As automation comes to retail industries, companies are giving machines more humanlike features in order to make them liked, not feared.
The New York Times From ACM News | February 27, 2020
Shifts in transportation highlight cities' need for data management to cope with traffic, digital platforms, and other trends.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 14, 2020
If the future lets people focus on work instead of driving during the daily commute, many of us will have to conquer motion sickness to read memos (or tweets)....The New York Times From ACM News | January 21, 2020
The Kiwi Campus startup near the University of California, Berkeley, offers robot meal deliveries to students, with remote "pilots" in Colombia setting and adjusting...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2019
Google said in a paper published Wednesday its quantum computer needed only minutes to perform a task that would take a supercomputer 10,000 years.
The New York Times From ACM News | October 24, 2019
The gymnastics world championships in Germany used an artificial intelligence system to evaluate athletes' performance.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2019
A researcher at the University of Pennsylvania has developed tiny robots, thousands of which can fit side by side on a single silicon wafer.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | May 6, 2019
The U.S. construction industry aims to restore its workforce by attracting younger replacements who grew up playing PC games.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 17, 2019
Plastic excavators, bulldozers and cranes fueled by imagination have long captivated toddlers. Now, the construction industry is trying to attract teenagers with...The New York Times From ACM News | April 16, 2019
Demand for new technologies from office developers and tenants is fueling competition between suppliers.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 10, 2019
Methane gas periodically wafts into the atmosphere of Mars; that notion, once considered implausible and perplexing, is now widely accepted by planetary scientists...The New York Times From ACM News | April 2, 2019
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved a device that can capture an image of your retina and automatically detect signs of diabetic blindness.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 25, 2019
The U.S. Department of Energy has disclosed the details of its newest $500-million supercomputer.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 20, 2019
Jerry Merryman, a self-taught electrical engineer who helped design the first pocket calculator, died on Feb. 27 in Dallas. He was 86.
The New York Times From ACM Careers | March 8, 2019