Communications of the ACM
Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
The sector, once popular, is searching for applications and users.
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House-Flipping Algorithms are Coming to Your Neighborhood
Despite millions of dollars in losses, iBuying's failure doesn't signal the end of tech-led disruption, just a fumbled beginning.
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The 50-Year-Old Problem That Eludes Theoretical Computer Science
A solution to P vs NP could unlock countless computational problems—or keep them forever out of reach.
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Some Artists Found a Lifeline Selling NFTs. Others Worry It's a Trap
Artists are jumping into a market that will pay thousands for their work. But they're running into scams, environmental concerns, and crypto hype.
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U.S. Government Agencies to Increase Use of Facial Recognition Technology
A new survey shows the controversial systems are poised to play an even bigger role in federal business.
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Using ML to Build Maps That Give Smarter Driving Advice
Scientists used machine learning to develop an automatic mapping service that can enhance traffic management with greater intelligence.
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A Virtual Version of da Vinci's Mystery Glass Orb Has Helped Explain Its Weirdness
Researchers used computer graphics software to reproduce Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi in order to study how light refracts through glass orbs.
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Why The Rise of the App Has Put Thousands of People in the Hospital
People are being distracted by apps on their phones, and getting injured as a result.
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Increasingly, Robots of All Sizes Are Human Workmates
Most industrial robots are far less friendly than the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, which is safe enough to be a surprisingly popular means of feline transportation...
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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2014
Technology news is full of incremental developments, but few of them are true milestones.
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Jupiter's Radio Emissions Could Reveal the Oceans on Its Icy Moons, Say Planetary Geologists
Among the most exciting destinations in the Solar System are Jupiter's icy moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
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