Communications of the ACM
Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
By knitting together multiple components and data streams, multimodal AI offers the promise of smarter, more human-like systems… From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM News
The Long Life of a Quick 'fix'
By the time a pair of engineers sat down for lunch together in Austin, the Internet's growing pains had become dire.
From ACM News
The House Just Passed a Bill About Space Mining
For as long as we've existed, humans have looked up at the stars—and wondered.
From ACM Opinion
The Void's Creator Details His Vision For nleashing Virtual Reality's Full Potential
In a 60-by-60-foot room in Salt Lake City, Ken Bretschneider is taking virtual reality experiences to another level.
From ACM News
As Encryption Spreads, U.s. Grapples with Clash Between Privacy, Security
For months, federal law enforcement agencies and industry have been deadlocked on a highly contentious issue: Should tech companies be obliged to guarantee government...
From ACM News
Happy Birthday to Moore's Law
Few revolutions can be said to have lasted for half a century, or to have wrought disruptive change at a predictable pace.
From ACM News
Tech Titans' Latest Project: Defy Death
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...
From ACM News
U.s. Establishes Sanctions Program to Combat Cyberattacks, Cyberspying
President Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order establishing the first sanctions program to allow the administration to impose penalties on individuals overseas...
From ACM Careers
Why Organism Engineering Could Be a Foodie's Dream Come True
Thanks to recent advances in synthetic biology—a hybrid discipline of engineering and biology that makes possible the manipulation of DNA of microorganisms such...
From ACM TechNews
Your Desktop Computer Is Wasting a Surprising Amount of Energy While You're Not sing It
The California Energy Commission has released a set of draft standards aimed at increasing the energy efficiency of desktop computers and monitors.
From ACM News
Google's Eric Schmidt Downplays Fears Over Artificial Intelligence
Arguably the most alarming part of concerns over artificial intelligence's potential to end human civilization is the voices that are speaking out.
From ACM TechNews
Could Ibm's Brain-Inspired Chip Change the Way Computers Are Built?
A team from IBM last week traveled to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate new computer chips inspired by the structure of the brain.
From ACM Opinion
What 'the Imitation Game' Didn't Tell You About Turing's Greatest Triumph
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...
From ACM News
What Watson Has Been Up To Since “jeopardy!”
Remember Watson, the computer that won "Jeopardy!" in 2011 and made us all worry about the impending obsolescence of the human race?
From ACM News
Senator: Your Futuristic Car Is Putting Your Privacy and Security At Risk
Cars these days have more in common with smart phones than the Model-T. But a new reportfrom Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) warns that the increasing technical complexity...
From ACM News
Associated Press Looks to Expand Its Automated Stories Program Following Successful Launch
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.
From ACM News
America's Best-Selling Cars and Trucks Are Built on Lies: The Rise of Fake Engine Noise
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...
From ACM Opinion
Robots Are Sneaking p On Congress (along with Four Other Tech Trends)
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...
From ACM News
Brainstormers: Obama's Big Research Push Kicks Off With a Meeting of the Minds
The motley group included men and women, old and young, in sweatshirts and three-piece suits, shod in socks and sandals, wingtips and heels.
From ACM Opinion
A Q&a With the Hackers Who Say They Helped Break Into Sony's Network
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...
From ACM News