What if part of your job became teaching a computer everything you know about doing someone's job—perhaps your own?
The New York Times From ACM Careers | May 1, 2017
Fifty years ago, Peter Samson, one of the inventors of Spacewar, considered the world's first video game, began another craze underground.
The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 20, 2017
The ocellated lizard—known as the jeweled lacerta in the pet trade—is born rusty brown with white polka dots.
The New York Times From ACM News | April 13, 2017
Long before Google started working on cars that drive themselves and Amazon was creating home appliances that talk, a handful of researchers in Canada—backed by...The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 10, 2017
In "The Beauty and Joy of Computing," the course he helped conceive for nonmajors at the University of California, Berkeley, Daniel Garcia explains an all-important...The New York Times From ACM News | April 4, 2017
President Trump on Monday signed a congressional resolution to complete the overturning of internet privacy protections created by the Federal Communications Commission...The New York Times From ACM News | April 4, 2017
A security loophole that would allow someone to add extra steps to the counter on your Fitbit monitor might seem harmless. But researchers say it points to the...The New York Times From ACM News | March 15, 2017
There is a crisis brewing in the cosmos, or perhaps in the community of cosmologists. The universe seems to be expanding too fast, some astronomers say.
The New York Times From ACM News | February 23, 2017
Robert O. Work, the veteran defense official retained as deputy secretary by President Trump, calls them his "A.I. dudes."
The New York Times From ACM News | February 6, 2017
Underneath the nostalgia and hope in President Obama's farewell address Tuesday night was a darker theme: the struggle to help the people on the losing end of technological...The New York Times From ACM News | January 13, 2017
In its final days, the Obama administration has expanded the power of the National Security Agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the...The New York Times From ACM News | January 13, 2017
Wealth and influence in the technology business have always been about gaining the upper hand in software or the machines that software ran on.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 9, 2017
Every once in a while, just for laughs, Kevin Smith-Fagan tries to call a friend of his, Priscilla, using the voice-recognition system in his 2013 Chevrolet Volt...The New York Times From ACM News | January 9, 2017
On the morning of May 18, 2014, Violeta Lagunes was perplexed by a series of strange messages that appeared in her Gmail inbox.
The New York Times Magazine From ACM News | January 5, 2017
On the summit of Haleakala, a dormant volcano on the island of Maui in Hawaii, a telescope began clicking pictures of the night sky in 2010.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 5, 2017
Aleksandr B. Vyarya thought his job was to defend people from cyberattacks until, he says, his government approached him with a request to do the opposite.
The New York Times From ACM News | December 30, 2016