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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.
Six major ISPs collect far more user data than consumers realize, the FTC warns, including data grouping those consumers by race and sexual orientation.
CNet From ACM News | October 22, 2021
The social network's services, including Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, were offline for about six hours on Monday.
CNet From ACM News | October 5, 2021
The Los Angeles Fire Department has partnered with digital location startup What3words, which has assigned a unique three-word name to each of 57 billion 10-foot...CNet From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2021
As of June 30, all major voice providers in the U.S., including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Comcast, are required to implement technology to minimize illegal robocalls...CNET From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2021
Live now and enabled by default, Sidewalk keeps other people's devices near your home connected by passing their signals through your Echo and Ring devices.
CNet From ACM News | June 9, 2021
The tech giants say everyone will get access to the framework for tracking tools, regardless of which version of iOS or Android they use. Not everyone is convinced...CNet From ACM News | April 14, 2020
Researchers have developed an app that will let users know what IoT technologies are operating in the immediate vicinity and what data they are collecting.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 3, 2020
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg has ordered Georgia not to use its paperless voting machines, election management software, or servers for the 2020 election.
...CNet From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2019
The first Avengers flick hit its dramatic peak when an alien army descended upon New York via a wormhole in the sky.
CNET From ACM News | April 16, 2019
Nvidia it is working with German standards body TÜV SÜD to develop a kind of driver's license for self-driving cars.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 26, 2019
Encryption should have limits. That's the message FBI Director Christopher Wray had for cybersecurity experts Tuesday.
CNET From ACM Opinion | March 6, 2019
An academic research team has found security flaws in the 4G and 5G cellular networks that can be exploited to spy on phone calls and localize mobile devices.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 4, 2019
Huawei boss Ren Zhengfei is downplaying the idea that there's danger in his company's taking a lead role as 5G networks become a widespread reality.
CNET From ACM News | February 21, 2019
International Computer Science Institute researchers estimated that about 17,000 Android apps collect identifying information.
CNet From ACM TechNews | February 20, 2019