Communications of the ACM
Cyberlaw: Where We Are and What's On the Horizon
Legislating for cyberspace means establishing new legal frameworks and rethinking existing ones. The global picture is mixed.
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Norman Abramson, Pioneer Behind Wireless Networks, Dies at 88
His ALOHAnet, designed a half-century ago in Hawaii, was a precursor to the technology used in today's smartphones and home WiFi networks.
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Smarter Traffic Lights, Calmer Commuters
Advances in technology may come to a corner near you, easing traffic and possibly helping the environment.
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Coronavirus Apps Show Promise but Prove a Tough Sell
Despite pilot studies demonstrating that smartphone applications can slow Covid-19 transmission, buy-in from people and states is lacking.
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Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves
In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.
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Cyberattacks Discovered on Vaccine Distribution Operations
IBM has found that companies and governments have been targeted by unknown attackers, prompting a warning from the Homeland Security Department.
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Do You Have a Conflict of Interest? This Robotic Assistant May Find It First
A Swiss publisher of open-access journals has rolled out a robotic review assistant to check for potential conflicts of interest.
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London AI Lab Claims Breakthrough That Could Accelerate Drug Discovery
Researchers at DeepMind say they have solved "the protein folding problem," a task that has bedeviled scientists for more than 50 years.
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Job Interviews Without Interviewers, Products of the Pandemic
Video responses to set questions, online games that measure a person's traits and skills: The future of interviews is coming to a wider variety of professions in...
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Need a Hypothesis? This A.I. Has One
Slowly, machine-learning systems are beginning to generate ideas, not just test them.
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An Angel on the Shoulder of Your Teenage Driver
Many automakers now offer driving monitors as optional or standard components that warn parents if their teenagers are not driving well.
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Don't Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital Economy
A task force assembled by MIT examined how technology has changed, and will change, the work force.
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Surviving Weed-Out Classes in Science May Be a State of Mind
Social ties to classmates and how students feel could be more important than innate ability when it comes to enduring early STEM courses.
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Training Facial Recognition on Some New Furry Friends: Bears
Silicon Valley software developers have trained facial recognition technology to monitor individual bears, as part of a project called BearID.
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Apple Introduces New Macs With the First Apple Chips
Apple unveiled three new Mac computers that use processors the company created itself, ending its reliance on Intel.
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Officials Warn of Cyberattacks on Hospitals as Virus Cases Spike
Government officials warned that hackers were seeking to hold American hospitals' data hostage in exchange for ransom payments.
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Does Palantir See Too Much?
The tech giant helps governments and law enforcement decipher vast amounts of data — to mysterious and, some say, dangerous ends.
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Finally, the First Room-Temperature Superconductor
It conveys electricity in the climate of a crisp fall day, but only under pressures comparable to what you'd find closer to Earth's core.
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Russians Who Pose Election Threat Have Hacked Nuclear Plants and Power Grid
The hacking group, Energetic Bear, is among Russia's stealthiest. It appears to be casting a wide net to find useful targets ahead of the election, experts said...
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Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground
Both Republicans and Democrats are pursuing laws to make it easier for people to fix cellphones, cars, even hospital ventilators. In Europe, the movement is further...
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