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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.
COBOL is one of the top mainframe programming languages in use, but most schools and universities have not taught COBOL in decades.
PC Magazine From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2023
A study found that water use by bitcoin miners hit 591 billion gallons so far this year, up from 415 billion gallons in 2021.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2023
An international team developed a monolithic three dimensional integrated chip comprised of layered two-dimensional materials.
The Source (Washington University in St. Louis) From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2023
Harvard-led team develops novel logical qubits to enable scalable quantum computers.
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency From ACM News | December 7, 2023
IBM has revealed two quantum computers. One is the second-largest ever made, and the other produces fewer errors than any quantum computer the company has built...New Scientist From ACM News | December 4, 2023
The companies had honed a protocol for releasing artificial intelligence ambitiously but safely. Then OpenAI's board exploded all their carefully laid plans.
The New Yorker From ACM News | December 4, 2023
The ongoing conflict between the U.S. and China over semiconductor chip production is expected to ramp up as the U.S. seeks a competitive edge in advanced packaging...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
Researchers found drones with automated external defibrillators arrived at the scene of a suspected cardiac arrest more than 3 minutes before ambulances in 67%...Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
Northeastern University researchers said over-the-air spectroscopy could enable next-generation 6G networks to monitor climate change and air pollution.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2023
Quantum computers are prone to errors due to the sensitivity of qubits to environmental noise. Can cat qubits help build fault-tolerant quantum computers?
Interesting Engineering From ACM News | November 17, 2023
Emulating the behavior of exotic quantum states may give quantum computing a better way of squeezing out troublesome noise and errors.
Chris Edwards From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2023
Meta's goal is to get more people to use more of its apps and to monetize those people to the greatest extent possible.
New York Magazine From ACM News | November 16, 2023
Colleges are starting the process of educating future engineers in topics such as how quantum computing hardware components work and how to write quantum computing...Nature From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2023
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a centimeter-scale quadruped robot inspired by origami.
Penn Today From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2023
A solid-state thermal transistor enables precision control of heat movement in semiconductor devices using the on-off switching of an electric field.
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2023
Combining data about the human body with patients’ personal data to create digital twins of their organs could lead to personalized treatments and help avoid medical...The Guardian (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2023