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.
Analysts at NordVPN found the average website has 48 trackers monitoring visitors' activity and recording their private data.
TechRadar From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2022
Researchers found Apple is collecting personally identifiable information from iPhones, despite the company’s promises that the devices' usage data is anonymous...Gizmodo From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2022
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has flown its shortest-ever flight following a software update.
Space.com From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2022
A machine learning algorithm autonomously classified 1,000 supernovae using data from the Zwicky Transient Facility sky survey instrument at Caltech's Palomar Observatory...Caltech News From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2022
The 31-story JTC Summit smart office building in Singapore incorporates a network of approximately 60,000 sensors to collect data from various building systems....TechRadar From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2022
An experimental device under development by scientists at Australia's Macquarie University is designed to alert lifeguards when its wearer is drowning.
New Atlas From ACM TechNews | November 22, 2022
Scientists are developing flexible wearable electronics that can monitor the wearer's health.
Argonne National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2022
Not this time, but artificial intelligence is churning out articles, illustrations, fake product reviews and even videos.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 18, 2022
The Pacific island-nation of Tuvalu intends to replicate itself in the metaverse, to preserve its history and culture amid threatened submersion by rising sea levels...Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2022
Semiconductor giant Intel claims its FakeCatcher technology can detect whether videos are genuine or deepfakes with 96% accuracy in real time.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2022
The National Football League has expanded its partnership with top research universities to gather data from on-field head impacts to inform injury reduction programs...NFL News From ACM TechNews | November 17, 2022
Italy has banned the use of facial recognition technology and "smart glasses," except when used in judicial investigations or the fight against crime.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2022
Scientists taught an artificial intelligence a second distinct task without overwriting connections learned from a first task, through the use of simulated sleep...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2022
Princeton University's Adji Bousso Dieng and Dan Friedman have developed a diversity score for artificial intelligence to help detect bias.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2022
An optical data link was demonstrated over 10km (more than six miles) of open air in a field experiment in the Netherlands.
Arnout Jaspers Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | November 15, 2022
Machine learning algorithms in a smartphone application analyze people's voices to identify those in the early stages of Parkinson's disease or severe COVID-19...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2022
The U.K.'s Home Office says it will soon require people facing deportation to carry a global positioning system (GPS)-enabled fingerprint scanner at all times.
...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2022
Louisiana State University's Abe Baggili and colleagues tested the security of immersive virtual reality and X-reality systems for weaknesses.
Louisiana State University From ACM TechNews | November 11, 2022
The Infinite Conversation website features a nonstop "chat" between artificial intelligence versions of German director Werner Herzog and Slovenian philosopher...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2022