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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has access to as many as 411.9 million images as part of its face-recognition database. Ars Technica From ACM News | June 20, 2016
Data scientists at Harvard University have found that the government of the People's Republic of China generates an estimated 448 million fake social media posts...Ars Technica From ACM News | June 13, 2016
In the late 90s, Sam Schmidt had a promising career as an IndyCar driver, finishing fifth in the championship in 1999 after taking his first win in Las Vegas.Ars Technica From ACM News | April 25, 2016
The Supreme Court on Monday declined (PDF) to hear a challenge from the Authors Guild and other writers claiming Google's scanning of their books amounts to wanton...Ars Technica From ACM News | April 18, 2016
As if political campaigns, shady telemarketers hawking home security systems, and the rest of the usual suspects aren't generating enough automated phone calls,...Ars Technica From ACM News | April 14, 2016
We're all familiar with the Breathalyzer, the brand name for a roadside device that measures a suspected drunken driver's blood-alcohol level.Ars Technica From ACM News | April 12, 2016
The US government isn't saying whether it will divulge to Apple the method it used to access the locked iPhone seized by one of the San Bernardino shooters.Ars Technica From ACM News | March 29, 2016
James Comey, the Federal Bureau of Investigation director, is defending the agency's legal battle with Apple, saying it is about fighting terrorism and not about...Ars Technica From ACM News | March 24, 2016
Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated Tuesday court session where prosecutors and Apple lawyers would have squared off here in federal court, government...Ars Technica From ACM News | March 22, 2016
In his keynote address at the 2016 South By Southwest conference, President Barack Obama responded directly to a question about cybersecurity in light of the ongoing...Ars Technica From ACM News | March 11, 2016
Carbon nanotubes are small and can be semiconducting, which makes lots of people excited about using them as a replacement for features etched in silicon.Ars Technica From ACM News | February 24, 2016
Apple has been served with a court order at the FBI's request, demanding that it assist the government agency with unlocking an iPhone 5C that was used by Syed...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 19, 2016
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday evening said the US government's legal position on encryption backdoors was setting "a dangerous precedent."Ars Technica From ACM News | February 18, 2016
An estimated 63 percent of the encryption products available today are developed outside US borders, according to a new report that takes a firm stance against...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 11, 2016
Europe's highest court is considering whether every hyperlink in a Web page should be checked for potentially linking to material that infringes copyright, before...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 5, 2016
It has now been 2.5 years since the first Snowden revelations were published. And in 2015, government surveillance marched on in both large (the National Security...Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | January 7, 2016
The Dutch government has released a statement in which it says that "it is currently not desirable to take restricting legal measures concerning the development...Ars Technica From ACM News | January 6, 2016