To get his Ph.D., MIT grad student Andy Barry packed up a car with a drone and a catapult to launch it. Then he headed west.The Washington Post From ACM News | November 5, 2015
Data scientist Nathan Yau created a map of the top breweries in the U.S., and then determined the most efficient route to use to visit them. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 4, 2015
Russians submarines and spy ships are "ggressively operating" near the undersea cables that are the backbone of the global Internet—worrying some U.S. intelligence...The Washington Post From ACM News | October 27, 2015
A federal judge in New York is seeking to expand to the courts the hot debate over whether tech companies should be forced to find ways to unlock encrypted smartphones...The Washington Post From ACM News | October 13, 2015
German researchers have outlined a method of using deep learning to turn regular photographs into images in the style of great painters. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | September 3, 2015
The Obama administration is developing a package of unprecedented economic sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited from their government's...The Washington Post From ACM News | September 1, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission, the de facto federal watchdog for consumers' privacy and data security, knows it needs help.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 7, 2015
Later this year a Michigan pedestrian named Sebastian will spend his days throwing himself in the path of speeding cars.The Washington Post From ACM News | July 20, 2015
We'll need to wait for July just a shade longer, as the world's timekeepers have added a leap second June 30—to officially keep Earth and our precise, atomic clocks...The Washington Post From ACM News | June 29, 2015
As the digital economy has exploded, tech companies are collecting untold amounts of data on everyday Americans.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | June 8, 2015
By the time a pair of engineers sat down for lunch together in Austin, the Internet's growing pains had become dire.The Washington Post From ACM News | June 1, 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
At the Global Conference on CyberSpace, Vint Cerf tested technology that lets a person control a drone’s movements with his or her brain.
The Washington Post From ACM News | April 21, 2015
For months, federal law enforcement agencies and industry have been deadlocked on a highly contentious issue: Should tech companies be obliged to guarantee government...The Washington Post From ACM News | April 17, 2015
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration this weekend will hold its fourth annual space apps hackathon. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 8, 2015
Most of us haven't had a cow wander on to a road in front of us while we're driving. Still, it's the type of situation Google is wisely anticipating.The Washington Post From ACM News | April 7, 2015
Seated at the head of a table for 12 with a view of the city's soaring skyline, Peter Thiel was deep in conversation with his guests, eclectic scientists whose...The Washington Post From ACM News | April 6, 2015