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Municipal broadband is roadblocked or outlawed in 20 states.

Rethinking Public Broadband

U.S. infrastructure shortcomings re-ignite public/private debate over broadband.

From ACM News Gregory Goth
Commissioned by CACM Staff | December 1, 2020

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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China's Xi Jinping Pushing for Global Covid QR Code

Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for a uniform set of policies and standards to ensure the "smooth functioning" of the global economy during the pandemic... CNN
From ACM TechNews | December 1, 2020

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Training AI Algorithms on Mostly Smiling Faces Reduces Accuracy, Introduces Bias

Researchers found that facial recognition systems show bias toward certain facial expressions. Venture Beat
From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2020