Fireflies inspired researchers to build flying, light-emitting robots that facilitate motion tracking and communication.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 27, 2022
Microsoft's termination of the Internet Explorer browser has sparked panic among businesses and government agencies in Japan that delayed updating their websites...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | June 27, 2022
Autonomous trucks that mostly stick to highways could make sense, both technologically and economically, in ways robotaxis have not.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 27, 2022
Quantum computing is the most underrated, most transformational technological breakthrough since the Internet.
Investor Place From ACM News | June 27, 2022
The Pentagon cited supposed threats from China as a key motivator for ramping up "responsible" military applictions for artificial intelligence.
Gizmodo From ACM News | June 27, 2022
Scientists have constructed an atomic-scale silicon quantum processor to model the behavior of an organic molecule.
UNSW Sydney Newsroom (Australia) From ACM TechNews | June 24, 2022
The growing threat of wildfires in the U.S. has created opportunities for technology companies offering artificial intelligence solutions to help bring them under...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | June 24, 2022
Princeton University's Arvind Narayanan and colleagues found 75% of 120 top-ranked English-language websites permit weak passwords.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 24, 2022
Intelligent beings learn by interacting with the world. Artificial intelligence researchers have adopted a similar strategy to teach their virtual agents new skills...Quanta Magazine From ACM News | June 24, 2022
A new service for students flags inappropriate or offensive posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so would-be employers can see them in the best possible...Inside Higher Ed From ACM News | June 23, 2022
Researchers used artificial intelligence to uncover evidence that ancient humans used fire at least 800,000 years ago at the Evron Quarry archaeological site in...University of Toronto News (Canada) From ACM TechNews | June 23, 2022
Researchers created a probabilistic computer model that rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells to identify cancer-driving mutations.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 23, 2022
Researchers used the Texas Advanced Computing Center's Frontera supercomputer to probe the physics of thought activation in the brain.
Texas Advanced Computing Center From ACM TechNews | June 23, 2022
A new report indicates Mega's file encryption architecture contains fundamental cryptography flaws enabling attackers to launch full key recovery attacks.
From ACM TechNews | June 23, 2022
Researchers applied a hybrid empirical dynamic modeling methodology to predict the effects of climate change and phosphorus pollution on Switzerland's Lake Geneva...UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography From ACM TechNews | June 22, 2022
Biometric markers are increasingly popular targets of data theft, potentially endangering far more than your locally stored information.
David Geer Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | June 23, 2022