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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.
Alexis Conneau's work has helped Facebook and Google build artificial intelligence systems that can understand dozens of languages with startling accuracy.
The Washington Post From ACM News | July 1, 2021
A four-year study by Dartmouth College researchers uncovered higher rates of anxiety and depression among college students since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2021
The U.S. Army is training on a new night-vision system that generates a videogame-like view of a scene.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | May 26, 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
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
Washington, D.C., is the first U.S. city to test a system that transmits real-time information about curbside parking availability and space size to delivery drivers...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2020
Amazon on Thursday opened its first Fresh grocery store in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, featuring no checkout lines, smart shopping carts, and...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 28, 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
Arizona has filed a lawsuit against Google for allegedly monitoring the locations of Android smartphone users even when such features purportedly were disabled,...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | May 29, 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
In recent years, there's been serious talk about how to build the Metaverse, the next version of the Internet, and who will build it first.
The Washington Post From ACM News | April 21, 2020
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has contracted for two new supercomputers, which would triple the organization's computing capacity.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 6, 2020
Maryland officials said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have run facial recognition searches on millions of state driver's license photos without...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 2, 2020
Employers are providing workers with high-tech tools to help them get more sleep, in the hope of improving productivity and reducing healthcare costs.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 28, 2020
Nevada's Democratic Party hopes to avoid the fiasco seen in Iowa when it holds its caucuses Saturday with an in-house electronic voting system that it had to assemble...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 21, 2020
Google and other online mapmakers revise borders depending on who is viewing them, in deference to diplomats, policymakers, and their own executives, according...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 20, 2020
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are struggling to prevent misinformation on their platforms about the outbreak of the coronavirus.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 4, 2020
The Pinterest platform has banned the posting of misleading information related to voting or the census.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2020