Communications of the ACM
Organizing Unstructured Data
Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial… From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM News
Where in the World Is My Data and How Secure Is It?
When Max Schrems, an Austrian privacy activist, requested to see his personal data that Facebook stored on its servers, he was mailed a CD-ROM containing a 1,222...
From ACM News
Def Con: Do Smart Devices Mean Dumb Security?
More and more people are finding that the devices forming this network of smart stuff can make their lives easier.
From ACM News
Can Machines Keep S Safe from Cyber-Attack?
Best known for its part in bringing the internet into being, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency has more recently brought engineers together to tackle...
From ACM News
Australia Plans New Co-Ordinates to Fix Sat-Nav Gap
Australia is to shift its longitude and latitude to address a gap between local co-ordinates and those from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
From ACM News
The Secret History of X-Ray Specs
"I have seen my death!" Anna Bertha Röntgen is said to have exclaimed upon seeing the first X-ray photograph ever made–an image of the bones in her hand. It was...
From ACM News
The Toughest Spaceship We've Ever Built
It's been a long time since anyone tried landing on Venus,
From ACM News
The Things People Googled After Britain Voted to Leave the Eu
Google has said there was a dramatic spike in searches for Irish passport applications as news of the UK''s decision to leave the EU broke.
From ACM Opinion
How Will Virtual Reality Change Our Lives?
And it's not just gamers who are benefiting from the immersive possibilities it offers.
From ACM News
A Few Controversial Numbers May Be Illegal to Share
Jon Johansen's program worked. The Norwegian teenager watched as it downloaded 200 megabytes of a recently released movie, The Matrix, from a DVD onto his computer...
From ACM News
How a Woman Trapped in Her Body 'spoke' Once Again
Around six years have now passed since Waltraut Faehnrich last opened and closed her eyes without assistance.
From ACM News
The Detectives Watching You from Space
Fans of crime writer Raymond Chandler's wise-cracking prose would no doubt be pleased that there's a real-life private detective agency run by two men called Raymond...
From ACM News
Can Technology Help S Improve pon Reality?
Imagine walking on Mars and being able to examine rock formations from all angles, or collaborating on the same 3D hologram design with someone thousands of miles...
From ACM News
What Would Happen If Aliens Contacted Earth?
Nearly 40 years ago, radio astronomer Jerry Ehman was scanning a part of the sky hoping to detect a signal from an alien civilisation.
From ACM News
Ted 2016: Hololens nveils 'teleportation' to Mars
HoloLens creator Alex Kipman has shown off Microsoft's augmented reality technology at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference.
From ACM News
How the British and Americans Started Listening In
It was late on 8 February 1941 when four Americans arrived at Bletchley Park.
From ACM News
The Tech Giving People Power to Deal with Disability
In Europe and America, this is one in five people. And since they are less likely to be in work, their poverty rate is about twice as high.
From ACM News
Facewatch 'thief Recognition' Cctv on Trial in k Stores
Until now, Facewatch has provided local groups of businesses with a way to share their CCTV images of shoplifters and other potential offenders.
From ACM News
How Thermal Imaging Tech Is About to Become Hot Stuff
Although it's already been used by industry, the military and some emergency services, it was expensive and therefore had a limited market.
From ACM TechNews
Tiny Chip That Powers Itself From Radio Waves
Eindhoven University of Technology researchers have developed a tiny sensor powered by the radio waves it uses to communicate information.
From ACM News