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Ten years ago, a chunk of animated cheese in Pixar's "Ratatouille" captured the imagination of cell biologist Janet Iwasa. So much so that it changed the way she...CNET From ACM Careers | January 29, 2018
The chipmaker's updates were meant to fix the Meltdown and Spectre design flaws, but have been causing computers to unexpectedly reboot.
CNet From ACM News | January 23, 2018
Tractor beams have made the jump from science fiction to reality in recent years, but only for levitating very small objects.
CNET From ACM News | January 22, 2018
Libraries in Singapore are hosting special versions of the global Hour of Code movement to help seniors learn how to program in the Swift language.
CNet From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2017
Richard Vevers, a British underwater photographer, was horrified when he returned in 2015 to a colourful reef in American Samoa he had shot a year earlier. It had...CNET From ACM News | October 19, 2017
It was night when three British sailors and a 16-year-old canteen assistant boarded a sinking U-boat off the coast of Egypt.
CNET From ACM News | June 6, 2017
Google chief Internet evangelist Vint Cerf says technology has a poor record of accommodating people with disabilities, and he would like to see more progress made...CNet From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2017
The father of the internet says social pressure -- people collectively saying, "This is wrong" -- is crucial to battling misinformation and harassment.
Cnet From ACM News | March 13, 2017
President Trump on Tuesday signed into law two bills aimed at encouraging women and girls to enter science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 1, 2017
It's been a year since Apple fought the FBI over data privacy, and we've barely heard a peep from either side on the issue.
CNET From ACM News | February 15, 2017
Most Star Trek stories from the vaunted franchise turning 50 this week take place in a distant future we're not likely to see.CNET From ACM News | September 8, 2016
Internauts, today we celebrate this glorious technology that brings us all together! On August 23, 1991--25 years ago today--the public gained access for the first...CNET From ACM News | August 23, 2016