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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.
QuEra Computing, launched by physicists at Harvard and MIT, is trying a different quantum approach to tackle impossibly hard computational tasks.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | November 29, 2021
A solution to P vs NP could unlock countless computational problems—or keep them forever out of reach.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | October 29, 2021
The move to the cloud makes it harder for companies to keep track of all Internet-connected digital assets.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | September 8, 2021
A decade ago, the artificial-intelligence pioneer transformed the field with a major breakthrough. Now he's working on a new imaginary system named GLOM.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | April 16, 2021
IBM researchers have proposed reducing the number of computer bits from the current industry standard of 16 to just four.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | December 15, 2020
Researchers at McAfee have demonstrated that adversarial machine learning can thwart autonomous driving systems.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2020
IBM upgraded the neural networks of its Project Debater system to improve the quality of evidence the argument-mining system uncovers.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 30, 2020
The computational power needed to train AI models is doubling at a rate seven times faster than before.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2019
At least 16 million Americans in eight states will vote on completely paperless machines in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2019
Luminous Computing has developed an optical microchip that runs AI models much faster than other semiconductors while using less power.
Technology Review From ACM News | June 13, 2019
The U.K. startup Scape provides a visual positioning service that uses global positioning systems and multiple camera images to localize users.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 24, 2019
In one of Aesop's fables, a thirsty crow finds a pitcher with a small amount of water beyond the reach of its beak.
Technology Review From ACM News | April 3, 2019
In the next two weeks, Russia is planning to attempt something no other country has tried before. It's going to test whether it can disconnect from the rest of...Technology Review From ACM News | March 22, 2019
Back in 2016, the physicist Stephen Hawking and the billionaire Yuri Milner unveiled a plan to travel to the stars. The so-called Breakthrough Starshot project...Technology Review From ACM News | March 19, 2019
As an experienced cyber first responder, Julian Gutmanis had been called plenty of times before to help companies deal with the fallout from cyberattacks.
Technology Review From ACM News | March 7, 2019
There was a time when the world's two great superpowers were obsessed with nuclear weapons technology.
Technology Review From ACM News | February 8, 2019