Prof. Tom Crick

A computer scientist takes the Physics Nobel. A physicist takes the Turing Award. Balance is restored ⚖️

Congratulations to Charles H. Bennett (@IBMResearch) and Gilles Brassard ( @UMontreal) on receiving the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award! 🔗: awards.acm.org/turing

A Bored Chinese Housewife Spent Years Falsifying Russian History on Wikipedia vice.com/en/article/chi… (HT @youngvulgarian)

🎉 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

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

Very fun read: “How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change” deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back…

What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under? arstechnica.com/cars/2026/02/w…

New report urges broader definition of “open research" to include arts, humanities and social science practices lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/morphs… #openresearch

In related news: "The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about" theverge.com/tech/880812/ra…

WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out heise.de/en/news/WD-and…

End of an era

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'Fast-spreading' measles outbreak hits several schools in London bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Wales is fixing its ambulance service — by sending out fewer ambulances thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

“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…

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

@st3phstories I am sadly a long-running AI bot 😂 (but, more seriously, thank you!)

@ProfTomCrick You look far too young for that

Time flies: 10-year anniversary* of being a Professor... (*well, yesterday)

‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Massive role: Executive Chair - Arts and Humanities Research Council (@ahrcpress) civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… @UKRI_News