Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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DeepMind Research Cracks Structure of Almost Every Known Protein
Scientists at DeepMind used its AlphaFold algorithm to predict the 3D shape of almost every known protein.
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Internet Explorer Shutdown to Cause Japan Problems 'For Months'
Microsoft's termination of the Internet Explorer browser has sparked panic among businesses and government agencies in Japan that delayed updating their websites...
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Lego to Expand Online Ambitions by Tripling Total of Software Engineers
The world's largest toymaker has long feared the digital world could erode the appeal of its bricks.
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Robots Give Surgeons a Helping Hand
About 6,700 Da Vinci robots in place at hospitals across the globe have performed more than 10 million surgical procedures.
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Quantum Advantage Next Goal in Race for New Computer Age
Experts envision quantum advantage as the next step in the race toward practical quantum computing applications.
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A License to Print Houses
Three-dimensionally-printed homes are starting to catch on.
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AWS Outage Ripples Through U.S.
An outage of Amazon Web Services Tuesday angered millions of U.S. users
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Supermarkets Grapple with Checkout-Free Stores
J Sainsbury recently opened a checkout-free shop in London's Holborn district, where Amazon and Tesco also operate checkout-free stores.
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Big Tech Talent War Threatens Kenya's Startups
Technology giants like Microsoft that have set up operations in Kenya are poaching talent from local startups.
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Ballet's Brave New World in VR
The Boston Ballet has commissioned three choreographers to develop original ballets designed for viewing entirely in virtual reality.
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Goldman Sachs Predicts Quantum Computing is 5 Years Away from Use in Markets
US bank and QC Ware looked into use of the technology to price complex derivatives.
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U.K. Regulator Gives Green Light to Delivery Drone Trials
The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority authorized a trial in which drone company Sees.ai will operate drone flights beyond the pilot's line of sight at remote industrial...
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The Future of Wearables: 'Women Have Used Earrings for 7,000 Years. We've Just Upgraded the Experience'
German startup Nova Audio has created pearl earrings that double as earphones, with a tiny speaker, two microphones, an antenna, a Bluetooth chip, and a battery...
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame Rescue Is Buttressed by Digital Wizardry
Art historians, architects, computer scientists, and digital designers are leveraging virtual reality, 3D modeling, and cloud computing technologies to create a...
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Human Rights Come Under Pressure From Digital Controls
Some are concerned about the increased use of digital strategies by authoritarian regimes worldwide to undermine human rights and facilitate mass surveillance. ...
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Estonia Leads World in Making Digital Voting Reality
Estonia's i-Voting online voting system was used to cast more than 40% of ballots in its March 2019 parliamentary elections.
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Women Primed to Fill Cybersecurity Talent Gap
Cybersecurity analysts are in great demand thanks to the surge in remote work due to the pandemic; hiring more women can help narrow the talent gap.
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Silicon Valley's Next Goal Is 3D Maps of the World--Made by Us
Ordinary online users are being conscripted by Silicon Valley technology companies to produce three-dimensional digital maps of the world.
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NHS Signs Up for Tim Berners-Lee Pilot to Reinvent Web
The U.K.'s National Health Service is among more than a dozen partners that have signed up for a pilot program of Tim Berners-Lee's new company to promote a new...
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