Computer scientist Carver Mead gave Moore's Law its name in around 1970 and played a crucial role in making sure it's held true in the decades since.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | November 25, 2013
In the global race to build the next generation of supercomputers—exascale—there is no guarantee the U.S. will finish first.Computerworld From ACM News | November 25, 2013
While significant obstacles remain, researchers are optimistic about using DNA to guide graphene into complex circuit shapes on silicon.Chris Edwards From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2013
Over the last few years it's been interesting to see where in the computing landscape graphics processors or GPUs like those turned out by Nvidia have turned up...AllThingsD From ACM News | November 22, 2013
As Bitcoin becomes an increasingly popular form of digital cash, the cryptocurrency is being accepted in exchange for everything from socks to sushi to heroin.Forbes From ACM News | November 22, 2013
NASA's next mission to Mars aims to answer one question: What happened to the air that once made the surface habitable?The New York Times From ACM News | November 15, 2013
It's a question that’s perplexed philosophers for centuries and scientists for decades: Where does consciousness come from?Wired From ACM Opinion | November 15, 2013
Computers as we know them have are close to reaching an inflection point—the next generation is in sight but not quite within our grasp.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 14, 2013
The U.S. intelligence community is pushing a leap forward in facial recognition software that will enable it to determine better the identity of people through...SA Today From ACM News | November 14, 2013
Google X is responsible for some of Google's most literally fantastic projects: Google Glass, self-driving cars, gigantic inflatable balloons that beam Internet...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | November 13, 2013
When Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) started up in 2008, particle physicists would not have dreamt of asking for something bigger until they got their US$5...Nature From ACM News | November 13, 2013
NASA's champion planet-hunter, which recently suffered a fatal breakdown, is now looking on the sunny side.New Scientist From ACM News | November 12, 2013
NASA has released a natural-color image of Saturn from space, the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | November 12, 2013
Trying to derive a person's wants and needs—conscious or otherwise—from online browsing and buying habits has become crucial to companies of all kinds.Technology Review From ACM News | November 11, 2013