Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
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Tractor beams have made the jump from science fiction to reality in recent years, but only for levitating very small objects.
CNET From ACM News | January 22, 2018
Richard Vevers, a British underwater photographer, was horrified when he returned in 2015 to a colourful reef in American Samoa he had shot a year earlier. It had...CNET From ACM News | October 19, 2017
It was night when three British sailors and a 16-year-old canteen assistant boarded a sinking U-boat off the coast of Egypt.
CNET From ACM News | June 6, 2017
It's been a year since Apple fought the FBI over data privacy, and we've barely heard a peep from either side on the issue.
CNET From ACM News | February 15, 2017
Most Star Trek stories from the vaunted franchise turning 50 this week take place in a distant future we're not likely to see.CNET From ACM News | September 8, 2016
Internauts, today we celebrate this glorious technology that brings us all together! On August 23, 1991--25 years ago today--the public gained access for the first...CNET From ACM News | August 23, 2016
Cory Anstey always wanted to be a farmer. It was the joy of riding in the tractor, "the smell of the dirt in the spring" that drew him to the fields.CNET From ACM News | July 6, 2016
I'm sitting in an office at the University of California, Berkeley with an electrode strapped to my head. A black headband holds a connector to my forehead and...CNET From ACM News | July 5, 2016
In a special video production, CNET takes you inside the hallowed halls of Bletchley Park, the stately home in Buckinghamshire, England where the Enigma code was...CNET From ACM News | June 24, 2016
Google's artificial intelligence software, smart enough to help vanquish the world's top Go player and answer your email, is coming to your iPhone.CNET From ACM News | June 9, 2016
Ever wanted to pound your PC as it crawls through a restart or fumed that your phone takes much too long to launch an e-book app?
CNET From ACM News | May 25, 2016
About 35 high-school students sit at neatly arranged rows of tables in the university's gym. Another 115 college-level contestants surround the high schoolers.CNET From ACM Careers | May 16, 2016
Belgian design organization Imec is expanding into new territory with its latest computer chip technology research projects. CNet From ACM TechNews | April 8, 2016