The Pentagon is increasingly focused on the notion that the might of U.S. forces will be measured as much by the advancement of their algorithms as by the ammunition...The Washington Post From ACM News | December 4, 2017
More than a decade after the improvised explosive device became the scourge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is battling another relatively rudimentary...The Washington Post From ACM News | November 27, 2017
Autonomous vehicles stand to benefit mobility-challenged seniors and other people with physical, cognitive, and mental disabilities.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 27, 2017
Two Silicon Valley engineers had an ambitious goal: Create an underwater, Ironman-inspired jetpack capable of propelling someone through water faster than Michael...The Washington Post From ACM News | September 26, 2017
The U.S. government on Wednesday moved to ban the use of a Russian brand of security software by federal agencies amid concerns the company has ties to state-sponsored...The Washington Post From ACM News | September 14, 2017
A whiff of dystopian creepiness has long wafted in the air whenever facial recognition has come up. Books, movies and television shows have portrayed the technology...The Washington Post From ACM News | September 13, 2017
The European Union's head of antitrust enforcement announced a record $2.7 billion fine against Google on Tuesday, accusing the search engine for illegally favoring...The Washington Post From ACM News | June 28, 2017
The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to begin undoing a key decision from the Obama era that could relax regulations on Internet...The Washington Post From ACM News | May 19, 2017
Now a number of female students at one of the country's top universities can use their face to open doors, according to news reports.
The Washington Post From ACM News | May 18, 2017
A 2015 Arkansas murder case that had raised privacy questions surrounding "always-on" electronic home devices took a step forward last week after Amazon agreed...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 10, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned whether critical computer networks can ever be protected from intruders, alarming cybersecurity experts who...The Washington Post From ACM News | January 4, 2017
The founder of startup Comma.ai has released a free software kit in an effort to accelerate autonomous vehicle technology without running afoul of regulators.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 2, 2016
Bloch was the first U.S. National Science Foundation director to come from a business rather than academic background, and the first without a doctoral degree. ...The Washington Post From ACM News | November 29, 2016
Nate Silver is on the downtown 1 train. Possibly because he looks like a (modestly) hip math teacher, and hardly looks up from his phone, he goes unrecognized until...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | October 31, 2016
The lack of data on how driverless automobiles' performance compares with human drivers makes it difficult to determine the safety benefits of autonomous vehicles...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2016
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Monday announced plans to aggressively influence the launch of driverless car technology. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | September 21, 2016
Researchers at Israel's Ben Gurion University have created a method for disabling the U.S. 911 emergency system with telephony denial-of-service attacks.The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2016
Whenever a new iPhone gets announced, there's one feature that every Apple lover is hoping for: improved battery life.The Washington Post From ACM News | September 14, 2016
Inside a metal shed in the Tibetan highlands of western China, thousands of microprocessors flank narrow corridors, generating a constant hum and stifling waves...The Washington Post From ACM News | September 13, 2016