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Rapid increases in chip speed and power have fueled innovation in many industries, but the future trajectory of that progress…
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A few weeks ago I was standing by a railway track in the small town of Gaithersburg in Maryland as a CSX freight train blasted through the level crossing; its horn...BBC News From ACM Opinion | March 6, 2013
Last March, I wrote in Slate about eye-tracking, which could allow computers and smartphones of the future to collect information not only about what we read, but...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 6, 2013
Consider the tongue. It's sensitive yet muscular, packed with taste buds and nerves, and without its acrobatic ability humans wouldn’t be able to eat or talk. It's...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2013
In the face of increasing government-led crackdowns on social media, Google Inc. should not force Internet users to reveal their real names for some services, including...Reuters From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2013
Evernote became the latest member of the "we’ve been hacked" club. And the thing is, what was once a pretty exclusive club now lets just about everyone in these...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2013
I've spent the last few weeks creating a syllabus for myself on the world—people, techniques, theory, history—of biotechnology. I've talked with some scholars,...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2013
After 1,000 days in pretrial detention, Private Bradley Manning offered a modified guilty plea for passing classified materials to WikiLeaks. But his case is far...The New Republic From ACM Opinion | March 4, 2013
Video games, as their name suggests, combine the ancient human practice of formal play with moving pictures, a younger form.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 4, 2013
Celebrated political forecaster Nate Silver has shot to fame by letting the data speak loudly about elections.MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | March 1, 2013
Sergey Brin waltzed in for a try and threw up a score of 250,953, first time out of the gate and with Google Glass still perched on his face.Wired From ACM Careers | February 28, 2013
Halo, Borderlands, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Metal Gear Solid—these kinds of games taught a generation to see enemies as red dots on a mini-map...Slate From ACM Opinion | February 28, 2013
Rarely does a week go by without news of another hacking incident, whether it's Chinese hackers accused of breaking in to The New York Times' computer systems or...Associated Press From ACM Opinion | February 28, 2013
The "Internet of Things" is great—we'll soon be able to build apps for our cars, thermostats, refrigerators, and more. But what happens when attackers get into...VentureBeat From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2013
One of the biggest charmers at TED2013 so far has been Romo the Robot, who rolled and whizzed around the stage with one of his creators, Keller Rinaudo.BoingBoing From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2013
Harbisson was born without the ability to see color, but a device he calls his "eyeborg" allows him to now "hear" color.Slate From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2013
Gadget fans walked away this week from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the annual geek fest for connected devices, grumbling about a glaring lack of breakthrough...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2013
The New York Times’ front-page report last week that the Chinese army is hacking into America's most sensitive computer networks from a 12-story building outside...Slate From ACM Opinion | February 26, 2013
The Obama administration is planning a multiyear research effort to produce an "activity map" that would show in unprecedented detail the workings of the human,...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 26, 2013