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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Is MFA Needed to Improve Security?
Considering the outlook for multi-factor authentication applications.
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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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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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Reducing and Eliminating E-Waste
We need to mitigate the environmental impact of disposing of electronics at their end of useful life.
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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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Protecting Industrial Control Systems
Finding, and plugging, the security holes in SCADA.
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Ethics in Technology Jobs
Employees are increasingly challenging technology companies on their ethical choices.
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Electronics Need Rare Earths
Demand is expected to spike over the next few years, leading to higher prices and international trade issues.
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Technology for the Deaf
Why aren't better assistive technologies available for those communicating using ASL?
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Borders in the Cloud
New data protection laws raise questions about whether certain jurisdictions are trying to thwart the ability of foreign governments to obtain data on their citizens...
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Bringing the Internet to the (Developing) World
A growing number of low-cost (and free!) solutions aim to open the Internet to developing regions.
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3D Sensors Provide Security, Better Games
A variety of techniques allow sensors to locate and recognize objects in space.
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The Construction Industry in the 21st Century
Three-dimensional printing and other new technologies are revitalizing the business of building buildings.
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Parallel Computational Thinking
Applications must be programmed to process instructions in parallel to take full advantage of the new multicore processors.
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3D-Printing Human Body Parts
Bioprinting has generated bones, cartilage, and some muscles; hearts and livers are still years away.
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Bionics in Competition
Developers of innovative assistive devices compete as a means of networking with each other.
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Financing the Dark Web
Cryptocurrencies are enabling illegal or immoral transactions in the dark corners of the Internet.12