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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The U.S. Supreme Court confronts the digital age again on Wednesday when it hears oral arguments in a case that promises to have major repercussions for law enforcement...NPR From ACM News | November 29, 2017
Internet freedom is on the decline for the seventh consecutive year as governments around the world take to distorting information on social media in order to influence...NPR From ACM News | November 21, 2017
In 2005, shortly after earning a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering, Sam Cape was looking for work online when he came across a cryptic help...NPR From ACM News | October 25, 2017
The presidential election is long past, but online attacks aimed at shaping the U.S. information environment have kept right on coming.
NPR From ACM News | September 29, 2017
Passengers at Boston's Logan International Airport were surfing their phones and drinking coffee, waiting to board a flight to Aruba recently when a JetBlue agent...NPR From ACM News | June 27, 2017
People think of black holes as nightmare vacuum cleaners, sucking in everything in reach, from light to stars to Matthew McConaughey in the movie Interstellar....NPR From ACM News | January 4, 2017
Researchers in Brazil who are trying to help people with spine injuries gain mobility have made a surprising discovery: Injured people doing brain training while...NPR From ACM News | August 12, 2016
In the wake of last week's shootings, Facebook has seen a significant spike in flagged content, with users calling out each other's posts as racist, violent and...NPR From ACM News | July 15, 2016
You watch hundreds of hours of television, they call you a lazy slob. A computer does it, and it's a technological success story.NPR All Tech Considered From ACM News | July 13, 2016
A powerful new technique for changing genes in insects, animals and plants holds great promise, according to a report from an influential panel of scientists released...NPR From ACM News | June 8, 2016
For several decades now, Georgia Tech professor Tom Conte has been studying how to improve computers: "How do we make them faster and more efficient next time around...NPR From ACM Opinion | May 6, 2016
If you've ever run a business, whether it's an ice cream shop or a Fortune 500 company, then you've probably kept a ledger.NPR From ACM News | May 4, 2016
When Defense Secretary Ashton Carter landed in Iraq for a surprise visit this week, he came armed with this news: More than 200 additional U.S. troops are headed...NPR From ACM News | April 21, 2016
As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.NPR From ACM Careers | April 18, 2016
Ken Yeh is the director of technology at Ontario Christian Schools, a private K-12 school near Los Angeles with about 100 children per grade.NPR From ACM News | March 28, 2016