U.S. spy chief James Clapper has strongly defended government surveillance programmes after revelations of phone records being collected and internet servers being...BBC News From ACM News | June 7, 2013
Imagine a computer that can teach your mobile phone to recognize any object it sees, or one that can instantly find optimal travel routes for thousands of planes...BBC News From ACM News | May 17, 2013
The story of how the Colossus computer at Bletchley Park aided the allied code-cracking effort during World War II is becoming well known. Its claim to be a forerunner...BBC News From ACM News | February 19, 2013
For years, Henry Markram has claimed that he can simulate the human brain in a computer within a decade. On 23 January 2013, the European Commission told him to...BBC News From ACM News | February 8, 2013
Latest figures show a sharp rise in patents filed to claim rights over different aspects of graphene since 2007, with a further spike last year.BBC News From ACM News | January 16, 2013
In the early morning of 16 June, 2012, a top-secret spaceplane made a picture-perfect landing at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.BBC News From ACM News | November 26, 2012
The world's oldest original working digital computer, the Witch, has been restored after a three-year effort and was recently put on display at The National Museum...BBC News From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2012
The world's oldest original working digital computer is going on display at The National Museum of Computing in Buckinghamshire.BBC News From ACM News | November 21, 2012
Imagine how different the first pictures sent from the Mars Rover would have been if there had been a software failure.BBC News From ACM News | October 5, 2012
Cybercriminals have opened a new front in their battle to infect computers with malware—PC production lines.BBC News From ACM News | September 13, 2012
Many years ago, long before the birth of the Web, there was a time when France was the happening-est place in the digital universe.BBC News From ACM News | June 28, 2012
Olympic timekeepers Omega are unveiling the latest technology that will be used at the London 2012 Games. It can monitor athletes' performance to the nearest one...BBC News From ACM News | May 3, 2012