Take a tour through the research laboratories at any university physics department or national lab, and much of what you will see defines "cutting edge."Ars Technica From ACM News | May 8, 2014
Modern smartphones have helped shed a light on the power of user interfaces that are driven by gesture and touch. It’s increasingly clear that touch will play a...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2014
The question of whether online broadcast television is to remain in the hands of a stodgy industry that once declared the VCR the enemy is being put directly before...Ars Technica From ACM News | April 21, 2014
Ernest Rutherford, pioneer in studying the world inside atoms, famously remarked that all science is either physics or stamp collecting.Ars Technica From ACM News | February 26, 2014
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that it's finally ready to consider regulations that...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 4, 2014
On January 25, 2004, a strange object fell out of the sky on a distant planet—and when it hit the surface, it started to bounce.Ars Technica From ACM News | January 27, 2014
There has been a lot of news lately about nefarious-sounding backdoors being inserted into cryptographic standards and toolkits.Ars Technica From ACM News | January 6, 2014
For the first time, the United States' most secret court, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), has published its legal rationale as to why the ...Ars Technica From ACM News | September 19, 2013
When we reviewed iOS 6 a year ago, we called it a "spit-and-polish" release and stand by that assessment today.Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | September 18, 2013
A weakness in both the iOS and Android mobile operating systems makes it possible for hackers to steal sensitive user data and login credentials. Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2013
Computational research is evolving as organizations seek to eliminate barriers that prevent collaborative teams from accessing data. Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | April 22, 2013
What happens when two black holes smash into each another? They form an even larger black hole while driving jets of relativistic matter into the far reaches...Ars Technica From ACM News | August 25, 2010
After years of negotiations, a plan is afoot to wire New York City's subway platforms for both cellular and WiFi service, a move that may see service extend into...Ars Technica From ACM News | August 4, 2010
"How can we communicate?" the alien being asks Captain James Kirk in a vintage edition of Star Trek. "My thoughts ... you are hearing them? This is interesting."...Ars Technica From ACM News | July 26, 2010
This morning, the Supreme Court decided the long-running Bilski case on business method patents--a case with broad applicability to software patents. As expected...Ars Technica From ACM News | June 28, 2010