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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Drone With Bubble Machine Can Pollinate Flowers Like a Bee
Researchers have developed a method of pollinating flowers using an aerial drone that emits pollen-infused soap bubbles.
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Untold History of AI: Algorithmic Bias Was Born in the 1980s
A medical school thought a computer program would make the admissions process fairer—but it did just the opposite.
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Coding for Covid-19: Contest Calls on Developers to Help Fight the Pandemic
One track in this year's IBM Call for Code challenge focused on the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Sneakier, More Sophisticated Malware On the Loose
After analyzing more than 1 million samples of Android malware, researchershave found that malware coding is being hidden more cleverly.
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Preventing AI From Divulging Its Own Secrets
Researchers have demonstrated the first countermeasure for shielding artificial intelligence from differential power analysis attacks.
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Tech Jobs in the Time of COVID
The first-quarter report of job search firm Dice reveals that overall hiring demand for tech professionals increased in many U.S. regions as the coronavirus emerged...
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UC Berkeley's AI-Powered Robot Teaches Itself to Drive Off-Road
A new robot learning system can learn about the environment through its own experiences in the real world.
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Mirror Arrays Make Augmented Reality More Realistic
A compact augmented reality system uses an array of miniature mirrors to create virtual images that appear more "solid" in front of real-world objects.
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Big Data Helps Taiwan Fight Coronavirus
Taiwan has largely controlled the propagation of the coronavirus, which an international team of researchers credit mainly to the emergency deployment of big data...
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China to Launch National Blockchain Network in 100 Cities
An alliance of Chinese government groups, banks, and technology firms plans to launch one of the first blockchain networks constructed and maintained by a central...
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U.S. Women in Tech Still Paid Less Than Men
A study of salary survey data by job search site Dice indicated that U.S. women in technology fields still earn less than men overall.
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Iran Unveils Its Most Advanced Humanoid Robot Yet
A team of researchers at the University of Tehran in Iran has developed a fourth version of the Surena humanoid robotic system.
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Countries Debate Openness of Future National IDs
More than half of African countries are developing some form of biometric or digital national identification (ID).
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Are Your Students Bored? This AI Could Tell You
Researchers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) system that analyzes students' emotions to measure their engagement level in a class.
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Japanese Researchers Teaching Robots to Repair Themselves
Researchers have demonstrated how to teach a PR2 robot to perform simple repairs on itself by tightening its own screws.
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Hand-Tracking Tech Watches Riders in Self-Driving Cars to See If They're Ready to Take the Wheel
Researchers have developed a hand-tracking system to determine how long it would take a driver to assume control of a self-driving car in an emergency.
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Screening Technique Finds 142 Malicious Apps in Apple's App Store
Researchers have developed a method of detecting malicious apps that sneak through Apple's App Store screening process and onto some users’ phones.
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The Bioacoustic Signatures of Our Bodies Can Reveal Our Identities
Researchers in South Korea have developed a biometric system that uses a transducer to generate vibrations and sound waves that can be used to identify individuals...
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Drones: Getting There Before an Ambulance
Researchers at Maimonides Medical Center found that medical drones carrying emergency supplies can reach 911 callers in New York City significantly faster than...
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