Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people's faces.
Wired From ACM News | April 7, 2022
For years, the country has been trying to create its own sovereign Internet—a goal given new impetus by the backlash to its invasion of Ukraine.
Wired From ACM News | April 4, 2022
The biggest hack since Russia's war began knocked thousands of people offline. The spillover extends deep into Europe.
Wired From ACM News | March 28, 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
The company's ATAP research team is using radar to help computers respond to your movements, like turning off a TV if it senses you've dozed off.
Wired From ACM News | March 3, 2022
Sweeping rules will cover algorithms that set prices, control search results, recommend videos, and filter content.
Wired From ACM News | February 22, 2022
The Google-backed firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.
Wired From ACM News | February 16, 2022
Researchers say their GT Sophy is the first artificial intelligence able to beat professional esports players in the motorsport game Gran Turismo.
Wired From ACM TechNews | February 16, 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
Brain-computer interfaces are getting better all the time—and they're about to land us in a philosophical quagmire.
Wired From ACM News | January 11, 2022
The bizarre robots look like cobbled-together Tetris pieces. A new system "evolves" them to run, climb, and throw stuff better.
Wired From ACM News | December 16, 2021
A New York City law requires algorithms used in hiring to be "audited" for bias. It's the first in the US—and part of a larger push toward regulation.
Wired From ACM News | December 13, 2021
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