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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.
Scientists are monitoring Italy’s Mount Etna through fiber-optic cables, using distributed acoustic sensing to detect seismic signals that conventional sensors...Wired From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2022
The venerable (and yes, super dull) piece of officeware is getting reinvented as a tool for non-coders to automate and simplify their lives.
Wired From ACM News | April 8, 2022
The technology is spreading fast among police, and often wrong. But people charged with crimes are rarely told an algorithm came into play.
Wired From ACM News | March 10, 2022
War in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia have made cryptocurrency a hot potato for international politics.
Wired From ACM News | March 10, 2022
Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world. How alarming that is depends on your perspective.
Wired From ACM News | February 8, 2022
A team scoured the human proteome for antimicrobial molecules and found thousands, plus a surprise about how animals evolved to fight infections.
Wired From ACM News | December 1, 2021
Acoustic waves can detect all kinds of explosions and volcanic activity, but it's hard to place sensors at sea—unless you've got a bird with a backpack.
Wired From ACM News | November 30, 2021
A key backer of a 2018 Oakland law to rein in tools like automated license plate readers says the city is not following the rules.
Wired From ACM News | September 27, 2021
Researchers have identified a vulnerability in a software development kit affecting more than 83 million smart devices.
Wired From ACM TechNews | August 20, 2021
Money is pouring into autonomous trucking startups, just as many are souring on the short-term prospects for self-driving cars.
Wired From ACM News | July 26, 2021
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is often misunderstood. Here's what it is, and how those with OCD can use technology to help navigate uncertainty.
Wired From ACM News | June 3, 2021
Disease surveillance schemes to catch the next rising virus already exist—they're just not communicating with each other.
Wired From ACM News | June 3, 2021
Microsoft reveals plans to bring GPT-3, best known for generating text, to programming. "The code writes itself," CEO Satya Nadella says.
Wired From ACM News | May 27, 2021
Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands say they have induced the emission of light from silicon.
Wired From ACM TechNews | April 15, 2020
City leaders, academic researchers, and the U.S. Department of Transportation are working to predict car crashes and reduce emergency response times using data...Wired From ACM TechNews | July 11, 2019