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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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To get an idea of how the mobile Web is catapulting millions of people into the digital age by skipping landline connections, have a look at Vietnam.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | June 12, 2015
The U.S. government's widespread data surveillance practices are likely to cost U.S. cloud computing and other technology companies more money than originally expected...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | June 10, 2015
In an unusual twist on biometrics research, US computer scientists have joined with law-enforcement officials to find new ways to automatically detect tattoos on...Nature From ACM News | June 9, 2015
Apple wants its devices to know everything about you. But more than ever, it wants you to know that Apple doesn't know what those devices know.Wired From ACM Careers | June 9, 2015
Chip companies are merging, signing $66 billion worth of deals this year alone in preparation for an explosion of demand from all walks of life as the next technological...The Associated Press From ACM Careers | June 9, 2015
FireEye Inc., a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity firm, held an analyst day on Wednesday, doing its best (as all companies do) to build its case for the Street...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | June 8, 2015
Pim Koeslag designs and fabricates some of the world's most complicated mechanical timepieces.The New York Times Magazine From ACM Careers | June 5, 2015
A group of researchers at the Chinese web services company Baidu have been barred from participating in an international competition for artificial intelligence...The New York Times From ACM News | June 4, 2015
Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, got...The New York Times From ACM News | June 3, 2015
If you think about virtual reality, you probably think of it as the place where gamers don an Oculus headset and go shoot up enemies in 3D or travel space.NPR From ACM News | June 2, 2015
Yann LeCun is among those bringing a new level of artificial intelligence to popular internet services from the likes of Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.Wired From ACM News | May 28, 2015
Ever since Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis stepped down as co-chairmen and co-chief executives of BlackBerry, neither has spoken much in public about the once-dominant...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 26, 2015
Even the most creative jobs have parts that are pretty routine—tasks that, at least in theory, can be done by a machine. Take, for example, being a reporter.NPR From ACM Opinion | May 22, 2015
In 1997 chess master Gary Kasparov went to battle against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in a landmark match. After six games Deep Blue prevailed, marking the...Wired From ACM Careers | May 21, 2015
The perfectibility of the human mind is a theme that has captured our imagination for centuries—the notion that, with the right tools, the right approach, the right...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2015
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will launch a major initiative to develop guidelines for editing human genomes...Nature From ACM News | May 20, 2015
Cars can now drive by themselves. Automatic pilot systems can fly a jet airliner much of the time. Why is it so hard to make trains that can stop on their own?Newsweek From ACM News | May 19, 2015
From the self-checkout aisle of the grocery store to the sports section of the newspaper, robots and computer software are increasingly taking the place of humans...NPR From ACM Opinion | May 19, 2015