There was little change among the largest recipients of U.S. patents in 2014. But two big Silicon Valley names—Google and Apple—continued climbing the charts.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | January 13, 2015
By 2015, the world will have 25 billion smart thermostats, fitness bands, and other Internet-connected, data-spewing devices, according to the Federal Trade Commission...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 7, 2015
Earlier this month, a mysterious group that calls itself Guardians of Peace hacked into Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer systems and began revealing many...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | December 19, 2014
Adults living in the U.S. overwhelmingly believe that the government and private companies are violating their privacy, a new survey found.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 12, 2014
European police Friday said they had figured out how to pierce an Internet privacy tool used by dissidents, journalists and online drug dealers.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 10, 2014
During the past six months, retired pharmaceutical researcher Irv Cantor helped transcribe a 641-page field book written by an archaeologist traveling through 1920s...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 19, 2014
Scientists can't seem to agree on what a quantum computer is. But the uncertainty hasn't deterred Google from backing a second major effort in the field.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 3, 2014
Google Inc. has embarked on what may be its most ambitious and difficult science project ever: a quest inside the human body.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 25, 2014
D-Wave Systems, which has been developing a radically different kind of computer since 1999, has installed a grand total of two systems outside its premises. But...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 14, 2014
John M. (Mike) McConnell says that technology alone isn't enough to secure corporate networks from pervasive and increasingly damaging cyberattacks.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 23, 2014
The number of bags delayed, damaged or lost by airlines has fallen by more than half since the industry hit a low point for lost luggage six years ago.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 6, 2014
The United Nations on Tuesday began its first-ever multinational convention on "lethal autonomous weapons systems." The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2014
The U.S. has agreed to give up supervision of the Internet policy-making body that controls domain names, hoping to satisfy countries that want more international...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 23, 2014
The encryption flaw that punctured the heart of the Internet this week underscores a weakness in Internet security: A good chunk of it is managed by four European...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 14, 2014
Regardless of what caused a Malaysia Airlines jet to disappear from the sky over the weekend, air-safety experts predict it will reignite debate over new technology...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 11, 2014
For months, investigators at Microsoft Corp. hunkered down in front of their computer monitors, patiently stalking the shadowy figures behind what the company says...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 12, 2013
The end could be near for cookies, the tiny pieces of code that marketers deploy on Web browsers to track people's online movements, serve targeted advertising,...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 31, 2013