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.
The AI algorithm could be uploaded to processors on some of China's Earth observation satellites already in orbit without any ground assistance: researchers.
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) From ACM News | April 7, 2022
Apple and Google are pushing privacy changes, but a shift in digital tracking is giving some platforms a bigger advertising advantage.
The New York Times From ACM News | April 7, 2022
Cities like Orlando, FL, and Singapore are using digital twins to generate virtual models of themselves, in order to simulate the effects of potential new policies...Bloomberg CityLab From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2022
Kyiv city officials have been working to adapt and repurpose the Ukrainian capital's technology amid the war with Russia.
Time From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2022
North Carolina State University researchers have determined that Facebook's targeted advertising algorithm does not account for the context of users' activities...NC State University News From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2022
Researchers are developing an algorithm that can identify people by heartbeat.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain) From ACM TechNews | April 4, 2022
An international team of researchers completed the decoding of the final 8% of the human genome.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2022
To help combat discrimination in mortgage lending, a new process can remove bias from the data used to train machine learning models.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2022
A sign language glossary features more than 500 new signs covering computer science, cybersecurity, data science, and software development.
University of Edinburgh (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2022
High prices have pushed some toward collective ownership, but the future of virtual properties is uncertain.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | March 31, 2022
An international research team has developed a new method for determining the pace of change.
Max Planck Gesellschaft (Germany) From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2022
University of Georgia researchers unveiled a sensor system that watches power electronic converters at solar energy farms for signs of cyberattack in real time....UGA Today From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2022
A proof-of-concept "browser in the browser" exploit could phish passwords using a malicious site that does not contain suspicious domains or substitute letters....Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | March 29, 2022
A new magnetic tentacle robot is tiny enough to take tissue samples from the lung's smallest bronchial vessels, or to deliver cancer therapy.
University of Leeds (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | March 29, 2022
Electric vehicle Charging Station Management Systems need greater focus on security.
Paul Marks Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | March 29, 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
Researchers have developed robotized insects that could be used to search for survivors in collapsed buildings.
The Economist From ACM TechNews | March 28, 2022