Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
From ACM NewsAllyn Jackson Commissioned by CACM Staff| January 31, 2023
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The Qu-Pilot Specific Grant agreement is part of a broader Framework Partnership agreement approved by the European Union earlier this year .
VTT Research From ACM News | December 21, 2022
As the owner of Twitter, following his purchase of the company for $44 billion (€41.4 billion) in October, no one could have forced him to step down as CEO.
Euronews From ACM News | December 21, 2022
World Wide Web inventor and 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Tim Berners-Lee founded the startup Inrupt with John Bruce to help users reclaim their personal...CNN From ACM TechNews | December 21, 2022
Researchers developed the BreatheSmart algorithm to analyze a person's movements and determine whether they have difficulty breathing via Wi-Fi routers and devices...U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM TechNews | December 21, 2022
Roughly human in shape, Moxi robots have been deployed in at least three Chicago-area hospitals amid a shortage of medical workers.
Chicago Tribune From ACM TechNews | December 21, 2022
While lucrative jobs may be the primary driver of demand in computer science, there are other reasons that students are pouring into these programs.
Fortune Education From ACM News | December 21, 2022
Federal Trade Commission seeks to prevent social-media company from acquiring Within Unlimited.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 21, 2022
The goal of the $20-million smart intersections project is to have intersections communicate with the technology in cars to warn drivers of potential dangers that...WXYZ From ACM News | December 20, 2022
Officials from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 38 member-states finalized a framework to limit governments' access to citizens' personal...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2022
The amount of money deployed indicates an ability to address systemic industry challenges and opens up access to low-cost capital.
From ACM News | December 20, 2022
Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that automatically checks all apps downloaded from the Internet if they are notarized and developer-signed (approved by Apple)...BleepingComputer From ACM News | December 20, 2022
Online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats has launched a robot food delivery service in Miami via a partnership with robotics firm Cartken.
CNN From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022
An HP survey of 10,000 office workers worldwide found Generation Z employees are most likely to feel technological frustration at work.
Fortune From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022
Massive cyberattacks targeting hospitals in India have undermined the nation's healthcare digitization initiatives.
NPR From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2022
Forty years after the Internet was born, one of its pioneers calls for more critical thinking about how we use it.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 19, 2022
Warehouse robots increasingly are able to grasp and sort objects of various shapes and sizes with the dexterity of human hands.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2022
These past few years have been visceral reminders of our mortality. But new technologies can offer a way for us and our loved ones to live on.
Wired From ACM News | December 16, 2022
New regulations from China's Cyberspace Administration that go into effect Jan. 10, 2023, ban the creation of media using artificial intelligence without watermarks...Ars Technica From ACM TechNews | December 15, 2022
A multi-institutional team of researchers has devised a framework for analyzing multiancestry genomic studies across multiple biobanks.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center From ACM TechNews | December 15, 2022