The Association for Computing Machinery, a leading professional association in computer science, is holding its annual conference this week, focusing on what we’re...The New York Times From ACM News | August 27, 2014
Nearly all the hype around virtual reality—much of it fanned by Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR, the headset maker—is about how the technology can...The New York Times From ACM News | August 25, 2014
A driver moves along in traffic, the forward view blocked by a truck or a bend in the road. Suddenly, up ahead, someone slams on the brake. Tires screech.The New York Times From ACM News | August 21, 2014
Scholars are exhilarated by the prospect of tapping into the vast troves of personal data collected by Facebook, Google, Amazon, and a host of start-ups, which...The New York Times From ACM News | August 13, 2014
IBM researchers have developed a new kind of computer chip that tries to mimic the way brains recognize patterns, relying on densely interconnected webs of transistors...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | August 11, 2014
After 10 years and four billion miles, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will arrive at its destination on Wednesday for the first extended, close...The New York Times From ACM News | August 5, 2014
Genevieve Bell grew up among Aboriginal people in Australia, taught anthropology at Stanford and for the past 16 years has worked for Intel.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 4, 2014
The seemingly endless prairie that blankets this part of the United States would seem to be an unlikely place for one of the largest makers of sports video displays...The New York Times From ACM News | July 22, 2014
The Gaza-based interior ministry advises its supporters in a YouTube video that whenever talking about the dead, "always add 'an innocent citizen.' "The New York Times From ACM News | July 21, 2014
A 3-D animated creature, affectionately named Gerald, appears to walk in circles while floating in front of an elaborate viewer that resembles something from an...The New York Times From ACM News | July 14, 2014
If the stakes are big enough, companies will compete even for something that is supposed to be free to all comers.The New York Times From ACM News | July 9, 2014
The newly installed director of the National Security Agency says that while he has seen some terrorist groups alter their communications to avoid surveillance...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 30, 2014
As he puts it in the subtitle of his memoir, "Neanderthal Man," Svante Paabo goes in search of lost genomes.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 26, 2014
In a sweeping victory for privacy rights in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Wednesdayunanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cellphones...The New York Times From ACM News | June 26, 2014
Modern computers are not unlike the looms of the industrial revolution: They follow programmed instructions to weave intricate patterns.The New York Times From ACM News | June 25, 2014