Donald Trump has dismissed political data operations as "overrated," but his campaign is now bolstering its online fundraising and digital outreach by turning to...Politico From ACM Careers | June 29, 2016
The FBI has access to nearly 412 million photos in its facial recognition system—perhaps including the one on your driver's license.Technology Review From ACM News | June 28, 2016
Edward Snowden has been in exile in Russia since 2013, when he leaked classified documents about the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs.Fortune From ACM News | June 28, 2016
Google has said there was a dramatic spike in searches for Irish passport applications as news of the UK''s decision to leave the EU broke.BBC News From ACM News | June 24, 2016
The latest in machine learning helps high-energy physicists handle the enormous amounts of data produced by the Large Hadron Collider.Marina Krakovsky From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2016
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has access to as many as 411.9 million images as part of its face-recognition database. Ars Technica From ACM News | June 20, 2016
After Orlando and San Bernardino and Paris, there is new urgency to understand the signs that can precede acts of terrorism.The New York Times From ACM News | June 17, 2016
Silicon Valley is the new Rome. As in the time of Caesar, the world is grappling with an advanced city-state dominating much of the planet, injecting its technology...Newsweek From ACM Careers | June 9, 2016
Google's artificial intelligence software, smart enough to help vanquish the world's top Go player and answer your email, is coming to your iPhone.CNET From ACM News | June 9, 2016
Europe likes to think it leads the world in protecting people’s privacy, and that is particularly true for the region’s so-called right to be forgotten.The New York Times From ACM News | June 3, 2016
Unit 8200 is Israel's most mysterious agency. No one outside knows exactly how it operates, who works there, or how they learn.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | May 26, 2016
Ever wanted to pound your PC as it crawls through a restart or fumed that your phone takes much too long to launch an e-book app?
CNET From ACM News | May 25, 2016
If the founders of a new face recognition app get their way, anonymity in public could soon be a thing of the past.The Guardian From ACM News | May 25, 2016
First there was the Berlin Wall. Now there is the Great Firewall of China, not a physical barrier preventing people from leaving, but a virtual one, preventing...The Washington Post From ACM News | May 24, 2016
Big data is touted as a cure-all for challenges in business, government, and healthcare, but as disease outbreak predictions show, big data often fails.Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2016
Search engine developers are moving beyond the problem of document analysis, toward the elusive goal of figuring out what people really want.Alex Wright From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2016
Online music providers could use music fans' emotions to inform searches, recommendations, and playlists.niversity of Strathclyde From ACM TechNews | May 18, 2016