The perfectibility of the human mind is a theme that has captured our imagination for centuries—the notion that, with the right tools, the right approach, the right...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2015
The night after the earthquake hit Nepal, people feared to sleep in their homes, worrying about powerful aftershocks toppling the few buildings left standing.The Atlantic From ACM News | May 6, 2015
If the government puts a GPS tracker on you, your car, or any of your personal effects, it counts as a search—and is therefore protected by the Fourth Amendment...The Atlantic From ACM News | March 31, 2015
Even though the sky looks about the same every night to those of us here on Earth, cataclysmic things happen in outer space constantly.The Atlantic From ACM Careers | February 12, 2015
Human attention isn't stable, ever, and it costs us: lives lost when drivers space out, billions of dollars wasted on inefficient work, and mental disorders that...The Atlantic From ACM News | February 9, 2015
As far as intelligence agencies go, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has remained relatively low profile—attracting neither the intrigue of, say, the...The Atlantic From ACM News | October 20, 2014
Darin Wedel made headlines in 2012 when his wife, Jennifer, asked President Barack Obama during a Google+ Hangout why her husband was still out of work while H-1B...The Atlantic From ACM Careers | August 21, 2014
Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect.The Atlantic From ACM Careers | June 4, 2014
Six years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) decided that they had a new dream. The agency wanted a system that would overlay digital tactical...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 29, 2014
There's a debate going on about whether the U.S. government—specifically, the NSA and United States Cyber Command—should stockpile Internet vulnerabilities or disclose...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 21, 2014
Questions have emerged about whether facial recognition technology could recognize an adult based on images of that person as a child. The Atlantic From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2014