From ACM Opinion
Rapid increases in chip speed and power have fueled innovation in many industries, but the future trajectory of that progress…
MIT News| June 29, 2022
Is the outlook for technology in 2018 exciting—or slightly terrifying? Flip a coin. You'd be right either way.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2017
Technologies to detect brain activity—fine, we'll come right out and call it mind reading—as well as to change it are moving along so quickly that "a bit of a gold...STAT News From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2017
Wow, that 2017, though. Quite a year. Let's grab a Juicero and take a moment to reflect on the utter dumpster fires that we've witnessed over the past 12 months...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2017
The end of a politician's time in office often inspires a turn toward the existential, but few causes are as quixotic as the one chosen by James Vacca, who this...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2017
The biggest knock against sending robots to explore the solar system for signs of life has always been their inability to make intuitive, even creative decisions...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2017
As self-driving cars inch closer to everyday reality, journalists, futurists, economists, and ethicists have weighed in with numerous predictions about autonomous...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2017
When it comes to cyberweapons, America is an elephant and Iran is a flea. Still, a flea can be a persistent nuisance, especially for the unprotected.
The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 27, 2017
Last week the pilot light for my water heater went out. I tried to relight it by following the instructions pasted on the side of the heater, but they were as inscrutable...Wired From ACM Opinion | December 19, 2017
Meteorology is entering a new era. Demand is growing worldwide for forecasts of storms, floods and droughts.
Nature From ACM Opinion | December 18, 2017
Just how resilient does a space telescope have to be to survive both Earth's environment and the frigid, airless environment of space?
NASA From ACM Opinion | December 6, 2017
The Cosmic Microwave Background was created as the first atoms formed hundreds of thousands of years after the Big Bang, and it retains information about the formation...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | December 5, 2017
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission wants to let Comcast, Verizon and other broadband companies turn the internet into a latter-day version of...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 5, 2017