Crowdsourced Cybersecurity: Hunting for Bugs
Companies offer big money to 'white-hat hackers' to find flaws in software products before the black hats do.
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The Paradox of Choice in Computing-Research Conferences
The current computing-research publication system conflates research publishing with community building. We may need in-person conferences for community building, but not so many!
Social media "influencers" use augmented reality filtering apps to appear more beautiful, together, and cool. Results may vary.
We Are Not Users: Gaining Control Over New Technologies
Seeking a more selective approach to technology usage.
The Practice of Applying AI to Benefit Visually Impaired People in China
The tremendous development of information technology has brought challenges to the visually impaired in China.
An obsessive gamer's quest for the absolutely most significant computer ever.
Robot Teams Win DARPA Subterranean Challenge
The teams behind the real and virtual robots named as winners shared a total of $5 million in prize money.
AI and Sustainability: Where Are We and What’s Next?
Researchers are exchanging views and proposing solutions as questions around AI's environmental impact become more urgent.
In Space, No One Can Fix Your Sign Errors
Once you've left the Earth, the simple inversion of a critical parameter can cause a mission to fail.
The Outlook for Virtual Meetups
Future online meetings could include people in disparate locations cutting a virtual birthday cake together.
Post-Quantum Cryptography: Protecting Today from Tomorrow
Crafting more difficult algorithms to protect secrets so they are resilient to future quantum computers is creating, in effect, post-quantum cryptography.
Technical Perspective: Liquid Testing Using Built-in Phone Sensors
"Liquid Testing with Your Smartphone," by Shichao Yue and Dina Katabi, proposes a novel technique for determining the surface tension of a liquid by leveraging the optical absorption of waves propagating on the fluid surface.
Beyond the pandemic, organizations need to recognize what digital assets, interactions, and communication processes reap the most benefits from virtual reality.
Broadening Participation by Teaching Accessibility
Strategies for incorporating accessibility into computing education.
Remaining Connected Throughout Design
Applying the unique experiences of designing technologies for vulnerable communities.
Human Detection of Machine-Manipulated Media
Technologies for manipulating and faking online media may outpace people's ability to tell the difference.
Liquid Testing with Your Smartphone
We show a simple and accurate approach to measuring surface tension that's available to anyone with a smartphone.
AI Calling ET: How Artificial Intelligence Supports the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Researchers increasingly ask AI whether anybody is out there.
By 2019, I generally thought there wasn't much that could surprise me about organizing meetups. Then Covid-19 hit. I was so wrong.
Mining Financial Data Without Actually Seeing It Can Detect Fraud
Multiparty Computation permits computation on encrypted values.
Unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to make it rain in the desert, a first step toward controlling the weather.
Exploring Ellen Ullman's 'Close to the Machine' and AMC's 'Halt and Catch Fire.'
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