Quantum annealing computers can run algorithms faster than classical computers in certain instances, but typically not when time…
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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief, has managed to amass more information about more people than anyone else in history. Now what?The New York Times From ACM News | May 16, 2012
When Facebook goes public in the coming weeks, there will be a lot of winners. Among them is one of the stalwarts of the tech industry, Microsoft, which has a small...The New York Times From ACM News | May 14, 2012
People generally talk less on the phone and send fewer text messages now because there are so many ways to communicate over an Internet connection. Though this...The New York Times From ACM News | May 7, 2012
At the center of the uproar over a Google project that scooped up personal data from potentially millions of unsuspecting people is the company software engineer...The New York Times From ACM News | May 1, 2012
The Simons Foundation, which specializes in science and math research, has chosen the University of California, Berkeley, as host for an ambitious new center for...The New York Times From ACM News | May 1, 2012
Iraq, cut off from decades of technological progress because of dictatorship, sanctions and wars, recently took a big step out of isolation and into the digital...The New York Times From ACM News | April 17, 2012
AT 7 years old, Gilad Elbaz wrote, "I want to be a rich mathematician and very smart." That, he figured, would help him "discover things like time machines, robots...The New York Times From ACM News | March 26, 2012
During the five-month period between October and February, there were 86 reported attacks on computer systems in the United States that control critical infrastructure...The New York Times From ACM News | March 14, 2012
Just as NASA is on the cusp of answering the most fascinating questions about Mars—is there, was there or could there be life there?—the money needed to provide...The New York Times From ACM News | March 14, 2012
Hackers operating under the banner Anonymous have been poking a finger in the eye of one private company after another for two years now.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 7, 2012
The elusive hacker movement known as Anonymous has carried out Internet attacks on well-known organizations like Sony and PBS. In August, the group went after its...The New York Times From ACM News | February 28, 2012
These days, it’s hard to find a superlative that adequately describes Apple. But maybe simplest is best: biggest.The New York Times From ACM News | February 24, 2012
Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question...The New York Times From ACM News | February 17, 2012