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The Jocks of Computer Code Do It For the Job Offers
From ACM Careers

The Jocks of Computer Code Do It For the Job Offers

At 21, Gennady Vladimirovich Korotkevich is already a legend. Tourist, as he's known online, is now the world's top sport programmer.

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...

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.  

Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot ­nder the Hood
From ACM News

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.

Cyber Policies on the Rise
From Communications of the ACM

Cyber Policies on the Rise

A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.

­se of Personalized Cancer Drugs Runs Ahead of the Science
From ACM News

­se of Personalized Cancer Drugs Runs Ahead of the Science

As the costs of genetic sequencing fall, oncologists are starting to prescribe expensive new drugs that target the genetic profiles of their patients' tumours,...

Federal Researchers Want to ­ntangle Internet of Things
From ACM TechNews

Federal Researchers Want to ­ntangle Internet of Things

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has released its Draft Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems. 

How Much of Your Audience Is Fake?
From ACM News

How Much of Your Audience Is Fake?


Vw Could Fool the Epa, But It Couldn't Trick Chemistry
From ACM News

Vw Could Fool the Epa, But It Couldn't Trick Chemistry

For decades, automakers have been caught between building an engine that squeezes a lot of energy out of the fuel it burns and one that has low emissions.

A Tricky Path to Quantum-Safe Encryption
From ACM News

A Tricky Path to Quantum-Safe Encryption

August 11, the National Security Agency updated an obscure page on its website with an announcement that it plans to shift the encryption of government and military...

France Is Now Censoring Your Google Search Results, Wherever You Are
From ACM News

France Is Now Censoring Your Google Search Results, Wherever You Are

The French now have the "right to be forgotten" worldwide.

The Fuzzy Logic of Fleeing For Your Life
From ACM TechNews

The Fuzzy Logic of Fleeing For Your Life

A special session at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligence Transportation Systems dealt with intelligent pedestrian traffic and evacuation dynamics.

­.s. and China Seek Arms Deal For Cyberspace
From ACM News

­.s. and China Seek Arms Deal For Cyberspace

The United States and China are negotiating what could become the first arms control accord for cyberspace, embracing a commitment by each country that it will...

The Dismal State of America's Decade-Old Voting Machines
From ACM TechNews

The Dismal State of America's Decade-Old Voting Machines

Almost all U.S. states are using technologically outdated touchscreen and optical-scan voting systems that are at least 10 years old, according to a report.

China Tries to Extract Pledge of Compliance From ­.s. Tech Firms
From ACM News

China Tries to Extract Pledge of Compliance From ­.s. Tech Firms

The Chinese government, which has long used its country's vast market as leverage over American technology companies, is now asking some of those firms to directly...

The People Hoping to Continue to Exist Through Technology
From ACM News

The People Hoping to Continue to Exist Through Technology

"We have this strange idea that dying is something we need to do."

Cyberthreat Posed By China and Iran Confounds White House
From ACM News

Cyberthreat Posed By China and Iran Confounds White House

A question from a member of the Pentagon’s new cyberwarfare unit the other day prompted President Obama to voice his frustration about America's seeming inability...

With 'brandeis' Project, DARPA Seeks to Advance Privacy Technology
From ACM TechNews

With 'brandeis' Project, DARPA Seeks to Advance Privacy Technology

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's new "Brandeis" program seeks to shield individual privacy instead of infringing on it.

Can Software Suffer? Death and Pain in Digital Brains
From ACM TechNews

Can Software Suffer? Death and Pain in Digital Brains

The ability to digitally simulate physical systems such as the brain to avoid the ethical dilemmas of experimentation on living subjects creates new dilemmas.

The False Science of Cryonics
From ACM Opinion

The False Science of Cryonics

I woke up on Saturday to a heartbreaking front-page article in the New York Times about a terminally ill young woman who chooses to freeze her brain.
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