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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.
University of Chicago scientists are conducting quantum Internet research in a basement closet.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 12, 2022
Under the pilot program, campaigns would be able to circumvent algorithmic sorting by tech companies that at times sends their emails to spam.
The Washington Post From ACM News | August 12, 2022
Australia is building "Earth's Black Box," a reportedly indestructible steel structure containing a real-time archive of climate change news and research.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 15, 2021
Severely quadriplegic Henry Evans has beta-tested robots as part of a 20-year collaboration with healthcare roboticist Charlie Kemp.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2021
The nation's decentralized, underfunded reporting system hampers efforts to combat the coronavirus.
The Washington Post From ACM News | September 30, 2021
The cryptocurrency is jettisoning the "miners" who track and validate transactions on the world's most-used blockchain network.
The Washington Post From ACM News | August 19, 2021
Faced with no semiconductor chips for their ordering machines, restaurants pivot away from human servers and toward contact-less ordering.
The Washington Post From ACM News | June 11, 2021
U.S. officials say more than $2 million in cryptocurrency payments to the hackers who held Colonial Pipeline hostage in May has been recovered.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2021
The Biden administration will prioritize cybersecurity in the distribution of $1 billion in technology modernization funds signed into law by Congress in March....The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2021
The attack on top U.S. operator Colonial Pipeline appears to have been carried out by an Eastern European-based criminal gang.
The Washington Post From ACM News | May 10, 2021
IP theft and financial crime account for at least 75% of cyber losses and pose the greatest threat to companies, according to the report.
The Washington Post From ACM News | December 8, 2020
Electric automaker Tesla has providing a number of owners of its vehicles a software update to enable the cars to steer better and accelerate without human control...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 23, 2020
Human Rights Watch says Buenos Aires is using a facial recognition system connected to a database that includes child suspects and is publishing warrants for their...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2020
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore can provide blind parents with three-dimensional models of their baby's face so they can "see" them before they are born,
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2020
U.S. colleges are racing to contain the Covid-19 pandemic with technology including contact-tracing applications and facial recognition, prompting concerns about...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred consumers to substitute fitting rooms with augmented reality using their smartphones and computers.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 13, 2020
The breach came nearly three years after Edward Snowden stole and disclosed classified information about NSA surveillance operations.
The Washington Post From ACM News | June 16, 2020
Thermal imaging may be used to identify those suspected of having the coronavirus, but civil liberties experts warn such systems will monitor some who may not know...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2020