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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.
In a survey of information technology leaders, 41% of respondents expect artificial intelligence to take over their roles by 2030.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 26, 2021
Researchers have uncovered seven vulnerabilities that affect Dnsmasq, a domain name system forwarding client for *NIX-based operating systems.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
According to cybersecurity company Wandera's Cloud Security Report 2021, malware attacks increasingly targeted remote workers last year.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2021
Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research have spent the past five years working to upgrade to the large hadron collider, the largest particle...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2021
Researchers at French security company NinjaLab found a vulnerability impacting chips used in Google Titan and YubiKey hardware security keys.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 19, 2021
The Defense Digital Service and HackerOne are calling on military and civilian hackers to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the U.S. Army's computer systems...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2021
Software-quality tracking company Tiobe named Python 2020's top programming language because its popularity outgrew that of all other languages in its index last...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 13, 2021
Cybersecurity firm Check Point found a 45% increase in cyberattacks against the global healthcare sector since November, versus a 22% uptick against all worldwide...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 12, 2021
With the runaway success of the new ARM-based M1 Macs, non-x86 architectures are getting their closeup. RISC-V is getting the most attention from system designers...ZDNet From ACM News | January 12, 2021
Software engineer Tillie Kottmann said Nissan North America's misconfiguration of a Bitbucket Git server led to the online leakage of the automaker’s source code...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2021
A newly discovered malware strain collects an infected user's Basic Service Set Identifier, in order to ascertain the location of the user and their Wi-Fi access...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden's transition team announced that open source software developer David Recordon will serve as the White House Director of Technology.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2021
Software company Burning Glass Technologies projected quantum computing and connected technologies will be among the 10 most "disruptive" information technology...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 4, 2021
A Harvard Business Review study of organizations found "a growing divide between teams with ready access to automation and AI tools and teams without."
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | December 29, 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
Each subscriber gets eight or sixteen hours per month of dedicated time with Honeywell scientists to run algorithms on the trapped-ion hardware.
ZDNet From ACM News | October 30, 2020
This year has forced organizations to adapt quickly to enabling employees to work from home. That's creating 'chaos with no control' - which cyber criminals are...ZDNet From ACM News | October 27, 2020
Job search engine Indeed said entry-level PHP developer is the fastest-growing technology job industry-wide.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 26, 2020