Ram Sriharsha works in the engine room powering one of Silicon Valley's most influential companies. He’s an engineer at Yahoo.Wired From ACM News | June 25, 2013
It took eight years after artist Jim Sanborn unveiled his cryptographic sculpture at the CIA's headquarters for someone to succeed at cracking Kryptos's enigmatic...Wired From ACM News | June 14, 2013
In 2008 U.S. troops in Iraq discovered that Shi’ite insurgents had figured out how to tap and record video feeds from overhead American drones. Now you too can...Wired From ACM News | June 10, 2013
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy public live-in high school for students who excel at math and science, allows students at their own pace.Wired News From ACM TechNews | June 6, 2013
Henry Markram believes his Human Brain Project can simulate all 86 billion neurons in the human brain as well as the 100 trillion connections among them. Wired News From ACM TechNews | May 20, 2013
Neuroscientist William Newsome of Stanford University is one of two scientists tapped by President Obama to lead a new brain research initiative, which the administration...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 4, 2013
PayPal co-founder Max Levchin faced some flak recently when he announced he was starting a new company in the already crowded field of digital payments.Wired From ACM Careers | March 18, 2013
Some of the most important decisions that influence the public's knowledge aren't made by scientific societies and they don't take place in Washington D.C.Wired From ACM News | January 28, 2013
A Texas high school student who claimed her student identification was the "Mark of the Beast" because it was implanted with a radio-frequency identification chip...Wired From ACM News | January 9, 2013
It was supposed to be a big moment for the two brothers—both University of Virginia engineering students—the culmination of months of designing and refining.Wired From ACM Careers | November 28, 2012
A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit against universities that participated in a massive book-digitization project in conjunction...Wired From ACM News | October 12, 2012
Estonian public schools recently launched a program to develop a curriculum for teaching Web and mobile application development to students as early as first grade...Wired News From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2012
The Khan Academy, which has provided free video lectures on subjects such as mathematics, biology, and history since 2006, recently launched a computer science...Wired News From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2012
The Pentagon doesn't have nearly enough people to operate its growing fleet of flying robots. Right now, the U.S. Air Force is short nearly 600 drone pilots and...Wired From ACM Careers | June 15, 2012
Darpa director Regina Dugan will soon be stepping down from her position atop the Pentagon's premiere research shop to take a job with Google.Wired From ACM News | March 13, 2012
As alleged hackers from LulzSec and Anonymous contemplate the possibility of a life behind bars, other hackers are limbering up in Canada this week to vie for more...Wired From ACM Careers | March 7, 2012
Engagement is a big word in education. It combines both objective participation and subjective emotion. It's one of the few psychological terms in education that...Wired From ACM News | January 20, 2012