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
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
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
Researchers found that ballot-marking devices, which will be used in at least 18% of U.S. districts in November’s presidential election, lack sufficient safeguards...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 10, 2020
Robotics company Nuro has been field-testing delivery via autonomous vehicles (AV) in Houston.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2019
Engineers are racing to program artificial intelligence to recognize different scenarios that human drivers know inherently.
The Washington Post From ACM News | November 11, 2019
The U.S. Defense Innovation Board has published a set of ethical principles for how military agencies should design weapons enabled by artificial intelligence and...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 11, 2019
Boston-based robotics firm Piaggio Fast Forward will soon deploy a bipedal wheeled robot that hauls owners' belongings as it follows behind them.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 21, 2019
California Institute of Technology researchers have developed a robot drone that can traverse rough terrain.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2019
Two U.S. congressmen created an artificial intelligence-doctored political video to demonstrate the threat such disinformation presents.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 3, 2019
A study by cybersecurity company NormShield found U.S. state election offices are failing to implement digital safeguards, increasing the 2020 elections' susceptibility...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2019
Scientists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are working to gain a better understanding of what happens within a hurricane during periods...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2019
China's advantage in the quantum technology field is worrisome to some scientists and officials in the U.S., and Beijing's ongoing investment in the technology...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 27, 2019
The Atlantic League was the first U.S. professional baseball league to use a "robot" umpire, at its recent All-Star Game.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2019