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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
It's a video which is bound to go viral. Spot sets off down an office corridor, and then out into the open air.BBC News From ACM News | February 12, 2015
It’s been just over 45 years since the Apollo Moon landings, and some would have it that we are failing to build big anymore; that we've since become too fascinated...BBC News From ACM News | February 11, 2015
French coder Olivier Poudade has created BootChess, which is only 487 bytes in size, and the code can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux computers. BBC News From ACM TechNews | January 30, 2015
Microsoft Research's chief has said he thinks artificial intelligence systems could achieve consciousness, but has played down the threat to human life.BBC News From ACM Opinion | January 28, 2015
The US and UK are soon to take part in cyber war games, testing each other out for when the inevitable real cyberwar kicks off.BBC News From ACM News | January 20, 2015
Whenever the terrorist threat is increased, as it has been since the tragic events in Paris last week, so too are the calls from politicians to increase the powers...BBC News From ACM News | January 13, 2015
The landing of the Philae Lander—on a comet travelling at 135,000km/h (84,000mph)—has been hailed as the start of a new chapter in space exploration.BBC News From ACM Opinion | December 23, 2014
In July 1965, Mariner 4 became the first space probe to send back pictures of another world from space. Fifty years on, not only do several spacecraft orbit the...BBC News From ACM News | December 22, 2014
Facebook is saying little apart from the fact that "we do not allow terrorist content on the site and take steps to prevent people from using our service for these...BBC News From ACM News | December 3, 2014
It all started with an awkward moment online. In the early 1980s, computer scientist Scott Fahlman realised his words were failing him.BBC News From ACM News | November 26, 2014
The brain is one of the most delicate and complex objects in the universe, so tinkering with its activity may seem like a fool's errand.BBC News From ACM News | November 25, 2014
The lander bounced twice, initially about 1km back out into space, before settling in the shadow of a cliff, 1km from its intended target site.BBC News From ACM News | November 13, 2014
The hidden web community has started trying to find out how services and identities were compromised after police raids led to 17 arrests.BBC News From ACM News | November 10, 2014