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From ACM NewsDavid Geer Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 23, 2022
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Baidu has licensed its algorithm for messenger RNA sequencing to Sanofi SA, the Chinese tech giant's first commercial deal with a global drugmaker.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2021
IBM said new techniques for building the chip eventually will produce more qubits, when combined with advances in the quantum computer's refrigeration and control...Reuters From ACM News | November 18, 2021
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said Clearview AI violated domestic privacy laws by collecting images from Websites without Australians' consent...Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2021
Hundreds of girls and women in Afghanistan continue to learn, either online or in hidden makeshift classrooms.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2021
Microsoft warns the Russia-based agency Nobelium has targeted hundreds of U.S. companies and organizations, in its latest cyberattack.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2021
An Apple analysis of the threats of side-loading warned of malicious apps migrating to third-party stores and infecting consumer devices.
Reuters From ACM News | October 14, 2021
Google said it intends to test the use of artificial intelligence to optimize traffic-signal timing in Rio de Janeiro.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2021
Chinese technology giants Alibaba, Meituan, and JD.com plan to increase their courier robot fleets fourfold to more than 2,000 by next year.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2021
Italian data protection authority Garante has asked Facebook to provide it with clarifications related to its newly launched smart glasses, to determine their compliance...Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2021
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has interceded in the troubled launch of a bitcoin payments application.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2021
Ukrainian clothing brand FINCH teamed up with Ukrainian technology company FFFACE.ME to develop semi-digital clothing that can be upgraded with augmented reality...Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 10, 2021
A Singapore government agency announced that a three-week trial will use robot patrols of public areas with high foot traffic in central Singapore to curb poor...Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2021
The Cyberspace Administration of China has issued draft rules to more strictly control the development and use of algorithmic models.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 1, 2021
Venture capitalists are investing in leasing robots from Silicon Valley startups to smaller U.S. factories amid a labor shortage.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2021
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has asked for a report on using artificial intelligence to analyze prison inmates' phone calls to help prevent violent crime...Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 11, 2021
Although analysts have warned that millions of blue-collar jobs in the U.S. industrial heartland will soon be displaced by robots, that is not yet the case at small...Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 4, 2021
Officials in the town of Sitges in northeastern Spain are using drones for real-time crowd monitoring along 18 km of beach as COVID-19 cases rise.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | July 19, 2021
Novameat is using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to produce vegetarian "steaks," which it plans to sell directly to consumers and businesses.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2021