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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.
Based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner—the tale of a hunt for four dangerous "replicant" humans—is a classic...BBC News From ACM News | June 27, 2012
Olympic timekeepers Omega are unveiling the latest technology that will be used at the London 2012 Games. It can monitor athletes' performance to the nearest one...BBC News From ACM News | May 3, 2012
How might the blitzkrieg of the future arrive? By air strike? An invading army? In a terrorist's suitcase? In fact it could be coming down the line to a computer...BBC News From ACM News | April 30, 2012
To create machines that can always tell when someone is lying, we need to know much more about what goes on in our brains.BBC News From ACM News | April 10, 2012
The Internet has gained a reputation as somewhere you can say and do anything with impunity, primarily because it is easy to disguise your identity.BBC News From ACM News | March 12, 2012
Twitter has admitted copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers, often without customers' knowledge.BBC News From ACM News | February 16, 2012
After logging in to the bank's real site, account holders are being tricked by the offer of training in a new "upgraded security system."BBC News From ACM News | February 8, 2012
A self-guiding bullet that can steer itself towards its target is being developed for use by the U.S. military.BBC News From ACM News | February 2, 2012
Thousands of Internet sites are taking part in a "blackout" protest against anti-piracy laws being discussed by U.S. lawmakers.BBC News From ACM News | January 18, 2012
The intellectual rights relate to a method to switch a vehicle from a human-controlled mode into the state where it takes charge of the wheel.BBC News From ACM News | December 20, 2011
An American surveillance drone has been captured and filmed in Iran, where experts are apparently examining it.BBC News From ACM News | December 14, 2011
Censorship is the biggest threat to the development of the Internet, according to Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales.BBC News From ACM News | November 7, 2011
"I'll be back" said Arnold Schwarzenegger as cyborg-assassin the Terminator, back from the year 2029 to carry out a murder in 1984. But it seems that, when it...BBC News From ACM News | October 19, 2011
A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, experts say. The computerized system uses a simple video camera, a high...BBC News From ACM News | September 13, 2011
Researchers at Kingston University have created a system that uses artificial intelligence to recognise specific types of behaviour, such as someone holding a...BBC News From ACM News | August 25, 2011
A former News of the World journalist's allegation the newspaper paid police to track mobile phones raises serious questions about the U.K.'s eavesdropping laws...BBC News From ACM News | July 15, 2011