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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.
Tiobe analysts believe Python probably will become the most popular programming language in the world within three or four years.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 12, 2019
Researchers have modified a neural network to create a natural language processing algorithm that generates, as well as detects, convincing fake articles.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2019
In a recent survey of developers who use npm, 62% of respondents said they used Microsoft's TypeScript to build native mobile and desktop apps, up from 46% in last...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 1, 2019
Researchers in Australia are combining their quantum computing powers, uniting methods designed by researchers at each university to prove their feasibility.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | March 19, 2019
Kaspersky Lab researchers revealed at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Spain that bionic hand prostheses from Moscow-based Motorica are vulnerable to hacking.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2019
Security researchers attending the Pwn2Own CanSecWest security conference this March in Vancouver, Canada, will be incentivized to hack a Tesla Model 3 car.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2019
The World Economic Forum has listed large-scale cyberattacks and massive data breaches among the five most probable risks facing the world today.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 18, 2019
Hyundai Motor has developed a system that will allow drivers to unlock and start their vehicles using only their fingerprints.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2018
A robot designed to test collaborative automation integration in a working medical facility recently concluded its first real-world trial in a Texas hospital.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2018
Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia have demonstrated a compact sensor for accessing information stored in the electrons of individual...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2018
It is now legal in the U.S. for consumers and repair companies to break an electronic device's digital rights management protections in order to to repair it.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2018
Researchers have trained a neural network to reconstruct human acrobatics in YouTube video clips and manipulate a simulated humanoid to ape those movements.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | October 17, 2018
Facebook's artificial intelligence laboratory, working with the New York University School of Medicine, generated reliable magnetic resonance imaging scans with...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2018
IBM Watson Health has extended its collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to help treat veterans with cancer using artificial intelligence. ...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2018
A team of researchers used boron arsenide crystals to cool electronic devices more effectively than current methods.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 13, 2018
The University of California, Berkeley has made available a massive dataset used by engineers in the development of driverless auto technologies.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2018