Communications of the ACM
Organizing Unstructured Data
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White House Prepares Curbs on Russia's Access to U.S. Technology
Biden administration officials have warned Russia that it could face further restrictions on technology that is critical to its economy and military.
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Don't Judge Us on Our Fines, Meta's EU Data Watchdog Pleads
Regulator has faced stinging criticism over performance.
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IRS Allows Taxpayers to Forgo Facial Recognition Amid Blowback
The Internal Revenue Service has walked back a requirement for taxpayers to use facial recognition to access their online accounts.
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Algorithmic Hiring Needs a Human Face
Artificial intelligence may be an unstoppable force, but in the recruitment market it has met an immovable object: humans. Something has to give.
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AI Cannot Patent its Own Work, U.S. Copyright Office Rules
Copyright law only protects "the fruits of intellectual labor" that "are founded in the creative powers of the human mind," it says.
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Texas Sues Meta's Facebook over Facial-Recognition Practices
The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed suit against Facebook for allegedly violating state law with its facial recognition technology.
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Is China's Lithium Quest Fuelled by Business or Politics?
South America contains more than half of the world's reserves of the critical metal that is used in batteries. China is looking for a bigger piece of the pie.
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Crypto Scammers’ New Target: Dating Apps
"Everything was a lie," said one woman lured into a recent scam.
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Fake Faces Created by AI Look More Trustworthy than Real People
Researchers found that people have a hard time distinguishing images of human faces created by artificial intelligence from images of real faces.
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Adaptive LED Headlights Get NHTSA Approval in the U.S.
The U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration issued a new rule permitting the use of adaptive LED headlights on U.S. roads.
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Google's 'CEO' Image Search Gender Bias Hasn't Really Been Fixed
University of Washington researchers have disproved Google's claims it corrected gender biases for certain job terms in its image search.
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Google Chrome—Emergency Security Update For 3.2 Billion
Google routinely restricts in-depth information until a majority of users have had the chance to apply the update, which will be rolled out in the near future. ...
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Hackers Rigged Hundreds of Ecommerce Sites to Steal Payment Info
The attackers exploited a known vulnerability and installed credit card skimmers on more than 500 websites.
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Secret CIA Bulk Surveillance Program Includes Some Americans' Records, Senators Say
The lawmakers called for the immediate declassification of details about the surveillance program and what data was collected.
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Apple Says It Will Make AirTags Easier to Find After Complaints of Stalking
The $29 devices have become a headache for the company.
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Meta Is Calling Out Google Over Apple's App Privacy Rules
Facebook's owner is hit hard by the new rules, while Google is largely spared.
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Satellite Images Show Biggest Methane Leaks Come From Russia, U.S.
A multinational team determined that methane "ultra-emitter" sites account for about a tenth of the oil and gas industry's global methane emissions.
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Microsoft to (Finally) Block Macros to Stop Malware
Threat groups often hide malware behind macros in innocent-seeming documents, but Microsoft's proposed change should make that route less effective.
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As Automakers Add Technology to Cars, Software Bugs Follow
As automakers add technology to cars, software bugs follow.
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