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
Government scientists and technologists are trying to help U.S. lawmakers become more technology-savvy.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2020
Chinese scientists freely released the genetic sequence of a coronavirus 10 days after the first reported case, to help researchers worldwide better understand...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 27, 2020
Video game developers are creating technologies to support the training of doctors performing surgery and other medical procedures.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 13, 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
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
Netherlands-based location/transportation data supplier Here Technologies has pushed researchers to apply big-data techniques to films of traffic in Berlin, Istanbul...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2020
Dozens of colleges across the United States are using short-range phone sensors and campuswide Wi-Fi networks to monitor students' academic performance, analyze...The Washington Post From ACM News | December 26, 2019
Nuro has announced a partnership with Walmart to pilot-test grocery delivery via robot vehicles in Houston.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2019
Researchers found that the technologies Facebook uses to sort the relevancy of advertising may be more responsible for the polarization of U.S. politics than previously...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 11, 2019
Graphika, a cyber-intelligence firm, discovered a campaign on Reddit and Twitter to disseminate leaked trade documents ahead of elections in the U.K.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 9, 2019
Efforts by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate a spate of vaping-related injuries and deaths required building a new data-collection...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 27, 2019
Several U.S. state and local governments are signing an international pledge aimed at making cyberspace safer, even though the Trump administration will not endorse...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 22, 2019
Exploring the unintended consequences of human-algorithmic partnerships, researchers analyzed algorithms intended to reduce Virginia prison populations by assigning...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2019
Robotics company Nuro has been field-testing delivery via autonomous vehicles (AV) in Houston.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2019
Fordham University students are using virtual reality technology to build their business skills in simulated environments.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2019
Danish software developer David Heinemeier Hansson cited apparent gender discrimination in the Apple Card algorithm, spurring an investigation into Apple Card partner...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 13, 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