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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 his 1942 short story 'Runaround', science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov introduced the Three Laws of Robotics—engineering safeguards and built-in ethical principles...Nature From ACM News | July 2, 2015
Not long ago, if you were a young, brash technologist with a world-conquering start-up idea, there was a good chance you spent much of your waking life working...The New York Times From ACM Careers | July 2, 2015
Robin Pedraja, a lanky 28-year-old former design student from Havana, walked into the Cuban government’s office of periodicals and publications early last year...Forbes From ACM Careers | July 2, 2015
President Barack Obama wears a FitBit monitor on his wrist to count his steps and calories, and has waxed poetic about the power of wearable technology to "give...Politico From ACM News | July 1, 2015
The cryptography behind bitcoin solved a paradoxical problem: a currency with no regulator, that nonetheless can't be counterfeited.Wired From ACM Careers | June 30, 2015
The privacy policy for Hulu, a video-streaming service with about nine million subscribers, opens with a declaration that the company "respects your privacy."The New York Times From ACM News | June 29, 2015
In the past several decades, there has been a monumental shift in the distribution of wealth on the planet.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 29, 2015
Just when you thought the Internet of Things couldn't possibly live up to its hype, along comes a blockbuster, 142-page report from McKinsey Global Institute ("The...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | June 26, 2015
For the U.S., the extradition of Ercan Findikoglu shows the value of patience when it comes to pursuing suspected hacker kingpins.Bloomberg From ACM News | June 25, 2015
Government officials have been vague in their testimony about the data breaches—there was apparently more than one—at the Office of Personnel Management.Ars Technica From ACM News | June 23, 2015
Google has received tons of gushy press for its bubble-shaped self-driving car, though it's still years from the showroom floor.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | June 22, 2015
Britain's youngest suicide bomber. That is how the name Talha Asmal was introduced to the public last week.New Scientist From ACM Careers | June 18, 2015
Three-and-a-half years ago, a strange computing device appeared at an office building in the tiny farmland town of Shelby, Iowa.Wired From ACM News | June 18, 2015
The U.S. government is considering policy changes that could dramatically affect how researchers handle equipment and information that have national-security implications...Nature From ACM Careers | June 17, 2015
Google's ambitions and investments have increasingly broadened beyond its digital origins in Internet search and online advertising into the arena of physical objects...The New York Times From ACM Careers | June 16, 2015
An ethical puzzler commonly known as the Trolley Problem has been given a 21st-century adaption to address a modern obsession: autonomous vehicles.University of Alabama at Birmingham From ACM Careers | June 16, 2015
It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook. In four short years, it has turned the $141 billion data-center computer-hardware industry on its head.Business Insider From ACM Careers | June 15, 2015