Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Chinese Hackers Tried to Steal Russian Defense Data, Report Says
The campaign detailed by a cybersecurity firm highlights Beijing's increasingly sophisticated tactics to spy on an array of targets, including countries it considers...
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Next-Generation Weather Reporting: Versatile, Flexible, Economical Sensors
A team of scientists in Japan has developed a multitasking weather sensor that measures rain volumes and wind speeds.
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Finding the Branches on the Tree of Life
The new Deep Learning for Unsupervised Clustering of DNA Sequences technique draws taxonomic relationships between organisms via unsupervised machine learning. ...
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Smart Pacifier Developed to Monitor Infant Health in Hospitals
U.S. and South Korean researchers have designed a bioelectronic pacifier to monitor the electrolyte levels of infants in Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICUs).
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Using AI to Predict Bone Fractures in Cancer Patients
Ohio State University researchers used artificial intelligence to predict how cancer could elevate the probability of spinal fractures by creating digital twins...
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Algorithm Trained to Detect Unhappiness on Social Networks
Scientists have created a deep learning algorithm that analyzes social network content to help diagnose users' potential for mental health problems.
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Robot Hives in Israel Kibbutz Hope to Keep Bees Buzzing
Artificial intelligence-equipped apiaries at Kibbutz Beit Haemek in Israel's Galilee region are designed to maintain bee health.
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Using AI to Analyze Large Amounts of Biological Data
A graph neural network could speed the development of drugs to treat cancer and other diseases.
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Some Top 100,000 Websites Collect Everything You Type--Before You Hit Submit
Researchers analyzed the top 100,000 websites and found a significant number record some or all of visitors' typewritten data.
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Smart Tech Helping to Save China's Giant Pandas
The Digital Panda System was designed to protect the habitat of giant pandas by detecting wildfires where they live and notifying emergency crews to intercede quickly...
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