The Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to...The New York Times From ACM News | January 30, 2015
Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure...The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 29, 2015
Long-standing concerns about the "supercookies" Verizon Wireless uses to tag its users for advertising purposes have resurfaced. The New York Times From ACM TechNews | January 26, 2015
Photographs and data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft have provided an unprecedented close-up examination of a comet, but there is one thing...The New York Times From ACM News | January 23, 2015
You wouldn't think hellbenders would be hard to find: The gargantuan salamanders, the biggest amphibians in North America, can grow up to 30 inches long.The New York Times From ACM News | January 22, 2015
Google upgraded its Google Translate app last week, adding two new tools that expand the smartphone app's capabilities. The New York Times From ACM TechNews | January 16, 2015
A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord’s website.The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 16, 2015
The characters in Gary Shteyngart's novel "Super Sad True Love Story" inhabit a continuously surveilled and scored society.The New York Times From ACM News | December 31, 2014
Inside the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, known as AI2, everything is a gleaming architectural white.The New York Times From ACM News | December 17, 2014
Paul Kocher, one of the country's leading cryptographers, says he thinks the explanation for the world's dismal state of digital security may lie in two charts.The New York Times From ACM News | December 5, 2014
Having tried 3-D films, earsplitting sound systems and even alcohol sales in pursuit of younger moviegoers, some theater chains are now installing undulating seats...The New York Times From ACM News | December 2, 2014
When "Captain Ridley's shooting party" gathered here in late August 1938 as weekend guests at Bletchley Park, a Buckinghamshire country house, they were accompanied...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 1, 2014
When a major Chinese-American Internet conference convenes in Washington on Tuesday, a middle-aged Communist Party propaganda chief will be seated amid a room full...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 1, 2014
Two groups of scientists, working independently, have created artificial intelligence software capable of recognizing and describing the content of photographs...The New York Times From ACM News | November 24, 2014
The artist who created the enigmatic Kryptos, a puzzle-in-a-sculpture that has driven code breakers to distraction since it was installed 24 years ago in a courtyard...The New York Times From ACM News | November 21, 2014
As a pair of window washers clung to a scaffold dangling outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday, the captivating drama left some below wondering...The New York Times From ACM News | November 14, 2014
On a bright fall day last year off the coast of Southern California, an Air Force B-1 bomber launched an experimental missile that may herald the future of warfare...The New York Times From ACM News | November 13, 2014
In its 10-year chase of a comet, the European Space Agency’s ambitious Rosetta mission has pushed the edges of engineering ingenuity.The New York Times From ACM News | November 11, 2014