The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Lawmakers want social networks to offer users a chronological timeline. Leaked documents help to explain why Facebook doesn't.
The Washington Post From ACM News | November 15, 2021
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
The rule is not intended to keep American researchers from working with colleagues overseas to find software flaws.
The Washington Post From ACM News | October 22, 2021
Even as the world continues to grapple with chip shortages, it's time to be on the lookout for a clearing of that backlog where insatiable hunger might quickly...The Washington Post From ACM News | October 14, 2021
The nation's decentralized, underfunded reporting system hampers efforts to combat the coronavirus.
The Washington Post From ACM News | September 30, 2021
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and other executives detail their plan for the metaverse and how it differs from Facebook's vision
The Washington Post From ACM News | September 29, 2021
Rapid adoption of robots and artificial intelligence, combined with a rebound in government investment, is making some economists optimistic.
The Washington Post From ACM News | August 25, 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
Philip Agre, a computer scientist turned humanities professor, was prescient about many of the ways technology would impact the world.
The Washington Post From ACM News | August 17, 2021
The Oregon state employee pension fund is one of the largest investors, if not the largest, in a private equity firm that has majority ownership of NSO Group, the...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 5, 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
A U.S. Transportation Security Administration directive imposes new rules requiring pipeline operators to strengthen their cyberdefenses.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2021
This is the first time Washington and other U.S. allies have assigned blame for the Microsoft Exchange hack, which compromised more than 100,000 servers worldwide...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 19, 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
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