Communications of the ACM
Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
The sector, once popular, is searching for applications and users.
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Meta Has Built a Massive New Language AI—and It's Giving It Away for Free
Facebook's parent company is inviting researchers to pore over and pick apart the flaws in its version of GPT-3.
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How Millions of Russians are Tearing Holes in the Digital Iron Curtain
A tremendous surge in VPN downloads represents a challenge to Putin and his version of the Ukraine war.
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Women in Computer Science Strives for Community, Professional Growth
Co-faculty advisor Mary Lauren Benton said she thinks more female role models are needed in the field to encourage women to believe computer science is a viable...
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Mission to Monitor Migrating Monarchs
University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a tracking system to monitor the migration of monarch butterflies to specific mountain peaks in central Mexico...
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Interactive Tools May Help People Become Big Data Journalists
Researchers say people could use interactive tools to navigate, save, and tailor online content to extract meaning from big data.
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Swarming Drones Autonomously Navigate Dense Forest, Chase Human
Researchers in China demonstrated the ability of an autonomous flying drone swarm to navigate a thick forest it had never before encountered.
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Gear from Netgear, Linksys, 200 Others Has Unpatched DNS Poisoning Flaw
Researchers at security firm Nozomi Networks identified an unpatched vulnerability in third-party code libraries used by 200 hardware and software vendors.
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How Can Universities Help Close the Digital Divide?
Institutions are leading projects with community partners to expand high-speed Internet access.
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World's Largest Computing Society Honors FIU Engineering Professor with Top Education Award
Weiss is also co-leading a project to help the U.S. National Science Foundation set priorities for computer science education research.
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Ireland's Datacenters Now Consume More Power than its Entire Rural Population
While Ireland's datacenters consume a lot of power (more than 1,000 GW in Q4'21), they account for only a small proportion of the country's carbon output.
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Engineers Use AI to Capture Complexity of Breaking Waves
An international research team lleveraged machine learning to model how waves break, which could help improve the design of offshore structures and climate prediction...
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Beijing Grants Baidu, Pony.ai Driverless Robotaxi Permits
The municipal government in Beijing, China, has granted permits to Baidu and Pony.ai to operate robotaxis without human drivers on open roads in the city.
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Machine Learning Can Help Address Stigma of Substance Abuse in Developing Countries
Researchers used machine learning and anonymized data to better understand drug and alcohol abuse in developing countries.
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Comparing AI Reasoning with Human Thinking
Researchers have developed a method for comparing the reasoning of artificial intelligence software with that of human thinking, to better understand the AI's decision...
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A New Option for Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing
Two independent teams show neutral ytterbium-171 atoms can be trapped and used for quantum information processing, bringing quantum computers based on this platform...
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High Schooler Invented Low-Cost, Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm
Virginia high school senior Benjamin Choi designed a thought-controlled robotic arm, then three-dimensionally printed the first model in small pieces, and assembled...
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Approach May Help Clear Hurdle to Large-Scale Quantum Computing
Researchers have developed an approach for shuffling qubits during computing while maintaining their quantum state, resulting in a programmable, error-correcting...
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Using Desserts to Decode Computer Science
Scientists at Australia's Monash University have developed a computer science learning framework that uses food to teach fundamental computing concepts.
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Global Chip Shortage's Latest Worry: Too Few Chips for Chip-Making
Intel and TSMC are looking to boost chip output amid supercharged demand, but getting the equipment to do so requires increasing patience.
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