Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM TechNews
Ted 2015: Google Boss Wants Self-Drive Cars 'for Son'
The director of Google's self-driving car project says he wants self-driving cars to be standard on roads within five years.
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Rosetta Catches Its Own Shadow
The highest resolution image yet taken of Comet 67P by the Rosetta satellite has just been released.
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Is Your Toaster a Silent Recruit in a 'thingbot' Army?
All kinds of gadgets, from toasters to sprinklers, fridges to domestic heating systems, are now boasting sensors, actuators and low-powered embedded chips.
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Time Lords: The Clocks That Rule Our World
Time is money—and never was this clearer than at 09:59:59.985 Eastern Time, on 3 June 2013.
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Vint Cerf Warns of 'digital Dark Age'
Former ACM president Vint Cerf worries a forthcoming "digital Dark Age" will leave behind mountains of data people will no longer be able to access.
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Taking the Robot Dog For a Walk
It's a video which is bound to go viral. Spot sets off down an office corridor, and then out into the open air.
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The Invisible Network That Keeps the World Running
It’s been just over 45 years since the Apollo Moon landings, and some would have it that we are failing to build big anymore; that we've since become too fascinated...
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Not in Front of the Telly: Warning Over 'listening' Tv
Samsung is warning customers about discussing personal information in front of their smart television set.
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Lost Chunk of Pioneering EDSAC Computer Found
An original part of one of the United Kingdom's pioneering computers has been donated to a project that is working to rebuild the machine.
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Coder Creates Smallest Chess Game For Computers
French coder Olivier Poudade has created BootChess, which is only 487 bytes in size, and the code can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux computers.
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Out of Control AI Will Not Kill s, Believes Microsoft Research Chief
Microsoft Research chief Eric Horvitz thinks Artificial Intelligence systems eventually could achieve consciousness, but he doubts they could become a threat to...
From ACM Opinion
AI Will Not Kill s, Says Microsoft Research Chief
Microsoft Research's chief has said he thinks artificial intelligence systems could achieve consciousness, but has played down the threat to human life.
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Back-p Brains: The Era of Digital Immortality
A few months before she died, my grandmother made a decision.
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The Daunting Challenge of Reporting on Cyberwar
The US and UK are soon to take part in cyber war games, testing each other out for when the inevitable real cyberwar kicks off.
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Can the Government Ban Encryption?
Whenever the terrorist threat is increased, as it has been since the tragic events in Paris last week, so too are the calls from politicians to increase the powers...
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Nasa to Hack Mars Rover Opportunity to Fix 'amnesia' Fault
The Mars rover Opportunity is having memory problems that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration will try to fix remotely.
From ACM News
How to Design the Fighter Cockpit of Tomorrow
If you think your office needs a lick of paint and some new furniture, spare a thought for fighter pilots.
From ACM Opinion