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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.
Want to chat with Abraham Lincoln? Facebook owner Meta is an artificial intelligence leader, but rivals with advanced chatbots already are abundant.
CNet From ACM News | August 1, 2023
With Microsoft's HoloLens and a special application developed by MIT researchers, AR can be used to find hidden objects.
CNet From ACM News | March 27, 2023
Microsoft is building AI technology based on the same foundation as ChatGPT into search, Edge, Office, and other products.
CNET From ACM News | February 7, 2023
Christopher Wray voices concerns over a proposed deal to allow the continued operation of the Chinese-owned app in the U.S.
CNET From ACM News | November 17, 2022
Ethereum, the second biggest blockchain in the world, is transitioning to proof of stake. That sentence may not make sense to you, but it's a huge deal.
CNet From ACM News | July 15, 2022
The Los Angeles Fire Department has partnered with digital location startup What3words, which has assigned a unique three-word name to each of 57 billion 10-foot...CNet From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2021
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has requested tougher rules for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and self-driving car development.
CNet From ACM TechNews | March 15, 2021
The Voatz electronic-voting company argued in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that security researchers should only seek flaws in e-voting systems with...CNet From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2020
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued Michigan, Ohio, and Virginia its first three Automated Driving Systems Demonstration Grants to research and develop...CNet From ACM TechNews | September 23, 2019
The first Avengers flick hit its dramatic peak when an alien army descended upon New York via a wormhole in the sky.
CNET From ACM News | April 16, 2019
Encryption should have limits. That's the message FBI Director Christopher Wray had for cybersecurity experts Tuesday.
CNET From ACM Opinion | March 6, 2019
Huawei boss Ren Zhengfei is downplaying the idea that there's danger in his company's taking a lead role as 5G networks become a widespread reality.
CNET From ACM News | February 21, 2019
International Computer Science Institute researchers estimated that about 17,000 Android apps collect identifying information.
CNet From ACM TechNews | February 20, 2019
Charles Darwin had no idea what a gene was. If we dropped the father of evolution into 2019, the idea that humans can willfully alter the genes of an entire species...CNET From ACM News | February 6, 2019