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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.


What to Do Now About Tomorrow's Code-Cracking Computers
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What to Do Now About Tomorrow's Code-Cracking Computers

A future-proof way to encrypt sensitive data is now available. Put it to use.

Robotized Insects May Search Collapsed Buildings for Survivors
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Robotized Insects May Search Collapsed Buildings for Survivors

Researchers have developed robotized insects that could be used to search for survivors in collapsed buildings.

Robots Gathering to Help Beat Britain's Supply-Chain Shortages
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Robots Gathering to Help Beat Britain's Supply-Chain Shortages

Robotic logistics is helping to mitigate labor shortages and other supply-chain disruptions in the U.K.

Technology Could Make Hard Border Disappear, but at a Cost
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Technology Could Make Hard Border Disappear, but at a Cost

“Hard” borders could potentially become invisible in the next few years, but practical applications could carry high costs and intrusive electronic surveillance...

Computer Algorithms Can Test the Dodginess of Published Results
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Computer Algorithms Can Test the Dodginess of Published Results

Researchers have developed a method for algorithmically gauging manipulation of published scientific results.

Are Programs Better Than People at Predicting Reoffending?
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Are Programs Better Than People at Predicting Reoffending?

A Dartmouth College research study found the COMPAS computer program performed about as well as humans at predicting recidivism.

A Computer Program That Learns How to Save Fuel
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A Computer Program That Learns How to Save Fuel

Artificial intelligence may one day be able to help cars use energy more efficiently.

Shrinking the Haystack
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Shrinking the Haystack

Technologists are helping counter-terrorist forces with software that can identify locations to be searched for hideouts and weapons, or be put under surveillance...

Looking For Answers
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Looking For Answers

Oxford University researchers Christoffer Nellaker and Andrew Zisserman want to make dysmorphology work better by using face-recognition technology. 

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Now There's an App For That
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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Now There's an App For That

The California HealthCare Foundation offered $100,000 for an algorithm that would allow artificial intelligence to detect retinal damage due to diabetic retinopathy...

Rise of the Machines
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Rise of the Machines

Elon Musk busies himself building other people's futures.

Watch What You Say
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Watch What You Say

Mu'tah University researcher Ahmad Hassanat is developing a computerized system that can analyze the shapes human lips make as they produce different sounds. 

Computer Worms
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Computer Worms

The informal, crowd-funded OpenWorm project aims to develop the world's first simulated organism, a worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans. 
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