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From Communications of the ACMChris Edwards| September 1, 2022
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Schools struggling to stay open during the Covid-19 pandemic are being targeted by ransomware, as hackers threaten to post sensitive student information online....The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2020
Tyson Foods CEO Dean Banks said the U.S. meatpacking company is using infection-tracking algorithms and employee testing to protect workers from a Covid-19 surge...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2020
Scientists are exploring whether artificial intelligence can help clinicians better identify patients with early-stage dementia.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 12, 2020
Online retailers have taken steps during the pandemic to improve their search and recommendation engines by building predictive models with high levels of accuracy...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2020
Silicon Valley companies are scooping up Hollywood digital visual-effects artists and technology to enhance their augmented and virtual reality products with lifelike...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2020
U.S. election officials used voting machines and other devices linked to the "sneakernet" to process results from Tuesday's elections.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 4, 2020
A computer hacker publicly released election-related files from Hall County, GA, after county officials failed to pay a ransom.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2020
As the pandemic forces more people to do more business online, some companies have started redesigning their websites to make them more user-friendly for older...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 28, 2020
Technology that allows people to perform physical work remotely is proliferating across a host of occupations.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 26, 2020
The space-cloud initiative is targeting military and commercial customers and comes after Amazon announced its own space effort,
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 20, 2020
Researchers at Visa Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are developing new processes to try to thwart eventual quantum computing cyberattacks.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2020
The U.S. National Security Council on Thursday issued guidelines to protect technologies crucial to national security.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 16, 2020
Market research firm Gartner forecasts cybersecurity spending by companies and governments will grow 9% annually from 2021 to 2024.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2020
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russel George said he will review Internal Revenue Service use of software that enables warrantless surveillance...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2020
Artificial intelligence researchers at Norwegian telecommunications carrier Telenor's Norwegian Open AI Lab are testing AI models to reduce costs and increase efficiency...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 9, 2020
Forensic and digital healthcare experts envision the incorporation of virtual/augmented reality into forensic science.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2020
A hacker who locked computer servers in Las Vegas' Clark County School District with ransomware released documents with stolen private data after officials refused...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 2, 2020
Drone startups increasingly are being targeted by venture investors, due to expected growth in the sector amid technological advancements and federal approvals....The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 24, 2020
The rule that the same dollar buys twice the computing power every 18 months is no longer true, but a new law—which we named for the CEO of Nvidia, the company...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 21, 2020
Computer scientists are using artificial intelligence and digital databases to examine dreams and potentially identify mental issues.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2020