Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
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Every year around Christmas time, Donald Knuth gives a special lecture for a small audience at Stanford University, and to a larger audience online. This year's...The New Stack From ACM News | December 27, 2022
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert advising online users to install and use ad blockers.
TechCrunch From ACM TechNews | December 23, 2022
Researchers have developed a robotic system consisting of ultrasoft liquid robots comprised mainly of water.
Asia Research News From ACM TechNews | December 22, 2022
The Qu-Pilot Specific Grant agreement is part of a broader Framework Partnership agreement approved by the European Union earlier this year .
VTT Research From ACM News | December 21, 2022
Roughly human in shape, Moxi robots have been deployed in at least three Chicago-area hospitals amid a shortage of medical workers.
Chicago Tribune From ACM TechNews | December 21, 2022
The overhead of error correction presents a serious challenge to scaling up quantum computing and may produce unexpected winners.
Chris Edwards From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2023
Energy developers want to build a ton of wind and solar — they just can't get it connected to the grid.
The Washington Post From ACM News | December 20, 2022
A computational analysis supports the idea that photons colliding with heavy ions can create a fluid of “strongly interacting” particles.
Brookhaven National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2022
Beijing typically "retaliates fully plus 10 percent," but this time it doesn't seem to have many punitive options.
South China Morning Post From ACM News | December 19, 2022
Online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats has launched a robot food delivery service in Miami via a partnership with robotics firm Cartken.
CNN From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022
An HP survey of 10,000 office workers worldwide found Generation Z employees are most likely to feel technological frustration at work.
Fortune From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022
An international team of scientists led by Germany's Ruhr-Universität Bochum is developing new techniques to efficiently identify coding errors in embedded systems...Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2022
Warehouse robots increasingly are able to grasp and sort objects of various shapes and sizes with the dexterity of human hands.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2022
A database with contact information for elite cybersecurity professionals is now being sold on the dark web to the highest bidder.
Gizmodo From ACM News | December 15, 2022