bitcoin's Technology at the Heart of Global Finance
A new report from the World Economic Forum predicts that the underlying technology introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin will come to occupy a central place...
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The Brave New World of Robots and Lost Jobs
Job insecurity is a central theme of the 2016 campaign, fueling popular anger about trade deals and immigration. But economists warn that much bigger job losses...
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