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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.


Revamping Python for an AI World
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Revamping Python for an AI World

Mojo has the same syntax as Python, but runs up to 35,000 times faster.

After Twitter
From ACM News

After Twitter

New social apps arise to challenge troubled Twitter.

The Rise of the Chatbots
From Communications of the ACM

The Rise of the Chatbots

How do we keep track of the truth when bots are becoming increasingly skilled liars?

Making Connections
From Communications of the ACM

Making Connections

Bob Metcalfe, recipient of the 2022 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his role in the development of Ethernet, briefly considered a career in tennis.

Locking Down Secure Open Source Software
From Communications of the ACM

Locking Down Secure Open Source Software

Can even secure open source software ever be considered truly safe?

The Outlook for Crypto
From Communications of the ACM

The Outlook for Crypto

Can cryptocurrencies cut their environmental impact?

Getting Down to Basics
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Getting Down to Basics

2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman helped develop formal language theory, invented efficient algorithms to drive the tasks of a...

Catching the Fakes
From Communications of the ACM

Catching the Fakes

Applying neural networks to images helps identify counterfeit goods.

A Block on the Old Chip
From Communications of the ACM

A Block on the Old Chip

Block copolymers may help transistors shrink to tinier dimensions.

Building a Brain May Mean Going Analog
From Communications of the ACM

Building a Brain May Mean Going Analog

Analog circuits consume less power per operation than CMOS technologies, and so should prove more efficient.

Weaving the Web
From Communications of the ACM

Weaving the Web

Sir Tim Berners-Lee created a paradigm shift that changed the world with his invention of the World Wide Web, Hypertext Transport Protocol, and Hypertext Markup...

The Key to Privacy
From Communications of the ACM

The Key to Privacy

40 years ago, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman introduced the public key cryptography used to secure today's online transactions.

Forging Relationships
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Forging Relationships

Michael Stonebraker didn't realize at the outset that it would take six years to create INGRES, one of the world's first relational databases.

Plenty of Proteins
From Communications of the ACM

Plenty of Proteins

The growth of structural biology brings new challenges for the world's protein data archive.

Visualizing Sound
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Visualizing Sound

New techniques capture speech by looking for the vibrations it causes.

Gradual Evolution
From Communications of the ACM

Gradual Evolution

Dynamically typed languages adopt features of static typing to cope with growth.

General Agreement
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General Agreement

Leslie Lamport contributed to the theory and practice of building distributed computing systems that work as intended.

Playing at Health
From Communications of the ACM

Playing at Health

Developers try to tap the beneficial effects of video games.

A Touch of Security
From ACM News

A Touch of Security

Biometrics hold promise, but haven’t yet paid off in consumer devices.

Nsa's Surveillance Program Could Dig Deep
From ACM News

Nsa's Surveillance Program Could Dig Deep

The U.S. National Security Agency has shrouded its collection of Americans’ personal information in secrecy, which makes it difficult to judge whether that data...
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