The story of how the digital age came to be involves a cast of more than 40 people, ranging from a 19th century English countess to California hippies.NPR From ACM Opinion | October 7, 2014
Intel's Edison chip has been launched in a rocket, floated in a weather balloon, fitted into a futuristic light-emitting dress and used to power a dancing robot...CNET From ACM Opinion | October 6, 2014
I first catch sight of Jony Ive across the Apple campus, in a plain Dodger-blue T-shirt and white painter's pants, in conversation, nodding.Vogue From ACM Opinion | October 1, 2014
In an interview, Numenta founder Jeff Hawkins says he expects his vision of brain-inspired artificial intelligence (AI) to win out over other approaches. He says...GigaOm.com From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2014
Believe it or not, I do have friends who would describe themselves as not liking math, and every so often one of them will share this meme on Facebook: And then...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | September 29, 2014
Vern Brownell, CEO of quantum computing startup D-Wave, says the company now has customers using its computers to tackle real problems.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 26, 2014
ACM-Infosys Foundation Award recipient David Blei recalls the origins of his famous topic model, its extensions, and its uses in areas that continue to amaze him...Marina Krakovsky From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2014
Alibaba founder Jack Ma and the Notorious BIG may seem like two very different people—OK, fine, they're polar opposites—but on stage at the Clinton Global Initiative’s...Wired From ACM Opinion | September 24, 2014
Peter Thiel has been behind some prominent technologies: he cofounded PayPal and was an early investor in such companies as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Tesla Motors...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 19, 2014
John Durant, director of the MIT Museum, and David Kaiser, director of MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society, discuss the best ways to get the general...MIT News From ACM Opinion | September 17, 2014
While U.S. military leaders appeared before Congress to outline their strategy to fight Islamic State militants on the battlefield, the National Security Agency...Reuters From ACM Opinion | September 16, 2014
Best-selling science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson's works cover everything from cryptography to Sumerian mythology.Nature From ACM Opinion | September 15, 2014