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.
"For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it," Tim Berners-Lee told me one...Vanity Fair From ACM Opinion | July 24, 2018
One app promotes itself as a way to discuss sensitive negotiations and human resources problems without leaving a digital record.
The Associated Press From ACM News | July 23, 2018
When you sign up for Facebook on your phone, the app isn't just giving you the latest updates and photos from your friends and family.
CNET From ACM News | July 13, 2018
When Facebook rolled out facial recognition tools in the European Union this year, it promoted the technology as a way to help people safeguard their online identities...The New York Times From ACM News | July 11, 2018
In Chile, politicians resent the Comptroller General, which audits government officials to prevent corruption.
Science Magazine From ACM News | June 29, 2018
A growing number of low-cost (and free!) solutions aim to open the Internet to developing regions.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2018
The Supreme Court has handed down what may be the most important privacy case of the digital era, ruling on Friday that the government cannot force cellphone service...The New York Times From ACM News | June 25, 2018
Seven weeks after Iran's conservative-led judiciary banned the secure communications app Telegram inside the country, Iranians are still reeling from the change...Wired From ACM News | June 19, 2018
Norman is an algorithm trained to understand pictures but, like its namesake Hitchcock's Norman Bates, it does not have an optimistic view of the world.
BBC News From ACM News | June 5, 2018
Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a wide-ranging interview on Monday as the company kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers...NPR From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2018
Surveillance systems that track the locations of cellphone users and spy on their calls, texts and data streams are being turned against Americans as they roam...The Washington Post From ACM News | May 30, 2018
The new European data privacy legislation is so stringent that it could kill off data-driven online services and chill innovations like driverless cars, tech industry...The New York Times From ACM News | May 29, 2018
In China's quest for the soul of the nation's digital technology, Ni Guangnan and Cheng Xu are two of the foot soldiers of a two-decade march to develop an indigenous...South China Morning Post From ACM News | May 29, 2018
American news outlets including The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times and The Arizona Daily Star abruptly blocked access to their websites from Europe on Friday...The New York Times From ACM News | May 25, 2018
Home routers have become the rats to hackers' bubonic plague: An easily infected, untreated and ubiquitous population in which dangerous digital attacks can spread...Wired From ACM News | May 23, 2018