Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
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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.
Charles Darwin had no idea what a gene was. If we dropped the father of evolution into 2019, the idea that humans can willfully alter the genes of an entire species...CNET From ACM News | February 6, 2019
The influence of the biggest US tech companies is as powerful in Europe as anywhere else in the world. But what sets Europe apart is that the relationship is, to...CNET From ACM News | December 10, 2018
You could call it buyer's remorse. Five US states went all in on electronic voting machines, and four of those states are poised to get out.
CNET From ACM News | October 31, 2018
When you sign up for Facebook on your phone, the app isn't just giving you the latest updates and photos from your friends and family.
CNET From ACM News | July 13, 2018
Researchers used quantum mechanics to develop a new method for generating random numbers to help shield sensitive information from eavesdropping.
CNet From ACM TechNews | April 19, 2018
President Trump on Tuesday signed into law two bills aimed at encouraging women and girls to enter science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 1, 2017
It's been a year since Apple fought the FBI over data privacy, and we've barely heard a peep from either side on the issue.
CNET From ACM News | February 15, 2017
Internauts, today we celebrate this glorious technology that brings us all together! On August 23, 1991--25 years ago today--the public gained access for the first...CNET From ACM News | August 23, 2016
Apple shouldn't have to comply with a search order for an iPhone used by one the San Bernardino, California, terrorists because the Constitution forbids it, the...CNET From ACM News | March 16, 2016
Do androids dream of electric sheep? That's unclear, but I know for sure that every kid dreams of intelligent, thinking robots—certainly every kid who goes on to...CNET From ACM News | December 22, 2015