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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.
Corporate boards could soon be looking for technology talent amid a shortfall, with digital business models gaining due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 22, 2020
The space-cloud initiative is targeting military and commercial customers and comes after Amazon announced its own space effort,
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 20, 2020
Researchers at Visa Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are developing new processes to try to thwart eventual quantum computing cyberattacks.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2020
Hundreds of the world's leading cryptographers are competing to develop encryption standards to protect online data against classical and quantum-computing cyberattacks...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2020
The U.S. National Security Council on Thursday issued guidelines to protect technologies crucial to national security.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 16, 2020
Market research firm Gartner forecasts cybersecurity spending by companies and governments will grow 9% annually from 2021 to 2024.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2020
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russel George said he will review Internal Revenue Service use of software that enables warrantless surveillance...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2020
Artificial intelligence researchers at Norwegian telecommunications carrier Telenor's Norwegian Open AI Lab are testing AI models to reduce costs and increase efficiency...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 9, 2020
Forensic and digital healthcare experts envision the incorporation of virtual/augmented reality into forensic science.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2020
A hacker who locked computer servers in Las Vegas' Clark County School District with ransomware released documents with stolen private data after officials refused...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 2, 2020
Drone startups increasingly are being targeted by venture investors, due to expected growth in the sector amid technological advancements and federal approvals....The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 24, 2020
The rule that the same dollar buys twice the computing power every 18 months is no longer true, but a new law—which we named for the CEO of Nvidia, the company...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 21, 2020
Computer scientists are using artificial intelligence and digital databases to examine dreams and potentially identify mental issues.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2020
U.S. cities and towns are using artificial intelligence to monitor and regulate short-term rentals, with some hoping to spot tax-revenue opportunities during the...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2020
China this week launched the Global Initiative on Data Security, in a bid to establish international data-security standards.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2020
Visa has introduced a more advanced artificial intelligence tool to approve or deny credit and debit transactions when banks' networks are down.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2020
Startups are developing prototype autonomous trucks to haul freight while reducing transportation costs and expediting deliveries.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2020
The U.S. Department of Energy and Microsoft are partnering to develop artificial intelligence tools to improve first-responders' capabilities with regard to natural...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 3, 2020
U.K. ocean-research nonprofit Promare will launch an autonomous boat next spring to retrace the trans-Atlantic journey of the Mayflower.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2020
Amazon's cloud unit announced a commercial service allowing millions of customers to tinker with early-stage quantum computing platforms from D-Wave System, IonQ...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | August 27, 2020