Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A study of 164 government-endorsed education technology products found 146 endangered children's privacy by collecting and selling their data to ad tech companies...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2022
A programmer behind the popular open-source npm program node-ipc poisoned it with malware that erased the hard drives of computers located in Russia or Belarus....ZDNet From ACM News | March 28, 2022
An approach that uses hours of video and elements of reinforcement learning can guide a robot vehicle almost two miles without a full map of the surroundings.
ZDNet From ACM News | February 25, 2022
New research warns 80% of the European Union's top pharmaceutical companies are "critically exposed" to cyberattack due to poor security postures.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2021
Australia's New South Wales will spend AU$21.4 million (US$15.4 million) to expand its shark management program with drones, drumlines, and beach-monitoring stations...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 20, 2021
The Linux Foundation and partners Target, Microsoft, Veritone, Schwarz Gruppe, Wegmans Food Markets, and Deutsche Telekom, created the Open Voice Network.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2021
Microsoft has issued a warning over RevengeRAT, a remote access tool that has been used to target aerospace and travel industries with spear-phishing campaigns....ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 18, 2021
The results of a recent survey indicate the Covid-19 pandemic has ramped up development and adoption of automation.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | April 16, 2021
IBM has agreed to deploy a quantum computer at a new research center for researching viral pathogens, virus-induced diseases, genomics, immunology, and immunotherapies...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | April 8, 2021
South Australian researchers at Flinders University are analyzing the evolution of rock art via machine learning.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2021
New defense plans for the next decade come with a strong focus on new technologies, pitching leaner but more effective armed forces.
ZDNet From ACM News | March 26, 2021
IBM and New York State have initiated testing of their forthcoming blockchain-based Covid-19 digital health pass, Excelsior Pass.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | March 3, 2021
A space mission currently underway aims to maximize the effectiveness of CubeSats by showing how they could track and communicate with each other.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | February 11, 2021
Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and others in Phase III clinical trials may not be as effective in people of Black or Asian genetic ancestry...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2020
Cloud-based corporate information technology spending should expand in the coming years, as businesses transition more applications and services, says Gartner.
...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 24, 2020
The U.K. National Health Service's Covid-19 contact tracing app hit 10 million downloads just four days after its release.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2020