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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.
Several U.K. institutions are collaborating on the ultra-parallel visible light communications project. The researchers have used a micro-LED light bulb to transmit...BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2013
The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence will recruit reservists as computer experts to work alongside regular forces in its new Joint Cyber Reserve Unit. BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 30, 2013
A chatbot called Mitsuku was judged most convincingly human artificial intelligence program of the contestants in the Loebner contest. BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 18, 2013
The modern map is no longer an unwieldy printed publication we wrestle with on some blustery peak, but digital, data-rich, and dynamic.BBC News From ACM News | September 13, 2013
Bluetooth has been with us for around 15 years. Named after Denmark's King Harald "Bluetooth" Blatand, who reigned in the first century AD, it is a technology that...BBC News From ACM News | September 9, 2013
Mick Walters opens a door in his lab and points his computer's camera towards the small, blurry, tan-coloured object he has just revealed. "This is Kaspar Two,"...BBC News From ACM News | September 4, 2013
Games have long been accused of making players violent, but evidence has been building over the years that they can have positive effects.BBC News From ACM News | August 27, 2013
The U.K. government has warned the Guardian newspaper that foreign agents could use laser technology to eavesdrop on them, in the wake of recent surveillance leaks...BBC News From ACM News | August 23, 2013
Once upon a time seeing your life flash before your eyes was something people did their best to avoid. The arrival of Google Glass seems to have changed that.BBC News From ACM Opinion | August 12, 2013
Earlier this summer in a packed and freezing-cold auditorium in Doha, the all-female team of students from Qatar University burst into cheers and tears as theyINJAZ...BBC News From ACM News | August 7, 2013
Legitimate users of the Tor anonymous browsing service are being advised to stop using Windows if they want to keep their identity hidden.BBC News From ACM News | August 6, 2013
We currently use atomic clocks to count the seconds, but tests on an alternative atomic timekeeper have revealed that it is more precise.BBC News From ACM News | July 19, 2013
Negobot, a "virtual Lolita" robot, poses as a 14-year-old girl and tries to identify pedophiles in online chatrooms. BBC News From ACM TechNews | July 17, 2013
A new app called CrowdShake provides early earthquake warnings by converting a smartphone's accelerometer into a seismometer. BBC News From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2013
Imagine a camera that allows you to see through a crowd to get a clear view of someone who would otherwise be obscured, a smartphone that matches big-budget lenses...BBC News From ACM News | July 12, 2013