Freeman Dyson, 91, the famed physicist, author and oracle of human destiny, is holding forth after tea-time one February afternoon in the common room of the Institute...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | February 23, 2015
Remember Watson, the computer that won "Jeopardy!" in 2011 and made us all worry about the impending obsolescence of the human race?The Washington Post From ACM News | February 11, 2015
Stomp on the gas in a new Ford Mustang or F-150 and you’ll hear a meaty, throaty rumble—the same style of roar that Americans have associated with auto power and...The Washington Post From ACM News | January 26, 2015
Lizard Squad. That's the hacker group whose name is suddenly on everyone's lips after it took credit for ruining Christmas for PlayStation and Xbox gamers everywhere...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2014
About a week after Tara Elonis persuaded a judge to issue a protective order against her estranged husband, Anthony, her soon-to-be ex had this to say: "Fold up...The Washington Post From ACM News | December 1, 2014
Educational nonprofit Code.org is collaborating with Disney to open its week-long "Hour of Code" event during Computer Science Education Week Dec. 8-14. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 24, 2014
An Irish judge has rendered a preliminary judgment that may have sweeping consequences for U.S. e-commerce firms.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | June 25, 2014
Back in 2003, when he was a law professor at the University of Virginia, Tim Wu wrote the definitive paper on net neutrality.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 15, 2014
It's taken almost a decade, but the courts have finally handed down a ruling on Google's audacious project to scan millions of books to build a book search engine...The Washington Post From ACM News | November 14, 2013
Google X is responsible for some of Google's most literally fantastic projects: Google Glass, self-driving cars, gigantic inflatable balloons that beam Internet...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | November 13, 2013
It's not evident from the way his hair flops casually down and across, nor from his equally relaxed demeanor, but John Hanke is one of Google's most important idea...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2013
Cars will soon be so linked into wireless networks they will be like giant rolling smartphones—with calling systems, streaming video, cameras, and apps capable...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 6, 2013
Inflation can be a headache for any central banker. But it takes a certain type of economist to know what to do when a belligerent spaceship fleet attacks an interstellar...The Washington Post From ACM News | October 1, 2012
The circus atmosphere of the hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), reflected the high-stakes, emotional nature of the...The Washington Post From ACM News | December 19, 2011
Atlanta entrepreneur Mike Mondelli has access to more than a billion records detailing consumers’ personal finances—and there is little they can do about it.The Washington Post From ACM News | July 21, 2011
When Scott Fitzsimones turned 13, he got an iPhone, set up accounts for Facebook and Pandora and went on an apps downloading spree. At the same time, the new...The Washington Post From ACM News | May 9, 2011
Many broadcasters are already worried about declining viewers, and now they say the government wants to take away something more: the airwaves themselves.The Washington Post From ACM News | January 20, 2011
For a very long while, knowledge was privileged and so were books, and only privileged people had access to either. Then came printing presses and libraries,...The Washington Post From ACM News | January 13, 2011