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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.
The advice from research on coffee, and nutrition more generally, always seems to be changing. Processing vast amounts of data could help us pin it down.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 29, 2021
Sky Bet, the most popular gambling app in Britain, compiled extensive records about a user, tracking him in ways he never imagined.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 24, 2021
The effects of a breach of a car, or fleet, could be devastating. Auto manufacturers and suppliers have aggressive plans, and a lot of firewalls.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 19, 2021
Many restaurants expect digital ordering and drive-throughs to remain key business channels, and some are testing artificial intelligence to predict and suggest...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2021
Amazon Live is a prominent example of how interactive video shopping, popularized by TV networks like QVC, has moved online.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 16, 2021
Moscow accused the social network of failing to remove content it deemed illegal. Soon after, a raft of government websites suffered a short outage.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 11, 2021
A tool that allows old photographs to be animated, and viral videos of a Tom Cruise impersonation, shined new light on digital impersonations.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 11, 2021
Many of us already live with artificial intelligence now, but researchers say interactions with the technology will become increasingly personalized.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 9, 2021
China is forging ahead with a national digital currency called the electronic Chinese yuan (eCNY).
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 4, 2021
The New York Police Department has been testing Digidog for deployment in dangerous situations, but some fear it could become an aggressive surveillance tool.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 1, 2021
Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 1, 2021
Trump administration officials last year formulated a Covid-19 vaccine distribution plan that has an algorithm allocate shots nationwide.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 8, 2021
The Exposing.AI online tool lets people search image collections for photos of themselves, to learn if such images were used to train facial recognition systems...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 5, 2021
Canadian authorities declared that the company needed citizens' consent to use their biometric information, and told the firm to delete facial images from its database...The New York Times From ACM News | February 4, 2021
GM's decision to phase out gasoline vehicles is the latest in a major shift that will mean drastic new demands on electric utilities. Here are four things that...The New York Times From ACM News | February 1, 2021
Requiring that app makers list the data they collect reveals a lot about what some apps do with our information (ahem, WhatsApp) but creates confusion about others...The New York Times From ACM News | January 28, 2021
Begun nearly a decade ago, Loon was one of the company's high-profile, cutting-edge efforts. But it was difficult to turn into a business.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 22, 2021
In the U.S., there is no federal system consumers can use to get easy access to their immunization records online and establish their vaccination status for work...The New York Times From ACM News | January 15, 2021
The encrypted messaging services have become the world's hottest apps over the last week, driven by growing anxiety over the power of the biggest tech companies...The New York Times From ACM News | January 14, 2021