Advances in software applications that process human language lie at the heart of the debate over whether computer technologies will enhance or even substitute...The New York Times From ACM News | April 9, 2020
More than 2 million Britons and 150,000 Israelis have completed health surveys to trace COVID-19 outbreaks and send resources where they can do the most good.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2020
Many countries scrambling to contain the coronavirus pandemic are deploying digital surveillance to control their populations.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2020
Data suggests that mass business closures and social-distancing edicts imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic are helping reduce the numbers of fevers recorded...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2020
Analysts in Northeastern University's Network Science Institute are predictively modeling the coronavirus pandemic by incorporating social networks.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2020
Major technology companies have spent billions in the past three years to prevent election meddling, but new challenges are adding to their struggle in the run-up...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2020
A new consortium of top scientists will be able to use some of the world's most advanced supercomputers to look for solutions.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 30, 2020
"Private" hotels, online tour-company teasers for future travelers, and other ways that travel companies are keeping their businesses alive.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 30, 2020
Technology from Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM, and Microsoft misidentified 35% of words from people who were black. White people fared much better.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 24, 2020
A popular screen saver takes a break while its inventors try to digest data that may yet be hiding news of extraterrestrials.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 24, 2020
Amazon is hiring aggressively to meet customer demand. Traffic has soared on Facebook and YouTube. And cloud computing has become essential to home workers.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 24, 2020
Hillel Furstenberg of Israel's Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yale University's Gregory Margulis share this year's Abel Prize in mathematics for trailblazing...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 20, 2020
Hillel Furstenberg, 84, and Gregory Margulis, 74, both retired professors, share the mathematics equivalent of a Nobel Prize.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 19, 2020
With the help of intelligent machines, humans can be nudged to make choices that make workplaces fairer for everyone.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 18, 2020
While YouTube has reduced how often its algorithm recommends conspiracy theory-related videos, its progress in dealing with conspiracy theories has been uneven....The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 4, 2020
To manage the coronavirus epidemic, China is requiring citizens to use software on their smartphones.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 2, 2020
The digital services churned out by the world's computer centers are multiplying, but their energy use is not, thanks to cloud computing, a new study says.
The New York Times From ACM News | February 28, 2020
As automation comes to retail industries, companies are giving machines more humanlike features in order to make them liked, not feared.
The New York Times From ACM News | February 27, 2020
A study by the nonprofit research group Center for an Urban Future offers hope for New York City employees who lack the training to qualify for upcoming technology...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 25, 2020