They sacrificed a spectacular sunny Saturday afternoon by the hundreds, forgoing all else to sit in a darkened hall to witness hours of intense lectures and art...Stanford News Service From ACM Opinion | May 14, 2013
Dear college graduates: The next month is going to be thrilling as you cross this major milestone in your education.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | May 13, 2013
A Social Security number is like a skeleton key, able to unlock a kingdom of untold riches for identity thieves.ABC News From ACM Opinion | May 10, 2013
In June 2011, just a few short months after protests first erupted in Syria, the country's president, Bashar Al-Assad, made a speech in which he thanked a group...Slate From ACM Opinion | May 10, 2013
The Syrian Electronic Army launched a successful cyberattack on the main infrastructure system of Haifa, one of the most important ports in Israel, disrupting the...Fars News Agency From ACM Opinion | May 10, 2013
In fall 2011, Sebastian Thrun, a research professor at Stanford, and Peter Norvig, the top scientist at Google, teamed up to develop and teach a free, online course...NPR From ACM News | May 9, 2013
Why do most smartphones make a clicking noise, like a camera shutter closing, when you take a picture with them? Why do the virtual pages of a book on a tablet...BBC News From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2013
Until recently, Google has dominated search. It has been the main stomping ground for consumers looking to buy products, visit sites, or conduct research.Search Engine Land From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2013
My lifespan encompasses the era when the United States of America was capable of launching human beings into space.World Policy Journal From ACM Opinion | May 8, 2013
From invisibility to superhuman strength to telekinesis, a wave of emerging technologies promise to give people powers once reserved for comic-book characters.Slate From ACM Opinion | May 8, 2013
Apple's closed ecosystem is losing the battle for how we connect our mobile devices to accessories as open solutions like Bluetooth dominate over Apple's proprietary...Wired From ACM Careers | May 8, 2013
It's one thing to read news concerning the latest report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Defense on China's latest military activities. But with regard to...AllThingsD From ACM News | May 7, 2013
The currency of the 21st century digital economy is your personal information. It has no transaction costs and does not decrease in value when the supply increases...AllThingsD From ACM Opinion | May 7, 2013
The FBI and the CIA are being criticized for not keeping better track of Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the months before the Boston Marathon bombings.CNN From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2013
Bitcoin. Everybody's talking about it. What's true, and what's hype? Perhaps the only thing that's clear about Bitcoin is that it's not going away anytime soon.Wired From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2013