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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.
Clearview AI said it is expanding sales of its facial recognition software to companies outside of law enforcement.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 31, 2022
Uber has rolled out pilot food delivery services that use autonomous vehicles in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, CA.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2022
Studies by big institutions such as Google in well-known journals can have an outsized influence on whether similar projects are funded in the industry...Reuters From ACM News | May 3, 2022
Chinese social media application Weibo will publish users' Internet Protocol addresses on their account pages and when they post comments, in order to rein in...Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2022
U.S. officials said the Federal Bureau of Investigation had seized control of thousands of routers and firewall appliances from Russian hackers.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 11, 2022
The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed suit against Facebook for allegedly violating state law with its facial recognition technology.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | February 22, 2022
Seoul-based news site NK Pro reported that log files and network records showed Websites on North Korean Web domains were largely unreachable.
Reuters From ACM News | January 26, 2022
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has asked major software companies and developers to discuss ways to improve digital security, as hacks against...Reuters From ACM TechNews | December 27, 2021
Some investors expect trucks to overtake cars in becoming fully autonomous and profitable, as trucks face fewer regulatory and technological barriers to deployment...Reuters From ACM TechNews | December 21, 2021
South Korea in January plans launch a pilot project to track the movements of persons infected with COVID-19 and anyone with whom they had close contact
Reuters From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2021
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said Clearview AI violated domestic privacy laws by collecting images from Websites without Australians' consent...Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2021
Microsoft warns the Russia-based agency Nobelium has targeted hundreds of U.S. companies and organizations, in its latest cyberattack.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2021
An Apple analysis of the threats of side-loading warned of malicious apps migrating to third-party stores and infecting consumer devices.
Reuters From ACM News | October 14, 2021
Google said it intends to test the use of artificial intelligence to optimize traffic-signal timing in Rio de Janeiro.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2021
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has interceded in the troubled launch of a bitcoin payments application.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2021
The Cyberspace Administration of China has issued draft rules to more strictly control the development and use of algorithmic models.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 1, 2021
An open letter from more than 90 policy and rights groups worldwide calls on Apple to drop a plan to scan children's messages for nudity and adults' phones for...Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2021
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has asked for a report on using artificial intelligence to analyze prison inmates' phone calls to help prevent violent crime...Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 11, 2021