At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a quartet of researchers, Alex Stamos, Tom Ritter, Thomas Ptacek, and Javed Samuel, implored everyone involved...ArsTechnica From ACM News | August 5, 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars this week and has already achieved its main science goal of revealing ancient Mars could have supported life.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 5, 2013
Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information on suspects, bringing the criminal...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 2, 2013
The fastest thing in the universe has come to a complete stop for a record-breaking minute. At full pelt, light would travel about 18 million kilometres in that...New Scientist From ACM News | August 2, 2013
Researchers say they have developed computational techniques that could help scientists manage massive amounts of data. Berkeley Lab News Center From ACM TechNews | August 2, 2013
Almost every man alive can trace his origins to one man who lived about 135,000 years ago, new research suggests. And that ancient man likely shared the planet...LiveScience From ACM News | August 2, 2013
A research paper that was highlighted last year at an international symposium is the winner of the National Security Agency's first annual Science of Security (SoS)...National Security Agency From ACM Careers | August 1, 2013
The brain performs its canonical task—learning—by tweaking its myriad connections according to a secret set of rules.Quanta Magazine From ACM News | August 1, 2013
On a pebbled field built next to a parking lot, a small rover scoots forward and expels a long sheet of polyimide plastic from its backside, the third film the...Wired From ACM News | July 31, 2013
Raymond Laflamme can't yet sell you a quantum computer. But he'll sell you a $13,000 logic board for measuring entangled photons.Technology Review From ACM Careers | July 31, 2013
In a major victory for the Justice Department over privacy advocates, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that government agencies can collect records showing...NBC News From ACM News | July 31, 2013
In Hollywood, there are umbrella holders. Outside corner offices, there are people who know exactly how much cream to pour in the boss's coffee. In British castles...The New York Times From ACM News | July 30, 2013
The news out of Moscow of late has been dominated by Edward Snowden, the American leaker of secret state documents who is currently seeking temporary asylum in...Fortune From ACM News | July 30, 2013
To understand how much television could soon change, it helps to visit an Intel Corp. division here that runs like a startup.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 30, 2013
In the fall of 1957, the Soviet Union's newly launched Sputnik satellite would regularly streak across the Los Angeles sky, a bright dot in the black night.Los Angeles Times From ACM News | July 30, 2013
During the sweltering heat wave earlier this month, it seemed too hot to wear much, carry much or do much of anything at all.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 29, 2013
Twelve years later, the cranes and earthmovers around the National Security Agency are still at work, tearing up pavement and uprooting trees to make room for a...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 26, 2013