Cyberattacks threaten to rise in frequency and complexity, which makes every person using modern technology a potential target. Scientific American From ACM TechNews | April 7, 2015
Each year it seems a little less like science fiction to ask your phone for advice about local chinese food or trust your car to get you to a new location.Scientific American From ACM News | March 10, 2015
Details about where and when you use your credit card could help reveal your identity to data thieves—even if they don't know your name, address and other personal...Scientific American From ACM News | January 30, 2015
Last summer, researchers demonstrated that non-invasive imaging combined with a staining technique enables the fast comparison and study of earthworm species and...Scientific American From ACM News | January 28, 2015
Movie audiences who went to theaters this fall to see The Theory of Everything got a glimpse of the challenges physicist Stephen Hawking has overcome to deliver...Scientific American From ACM News | December 2, 2014
On June 28, 2009, the world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne...Scientific American From ACM News | September 3, 2014
To protect your financial and personal data, most mobiles come with PIN-based security, biometrics or number grids that require you to retrace a particular pattern...Scientific American From ACM News | June 17, 2014
The electric grid was designed as a one-way highway, with power cascading out from big power plants to cities and towns at the end of the line.Scientific American From ACM News | May 22, 2014
When your home computer is hacked, the things at risk are your identity, finances and other digital assets.Scientific American From ACM News | April 2, 2014
When Microsoft launched its research labs in 1991, the personal computer was just beginning to blossom into a worldwide phenomenon, thanks in no small part to Windows...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | December 27, 2013
The job of a materials scientist—to warp matter into new and useful forms—has historically involved a ridiculous amount of guesswork.Scientific American From ACM News | December 2, 2013
Computers as we know them have are close to reaching an inflection point—the next generation is in sight but not quite within our grasp.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 14, 2013
Rugged individualists aside, many people find themselves increasingly connected not just to one another but also to the devices that make those connections possible...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | October 15, 2013
Have rover, need payload. That's the state of things for NASA, which is planning to launch its next rover to Mars in 2020.Scientific American From ACM News | September 27, 2013