I have now been writing about science for nearly a dozen years, which means my career more or less overlaps with that of the Cassini probe.
Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | October 30, 2017
Any day now, Google is expected to achieve quantum supremacy—the use of a quantum computer to solve a problem that even the most advanced supercomputer can't unravel...Bloomberg From ACM Opinion | October 26, 2017
Analyzing the "Pay What You Want" business model for open access publishing.
Martin Spann, Lucas Stich, Klaus M. Schmidt From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2017
On my fourth day in a semi-driverless car, I finally felt comfortable enough to let it stop itself.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 24, 2017
Anders Sandberg and Stuart Armstrong of the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, working with Milan Ćirković of the University of Novi Sad in Serbia...IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2017
This week saw another major achievement by Google's Deep Mind, when it showed that a neural network could learn to play Go in just three days, without even looking...BBC News From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2017
When the owner of an automated Tesla was killed in a crash last year, the carmaker's founder, Elon Musk, urged journalists to peer into the future.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 16, 2017
Forty years ago, two papers1, 2 described the first tractable methods for determining the order of the chemical bases in stretches of DNA. Before these 1977 publications...Nature From ACM Opinion | October 13, 2017
We are surrounded by hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence and robotics—hysteria about how powerful they will become, how quickly, and what they...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | October 13, 2017
On a tropical island that marks the southern tip of China, a computer program called Lengpudashi is playing one-on-one poker against a dozen people at once, and...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | October 10, 2017
With more than half of its 1.4 billion people online, the world's most populous country is home to a slew of cyberspies and hackers.
The Conversation From ACM Opinion | October 5, 2017
Who's smarter—you, or the computer or mobile device on which you're reading this article? The answer is increasingly complex, and depends on definitions in flux...Time From ACM Opinion | September 29, 2017
There were six hours during the night of April 10, 2014, when the entire population of Washington State had no 911 service.
The Atlantic From ACM News | September 26, 2017
In the 2009 movie Star Trek, Captain Kirk and Sulu plummeted down toward the planet Vulcan without a parachute. "Beam us up, beam us up!" Kirk shouted in desperation...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | September 26, 2017
Chastened by criticism that Facebook had turned a blind eye to Russia's manipulation of the social network to interfere in the 2016 election, the company's executives...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 25, 2017
What does it take to advertise on Facebook to people who openly call themselves "Jew haters" and want to know "how to burn Jews"? About $10 and 15 minutes, according...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 25, 2017
One night in July, 1964, the logician Lotfi Zadeh found himself alone in his parents' New York apartment, his dinner plans cancelled.
The New Yorker From ACM Careers | September 20, 2017