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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.
Five years ago mobile phones were at the forefront of technology, by 2010 the focus was on tablet computers and now billions of yen, dollars and pounds are being...BBC News From ACM News | February 12, 2013
For years, Henry Markram has claimed that he can simulate the human brain in a computer within a decade. On 23 January 2013, the European Commission told him to...BBC News From ACM News | February 8, 2013
It's three in the afternoon, and in their NASA lab in Silicon Valley, California, two engineers are playing with a toy designed for toddlers.BBC News From ACM Careers | February 8, 2013
Data captured by smartphone sensors could help criminals guess codes used to lock the gadgets, say security researchers.BBC News From ACM News | February 7, 2013
It may be one of central Miami's most recognisable buildings, yet only a few people know what goes on inside the sturdy concrete block with massive spheres on its...BBC News From ACM News | February 4, 2013
The world's largest online ticket retailer is to stop requiring users to enter hard-to-read words in order to prove they are human.BBC News From ACM News | February 4, 2013
Go to a cash machine in Japan or Poland and there's a good chance you'll find a finger-sized scanner next to the keypad.BBC News From ACM News | January 29, 2013
Online, English has become a common language for users from around the world. In the process, the language itself is changing.BBC News From ACM News | December 20, 2012
When superstorm Sandy was rampaging across the Caribbean and mid-Atlantic, heralded by gale force winds, torrential rain, and surging tides, people rushed to get...BBC News From ACM News | December 14, 2012
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk will study dangers posed by biotechnology, artificial life, nanotechnology, and climate change.BBC News From ACM News | November 27, 2012
The U.K. branch of an American company has developed a hi-tech software programme it believes can help detect and prevent potentially dangerous passengers and cargo...BBC News From ACM News | November 26, 2012
The world's oldest original working digital computer is going on display at The National Museum of Computing in Buckinghamshire.BBC News From ACM News | November 21, 2012
Mocup is a tiny, adorable remote-controlled robot built from a Lego Mindstorms set with an off-the-shelf Beagleboard computer for a brain and a webcam for an eye...BBC News From ACM News | November 16, 2012
"It once was a small step... now it's six big wheels," exclaimed Curiosity's Twitter account after the Nasa rover landed on Mars in early August. The message itself...BBC News From ACM News | November 8, 2012
Apple's iPhone and its rivals may have introduced touchscreens to the masses, but now a raft of technologies promise to change the way we interact with computers...BBC News From ACM News | October 24, 2012
Got truly and outstandingly lost recently? Enjoy the feeling while you can, for it's becoming an increasingly difficult task.BBC News From ACM News | October 12, 2012
Imagine how different the first pictures sent from the Mars Rover would have been if there had been a software failure.BBC News From ACM News | October 5, 2012