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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Researchers at the Toyota Research Institute have developed a soft touch sensing gripper that helps robots determine the right amount of force to grip and help...CNET From ACM TechNews | December 28, 2021
More than a third of 1,000 surveyed women in the technology sector intend to quit in the next two years, driven by the pandemic and gender inequality.
CNet From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2021
While women in tech have some optimism about the future of the industry, they're feeling the effects of being an underrepresented group.
CNet From ACM News | October 26, 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
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
Shatner partners with StoryFile to create an interactive version of himself that answers fan questions and talks back to them.
CNet From ACM News | March 23, 2021
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has requested tougher rules for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and self-driving car development.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 15, 2021
The Voatz electronic-voting company argued in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that security researchers should only seek flaws in e-voting systems with...CNet From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2020
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
Waymo has expanded its Open Dataset and invited researchers to tackle one of five challenges related to the data.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 31, 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