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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
German security researchers determined 5G networks can be hacked, having breached and hijacked live networks in a series of "red teaming" exercises.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2022
A new virtual reality haptics system eliminates hand-based hardware by manipulating the forearm instead of the hand to generate physical sensations.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2022
Scientists suggest ground-up pieces of glass could help in securely encrypting facial images via a new optical cryptosystem.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 25, 2022
A new robotic insulin delivery system can be implanted surgically in the abdomen, and resupplied with insulin via swallowed magnetic capsules.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2021
Engineers at the University of Minnesota have designed a prototype smart bicycle which they say can protect itself from collisions.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2021
Ohio State University scientists demonstrated a method of using physically unclonable functions to thwart hackers.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 21, 2021
Researchers at China's Nanjing Agricultural University discovered unique cybersecurity issues stemming from agricultural Internet of Things applications.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2021
After analyzing more than 1 million samples of Android malware, researchershave found that malware coding is being hidden more cleverly.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 20, 2020
Researchers have demonstrated the first countermeasure for shielding artificial intelligence from differential power analysis attacks.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 13, 2020
An alliance of Chinese government groups, banks, and technology firms plans to launch one of the first blockchain networks constructed and maintained by a central...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | March 23, 2020
More than half of African countries are developing some form of biometric or digital national identification (ID).
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 10, 2020
Researchers have developed a method of detecting malicious apps that sneak through Apple's App Store screening process and onto some users’ phones.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 2, 2019
Researchers at Marist College and IBM have identified a simple but effective way to hack a PTP network, altering the timing of slave clocks by 2,149.5 minutes after...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 24, 2019
Security researchers from Tencent have demonstrated a way to use physical attacks to spoof Tesla's autopilot.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | April 4, 2019
Researchers at Mitsubishi Electric have developed sensor-security technology for detecting inconsistencies in sensor measurements when a system is under attack....IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | March 1, 2019