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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.
Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University applied a variety of machine-vision algorithms to study faces of criminals and noncriminals. Their neural network...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2016
New York City wants to make Wi-Fi available to anyone who walks its streets. But Gotham is finding out the hard way that free and open Internet access is ripe for...Technology Review From ACM News | September 15, 2016
When Apple CEO Tim Cook refused to help the FBI get into a mass murderer's iPhone last winter, he was hailed for his boldness in fighting the government on ...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 12, 2016
Not everything belongs on the Internet, and the American electoral process is a textbook example. But 31 states don't see it that way.Technology Review From ACM News | August 22, 2016
In February 2015, Microsoft identified a critical vulnerability in its Windows operating system that potentially allowed a malicious attacker to remotely control...Technology Review From ACM News | August 8, 2016
Two recent accidents involving Tesla's Autopilot system may raise questions about how computer systems based on learning should be validated and investigated when...Technology Review From ACM News | July 11, 2016
The U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a report finding the Federal Bureau of Investigation has not properly tested the accuracy of its face-matching...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | July 8, 2016
The FBI has access to nearly 412 million photos in its facial recognition system—perhaps including the one on your driver's license.Technology Review From ACM News | June 28, 2016
A federal safety board next week will consider the first human use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR, according to the National Institutes of Health.Technology Review From ACM News | June 21, 2016
Researchers at Princeton University say they have conducted the largest study yet on the technology that tracks people's movements around the Web. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 20, 2016
Researchers have hypothesized a method to measure an individual's stress levels and determine whether they are being coerced into revealing a password. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 17, 2016
U.S. politicians have long threatened America's enemies with tanks, planes, submarines, and nuclear missiles. Last week defense secretary Ashton Carter leveled...Technology Review From ACM News | March 7, 2016
Rather than painstakingly typing in passwords on your smartphone, you may eventually just swipe a shape or other pattern on its display to authenticate yourself...Technology Review From ACM News | March 4, 2016
On Friday, January 8, several high-level officials from the Obama administration—including the attorney general, the White House chief of staff, and the directors...Technology Review From ACM Careers | February 24, 2016
Every day computers make many millions of electronic trades by performing delicate calculations aimed at eking out a tiny edge in terms of speed or efficiency.Technology Review From ACM News | February 4, 2016
Driving around Beijing often feels unnervingly like a contact sport, with vehicles recklessly plunging through thick traffic, sneaking along the shoulder, or cutting...Technology Review From ACM News | December 10, 2015