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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.
The FBI has access to nearly 412 million photos in its facial recognition system—perhaps including the one on your driver's license.Technology Review From ACM News | June 28, 2016
A federal safety board next week will consider the first human use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR, according to the National Institutes of Health.Technology Review From ACM News | June 21, 2016
Entanglement is the strange phenomenon in which quantum particles become so deeply linked that they share the same existence.Technology Review From ACM News | June 10, 2016
One of the great unsung heroes of 20th century science was a mathematician and engineer at the famous Bell Laboratories in New Jersey called Claude Shannon.Technology Review From ACM News | June 8, 2016
The possibility that a malevolent artificial intelligence might pose a serious threat to humankind has become a hotly debated issue.Technology Review From ACM News | May 20, 2016
The looming obsolescence of Moore's Law is forcing scientists to look for other ways to improve computer performance and innovation. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2016
A treatment now pending approval in Europe will be the first commercial gene therapy to provide an outright cure for a deadly disease.Technology Review From ACM News | May 10, 2016
All kinds of things are hooked up to the Internet these days, but Jerry Chow's computer stands out. Chilled by liquid helium, his superconducting processor uses...Technology Review From ACM News | May 4, 2016
When social-media users upload photographs and caption them, they don't just label their contents. They tell a story, which gives the photos context and additional...Technology Review From ACM News | April 27, 2016
It is easy to take for granted the advancements in our mobile phones, wearable electronics, and other gadgets. But advances in computing rely on processes that...Technology Review From ACM News | April 14, 2016
The field of artificial intelligence has experienced a striking spurt of progress in recent years, with software becoming much better at understanding images, speech...Technology Review From ACM News | April 6, 2016
The history of mathematics is in some ways a study of the human mind and how it has understood the world.Technology Review From ACM News | April 4, 2016
Shortly after walking through the front doors of Baidu in Beijing last November, I was surprised to notice that my face had transformed into that of a cheerful-looking...Technology Review From ACM News | April 1, 2016
U.S. politicians have long threatened America's enemies with tanks, planes, submarines, and nuclear missiles. Last week defense secretary Ashton Carter leveled...Technology Review From ACM News | March 7, 2016
Rather than painstakingly typing in passwords on your smartphone, you may eventually just swipe a shape or other pattern on its display to authenticate yourself...Technology Review From ACM News | March 4, 2016