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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.
Within a few weeks we’ll have a huge document full of legalese on the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, to replace the near-200-page ...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 6, 2015
At least 50 local law enforcement agencies—and the United States Marshals—have acquired a type of handheld radar that allows cops to scan through walls to detect...Ars Technica From ACM News | January 21, 2015
In an on-camera interview with James Bamford for an upcoming episode of PBS' NOVA, Edward Snowden warned that the U.S. Department of Defense and National Security...Ars Technica From ACM News | January 9, 2015
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is taking the position that court warrants are not required when deploying cell-site simulators in public places.Ars Technica From ACM News | January 8, 2015
Researchers say they can have computers examine body camera video footage and accurately identify a person wearing a body-mounted device in about four seconds,a...Ars Technica From ACM News | December 16, 2014
Even if you're a devoted fan of video games, there's a decent chance you're not familiar with the name Ralph H. Baer.Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | December 8, 2014
When Oculus almost single-handedly revived the idea of virtual reality from its '90s vaporware grave, it chose the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo as the place...Ars Technica From ACM News | October 30, 2014
Self-driving AI cars have been a staple in popular culture for some time—any child of the 1980s will fondly remember both the Autobots and Knight Rider's KITT—but...Ars Technica From ACM News | October 29, 2014
Massachusetts' top court ruled, in a 5-2 decision on Wednesday, that a criminal suspect can be ordered to decrypt his seized computer.Ars Technica From ACM News | June 26, 2014
The US Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will consider a case involving a thorny free speech issue in the digital age: at what point does a statement made...Ars Technica From ACM News | June 16, 2014
The question of whether online broadcast television is to remain in the hands of a stodgy industry that once declared the VCR the enemy is being put directly before...Ars Technica From ACM News | April 21, 2014
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that it's finally ready to consider regulations that...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 4, 2014
There has been a lot of news lately about nefarious-sounding backdoors being inserted into cryptographic standards and toolkits.Ars Technica From ACM News | January 6, 2014
For the first time, the United States' most secret court, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), has published its legal rationale as to why the ...Ars Technica From ACM News | September 19, 2013
This morning, the Supreme Court decided the long-running Bilski case on business method patents--a case with broad applicability to software patents. As expected...Ars Technica From ACM News | June 28, 2010