At America's intelligence agencies, there are three ways to "steal secrets," says former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden: Humans, signals and imagery.
ReCode From ACM Opinion | May 31, 2018
The race is on to build the world's first meaningful quantum computer—one that can deliver the technology's long-promised ability to help scientists do things like...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | May 31, 2018
Back in 2013, when you could still mine bitcoins at home, Wired was sent a small, sleek mining device manufactured by the now-defunct Butterfly Labs.
Wired From ACM Opinion | May 29, 2018
As automated and autonomous vehicles become more common on U.S. roads, it's worth a look at what these machines can—and can't—do.
The Conversation From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2018
A few years ago, Timothy Bickmore, a computer scientist at Northeastern University, developed an artificial-intelligence program to help low-income patients at...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | May 22, 2018
Google's Duplex voice assistant drew applause last week at the company's annual I/O developer conference after CEO Sundar Pichai demonstrated the artificially intelligent...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | May 21, 2018
There are times when the diagnosis announces itself as the patient walks in, because the body is, among other things, a text.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 18, 2018
Over the past five years, artificial intelligence has gone from perennial vaporware to one of the technology industry's brightest hopes.
Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | May 17, 2018
Technology was identified as the true official religion of the modern state more than seventy years ago by the late Christian anarchist philosopher Jacques Ellul...Salon From ACM Opinion | May 14, 2018
Earlier this year, astronomers stumbled upon a fascinating finding: Thousands of black holes likely exist near the center of our galaxy.
The Conversation From ACM Opinion | May 14, 2018
For the last few years, police forces around China have invested heavily to build the world's largest video surveillance and facial recognition system, incorporating...Wired From ACM Opinion | May 11, 2018
In the spring of 1964 the filmmaker Stanley Kubrick was very worried. NASA was about to fly the Mariner 4 space probe past Mars.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 11, 2018
A pre-eminent twentieth-century physicist and a Nobel laureate: Richard Feynman was certainly those. He was also much more.
Nature From ACM Opinion | May 10, 2018
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter based in Washington, discussed the...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2018