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The Weather Channel knows the chance for rain in St. Louis on Friday, what the heat index could reach in Santa Fe on Saturday, and how humid Baltimore may get on...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | August 15, 2013
A University of Michigan researcher is leading a project to build alternative computer hardware that could process images and video 1,000 times faster with 10,000...niversity of Michigan From ACM Careers | August 15, 2013
Lavabit, an encrypted email service believed to have been used by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, has abruptly shut down.Democracy Now! From ACM Opinion | August 14, 2013
When new businesses based on the computer chip began to cluster in Santa Clara Valley, it did not take long for someone to come up with the name Silicon Valley....BBC News From ACM Careers | August 14, 2013
Imagine driving on the freeway at 60 miles per hour and your car suddenly screeches to a halt, causing a pileup that injures dozens of people.The New York Times From ACM News | August 13, 2013
Cash-strapped cities are turning to an unusual source to improve their online services on the cheap: helpful hackers, who use city data to create tools tracking...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | August 13, 2013
The demand for cybersecurity professionals is outpacing other technology jobs by a wide margin, according to a Semper Secure survey. Cybersecurity professionals...CIO From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2013
Phil Zimmermann might be a technologist, but he tends to get philosophical when it comes to the issues of privacy and security and how they intersect with our society...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | August 12, 2013
U.S.-based workers show more initiative and are more innovative and more understanding of the business than offshore workers, according to a new study. These qualities...Patrick Thibodeau From ACM CareerNews | August 1, 2013
Professor emeritus Rodney Brooks gained fame in the 1990s for co-founding iRobot, an MIT spinoff that brought the world the Roomba and other innovative, helpful...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | August 9, 2013
The U.S. National Security Agency, hit by disclosures of classified data by former contractor Edward Snowden, said Thursday it intends to eliminate about 90 percent...Reuters From ACM News | August 9, 2013
Silent Circle shuttered its encrypted email service on Thursday, the second such closure in just a few hours in an apparent attempt to avoid government scrutiny...CNET From ACM News | August 9, 2013
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor and Council co-Chair of the international Research Data Alliance Francine Berman joined with Google Vice President Vint...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM Careers | August 9, 2013
Rodney Brooks' startup, Rethink Robotics, is producing robots that can adapt to manufacturing tasks and the factory environment. From ACM Careers | August 9, 2013
A newly published study found that positive comments on a website create an illusory snowball effect, while negative responses get cancelled out.MIT News From ACM Careers | August 9, 2013
As computers have matured over time, the human brain has no way of keeping up with silicon's rapid-fire calculating abilities.Scientific American From ACM News | August 8, 2013
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, weighs in on changes at the national and local level that are making science, technology, engineering...The White House Blog From ACM Careers | August 8, 2013
For the Curiosity rover, it's just another day on Mars—but back on Earth, Tuesday was a day to look back at the $2.5 billion mission's first year, including a moment...NBC News From ACM News | August 7, 2013