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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.
The Roborace motorsport competition is a testbed for autonomous vehicle technology, as international teams pit driverless electric racing cars against each other...BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 5, 2019
The Swedish Data Protection Authority fined the municipality of Skelleftea for using facial recognition to track students in violation of the European Union's General...BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2019
The U.K. National Health Service is launching a national AI laboratory to enhance the care of patients and facilitate research.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 12, 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
Bounties Network collected tons of garbage from Manila Bay as part of a pilot project that pays a small network of people in digital currency for such trash.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 20, 2019
A U.K. study found stereotyping of computing as "a male-oriented domain consisting of anti-social 'nerds, geeks, or hackers,'" discourages female students from...BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2019
Initiatives are underway to train African computer scientists in artificial intelligence, with major technology companies investing in the cultivation of new AI...BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 6, 2019
U.K. researchers used a drone-mapping system they developed to survey Chernobyl's "Red Forest," one of the most radioactive locations on Earth.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2019
Ethical hackers conducted simulated cyberattacks on U.K. university defenses, and were able to successfully access "high-value" information within two hours.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | April 8, 2019
At the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life workshop, Pope Francis presented a letter warning of developing technologies without first considering societal costs...BBC News From ACM News | March 25, 2019
The U.K. government will fund a program in which "carefully vetted" prisoners will be taught software coding.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | March 20, 2019
A scientific coalition is urging a ban on the development of weapons governed by artificial intelligence.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | February 20, 2019
The founder of Huawei has said there is "no way the US can crush" the company, in an exclusive interview with the BBC.
BBC News From ACM Opinion | February 19, 2019
The final version of a controversial new EU copyright law has been agreed after three days of talks in France.
BBC News From ACM News | February 14, 2019
Amazon is pilot-testing a wheeled electric robot that travels on pavements to deliver packages to customers in Snohomish County, WA.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | February 4, 2019
Researchers have constructed a three-dimensional virtual reality model of tumor samples, with each individual cell mapped.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | January 2, 2019