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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Facial recognition software is speeding up check-in at airports, cruise ships and theme parks, but experts worry about risks to security and privacy.
The New York Times From ACM News | October 24, 2023
Popularity on GitHub can open valuable doors for developers and startups. Underground stores sell "stars" on the platform, offering coders a way to literally fake...Wired From ACM News | October 24, 2023
The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is trying to democratize cutting-edge research.
The New York Times From ACM News | October 23, 2023
The StrokePointer brain-wave cap designed by researchers in the Netherlands can diagnose large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke while patients are in an ambulance....Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | October 23, 2023
Researchers demonstrated that nerve impulse-driven robotic prosthetic ankles enable more natural and stable movement by amputees.
NC State University News From ACM TechNews | October 23, 2023
China, Russia, and the U.S. are racing to find ways to prevent future quantum computers from cracking long-supported encryption protocols.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | October 23, 2023
University of Texas at Austin researchers showed how taking certain measurements on a quantum computer results in different phases of quantum information.
University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2023
Amazon is testing a drone delivery service for prescription drugs in College Station, TX, with plans to expand the service to other markets in the future.
Associated Press From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2023
Researchers found running datacenters at higher temperatures could reduce their energy consumption significantly while maintaining computational performance.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2023
The use of facial recognition software to expedite admission to venues like airports and theme parks is raising privacy and security concerns among experts.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2023
The researchers received the best paper award for their proposed chiplet-enabled computer architecture.
WSU Insider From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2023
An international team of researchers developed a vision-based algorithm enabling off-the-shelf quadruped robots to move from obstacle to obstacle autonomously and...Stanford News From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2023
A new proposal spells out the very specific ways companies should evaluate AI security and enforce censorship in AI models.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | October 19, 2023
Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Southampton built a climate change-monitoring sensor that can be airlifted by drone onto glaciers to measure the effects...University of Southampton (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 18, 2023
Microsoft said its Project Silica glass media storage technology can retain roughly 1.75 million songs or about 3,500 movies on a palm-sized glass sheet for 10,000...Tom's Hardware From ACM TechNews | October 18, 2023