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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.
Two seven-foot-tall robots have been deployed at Dallas Love Field Airport in Dallas, TX, to assist and monitor passengers.
The Dallas Morning News From ACM TechNews | April 15, 2022
Technology inventor achieves new transmission distance of 100km, and says it is suitable at shorter distances for audio calls and texts.
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) From ACM News | April 15, 2022
Ukraine claims to have doxed Russian troops and spies, while hacktivists are regularly leaking private information from Russian organizations.
Wired From ACM News | April 15, 2022
Authorities in Ukraine have deployed technology as part of a wide-ranging investigation into alleged war crimes by Russian forces in the town of Bucha.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2022
The robots-as-a-service model is gaining ground as companies increasingly automate amid the pandemic, worker shortages, and surging demand.
Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2022
Symantec researchers have identified a campaign perpetrated by a hacker group associated with the Chinese government using VLC Media Player to launch a custom malware...BleepingComputer From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2022
The U.K. National Health Service will offer roughly 250,000 people in England with type 1 diabetes a skin sensor to monitor their blood sugar.
The Guardian (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2022
While these breakthroughs must be considered proofs of concept, they demonstrate the pieces of future quantum datacenters are coming together, says independent...R. Colin Johnson Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | April 14, 2022
A new virtual reality haptics system eliminates hand-based hardware by manipulating the forearm instead of the hand to generate physical sensations.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2022
Google has pulled dozens of applications from its Google Play store amid researchers' findings that they contain software that secretly harvests data.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2022
The attack, which was set for last Friday, used software similar to the 'industroyer' code used in a 2016 hack of Kyiv's grid, experts noted.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 13, 2022
An artificial intelligence model can diagnose several heart rhythm and conduction disorders using electrocardiogram images in various formats and layouts.
News-Medical Life Sciences From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2022
A cyberattack anchored on a satellite network owned by U.S-based Viasat and used by Ukraine's government and military underscores the vulnerability of commercial...Associated Press From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2022
The research combines artificial intelligence and computational science for accurate and efficient simulations of complex systems.
Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences From ACM TechNews | April 11, 2022
Risk assessment, accountability, explainability, and bias, among other factors, challenge the success of machine learning.
Sarah Underwood Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | April 12, 2022
The Cyber Civil Defense will focus on basic cyber education and literacy for people and small businesses, will help people get jobs cybersecurity, and work with...SC Magazine From ACM News | April 12, 2022
In Ukraine in recent years, hackers entered poorly protected networks by techniques as simple as guessing passwords or intercepting their use on unsecure computers...The Conversation From ACM News | April 11, 2022
Hackers pulled off a $540-million cryptocurrency heist by exploiting Ronin Network software that lets players of the online game "Axie Infinity" transfer digital...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | April 11, 2022