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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.
Artificial intelligence has achieved record high scores on videogames played on classic Atari consoles, by recalling previous successes.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 4, 2021
A prototype artificial intelligence developed by Colorado State University researchers could train dogs while their owners are out.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2021
Amazon researcher Aleksander Kubica won the world's first quantum chess tournament during the virtual Practical Quantum Computing (Q2B) conference.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2020
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed microscopic robots that move by themselves, using an actuator fashioned from a thin layer of platinum.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2020
Researchers at Princeton University have found that two-factor authentication is easily hackable and could put millions of people at risk.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 24, 2020
A glitch connected to the Y2K bug addressed two decades ago is crashing payment systems and computers, due to a poor fix.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2020
Most people would prefer to lose their job to a robot than to another person, but at the same time would rather see a co-worker replaced by a human than a robot...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2019
Researchers in the .K. found that drones and siren sounds were most effective in getting endangered southern white rhinos to leave poaching hotspots in national...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 19, 2019
Groups of hackers are stealing millions of dollars through cryptojacking, which works by illicitly harnessing the computing power of thousands to mine cryptocurrency...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 17, 2019
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is conducting a month-long military exercise using a variety of new technologies.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2018
Research from Johns Hopkins University suggests new ways to prevent artificial intelligence from being visually deceived.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2018
Researchers found insights into ant cooperation could be incorporated into the development of large swarms of robots.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2018
A mean robot could motivate human employees to improve their cognitive performance, compared to supervision by a friendly robot or no robot supervision, researchers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2018
IBM researchers have developed a system that translates offensive comments on social media into more polite language, while keeping the content intact.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2018
A team of researchers has found that a team of robot football (soccer) players trained to mimic how infant humans walk can beat other robots trained on geometric...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2018
A new algorithm monitors a person's unconscious eye movements as they read, to assess their proficiency in a foreign language.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2018
A new smart harness uses artificial intelligence to help people regain their mobility following certain neurological injuries.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2017