Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
An imposingly realistic vision of the old 1 World Trade Center, the ultimately doomed north tower, will begin appearing next month in a most unlikely place: the...The New York Times From ACM News | April 21, 2015
The bookshelves in Natasha Dow Schüll’s office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are punctuated here and there with kitchen timers: a windup orange plastic...The New York Times From ACM News | April 21, 2015
The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators on Wednesday will inevitably draw comparisons to the long-running prosecution of Microsoft,...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2015
Armies of the finest minds in computer science have dedicated themselves to improving the odds of making a sale.The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 10, 2015
Before Betsy Chao, a senior here at Rutgers University, could take midterm exams in her online courses this semester, her instructors sent emails directing students...The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 9, 2015
When technology executives imagine the boogeyman, they see a baby-face guy in wire-rim glasses. His name is Jay Edelson.The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 9, 2015
Mounting evidence that the co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a French mountain has prompted a global debate about how to better screen crewmembers for mental...The New York Times From ACM News | April 7, 2015
Shariq Hashme squints at his laptop screen as he scrolls through hundreds of lines of computer code.The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 6, 2015
Makers of computer, automotive, and other high-tech hardware components increasingly are adopting an open source model.The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2015
For the past year or so genetic scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have been collaborating with a specialist from another universe...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 27, 2015
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft caught up with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last August, then dropped a lander onto the comet in November. Now...The New York Times From ACM News | March 20, 2015
The director of the U.S. National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command advocated development of cyberweapons as a means of deterring cyberattacks.The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 20, 2015
Susan Mueller, a flutist and the chairwoman of the Nevada-Las Vegas music department, examined the referee's whistle in her hand.The New York Times From ACM News | March 19, 2015
A powerful new surveillance tool being adopted by police departments across the country comes with an unusual requirement: To buy it, law enforcement officials...The New York Times From ACM News | March 17, 2015
Let me hazard a guess that you think a real person has written what you're reading. Maybe you're right. Maybe not.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 10, 2015
Few technologies have generated more attention than virtual reality, which promises to immerse people in 3-D games and video.The New York Times From ACM News | March 6, 2015
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at Google reported on Wednesdayin the journal Nature that they had made a significant advance that...The New York Times From ACM News | March 4, 2015