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.
Shortly after Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple in August 2011, he told a confidant that he got up every morning reminding himself just to do the right...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | March 4, 2014
Bitcoin suffered a major setback Tuesday as the website of Mt.Gox, the once dominant trading platform for the virtual currency, was all but shut down.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 25, 2014
Somewhere, in a glass building several miles outside of San Francisco, a computer is imagining what a cow looks like.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 5, 2014
Fan Zhang, the owner of Happy Child, a trendy Asian restaurant in downtown Toronto, knows that 170 of his customers went clubbing in November.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 15, 2014
For months, investigators at Microsoft Corp. hunkered down in front of their computer monitors, patiently stalking the shadowy figures behind what the company says...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 12, 2013
One day last month, Jim Vidmar bought 1,000 fake Twitter accounts for $58 from an online vendor in Pakistan.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 3, 2013
The end could be near for cookies, the tiny pieces of code that marketers deploy on Web browsers to track people's online movements, serve targeted advertising,...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 31, 2013
Dennis Gray suspected that workers in his pest-control company were spending too much time on personal issues during the workday.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 23, 2013
As the world's second-largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment, Huawei plays a part in the technology industry's efforts to ensure network security...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | October 18, 2013
We spend a full five hours and 16 minutes a day in front of a screen, and that's without even turning on a television.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 9, 2013
Utilities have installed more than 60 million smart meters in North America in the past decade.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 23, 2013
As he closed the door, leaving me alone at the controls of a 41,000-pound bulldozer with list price of nearly $432,000, a Komatsu Ltd. executive shouted, "No worries...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 29, 2013
When prices on some U.S. stocks suddenly zoomed one day last month and others unexpectedly plunged, stock-market officials set out to detect a possible computer...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 16, 2013
The Weather Channel knows the chance for rain in St. Louis on Friday, what the heat index could reach in Santa Fe on Saturday, and how humid Baltimore may get on...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | August 15, 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
In 2011, Google Inc. Chief Executive and co-founder Larry Page asked executives to develop a new, simplified privacy tool that would act as a kind of sliding scale...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 1, 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