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For years now, companies have been vying for attention on social streams controlled by the likes of Facebook and Twitter.Wired From ACM Careers | June 19, 2013
The revelation that the National Security Agency is collecting our phone records has generated considerable outrage, but phone call metadata is just the beginning...GigaOm From ACM News | June 13, 2013
Chinese search giant Baidu has served up its first ever visual search engine, which allows users to finally query the web using only images as input instead of...Wired From ACM News | June 12, 2013
It used to be that the National Security Agency and its ilk had to pay through the nose for the latest in spying technology.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | June 12, 2013
When American analysts hunting terrorists sought new ways to comb through the troves of phone records, e-mails, and other data piling up as digital communications...The New York Times From ACM News | June 11, 2013
Facebook, which once seemed poised to take over the Internet, is showing its limitations: a host of newer services are gaining ground among trend-setting youth;...Reuters From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2013
A few years ago, the National Security Agency, the country's top electronic spy agency, pondered a question with national security implications.The Salt Lake Tribune From ACM Careers | May 31, 2013
Last February, Astro Teller, the director of Google's secretive research lab, Google X, went to seek approval from Chief Executive Officer Larry Page for an unlikely...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | May 28, 2013
Two years ago Stanford professor Andrew Ng joined Google's X Lab, the research group that's given us Google Glass and the company's driverless cars. His mission...Wired From ACM Careers | May 22, 2013
Imagine a computer that can teach your mobile phone to recognize any object it sees, or one that can instantly find optimal travel routes for thousands of planes...BBC News From ACM News | May 17, 2013
Google has set plenty of restrictions on the functionality of apps for Glass, the head-mounted display it is now shipping out to early adopters.Technology Review From ACM Careers | May 15, 2013
Don't be surprised if Stephen Wolfram, the renowned complexity theorist, software company CEO, and night owl, wants to schedule a work call with you at 9 p.m. In...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2013
You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes!The Washington Post From ACM News | May 7, 2013
One day, we may be able to check email or call a friend without ever touching a screen or even speaking to a disembodied helper.Technology Review From ACM News | April 29, 2013
Despite success stories about YouTube sensations such as Jenna Marbles, the vast majority of the site's users probably don’t think of it as a place to earn money...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | April 24, 2013
Wireless operators have access to an unprecedented volume of information about users' real-world activities, but for years these massive data troves were put to...Technology Review From ACM News | April 18, 2013
Which is more intrusive: security screening and metal detectors every few blocks, or a drone flying high above it taking video of every little thing you do?Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
Google is pulling back the curtain a bit more on Google Glass, the high-tech spectacles with an eye-mounted display for accessing the Internet.Time From ACM Careers | April 18, 2013
In Issac Asimov's classic science fiction saga Foundation, mathematics professor Hari Seldon predicts the future using what he calls psychohistory.Wired From ACM News | April 12, 2013