Rather than painstakingly typing in passwords on your smartphone, you may eventually just swipe a shape or other pattern on its display to authenticate yourself...Technology Review From ACM News | March 4, 2016
Here's a tricky task. Pick a photograph from the Web at random. Now try to work out where it was taken using only the image itself.Technology Review From ACM News | February 26, 2016
On Friday, January 8, several high-level officials from the Obama administration—including the attorney general, the White House chief of staff, and the directors...Technology Review From ACM Careers | February 24, 2016
Mathematical analysis has demonstrated the validity of the claim that most people's friends have more friends than they do. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 22, 2016
Art created by machines raises unanswered questions about its potential and whether it can truly be defined as creative or imaginative. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2016
Autoscope is a new automated microscope equipped with artificial intelligence that is 90% accurate and specific at detecting malaria parasites. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 12, 2016
Every day computers make many millions of electronic trades by performing delicate calculations aimed at eking out a tiny edge in terms of speed or efficiency.Technology Review From ACM News | February 4, 2016
A few years ago, a breakthrough in machine learning suddenly enabled computers to recognize objects shown in photographs with unprecedented—almost spooky—accuracy...Technology Review From ACM News | January 26, 2016
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence machine that learned how to write political speeches that are very similar to real speeches. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2016
Nothing beats talking to another person face-to-face, but a group of researchers are considering whether a life-size projection of a person that appears to be sitting...Technology Review From ACM News | January 21, 2016
Researchers report they can control the phase and electrical properties of a thin-film material by applying a small voltage. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2016
Buy a new car these days and the chances are that it will be fitted with an array of driver-assistance technologies.Technology Review From ACM News | January 15, 2016
Research from Arizona State University answers a question that has stumped mathematicians pondering the properties of programmable materials. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2016
An inexpensive, full-page braille tablet could make topics like science and math more easily accessible to the blind, according to a team of researchers who have...Technology Review From ACM News | January 13, 2016
Researchers report training a machine-learning algorithm to recognize and generate humorous scenes. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 11, 2016
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is working with more then 130 research teams to determine how to manage drone traffic. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2016