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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.
Online education isn't particularly new. It has been around in some form since the 1990s, but what is new is the speed and scale in which online learning is growing...NPR From ACM Careers | October 2, 2012
Military commanders, government officials and members of Congress have long wrangled over which weapon systems are needed. Now, there's an argument over what computer...NPR From ACM News | September 14, 2012
On the subway, in doctor's waiting rooms and during college lectures, millions of Japanese can be found glued to their smartphones. But they're not texting or making...NPR From ACM News | August 23, 2012
Experts predict that our cars will one day routinely "talk" to one another with wireless communication devices, possibly preventing huge numbers of traffic accidents...NPR From ACM News | August 22, 2012
By tricking live fish into attacking computer-generated "prey," scientists have learned that animals like birds and fish may indeed have evolved to swarm together...NPR From ACM News | August 17, 2012
The Federal Aviation Administration is in the midst of a multibillion-dollar upgrade of the nation's air traffic control system.NPR From ACM News | August 15, 2012
Drone makers and robotics manufacturers are looking for—and finding—new uses for devices that were once limited to the worlds of science and the military.NPR From ACM News | August 13, 2012
For more than a decade the CIA has run its own venture capital fund called In-Q-Tel. It was founded in the late 1990s when the CIA was drowning in data and didn't...NPR From ACM Careers | July 17, 2012
Bernard Farrell obsesses over every bite he eats, every minute of exercise he gets, and everything that stresses him out. And, more than anything else, Farrell...NPR From ACM News | July 11, 2012
It's a bird. It's a plane. Actually, it's a drone. And now those unmanned aircraft, best known for being used by the U.S. to kill terrorism suspects overseas, have...NPR From ACM News | July 3, 2012
Linguists are attempting to harness the power of crowdsourcing to help machines achieve perfect translations. NPR Online From ACM TechNews | June 23, 2010
A panel of officials says the United States is far behind in addressing cyber-security threats. "Taking down the grid for months comes as close to a nuclear attack...NPR.org From ACM News | October 7, 2009