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The biggest hack since Russia's war began knocked thousands of people offline. The spillover extends deep into Europe.
Wired From ACM News | March 28, 2022
The EU targets tech giants' walled gardens with aggressive new rules, but the smaller companies the DMA is meant to help are skeptical it will work.
Wired From ACM News | March 28, 2022
Members of the hacker gang may act in Russia's interest, but their links to the FSB and Cozy Bear hackers appear ad hoc.
Wired From ACM News | March 18, 2022
Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks were misidentified by facial recognition software. The impact cast a long shadow.
Wired From ACM News | March 14, 2022
The technology is spreading fast among police, and often wrong. But people charged with crimes are rarely told an algorithm came into play.
Wired From ACM News | March 10, 2022
War in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia have made cryptocurrency a hot potato for international politics.
Wired From ACM News | March 10, 2022
The regulation of surveillance advertising used to be a fringe idea. Now it's in the State of the Union address, at least when it comes to kids.
Wired From ACM News | March 7, 2022
The company's ATAP research team is using radar to help computers respond to your movements, like turning off a TV if it senses you've dozed off.
Wired From ACM News | March 3, 2022
Sweeping rules will cover algorithms that set prices, control search results, recommend videos, and filter content.
Wired From ACM News | February 22, 2022
The Google-backed firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.
Wired From ACM News | February 16, 2022
Researchers say their GT Sophy is the first artificial intelligence able to beat professional esports players in the motorsport game Gran Turismo.
Wired From ACM TechNews | February 16, 2022
Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world. How alarming that is depends on your perspective.
Wired From ACM News | February 8, 2022