Virtual reality has grown immensely over the past few years, but 2016 looks like the most important year yet: it will be the first time that consumers can get their...Technology Review From ACM News | December 28, 2015
A recent Microsoft study details the use of Twitter bots to engage Twitter users with political activism. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 23, 2015
For all the talk of machines becoming intelligent, getting a sophisticated robot to do anything complex, like grabbing a heavy object and moving it from one place...Technology Review From ACM News | December 21, 2015
Driving around Beijing often feels unnervingly like a contact sport, with vehicles recklessly plunging through thick traffic, sneaking along the shoulder, or cutting...Technology Review From ACM News | December 10, 2015
An artificial intelligence engine that Google uses in many of its products, and that it made freely available last month, is now being used by others to perform...Technology Review From ACM News | December 9, 2015
China is laying the groundwork for a robot revolution by planning to automate the work currently done by millions of low-paid workers.Technology Review From ACM News | December 8, 2015
Car crash simulations are being run on a supercomputer using a combination of actual vehicle, scene, and medical data by Wake Forest University researchers. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2015
Researchers say Uber and Lyft's automated management systems establish new dynamics between workers and their bosses that should garner regulatory attention.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2015
Italian and Swiss researchers have created an experimental telepresence robot that can be operated by disabled people via brain signals. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2015
The improvement of image-recognition software via deep learning could help usher in an era of image-based Web shopping/browsing.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2015
The selection process for this package begins with hundreds of nominations from the public, MIT Technology Review editors, and our international partners.Technology Review From ACM News | November 16, 2015
The BioPhone project will derive a person's heart and breathing rates from a smartphone's accelerometer. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2015
Artificial intelligence is a field in the midst of rapid, exciting change. That's largely because of an improved understanding of how neural networks work and the...Technology Review From ACM News | November 13, 2015
The ability of robots to carry out tasks and move about their environment is increasingly impressive, but they still face major challenges. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2015
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says advances in machine learning would soon affect every product and service the company provides.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2015