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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 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 European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is gearing up for another run at smashing particles together to unlock the secrets of the universe.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 5, 2016
Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., a firm at the center of Wall Street’s trading infrastructure, is about to give the technology behind bitcoin a big test: seeing...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 30, 2016
At one of the busiest shipping terminals in the U.S., more than two dozen giant red robots wheeled cargo containers along the docks on a recent morning, handing...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 28, 2016
Even if the Justice Department loses its legal showdown with Apple Inc. over access to a killer's iPhone, the government might still be able to extract the data...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 4, 2016
As technology advances, there's a delicate balance between individual privacy and law enforcement’s requests for information.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | February 24, 2016
The brain was once considered a "black box," a device so mysterious that you could only guess what it was doing by observing human behavior.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 27, 2016
Japan's automakers aim to meet the challenge of aging drivers with few transportation options by testing self-driving vehicles on roads. The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2016
For a story that takes place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" a great deal of the technology in the "Star Wars" series actually has parallels today on...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | December 14, 2015
A number of lawmakers on Thursday expressed a growing frustration with technology companies and signaled Congress would consider either curbing encrypted communications...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 14, 2015
A new center to study the implications of artificial intelligence and try to influence its ethical development has been established at the U.K.'s Cambridge University...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 3, 2015
In the era of big data, when demand for statistics is higher than ever, a shadow of danger looms over the numbers revolution: People are increasingly refusing to...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 3, 2015
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday said it has evaluated more than 1.2 million Web pages for compliance with Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" ruling, and removed...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 25, 2015
White House and congressional staffers have asked Silicon Valley executives for new talks in Washington, D.C., to resolve a standoff over encrypted communication...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 20, 2015
In the 1997 action movie Face/Off, an FBI agent must undergo face-transplant surgery and assume the identity of a ruthless terrorist to foil a plot.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 29, 2015
Data scientist–a job that barely existed a decade ago–has become one of the hottest and best-paid professions in the U.S.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 7, 2015
Silicon Valley companies say they’ve been preparing for yesterday's European Court of Justice decision invalidating the U.S.-Europe Safe Harbor agreement on data...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 7, 2015