Not everything belongs on the Internet, and the American electoral process is a textbook example. But 31 states don't see it that way.Technology Review From ACM News | August 22, 2016
The human brain is among the universe’s greatest remaining uncharted territories. And as with any mysterious land, the secret to understanding it begins with a...Technology Review From ACM News | August 18, 2016
Is it possible that the secret to building machine intelligence lies in spending endless hours reading Reddit?Technology Review From ACM News | August 17, 2016
In February 2015, Microsoft identified a critical vulnerability in its Windows operating system that potentially allowed a malicious attacker to remotely control...Technology Review From ACM News | August 8, 2016
Computational imaging is undergoing a revolution. This is the discipline of making images using computational techniques rather than optical ones.Technology Review From ACM News | August 5, 2016
The blockish and slightly dorky computer game Minecraft may turn out to be a great place for humans and AI to learn how to work together.Technology Review From ACM News | July 21, 2016
Look out, human hackers. Pentagon research agency DARPA says people are too slow at finding and fixing security bugs and wants to see smart software take over the...Technology Review From ACM News | July 15, 2016
Two recent accidents involving Tesla's Autopilot system may raise questions about how computer systems based on learning should be validated and investigated when...Technology Review From ACM News | July 11, 2016
In an effort to make eye tracking cheap, compact, and accurate enough to be included in smartphones, a group of researchers is crowdsourcing the collection of gaze...Technology Review From ACM News | July 7, 2016
The FBI has access to nearly 412 million photos in its facial recognition system—perhaps including the one on your driver's license.Technology Review From ACM News | June 28, 2016
A federal safety board next week will consider the first human use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR, according to the National Institutes of Health.Technology Review From ACM News | June 21, 2016
Entanglement is the strange phenomenon in which quantum particles become so deeply linked that they share the same existence.Technology Review From ACM News | June 10, 2016
One of the great unsung heroes of 20th century science was a mathematician and engineer at the famous Bell Laboratories in New Jersey called Claude Shannon.Technology Review From ACM News | June 8, 2016
Mobile phones have revolutionized the way scientists study human behavior, allowing them to watch people on a scale that has never been previously imagined.Technology Review From ACM News | June 6, 2016
The possibility that a malevolent artificial intelligence might pose a serious threat to humankind has become a hotly debated issue.Technology Review From ACM News | May 20, 2016
A treatment now pending approval in Europe will be the first commercial gene therapy to provide an outright cure for a deadly disease.Technology Review From ACM News | May 10, 2016
All kinds of things are hooked up to the Internet these days, but Jerry Chow's computer stands out. Chilled by liquid helium, his superconducting processor uses...Technology Review From ACM News | May 4, 2016