Biometric markers are increasingly popular targets of data theft, potentially endangering far more than your locally stored information…
From ACM NewsDavid Geer Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 23, 2022
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While there are lots of things that artificial intelligence can't do yet—science being one of them—neural networks are proving themselves increasingly adept at...Ars Technica From ACM News | June 14, 2017
A Top Secret NSA analyst's report published by The Intercept suggests that, in August 2016, the Russian General Main Staff Intelligence Directorate (GRU) hacked...Ars Technica From ACM News | June 6, 2017
The nation's top-level intelligence office, the Director of National Intelligence, wants to find "the most accurate unconstrained face recognition algorithm."
Ars Technica From ACM News | June 1, 2017
The race to build the first useful quantum computer continues apace. And, like all races, there are decisions to be made, including the technology each competitor...Ars Technica From ACM News | May 18, 2017
If I asked you "how many computing devices do you own?" your mind will probably first jump to your PCs and laptops at home, and then to your smartphones and tablets...Ars Technica From ACM News | May 17, 2017
When we talk about artificial intelligence in games, we usually picture smarter or more realistic enemies that don't come off as mindless automatons.
Ars Technica From ACM News | May 3, 2017
As we've explored the Solar System, some items we're familiar with from Earth's geology have kept appearing in new places.
Ars Technica From ACM News | April 21, 2017
In the early hours of Friday morning, two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers in the waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea launched a barrage of Tomahawk Land...Ars Technica From ACM News | April 12, 2017
Black holes are a problem for physics, and the physics community has never fully warmed to the idea of them.
Ars Technica From ACM News | February 8, 2017
Google Brain has devised some new software that can create detailed images from tiny, pixelated source images. Google's software, in short, basically means thetrope...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 8, 2017
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's Machine Translation for English Retrieval of Information in Any Language program aims to give researchers...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | January 30, 2017
Although I write a lot about quantum computing, I've not really paid much attention to performing quantum computations with silicon-based qubits. Luckily Stephanie...Ars Technica From ACM News | January 20, 2017
The Department of Defense has released video of a test of swarming drones conducted in the skies over the US Navy's test range at Naval Air Weapons Station China...Ars Technica From ACM News | January 12, 2017
For the planetary science community, the day when NASA makes the final call on new Solar System exploration missions always feels bittersweet.
Ars Technica From ACM News | January 5, 2017