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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.
So sprawling is Samsung’s modern-day empire that some South Koreans say it has become possible to live a Samsung-only life: You can use a Samsung credit card to...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | December 10, 2012
The Pentagon is building a virtual city that will enable government hackers to practice attacking and defending the computers and networks that increasingly run...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2012
It appears that the Syrian government may have just taken a drastic measure it has conspicuously avoided over the nearly two years of fighting: cutting itself off...The Washington Post From ACM News | November 29, 2012
On the night of Oct. 11, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stood inside the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, housed in a former aircraft carrier moored at a New...The Washington Post From ACM News | November 1, 2012
Google lists eight reasons on its "YouTube Community Guidelines" page for why it might take down a video. Inciting riots is not among them.The Washington Post From ACM News | September 18, 2012
The rapid spread of cellphones with GPS technology has allowed police to track suspects with unprecedented precision—even as they commit crimes. But the legal fight...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 29, 2012
John Sublett and his colleagues had an audacious, digital-age plan. They wanted to use the Internet to enable businesses to manage any kind of electronic device...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 13, 2012
The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed...The Washington Post From ACM News | June 20, 2012
From a trading desk in London, Paul Hawtin monitors the fire hose of more than 340 million Twitter posts flying around the world each day to try to assess the collective...The Washington Post From ACM News | June 12, 2012
It began as a hobby for a teenage computer programmer named John Matherly, who wondered how much he could learn about devices linked to the Internet.The Washington Post From ACM News | June 8, 2012
Former and current U.S. officials say the Pentagon is ramping up projects to develop next-generation cyberweapons that can disrupt enemy military networks even...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 21, 2012
The Pentagon is accelerating efforts to develop a new generation of cyberweapons capable of disrupting enemy military networks even when those networks are not...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 20, 2012
Alongside the news that the White House will announce voluntary privacy guidelines for Web companies comes the announcement from major online advertisers that they...The Washington Post From ACM News | February 23, 2012
Facebook's IPO filing shows that the company brought in about $3.7 billion in revenue and made $1 billion in profit in 2011.The Washington Post From ACM News | February 2, 2012
The 2012 presidential campaign is about to get a lot more personal, at least if Google has any say in it.The Washington Post From ACM News | January 12, 2012
In 1980, Abraham Karem, an engineer who had emigrated from Israel, retreated into his three-car garage in Hacienda Heights outside Los Angeles and, to the bemusement...The Washington Post From ACM News | December 30, 2011
For the past decade, Russia has been pouring money into scientific research, trying to make up for the collapse of the 1990s, but innovation is losing out to...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | December 22, 2011
The circus atmosphere of the hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), reflected the high-stakes, emotional nature of the...The Washington Post From ACM News | December 19, 2011