George Boole is often described as a mathematician, but he saw himself as a philosopher, following in the footsteps of Aristotle.
The Atlantic From ACM News | March 21, 2017
Stanford University professor Tom Mullaney believes computers make Chinese far more advantageous than typing English via a QWERTY keyboard.The Atlantic From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2016
When mark zuckerberg posted a picture of himself on Facebook in June, a sharp-eyed observer spotted a piece of tape covering his laptop’s camera.The Atlantic From ACM News | October 11, 2016
In a Congress where lawmakers have trouble performing even the most basic functions of the legislative branch—funding the government or approving judicial nominees...The Atlantic From ACM News | March 7, 2016
There's a battle raging over whether academic research should be free, and it’s overflowing into the dark web.The Atlantic From ACM News | February 9, 2016
Three years ago, Edward Snowden leaked troves of previously classified information that laid bare the American government's widespread surveillance of its citizens...The Atlantic From ACM News | February 3, 2016
The Wozniak Lounge, located on the northern side of campus at the University of California, Berkeley, looks like it was decorated by engineers, to the extent that...The Atlantic From ACM Careers | January 25, 2016
People love free stuff. That's the principle that helps explain the complicated series of privacy-related calculations that modern life increasingly requires.The Atlantic From ACM News | January 14, 2016
It’s difficult to define "the cloud." Even more difficult, perhaps, is photographing it. But that's precisely what Peter Garritano set out to do with his photoThe...The Atlantic From ACM News | January 7, 2016
The race to bring driverless cars to the masses is only just beginning, but already it is a fight for the ages.The Atlantic From ACM News | December 8, 2015
There are people who stand every morning outside the Carroll Street station in Brooklyn staring dead-eyed into the middle distance.The Atlantic From ACM News | November 20, 2015
In the Northern hemisphere's sky, hovering above the Milky Way, there are two constellations—Cygnus the swan, her wings outstretched in full flight, and Lyra, the...The Atlantic From ACM News | October 19, 2015
A new algorithmic analysis technique can identify the disjointed patterns of speech considered a hallmark of schizophrenia.The Atlantic From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2015
When President Obama launched his Twitter account in May, people noticed his rapid accumulation of followers, a silly back-and-forth with President Clinton, but...The Atlantic From ACM News | July 23, 2015
One of my great pleasures in life is attending conferences on fields I'm intrigued by, but know nothing about.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | June 18, 2015
Google says in six years its self-driving cars have been involved in only 12 minor accidents, all of which were the fault of humans. The Atlantic From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2015