Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
From ACM NewsAllyn Jackson Commissioned by CACM Staff| January 31, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A new method of lie detection developed by researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University uses electrodes affixed to the face to determine if someone is lying.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2022
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Georgia Tech Research Institute claim they can improve DNA data storage 100-fold with a new processor they developed...BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2021
The U.S. and U.K. will collaborate to strike back against mutual adversaries engaging in malicious cyber-activities.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | November 22, 2021
Hundreds of professional footballers (soccer players) have threatened litigation against the data collection industry.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2021
Researchers at Seoul National University in South Korea have developed a soft robot with skin that can change color to match its background.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 19, 2021
Technology companies are monitoring honey bee colonies remotely to investigate hive die-offs, in efforts to improve their survival.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2021
While recruiters have been using artificial intelligence for the past decade, the technology has been greatly refined in recent years.
BBC News From ACM News | February 12, 2021
Microsoft has retrieved an underwater datacenter that it sunk off the coast of Orkney in Scotland two years ago, and is analyzing its performance data.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2020
A robotic system uses eight UV-C ultraviolet-light-emitting bulbs to destroy bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microbes.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2020
Brown University researchers found 25% of 6.5-million Twitter posts about climate change were likely produced by bots, giving the impression of widespread climate...BBC News From ACM TechNews | February 24, 2020
An independent panel criticized a smart-city development planned by Google's Sidewalk Labs unit on Toronto's waterfront, citing innovations as being more about...BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 19, 2019
Google researchers have disclosed six vulnerabilities in Apple's iMessage app that could make devices using it exploitable.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 8, 2019
Australian regulators intend to launch the first office committed to policing algorithms used by technology giants like Facebook and Google, to better understand...BBC News From ACM TechNews | July 29, 2019
Samsung said owners of its newest smart TV models should check for malware "every few weeks" to "prevent malicious software attacks."
BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 25, 2019