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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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
Underlying the debate over Apple's refusal to help the FBI unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook is the idea that cellphones hold the most...NPR From ACM News | March 9, 2016
Clear Channel Outdoor—one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the U.S.—is starting a new program called Radar that will use billboards to map real-world...NPR From ACM News | March 2, 2016
The Justice Department wants Apple to write special software to help it break into the iPhone used by one the San Bernardino terrorists.NPR From ACM News | March 1, 2016
Exactly 15 months after it completed a seemingly impossible journey to land on the surface of a comet, the Philae lander now faces "eternal hibernation," as officials...NPR From ACM News | February 16, 2016
This week, NASA is set to reach a milestone on one of its most ambitious projects. If all goes to plan, workers will finish assembling the huge mirror of the ...NPR From ACM News | January 28, 2016
President Obama used his final State of the Union address Tuesday night to reflect on his legacy. But he also put forth some specific proposals for his remaining...NPR From ACM News | January 13, 2016
It was early 1954 when computer scientists, for the first time, publicly revealed a machine that could translate between human languages. It became known as the...NPR From ACM News | December 28, 2015