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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
On a sleek white coffee table in Apple CEO Tim Cook's fourth-floor office in late July, beneath framed posters of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 15, 2016
Apple's legal battle over encryption dominated headlines earlier this year, but another tech giant is fighting a quieter legal war over user privacy: Microsoft....The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | July 25, 2016
First there was the Berlin Wall. Now there is the Great Firewall of China, not a physical barrier preventing people from leaving, but a virtual one, preventing...The Washington Post From ACM News | May 24, 2016
Educators need to start earlier and set a strong foundation to resolve the gender gap in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2016
The FBI may have found a way without Apple’s assistance to unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Justice Department...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 21, 2016
Google says its fleet of automated vehicles, currently undergoing testing, have had 13 near-misses in which a driver had to intervene to prevent a collision.The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 13, 2016
While officers raced to a recent 911 call about a man threatening his ex-girlfriend, a police operator in headquarters consulted software that scored the suspect's...The Washington Post From ACM News | January 11, 2016
The world's biggest tech firms—including Apple, Microsoft, and Yahoo—are pressing for changes to a proposed British law aimed at expanding the government's electronic...The Washington Post From ACM News | December 22, 2015
The Linux operating system has come to dominate the online world, but critics increasingly warn of security weaknesses that should have been corrected long ago. ...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 6, 2015
Yahoo, Facebook, and several other technology companies said they will inform job applicants that accessibility knowledge is "preferred" to land a job with them...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 24, 2015
In a 60-by-60-foot room in Salt Lake City, Ken Bretschneider is taking virtual reality experiences to another level.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | May 8, 2015
Despite the recent focus on the bias against women in the technology sector, research has shown that the tech sector is far less unequal than other fields. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 15, 2015
Thanks to recent advances in synthetic biology—a hybrid discipline of engineering and biology that makes possible the manipulation of DNA of microorganisms such...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | March 27, 2015
The California Energy Commission has released a set of draft standards aimed at increasing the energy efficiency of desktop computers and monitors. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 20, 2015
In the last three months of 2014, the Associated Press published 3,000 articles on the earning reports of U.S. companies. Previously it could publish only 300.The Washington Post From ACM News | February 2, 2015
One of the best Twitter accounts inside the Beltway or out—belongs to former representativeJohn Dingell (D-Mich.), who announced his retirement with self-effacing...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | January 12, 2015
A Federal Robot Commission could help extract sense and insight from the many technological applications that separate human agency from execution.The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | September 17, 2014