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Why the Simplex Method, at Age 75, is Still the Go-To Algorithm
Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis… 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.
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Art, AI Collide in Landmark Legal Dispute
Human artists and artificial intelligence companies are disputing generative AI-intellectual property in a landmark legal case.
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Hype around Quantum Computing Recedes over Lack of Practical Uses
China claims to have made a major breakthrough, but Western experts say any commercial benefits are still years away.
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Chinese Researchers Claim to Break Encryption Using Quantum Computers
Scientists in China are claiming they have found a way for current-generation quantum computers to crack the RSA algorithm underlying the most common form of online...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT Raises Alarm Over Student Cheating
Universities need new ways to assess and respond to threats to academic integrity posed by AI tools that students could use to cheat on written assignments.
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Amazon Launches Warehouse Robot That Can Do Human Jobs
Amazon has rolled out a new warehouse robot in order to automate more jobs as the company seeks to reduce logistics costs.
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Volvo to Install Laser Sensors on New Cars
Volvo Cars will soon become the first automaker to install laser-based sensors across its entire fleet.
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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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