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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking says he worries about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2014
Facebook is saying little apart from the fact that "we do not allow terrorist content on the site and take steps to prevent people from using our service for these...BBC News From ACM News | December 3, 2014
The lander bounced twice, initially about 1km back out into space, before settling in the shadow of a cliff, 1km from its intended target site.BBC News From ACM News | November 13, 2014
The hidden web community has started trying to find out how services and identities were compromised after police raids led to 17 arrests.BBC News From ACM News | November 10, 2014
Microsoft is collaborating with a British charity to develop a headset that could help the blind and the visually impaired navigate urban locations. BBC News From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2014
Ginger is only a couple of feet tall, but she soon commands attention as she takes to the stage. "I would like to say it's a pleasure to be here," she tells the...BBC News From ACM News | October 29, 2014
The British government will spend 97 million British pounds on a new supercomputer to improve the Met Office's weather forecasting and climate modeling. BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 29, 2014
The facility will work 13 times faster than the current system, enabling detailed, UK-wide forecast models with a resolution of 1.5km to be run every single hour...BBC News From ACM News | October 29, 2014
Microsoft recently brought together young programmers from across Europe for a gaming competition based on Kodu, the company's visual programming language.BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 22, 2014
A "deadly serious" bug potentially affecting hundreds of millions of computers, servers and devices has been discovered.BBC News From ACM News | September 29, 2014
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we humans have been doing our best to compliment other animals for centuries.BBC News From ACM News | September 15, 2014
You may not realise it, but every time you open up your laptop or switch on your phone, you are at the heart of one of the greatest battles now taking place in...BBC News From ACM Opinion | September 3, 2014
A researcher suggests computers have the potential to sift through the big data of history to help spot patterns.BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 27, 2014