The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Want to invisibly spy on 10 iPhone owners without their knowledge? Gather their every keystroke, sound, message and location?The New York Times From ACM News | September 2, 2016
It's probably just a piece of cosmic spam, the astrophysical equivalent of butt dialing. But nobody really knows for sure.The New York Times From ACM News | September 1, 2016
There are plenty of unanswered questions about how self-driving cars would function in the real world, like understanding local driving customs and handing controls...The New York Times From ACM News | August 30, 2016
It may not qualify as a lightning-bolt eureka moment, but Jeffrey R. Immelt, chief executive of General Electric, recalls the June day in 2009 that got him thinking...The New York Times From ACM Careers | August 29, 2016
On a recent Southwest Airlines flight from Baltimore, Shvilla Rasheem arrived in Indianapolis, but her luggage did not.The New York Times From ACM News | August 22, 2016
China launched the world's first quantum communications satellite from the Gobi Desert early Tuesday, a major step in the country’s bid to be at the forefront of...The New York Times From ACM News | August 17, 2016
A new report from the World Economic Forum predicts that the underlying technology introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin will come to occupy a central place...The New York Times From ACM Careers | August 15, 2016
From the sofa in his living room, Clinton Creason can see the electric pole outside that his father staked 70 years ago to bring power to this remote area of hilly...The New York Times From ACM News | August 9, 2016
A surprisingly specific genetic portrait of the ancestor of all living things has been generated by scientists who say that the likeness sheds considerable light...The New York Times From ACM News | July 26, 2016
Project Foghorn is one of those straight-from-science-fiction concepts we've come to expect from Alphabet, the sprawling conglomerate formerly known as Google.The New York Times From ACM News | July 25, 2016
In the year since NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, the dwarf planet has maintained its icy heart.The New York Times From ACM News | July 15, 2016
European officials approved a new agreement on Tuesday that will allow some of the world’s largest companies, including Google and General Electric, to move digital...The New York Times From ACM News | July 12, 2016
The push by some automakers to make fully autonomous vehicles a commercial reality is being tempered by others arguing against elimination of human driver intervention...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 8, 2016
Even before Tesla revealed that a fatal accident had occurred while one of its cars was in semiautonomous driving mode, a debate was well underway between researchers...The New York Times From ACM Careers | July 8, 2016
A delegation of American executives flew to Beijing in April for a secret meeting just blocks from Tiananmen Square.The New York Times From ACM News | July 5, 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
High-speed internet service can be defined as a utility, a federal court has ruled in a sweeping decision clearing the way for more rigorous policing of broadband...The New York Times From ACM News | June 15, 2016
A sense of menace stirs right off the elevator on the fifth floor of Kaspersky Lab's Moscow headquarters, where a small television screen displays cyberthreatsa...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 10, 2016