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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.
Sensors created by Sandia National Laboratories for U.S. ballistic missiles could augment their detonation timing and accuracy.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 1, 2021
Health-care chatbots have been used for years, but they exploded in popularity over the past year as the system became overwhelmed with covid-related questions...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 26, 2021
Facebook and Google have engineered artificial intelligence systems capable of understanding dozens of languages through the efforts of scientists like Alexis Conneau...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 12, 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
Israeli company Aleph Farms has unveiled the world's first three-dimensionally printed rib-eye steak, cultivated from live animal tissue.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 10, 2021
Ford Motor's Spin division has announced a new service allowing electronic scooter operators to remotely move their scooters if they wind up in public spaces.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 5, 2021
Two Marin County, CA, high school students built apps to help local schools contain the spread of Covid-19, hoping to encourage in-person attendance while maintaining...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 23, 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
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
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
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
Artificial intelligence startups are marketing images of computer-generated faces created without the use of actual people.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2020