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From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A new method of lie detection developed by researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University uses electrodes affixed to the face to determine if someone is lying.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2022
Researchers at Seoul National University in South Korea have developed a soft robot with skin that can change color to match its background.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 19, 2021
Technology companies are monitoring honey bee colonies remotely to investigate hive die-offs, in efforts to improve their survival.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2021
Google researchers have disclosed six vulnerabilities in Apple's iMessage app that could make devices using it exploitable.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 8, 2019
U.K. researchers used a drone-mapping system they developed to survey Chernobyl's "Red Forest," one of the most radioactive locations on Earth.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2019
Imagine a world where you can find out exactly what lies under your feet, get advanced warning of volcanic eruptions, look around corners or into rooms, and detect...BBC News From ACM News | March 12, 2019
The founder of Huawei has said there is "no way the US can crush" the company, in an exclusive interview with the BBC.
BBC News From ACM Opinion | February 19, 2019
The final version of a controversial new EU copyright law has been agreed after three days of talks in France.
BBC News From ACM News | February 14, 2019
Broken and scorched black by fire, the dense, wedge-shaped marks etched into the ancient clay tablets are only just visible under the soft light at the British...BBC News From ACM News | December 13, 2018
Generative design is being employed to design seatbelt brackets in cars, motorbike chassis, cabin partitions in passenger aircraft, and other everyday industrial...BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 6, 2018
The defunct Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield, Cumbria in the U.K. is a toxic environment that must be cleaned up by robots.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 5, 2018
Researchers have developed an x-ray tomography technique to reveal hidden text inside damaged and unreadable scrolls.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2018
High-speed 5G networks could lead to big changes in how we use our mobile phones, allowing us to enjoy virtual reality on-the-go, interactive live broadcasts, and...BBC News From ACM News | September 20, 2018
Wireless signals can penetrate bags to measure the dimensions of metal objects or estimate the volume of liquids, researchers claim.
BBC News From ACM News | August 15, 2018
Facial recognition tech has been around for decades, but it has been progressing in leaps and bounds in recent years due to advances in computing vision and artificial...BBC News From ACM News | July 17, 2018
Norman is an algorithm trained to understand pictures but, like its namesake Hitchcock's Norman Bates, it does not have an optimistic view of the world.
BBC News From ACM News | June 5, 2018