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Prof. Tom Crick
@ProfTomCrick
Chief Scientific Adviser, @DCMS; Professor of Digital Society and Policy, @BristolUni. All views my own, etc.
Newport, Wales Katılım Nisan 2009
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Congratulations to Charles H. Bennett (@IBMResearch) and Gilles Brassard ( @UMontreal) on receiving the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award!
🔗: awards.acm.org/turing

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A Bored Chinese Housewife Spent Years Falsifying Russian History on Wikipedia vice.com/en/article/chi… (HT @youngvulgarian)
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🎉 A major moment for the computing community.
As of January 1, 2026, all ACM journals, magazines & conference proceedings are fully #OpenAccess.
Thanks to 3,000+ institutions worldwide for making this possible.
Learn more: bit.ly/4rTnOGB

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Very fun read: “How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change”
deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back…
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What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under? arstechnica.com/cars/2026/02/w…
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New report urges broader definition of “open research" to include arts, humanities and social science practices lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/morphs… #openresearch
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In related news:
"The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about" theverge.com/tech/880812/ra…
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WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out heise.de/en/news/WD-and…
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'Fast-spreading' measles outbreak hits several schools in London bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Wales is fixing its ambulance service — by sending out fewer ambulances thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…
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“When the New START treaty lapses [in Feb 2026], there will be no legally-binding limits on the two countries’ nuclear forces for the first time in nearly 50 years…” prospectmagazine.co.uk/essays/39579/t…
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Interesting article by @SylvieDelacroix on @Wonkhe: “Data steward” is just one of the missing 21st-century professions that universities could be creating wonkhe.com/blogs/data-ste… <— important prominence on data governance and stewardship
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@st3phstories I am sadly a long-running AI bot 😂 (but, more seriously, thank you!)
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‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
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Massive role: Executive Chair - Arts and Humanities Research Council (@ahrcpress) civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… @UKRI_News
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