Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
IBM and New York State have initiated testing of their forthcoming blockchain-based Covid-19 digital health pass, Excelsior Pass.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | March 3, 2021
A space mission currently underway aims to maximize the effectiveness of CubeSats by showing how they could track and communicate with each other.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | February 11, 2021
Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and others in Phase III clinical trials may not be as effective in people of Black or Asian genetic ancestry...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2020
Cloud-based corporate information technology spending should expand in the coming years, as businesses transition more applications and services, says Gartner.
...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 24, 2020
The U.K. National Health Service's Covid-19 contact tracing app hit 10 million downloads just four days after its release.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2020
Researchers are working on an open source project to determine and predict the orbits of anthropogenic space objects (ASOs)—man-made space debris—in order to avoid...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 2, 2020
U.K. police agencies are trying out the use of aerial drones to support ground-based forces in scenarios where helicopter or aircraft deployments may be less practical...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 18, 2020
Researchers have developed a "smart ear" to help prevent fatal collisions involving elephants and trains in India.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2020
Researchers from Intel and MIT have unveiled a machine learning tool that brings developers one step closer to automated coding.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 18, 2020
Amazon Web Services and Vector, the New Zealand electricity and gas distribution company, have partnered to develop an Internet of Things and analytics solution...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 4, 2020
Chinese security researchers from Tencent's Xuanwu Lab said they can corrupt the firmware of fast chargers to cause damage to the items they charge.
The BadPower...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2020
Covid-19 contact tracing wearables are being issued to Singapore's "most vulnerable seniors," who are not digitally connected and at higher risk of catching the...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2020
Using the framework can help medical personnel. understand a patient's behavior, emotions, and decision-making based on data shared by the patient.
ZDNet From ACM News | June 19, 2020
Since the Australian government announced it would fast-track digital alternatives to in-person medical care, a million mental health telehealth consultations have...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 7, 2020
The latest Top500 supercomputer ratings found the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Summit system topping the list with a High-Performance Linpack benchmark of 148...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2019
IBM, McAfee, and 16 more firms have launched an effort to address fragmentation and interoperability problems in cybersecurity.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2019
A group called FreShip was named the winner of IBM’s Food Waste Developer Challenge, a hackathon that tasked U.S. developers to create food-waste-combatting solutions...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2019