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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 Pacific island-nation of Tuvalu intends to replicate itself in the metaverse, to preserve its history and culture amid threatened submersion by rising sea levels...Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2022
Minister for Home Affairs Clare O'Neil said around 100 officers of the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Signals Directorate would participate in the...Reuters From ACM News | November 15, 2022
Quantum computer startup QuEra announced the public accessibility of its 256-quantum bit (qubit) Aquila computer through Amazon.com cloud's Braket quantum computer...Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2022
The difficult path to deploying autonomous vehicles was highlighted by an announcement that Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG would close their self-driving startup...Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2022
Ride-hailing firm Lyft announced it was testing an earnings algorithm so drivers in 18 U.S. cities can view destination and pay details before accepting requests...Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 18, 2022
Siemens Digital Industries Software's new software system automates the design process for testing chips with several layers of silicon tiles.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2022
While startups have promised to develop truly driverless cars, industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may need to be a permanent part of the...Reuters From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2022
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has released a proposed roadmap for developing its civilian drone industry.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2022
Anonymous Internet user "ChinaDan" posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the data for 10 bitcoin, worth about $200,000.
Reuters From ACM News | July 6, 2022
Businesses in Singapore increasingly are resorting to robots to help address labor shortages and perform a range of jobs.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2022
Uber has rolled out pilot food delivery services that use autonomous vehicles in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, CA.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2022
Studies by big institutions such as Google in well-known journals can have an outsized influence on whether similar projects are funded in the industry...Reuters From ACM News | May 3, 2022
Chinese social media application Weibo will publish users' Internet Protocol addresses on their account pages and when they post comments, in order to rein in...Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2022
U.S. officials said the Federal Bureau of Investigation had seized control of thousands of routers and firewall appliances from Russian hackers.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 11, 2022
Authentication services provider Okta reported a hacker breach that may have impacted some of its customers.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2022
The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed suit against Facebook for allegedly violating state law with its facial recognition technology.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | February 22, 2022
Developers like South African computer scientist Raesetje Sefala hope to combat inequality across Africa by harnessing artificial intelligence AI.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | February 18, 2022
Seoul-based news site NK Pro reported that log files and network records showed Websites on North Korean Web domains were largely unreachable.
Reuters From ACM News | January 26, 2022