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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.
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
Here's a tricky task. Pick a photograph from the Web at random. Now try to work out where it was taken using only the image itself.Technology Review From ACM News | February 26, 2016
Art created by machines raises unanswered questions about its potential and whether it can truly be defined as creative or imaginative. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2016
Every day computers make many millions of electronic trades by performing delicate calculations aimed at eking out a tiny edge in terms of speed or efficiency.Technology Review From ACM News | February 4, 2016
A few years ago, a breakthrough in machine learning suddenly enabled computers to recognize objects shown in photographs with unprecedented—almost spooky—accuracy...Technology Review From ACM News | January 26, 2016
Nothing beats talking to another person face-to-face, but a group of researchers are considering whether a life-size projection of a person that appears to be sitting...Technology Review From ACM News | January 21, 2016
Buy a new car these days and the chances are that it will be fitted with an array of driver-assistance technologies.Technology Review From ACM News | January 15, 2016
Research from Arizona State University answers a question that has stumped mathematicians pondering the properties of programmable materials. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2016
An inexpensive, full-page braille tablet could make topics like science and math more easily accessible to the blind, according to a team of researchers who have...Technology Review From ACM News | January 13, 2016
For all the talk of machines becoming intelligent, getting a sophisticated robot to do anything complex, like grabbing a heavy object and moving it from one place...Technology Review From ACM News | December 21, 2015
Driving around Beijing often feels unnervingly like a contact sport, with vehicles recklessly plunging through thick traffic, sneaking along the shoulder, or cutting...Technology Review From ACM News | December 10, 2015
An artificial intelligence engine that Google uses in many of its products, and that it made freely available last month, is now being used by others to perform...Technology Review From ACM News | December 9, 2015
Artificial intelligence is a field in the midst of rapid, exciting change. That's largely because of an improved understanding of how neural networks work and the...Technology Review From ACM News | November 13, 2015
The ability of robots to carry out tasks and move about their environment is increasingly impressive, but they still face major challenges. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2015