Communications of the ACM
New MacArthur Fellow Takes Aim at Online Harassment, Doxing
Danielle Citron, a privacy scholar who has done pioneering work in combating hate crimes and other abuses in cyberspace, has … From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Tracking Shoppers
Retailers of all stripes are using technology to follow consumers through their brick-and-mortar stores in order to develop detailed profiles of their shopping...
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Dark Web's Doppelgängers Aim to Dupe Antifraud Systems
Digital doppelgängers that fool online payment fraud detection systems are a threat to your bank balance.
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Learning to Trust Quantum Computers
They need to show us they can solve the biggest problems.
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Toshiba Says it Created an Algorithm that Beats Quantum Computers using Standard Hardware
The company hopes to commercialize it in the financial industry
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AB InBev Taps Machine Learning to Root Out Corruption
Brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev spent three years developing machine learning technology to spot corruption in its business partners.
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Brain-Like Network Uses Disorder to Detect Order
Researchers have developed a brain-inspired disordered network for detecting ordered patterns, which uses "hopping conduction" to reach solutions without predesigned...
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U.K. Police Use of Facial Recognition Tests Public's Tolerance
The testing of facial recognition technology by police in the U.K. has provoked outrage.
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U.S. to Ground Civilian Drone Program on Concerns Over China Tech
The U.S. Department of the Interior reportedly plans to permanently ground a civilian drone fleet, because the approximately 1,000 drones are partly sourced from...
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The Way You Dance is Unique, and Computers Can Tell It's You
Researchers at Finland’s University of Jyvaskyla have taught computers to identify individuals by their dance style.
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AI Can Do Great Things—if It Doesn't Burn the Planet
The computing power required for AI landmarks, such as recognizing images and defeating humans at Go, increased 300,000-fold from 2012 to 2018.
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Alan Turing's Degree, Medal, Memorabilia Recovered in Colorado
Items seized after woman offered them for loan to university.
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Study Finds AI Viable Tool to Detect Changes in Patients' Mental Health
A study found machine learning artificial intelligence is as accurate as physicians in detecting changes in clinical states from patients' speech.
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Quantum Computing Remains a Challenge for Tech Firms
Some big technology companies and startups have found their progress on quantum computing remains in the early stages, despite years of substantial investment. ...
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Brain Model Offers New Insights Into Damage Caused by Stroke, Other Injuries
The University at Buffalo's Christopher McNorgan has developed a computer model of the human brain that more accurately simulates brain-impairment patterns than...
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Avoiding Carsickness When the Cars Drive Themselves
If the future lets people focus on work instead of driving during the daily commute, many of us will have to conquer motion sickness to read memos (or tweets)....
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Bundesliga, Amazon Want to Predict What Happens Next
Germany’s Bundesliga professional football (soccer) league is making Amazon its official technology provider, providing statistics (among other things) for the...
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How 'Spooky' is Quantum Physics? The Answer could be Incalculable
Proof at the nexus of pure mathematics and algorithms puts 'quantum weirdness' on a whole new level.
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Gov. Murphy Aims to Train More Workers for High-Tech Jobs
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has announced a new program that would help train workers for careers in computer science and other high-tech jobs.
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