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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord’s website.The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 16, 2015
The characters in Gary Shteyngart's novel "Super Sad True Love Story" inhabit a continuously surveilled and scored society.The New York Times From ACM News | December 31, 2014
Inside the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, known as AI2, everything is a gleaming architectural white.The New York Times From ACM News | December 17, 2014
Paul Kocher, one of the country's leading cryptographers, says he thinks the explanation for the world's dismal state of digital security may lie in two charts.The New York Times From ACM News | December 5, 2014
Having tried 3-D films, earsplitting sound systems and even alcohol sales in pursuit of younger moviegoers, some theater chains are now installing undulating seats...The New York Times From ACM News | December 2, 2014
When "Captain Ridley's shooting party" gathered here in late August 1938 as weekend guests at Bletchley Park, a Buckinghamshire country house, they were accompanied...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 1, 2014
When a major Chinese-American Internet conference convenes in Washington on Tuesday, a middle-aged Communist Party propaganda chief will be seated amid a room full...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 1, 2014
Two groups of scientists, working independently, have created artificial intelligence software capable of recognizing and describing the content of photographs...The New York Times From ACM News | November 24, 2014
Silicon Valley's constant stream of new apps and services depends on hundreds of thousands of foreign-born engineers to help create them.The New York Times From ACM Careers | November 24, 2014
The artist who created the enigmatic Kryptos, a puzzle-in-a-sculpture that has driven code breakers to distraction since it was installed 24 years ago in a courtyard...The New York Times From ACM News | November 21, 2014
As a pair of window washers clung to a scaffold dangling outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday, the captivating drama left some below wondering...The New York Times From ACM News | November 14, 2014
On a bright fall day last year off the coast of Southern California, an Air Force B-1 bomber launched an experimental missile that may herald the future of warfare...The New York Times From ACM News | November 13, 2014
In its 10-year chase of a comet, the European Space Agency’s ambitious Rosetta mission has pushed the edges of engineering ingenuity.The New York Times From ACM News | November 11, 2014
It's one of the most important policy disputes that will determine the future of the Internet, and now President Obama has formally weighed in in favor of so-called ...The New York Times From ACM News | November 11, 2014
On a clear day, Per Granquist cannot see forever. But from his perch inside the airport control tower here, he does have an unobstructed view of the future.The New York Times From ACM News | October 30, 2014
When massive open online courses first grabbed the spotlight in 2011, many saw in them promise of a revolutionary force that would disrupt traditional higher education...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 29, 2014
Many of the people who read this article will do so because Greg Marra, 26, a Facebook engineer, calculated that it was the kind of thing they might enjoy.The New York Times From ACM News | October 28, 2014
Robotics scientists nationwide are pondering an intriguing possibility: Might robotic technologies deployed in rescue and disaster situations be quickly repurposed...The New York Times From ACM News | October 24, 2014