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In Quantum Computing, Light May Lead the Way
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In Quantum Computing, Light May Lead the Way

Researchers say they have developed a method to have light play a bigger, more versatile role in the future of quantum computing. 

Here's Everything You Should Know About Nsa Address Book Spying in One Faq
From ACM News

Here's Everything You Should Know About Nsa Address Book Spying in One Faq

A new report from The Washington Post, based on documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden, reveals that the National Security Agency is collecting hundreds...

Yep, Apple's A7 Looks Twice As Fast–at Least For Fractal Math
From ACM Opinion

Yep, Apple's A7 Looks Twice As Fast–at Least For Fractal Math

Is Apple's A7 chip twice as fast at processing and graphics, as Apple promised when announcing the new iPhone 5S?

This Is Mars in Extremely High Resolution
From ACM News

This Is Mars in Extremely High Resolution

On March 10, 2006, seven months after an Atlas rocket boosted it into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter fell into place in the...

2013 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Computer Modeling of Chemical Reactions
From ACM News

2013 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Computer Modeling of Chemical Reactions

What is actually happening at the atomic scale when two elements react?

Nasa Missions Struggle to Cope with Shutdown
From ACM News

Nasa Missions Struggle to Cope with Shutdown

All it took was four minutes.

Researchers Split Over NSA Hacking
From ACM Careers

Researchers Split Over NSA Hacking

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has upset a great many people this year.

Nsf Awards $12 Million to Sdsc to Deploy Comet Supercomputer
From ACM TechNews

Nsf Awards $12 Million to Sdsc to Deploy Comet Supercomputer

Comet, a supercomputer awaiting deployment, is designed to transform advanced scientific computing by expanding access and capacity. 

Graphene: 'miracle Material' Will Be in Your Home Sooner Than You Think
From ACM Opinion

Graphene: 'miracle Material' Will Be in Your Home Sooner Than You Think

Just under 10 years ago, the Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim stumbled across a substance that would revolutionize the way we understand matter and win him and...

Your Digital Trail: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us?
From ACM News

Your Digital Trail: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us?

Science fiction writers have fantasized for years about the government monitoring everything we do.

A Digital Copy of the ­niverse, Encrypted
From ACM News

A Digital Copy of the ­niverse, Encrypted

Even as he installed the landmark camera that would capture the first convincing evidence of dark energy in the 1990s, Tony Tyson, an experimental cosmologist now...

As F.b.i. Pursued Snowden, an E-Mail Service Stood Firm
From ACM News

As F.b.i. Pursued Snowden, an E-Mail Service Stood Firm

One day last May, Ladar Levison returned home to find an F.B.I. agent's business card on his Dallas doorstep.

Quantum Computer Passes Math Test, But Doesn't Answer the Big Question
From ACM News

Quantum Computer Passes Math Test, But Doesn't Answer the Big Question

Is the world's first commercial quantum computer the real deal or not?

Imagining Data Without Division
From ACM News

Imagining Data Without Division

Seven years ago, when David Schimel was asked to design an ambitious data project called the National Ecological Observatory Network, it was little more than a...

Quantum Computers Check Each Other’s Work
From ACM TechNews

Quantum Computers Check Each Other’s Work

A new strategy for verifying the solutions of quantum computers relies on a blind quantum computing technique. 

Your Digital Trail, And How It Can Be ­sed Against You
From ACM News

Your Digital Trail, And How It Can Be ­sed Against You

While the collection of private information by the National Security Agency is under scrutiny worldwide, a remarkable amount of your digital trail is also available...

Nsa Chief Defends Collecting Americans' Data
From ACM Opinion

Nsa Chief Defends Collecting Americans' Data

The head of the National Security Agency delivered a vigorous defense Wednesday of his agency's collection of Americans' phone records for counterterrorism purposes...

Ctrl-Alt-Delete Defenders Tell Bill Gates It Wasn't A Mistake
From ACM News

Ctrl-Alt-Delete Defenders Tell Bill Gates It Wasn't A Mistake

The news that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates now says it was a mistake to long ago force Windows PC users to type "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" at start-up is getting tons...

Supercomputing Enables Climate Time Machine
From ACM TechNews

Supercomputing Enables Climate Time Machine

Climate models are improving with each generation of supercomputer, enabling more precise predictions of extreme weather events. 

Google Introduces New 'hummingbird' Search Algorithm
From ACM News

Google Introduces New 'hummingbird' Search Algorithm

Google Inc has overhauled its search algorithm, the foundation of the Internet's dominant search engine, to better cope with the longer, more complex queries it...
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