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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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The £61-million (US$89-million) National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester, UK, has been open for little more than a year. But a parliamentary...Nature From ACM Careers | May 3, 2016
Twelve years ago, Robert McEliece, a mathematician and engineer at Caltech, won the Claude E. Shannon Award, the highest honor in the field of information theory...The New Yorker From ACM News | May 2, 2016
It's getting more and more crowded on baseball’s bleeding edge. As sabermetrics has expanded to swallow new disciplines and data sets,1 the number of quantitative...FiveThirtyEight From ACM Careers | April 29, 2016
When Andrew Ng joined Google from Stanford University in 2011, he was among a trickle of artificial-intelligence (AI) experts in academia taking up roles in industry...Nature From ACM Careers | April 27, 2016
Pentagon officials have publicly said, in recent weeks, that they're hitting ISIS not only with bullets and bombs but also with cyberoffensive operations.Slate From ACM Opinion | April 25, 2016
Humanity has fallen to artificial intelligence in checkers, chess, and, last month, Go, the complex ancient Chinese board game.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 25, 2016
For years, there has been a limit to the success of American technology companies in China. Capture too much market share or wield too much influence, and Beijing...The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 22, 2016
NASA is soliciting ideas from U.S. industry for designs of a Mars orbiter for potential launch in the 2020s. The satellite would provide advanced communications...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM Careers | April 22, 2016
When Defense Secretary Ashton Carter landed in Iraq for a surprise visit this week, he came armed with this news: More than 200 additional U.S. troops are headed...NPR From ACM News | April 21, 2016
Brett Weber, drafted by the Yankees in the 14th round in 1998, never rose above Class A in the minor leagues. Now he watches their home games from a windowless...The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 20, 2016
U.S. lawmakers Tuesday once again brought Apple, the FBI, security experts and law enforcement officials to testify on the ongoing debate over encryption and the...NPR From ACM Careers | April 20, 2016
Apple Inc has been asked by Chinese authorities within the last two years to hand over its source code but refused, the company's top lawyer told lawmakers on Tuesday...Reuters From ACM Careers | April 20, 2016
As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.NPR From ACM Careers | April 18, 2016
In 2011, developer and researcher Alexandra Elbakyan launched Sci-Hub, an online archive that shares research articles freely and openly without paywalls or restrictions...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2016
Real-world artificial-intelligence applications are popping up in unexpected places—and much sooner than you might think.Bloomberg From ACM Careers | April 18, 2016
Kobe Bryant's 30,699th and final field goal came from 19 feet with 31 seconds left against the Utah Jazz.Los Angeles Times From ACM Careers | April 14, 2016
Two international arms control groups on Monday issued a report that called for maintaining human control over a new generation of weapons that are increasingly...The New York Times From ACM News | April 14, 2016