Arguably the most alarming part of concerns over artificial intelligence's potential to end human civilization is the voices that are speaking out.The Washington Post From ACM News | March 17, 2015
A team from IBM last week traveled to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate new computer chips inspired by the structure of the brain. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 2, 2015
Freeman Dyson, 91, the famed physicist, author and oracle of human destiny, is holding forth after tea-time one February afternoon in the common room of the Institute...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | February 23, 2015
Remember Watson, the computer that won "Jeopardy!" in 2011 and made us all worry about the impending obsolescence of the human race?The Washington Post From ACM News | February 11, 2015
Cars these days have more in common with smart phones than the Model-T. But a new reportfrom Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) warns that the increasing technical complexity...The Washington Post From ACM News | February 9, 2015
In the last three months of 2014, the Associated Press published 3,000 articles on the earning reports of U.S. companies. Previously it could publish only 300.The Washington Post From ACM News | February 2, 2015
Stomp on the gas in a new Ford Mustang or F-150 and you’ll hear a meaty, throaty rumble—the same style of roar that Americans have associated with auto power and...The Washington Post From ACM News | January 26, 2015
One of the best Twitter accounts inside the Beltway or out—belongs to former representativeJohn Dingell (D-Mich.), who announced his retirement with self-effacing...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 12, 2015
The motley group included men and women, old and young, in sweatshirts and three-piece suits, shod in socks and sandals, wingtips and heels.The Washington Post From ACM News | January 5, 2015
Lizard Squad. That's the hacker group whose name is suddenly on everyone's lips after it took credit for ruining Christmas for PlayStation and Xbox gamers everywhere...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2014
Verizon and AT&T have been quietly tracking the Internet activity of more than 100 million cellular customers with what critics have dubbed "supercookies"—markers...The Washington Post From ACM News | November 4, 2014
A decade ago, a group of Johns Hopkins University grad students tried to hack one of the first commercially popular Near Field Communication payment systems—the...The Washington Post From ACM News | September 11, 2014
Makers of surveillance systems are offering governments across the world the ability to track the movements of almost anybody who carries a cellphone, whether they...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 26, 2014
If you thought Elon Musk was the only person coming up with innovative ideas for the exploration of outer space, you'd be wrong.The Washington Post From ACM News | June 12, 2014
Google long ago went from being a mere directory of the Internet to a shaper of online reality, helping determine what we see and how.The Washington Post From ACM News | May 12, 2014
Judges at the lowest levels of the federal judiciary are balking at sweeping requests by law enforcement officials for cellphone and other sensitive personal data...The Washington Post From ACM News | April 25, 2014
A small group of financial firms are using their technological superiority to skim the top off the market, Michael Lewis claims in his new book "Flash Boys."The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 7, 2014
If you write a book or a song, you can get copyright protection for it. If you invent a pill or a better mousetrap, you can patent it.The Washington Post From ACM News | March 31, 2014