The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Cryptographers are developing algorithms to ensure security in a world of quantum computing.
Gregory Mone From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2020
The social media platforms like their freedom, but information gerrymandering may require legislation to fix.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2020
Purdue University and Sandia National Laboratories researchers are three-dimensionally (3D) printing minerals, in order to learn to better predict how and where...Purdue University News From ACM TechNews | April 8, 2020
Researchers have developed a technique to study glioblastoma brain tumors using a three-dimensionally (3D)-printed framework composed of human brain cells and biomaterials...News@Northeastern From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2020
YouTube has reduced the quality of video streaming to standard definition around the world in an effort to ease Internet traffic during the coronavirus outbreak...Bloomberg From ACM News | March 25, 2020
IBM will help coordinate an initiative to supply more than 330 petaflops of computing power to scientists researching COVID-19.
CNN From ACM TechNews | March 23, 2020
A group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is one of several dozen teams enlisted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to adapt their annual...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 23, 2020
Technologies are coming increasingly closer to approximating the human senses of taste and smell.
Gregory Mone From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2020
Researchers at Google have developed a four-legged robot that learned to walk completely on its own in just a few hours.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2020
Researchers have developed an app that will let users know what IoT technologies are operating in the immediate vicinity and what data they are collecting.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 3, 2020
A study by the nonprofit research group Center for an Urban Future offers hope for New York City employees who lack the training to qualify for upcoming technology...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 25, 2020
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2020
Researchers have spent six years to improve the printing accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) printing software by 50% or more.
USC Viterbi News From ACM TechNews | February 11, 2020
More than half of African countries are developing some form of biometric or digital national identification (ID).
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 10, 2020
U.S. dairy farmers are using technology to boost efficiency and control costs amid low milk prices and Americans buying less milk.
Associated Press From ACM TechNews | February 5, 2020
Researchers have met the U.S. DARPA challenge to create next-generation organ-on-a-chip models.
The Harvard Gazette From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2020
Retailers of all stripes are using technology to follow consumers through their brick-and-mortar stores in order to develop detailed profiles of their shopping...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2020
Digital doppelgängers that fool online payment fraud detection systems are a threat to your bank balance.
Paul Marks From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2020
Online dating services are spreading personal user information in ways that may violate privacy laws in Europe and elsewhere.
From ACM TechNews | January 15, 2020