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With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards, and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.The New York Times From ACM Careers | June 14, 2013
About two weeks ago, a question popped up on Quora asking: "How much research has gone into developing the Facebook 'ping' sound?"Wired From ACM Careers | June 13, 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
Using hands-free devices to talk, text, or send e-mail while driving is distracting and risky, says a new University of Utah study issued by the AAA Foundation...University of Utah 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
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
In 2012, education startups attracted millions of students—and a surge of interest from universities and the media—by offering massive open online courses, or MOOCs...Technology Review From ACM News | June 10, 2013
The winner of the best paper award at IEEE Intelligence and Security Informatics 2013 conference this month described a powerful digital system capable of analyzing...Pacific Northwest National Laboratory From ACM Careers | June 10, 2013
Researchers say they have found a way to detect and recognize human gestures based on how they affect Wi-Fi signals.BBC News From ACM News | June 5, 2013
A 16-year-old programmer named Ash Bhat is attending Apple's WWDC next week for free. How? He created an iOS app that earned him one of 150 scholarships.CNET From ACM Careers | June 5, 2013
China is notorious for its knockoffs. But now comes a knockoff of one of the gods of American ingenuity: Steven P. Jobs.The New York Times From ACM Careers | June 5, 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
It was a Sunday afternoon in SoHo and while most New Yorkers were having brunch, Makeda Peters and her boyfriend were on a street corner craning their necks at...The New York Times From ACM News | June 3, 2013
Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg, programming is a highly useful skill for him or her to learn.NBC News From ACM Careers | June 3, 2013
It's first period at Harlem's Cristo Rey high school, a private Catholic school for motivated low-income kids.Smithsonian magazine From ACM News | May 31, 2013