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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.
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
A small group of high-ranking Pentagon officials made a quiet visit to Silicon Valley in December to solicit national security ideas from start-up firms with little...The New York Times From ACM Careers | March 2, 2015
There were no known eyewitnesses to the murder of a young woman and her 3-year-old daughter four years ago. No security cameras caught a figure coming or going.The New York Times From ACM News | February 24, 2015
A newly disclosed National Security Agency document illustrates the striking acceleration of the use of cyberweapons by the United States and Iran against eachnuclear...The New York Times From ACM News | February 24, 2015
Google's research arm, Google X, is called the company's Moonshot Factory. One reason the company picked the word "Moonshot" was to remind people to tackle big...The New York Times From ACM Careers | February 17, 2015
The Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to...The New York Times From ACM News | January 30, 2015
Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure...The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 29, 2015
Long-standing concerns about the "supercookies" Verizon Wireless uses to tag its users for advertising purposes have resurfaced. The New York Times From ACM TechNews | January 26, 2015
Photographs and data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft have provided an unprecedented close-up examination of a comet, but there is one thing...The New York Times From ACM News | January 23, 2015
You wouldn't think hellbenders would be hard to find: The gargantuan salamanders, the biggest amphibians in North America, can grow up to 30 inches long.The New York Times From ACM News | January 22, 2015