Communications of the ACM
Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
By knitting together multiple components and data streams, multimodal AI offers the promise of smarter, more human-like systems… 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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Smartphone-based Satellite Connectivity to Move Beyond Emergency Services
Different approaches emerge in the race to provide direct-to-satellite smartphone services.
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Applying the Metaverse
Business, entertainment, and fashion companies already are staking their claims in this enhanced virtual world.
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Securing the Enterprise When Employees are Remote
Managing the security challenges of hybrid work environments.
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The Road to 6G
Looking past 5G to sixth-generation wireless technology.
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Monetizing Your Personal Data
What is your private data worth, to you and to the companies willing to pay you for it?
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The Road Ahead for Augmented Reality
A heads-up look at augmented reality head-up displays.
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Fixing the Internet
Internet security was once based on trust and needs to be updated.
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Is MFA Needed to Improve Security?
Considering the outlook for multi-factor authentication applications.
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Helping NASA Return to the Moon
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the first woman to serve as launch director for the U.S. space agency.
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Technological Responses to COVID-19
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
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“Can You Hear Me Now That I’m On 5G?”
Additional 5G spectrum is on the way…but which entity will control it?
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Consumers Increasingly Touch on Contactless Payments
The ability to pay touch-free during the Coronavirus pandemic is persuading more consumers and retailers to go contactless.
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Who Has Access to Your Smartphone Data?
ISPs, app developers, and even the government may know more about you than you think.
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Bolstering Bandwidth with Dual-Channel Wi-Fi
Looking at solutions to handle growing Wi-Fi traffic.
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Deceiving the Masses on Social Media
The social media platforms like their freedom, but information gerrymandering may require legislation to fix.
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Across the Language Barrier
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
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Tracking Shoppers
Retailers of all stripes are using technology to follow consumers through their brick-and-mortar stores in order to develop detailed profiles of their shopping...
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Regulating Information Technology
Why isn't IT regulated, when it can have such substantial impacts on people's lives?
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