On Thursday afternoon, the FBI released photos and video of two persons of interest in the Boston Marathon bombing.Slate From ACM Opinion | April 19, 2013
Two elders of information security came to Source Boston 2013 Wednesday morning to encourage the next generation to grab the torch from them and to urge great caution...Threatpost From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
A British astrobiology conference has revived a years-old debate over the best place to look for life elsewhere in the solar system: Mars, or the moons of Jupiter...NBC News From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
Which is more intrusive: security screening and metal detectors every few blocks, or a drone flying high above it taking video of every little thing you do?Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which President Obama announced in his State of the Union address in February, will...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
Ray Kurzweil must encounter his share of interviewers whose first question is: What do you hope your obituary will say?The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
The influential head of Google, Eric Schmidt, has called for civilian drone technology to be regulated, warning about privacy and security concerns.The Guardian From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
Driving on Interstate 495 toward Boston in a Ford Fusion one chilly afternoon in March, I did something that would've made even my laid-back long-ago driving instructor...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 16, 2013
Dr. Ivan Sutherland is the 2012 winner of the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology. The award, created by Dr. Kazuo Inamori, founder of not one but two major Japanese...Time From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2013
Type an address into your phone, and up will pop a step-by-step route from where you are to where you want to be. This is, in its way, magic—magic that has, at...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2013
Last fall, shoppers outside a Macy's store in Boston were given a chance to test drive a robot. They were invited, compliments of Brigham and Women’s Hospital,...Smithsonian magazine From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2013
Last week I attended what was, I think it is fair to say, the oddest conference I have been to yet. It was the first world congress of the Digital Olfaction Society...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2013
Earlier this year I started teaching a class on entrepreneurship at an after-school program in my community.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 12, 2013
Do you like video games? More to the point, do you like developing games and making money? Then here's some great news: The gaming boom that's been underway for...ReadWrite From ACM Opinion | April 12, 2013
Let me begin this column with a lengthy disclosure. One morning last week, I stopped at my bank, filled out a withdrawal slip for $1,027.51, and walked away with...Slate From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2013
Four academics from West Point and Samford University in Alabama set out to answer a seemingly simple question: how would one write a computer program to issue...ArsTechnica From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2013