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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.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday designated six projects across the U.S. for research into drones, the unmanned aircraft that have the potential to...CNET From ACM News | December 30, 2013
Over the years, some science fiction has popularized the notion that our world might not be what it seems—that we might all be living in the Matrix (to use perhaps...CNET From ACM News | December 17, 2013
Two Google security researchers report that a pair of authentication standards designed to help combat spam and phishing attacks are being widely adopted. CNet From ACM TechNews | December 11, 2013
The competition for prominence in academic publishing heated up this week as a traditional company, Elsevier, tangled with a Digital Era rival, Academia.edu.CNET From ACM News | December 9, 2013
Intel's perceptual computing technology incorporates gestures, facial recognition, and voice recognition to make devices more "natural, intuitive, and immersive...CNet From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2013
Cracking one of the most complicated cipher devices ever created—the Enigma machine—may not have been what Britain's Mavis Batey envisioned when she studied the...CNET From ACM News | November 15, 2013
IBM is seeking insights about biological and artificial computing by building next-generation systems that meld concepts from both worlds. CNet From ACM TechNews | October 18, 2013
Is Apple's A7 chip twice as fast at processing and graphics, as Apple promised when announcing the new iPhone 5S?CNET From ACM Opinion | October 10, 2013
As we neared the threshold of the gates in front of the walkway to the home of the New York Mets, a message popped up on developer Chad Evans' space-gray iPhone...CNET From ACM News | September 30, 2013
In a double dose of irony, the National Security Agency's prying has given a big helping hand to Phil Zimmermann's business, Silent Circle.CNET From ACM Opinion | September 30, 2013
Apple is today releasing the much-anticipated iOS 7, and with it, the biggest overhaul of its mobile operating system since it debuted in 2007 with the original...CNET From ACM Opinion | September 18, 2013
Apple injected a lot of marketing hyperbole into its claims about the wonders of 64-bit computing when it showed off the A7 processor at the heart of the new ...CNET From ACM Opinion | September 12, 2013
Just hours after President Obama defended the National Security Agency's activities, the foreign surveillance agency released a document in which it claims to review...CNET From ACM News | August 12, 2013
Silent Circle shuttered its encrypted email service on Thursday, the second such closure in just a few hours in an apparent attempt to avoid government scrutiny...CNET From ACM News | August 9, 2013