Late last month a few hundred lucky users of Facebook's mobile messaging app got an unusual new contact to talk with: M, a virtual assistant powered by a mixture...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 18, 2015
President Barack Obama arrived in Alaska on Monday for a three-day tour during which he will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Alaska Arctic.Democracy Now! From ACM Opinion | September 2, 2015
After weeks of investigation, volunteer editors on English Wikipedia announced that they blocked 381 user accounts for "black hat" editing.Wikimedia From ACM News | September 2, 2015
There are seminal books, movies, articles, and more that you've been meaning to get to but just haven't made the time for.Wired From ACM Opinion | September 1, 2015
It is possible, according to many sources, to become invisible, but you must be patient, methodical, and willing to eat almost anything.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | September 1, 2015
In 1931, the city fathers of Sunnyvale, California, came up with a unique plan to rescue their town from the doldrums of the Great Depression.Slate From ACM Opinion | August 28, 2015
A revolution is under way in psychiatry. The science underpinning this discipline has in the past shifted from psychology to pharmacology, and now it is changing...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | August 25, 2015
From Rosie, the Jetsons' robot maid, to Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg in The Terminator, popular culture has frequently conceived of robots as having a human-like...NPR From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2015
As mobile devices continue to explore and colonize the technology landscape, their conquests are leading us to a new era, beyond search and apps.TechCrunch From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2015
The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s "2001: A Space Odyssey" documents in nearly scientific detail exactly that: the story of how the iconic science-fiction film came...Wired From ACM Opinion | August 20, 2015
From a viewing spot in a high bay room at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, I peer through a glass window at a cab that simulates the cockpit of a commercial...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | August 19, 2015