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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips
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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips

The impending end of Moore's Law could have a negative impact on the computing industry, or any industry that depends on highly reliant, low-cost electronics. 

That Big Security Fix For Credit Cards Won't Stop Fraud
From ACM News

That Big Security Fix For Credit Cards Won't Stop Fraud

Tomorrow is the deadline that Visa and MasterCard have set for banks and retailers across the U.S. to roll out a new system for more secure bank cards with microchips...

A New Map Traces the Limits of Computation
From ACM News

A New Map Traces the Limits of Computation

At first glance, the big news coming out of this summer's conference on the theory of computing appeared to be something of a letdown.

Engineering Humans For War
From ACM News

Engineering Humans For War

Retired four-star general Paul F. Gorman recalls first learning about the "weakling of the battlefield" from reading S.L.A. Marshall, the U.S. Army combat historian...

Providing Support Networks For Women in STEM
From ACM News

Providing Support Networks For Women in STEM

Women are developing networks to help themselves and other women succeed in technology jobs.

Searching For Life in Martian Water Will Be Very, Very Tricky
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Searching For Life in Martian Water Will Be Very, Very Tricky

NASA scientists announced today the best evidence yet that Mars, once thought dry, sterile and dead, may yet have life in it: Liquid water still flows on at least...

Researchers Study ­sers to Increase Cybersecurity
From ACM TechNews

Researchers Study ­sers to Increase Cybersecurity

How unexpected human behavior on computers can make systems vulnerable is the focus of researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. 

Virtual Human Built from More Than 5,000 Slices of a Real Woman
From ACM News

Virtual Human Built from More Than 5,000 Slices of a Real Woman

She died two decades ago, but her body lives on in digital form.

­w, Nvidia Join to Create Faster Supercomputers
From ACM TechNews

­w, Nvidia Join to Create Faster Supercomputers

The National Center for Atmospheric Research-Wyoming Supercomputing Center at the University of Wyoming and Nvidia are collaborating on a new supercomputer. 

Physicists Find New Explanation For Key Experiment
From ACM TechNews

Physicists Find New Explanation For Key Experiment

Bielefeld University researchers have developed a new measurement method for "spin caloritronics." 

Diagnostic Apps For Adhd, Dementia?
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Diagnostic Apps For Adhd, Dementia?

IBM Israel won the top prize at the Brain Inspired Technology for Education Hackathon for an application that screens for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder...

Research Sheds New Light on Big Data Breaches
From ACM TechNews

Research Sheds New Light on Big Data Breaches

Researchers have found the number of large data breaches has decreased slightly since 2005.  

'wiring Diagrams' Link Lifestyle to Brain Function
From ACM News

'wiring Diagrams' Link Lifestyle to Brain Function

The brain's wiring patterns can shed light on a person’s positive and negative traits, researchers report in Nature Neuroscience.

Nasa Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars
From ACM News

Nasa Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars

New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.

Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot ­nder the Hood
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Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot ­nder the Hood

Shwetak N. Patel looked over the 2013 Mercedes C300 and saw not a sporty all-wheel-drive sedan, but a bundle of technology.

Scientists Stop and Search Malware Hidden in Shortened ­rls on Twitter
From ACM TechNews

Scientists Stop and Search Malware Hidden in Shortened ­rls on Twitter

Cardiff University researchers have developed a technique for detecting tweets containing malicious links. 

Github Open Sources a Tool That Teaches Students to Code
From ACM TechNews

Github Open Sources a Tool That Teaches Students to Code

GitHub, which has long been a fixture of the coding world, increasingly is becoming an integral part of coding education. 

Study Suggests London ­nderground May Be 'too Fast'
From ACM TechNews

Study Suggests London ­nderground May Be 'too Fast'

A computer model of the London Underground predicts trains that travel too fast compound congestion when key locations outside the city center become bottlenecks...

Election Polling: When 'who Will Win?' Beats 'who Do You Like?'
From ACM TechNews

Election Polling: When 'who Will Win?' Beats 'who Do You Like?'

Statisticians and political scientists are more reliant on the question, "Who do you think will actually win?" than "Who do you like?" when it comes to predictive...

Google AI Beats Humans at More Classic Arcade Games Than Ever Before
From ACM TechNews

Google AI Beats Humans at More Classic Arcade Games Than Ever Before

Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence has been upgraded to defeat human players in 1980s arcade games even better than before. 
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