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UC Santa Cruz is launching a master's degree program in serious games that aim to help people with special needs or address other…
UC Santa Cruz| February 20, 2019
Young people who play video games have higher moral reasoning skills that those who don't, Bournemouth University researchers found.
Bournemouth University From ACM Careers | February 12, 2019
A study by four information systems professors at Brigham Young University found that newly-formed work teams experienced a 20 percent increase in productivity...Brigham Young University From ACM Careers | January 30, 2019
A changed perspective of math and a determination gained as a piano student put Cumberland Valley High School senior Elizabeth Walker on a course to study computer...The Sentinel From ACM Careers | January 16, 2019
A study of 300,000 adolescents and parents in the UK and USA shows that use of technology has less of a negative affect on adolescent mental health than wearing...University of Oxford From ACM Careers | January 16, 2019
Retired NFL defensive tackle Ellis Wyms recently founded Athletes for Computer Science, which deploys athlete ambassadors to teach children in underprivileged districts...SportTechie From ACM Careers | January 14, 2019
A team of Duke University researchers won the 2018 PoetiX Literary Creative Turing Test contest for an algorithm that composed the most "human-like" sonnets.
The Chronicle From ACM TechNews | January 2, 2019
The portrayal of STEM jobs in U.S. film and television largely reinforces the narrative that scientists are white men, according to a study by the Geena Davis Institute...Nature From ACM Careers | November 26, 2018
Apps marketed to children 5 and younger deploy potentially manipulating tactics to deliver ads to children, raising questions about the ethics of child software...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | October 31, 2018
To an untrained eye, USAReally might look like any other fledgling news organization vying for attention in a crowded media landscape.
The New York Times From ACM Careers | September 27, 2018
President Donald Trump's Tuesday morning attack on Google for delivering "rigged" search results met with a swift denial from the company, but Trump's threat to...Politico From ACM News | August 29, 2018
Martin Vassilev makes a good living selling fake views on YouTube videos. Working from home in Ottawa, he has sold about 15 million views so far this year, putting...The New York Times From ACM News | August 13, 2018
Kids who played a video game designed to train empathy showed greater connectivity in brain networks related to empathy and perspective taking, a new study shows...University of Wisconsin-Madison From ACM Careers | August 10, 2018
A robotic arm mixes the cocktails at Ratio in downtown Shanghai, where customers choose how many shots of alcohol they want and the specific combination of liquors...China Daily From ACM Careers | July 20, 2018
Video games should be used to promote student motivation, engagement, and ultimately learning, the same as any other effective learning facilitator, says Texas...Texas A&M University From ACM Careers | July 16, 2018
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences nominated NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, for Outstanding Original Interactive Program for its...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM Careers | July 13, 2018
While many technology experts and scholars have concerns about the social, political, and economic fallout from the spread of digital activities, they also tend...Pew Research Center From ACM Careers | July 11, 2018
A group of scientists at Berkeley Lab bested two dozen other teams in a months-long, data-driven scavenger hunt for simulated radioactive materials in a virtual...Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory From ACM Careers | July 10, 2018