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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.
The Texas law enables users of leading social media platforms to sue the platforms if they think they have been censored because of their political views.
NPR From ACM News | June 1, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice found persistent flaws in an algorithm used to qualify low-risk federal prisoners for early release.
NPR From ACM TechNews | January 26, 2022
The U.S. Senate passed legislation to ramp up semiconductor production and development of advanced technology amid intensifying global competition, especially from...NPR From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2021
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has announced new reporting mandates for pipeline operators following the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline...NPR From ACM TechNews | May 28, 2021
Computer scientists have determined that nearly half of all Twitter accounts spreading messages about the Covid-19 pandemic are likely bots.
NPR From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2020
Earlier this year, Russia passed a law that theoretically would allow the government to sequester the country's Internet from the rest of the world, as well as...NPR Online From ACM TechNews | November 4, 2019
Brondby Stadium of Copenhagen, Denmark, is using one of Europe's first large-scale private facial recognition systems to catch those banned from the stadium as...NPR From ACM TechNews | October 23, 2019
Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who heads both the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command, usually doesn't say much in public.
NPR From ACM News | March 28, 2019
The race to build the next generation of super-fast mobile-data networks has begun in Germany, which started auctioning off its spectrum licenses for 5G on Tuesday...NPR From ACM News | March 20, 2019
The U.S. has apparently warned Germany that if Chinese tech companies such as Huawei help build the country's new 5G telecom infrastructure, U.S. agencies might...NPR From ACM News | March 13, 2019
In 2003, Jay Siegel was up for a new challenge. Siegel was a tenured professor of chemistry at the University of California, San Diego, but he took a job at the...NPR From ACM Careers | November 27, 2018
The world is about to say au revoir to Le Grand K, a cylinder of platinum and iridium that has long reigned over the world's system of weight measurement.
NPR From ACM News | November 14, 2018
Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a wide-ranging interview on Monday as the company kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers...NPR From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2018
The European Union is preparing to implement sweeping privacy rules next month, but these new protections of individuals' information may set a new standard around...NPR From ACM News | April 17, 2018
It looks like one of the marquee cases before the U.S. Supreme Court is about to go bust—sabotaged by a needle in a legislative haystack.
NPR From ACM News | March 28, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court confronts the digital age again on Wednesday when it hears oral arguments in a case that promises to have major repercussions for law enforcement...NPR From ACM News | November 29, 2017
Internet freedom is on the decline for the seventh consecutive year as governments around the world take to distorting information on social media in order to influence...NPR From ACM News | November 21, 2017
In 2005, shortly after earning a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering, Sam Cape was looking for work online when he came across a cryptic help...NPR From ACM News | October 25, 2017