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.
From ACM News
Scaffolding Robot Buttresses Tipping Construction Industry
Like few other sectors, construction is being inundated with robots and technology.
From ACM TechNews
SpaceX Satellite Signals Used Like GPS to Pinpoint Location on Earth
Researchers have developed a method for locating a position on Earth using signals broadcast by SpaceX's Starlink Internet service satellites.
From ACM TechNews
How Greece Let in Tourists, Kept Out COVID-19
Researchers from multiple institutions collaborated on the development of an algorithm that can identify asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in travelers.
From ACM TechNews
Federal Agencies Warn Companies to Be on Guard Against Prolific Ransomware Strain
U.S. federal agencies issued a joint alert warning companies to be on guard against the Conti ransomware variant.
From ACM TechNews
Winged Microchip Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure
Flying microchips developed by engineers at Northwestern University could be used to monitor air pollution and airborne disease.
From ACM TechNews
Physicists, Colleagues Offer Way to Control Qubits
A research team has developed new techniques for controlling qubits, which could help improve the accuracy of quantum computers.
From ACM News
SEC's Gensler Doesn't See Cryptos Lasting Long
Regulator says history of 'wildcat banking' in U.S. shows limited viability for private forms of money.
From ACM News
U.K. Publishes 10-Year Plan to Become 'A.I. Superpower'
The National AI Strategy includes a number of programs, reports and initiatives.
From ACM News
7 Revealing Ways AIs Fail
Neural networks can be disastrously brittle, forgetful, and surprisingly bad at math.
From ACM News
EU Announces Plans to Require All Mobile Devices to Use USB-C
Devices using only wireless charging would be exempt from the mandate.
From ACM News
Facebook Rolls Out News Feed Change That Blocks Watchdogs from Gathering Data
The tweak, which targets the code in accessibility features for visually impaired users, drew ire from researchers and those who monitor the platform
From ACM TechNews
Quantum Supremacy Achieved by More Complex Quantum Computer
A quantum computer completed a calculation in 4.2 hours that would have taken a classical system thousands of years.
From ACM TechNews
ML Method to Analyze Complex Scientific Data of Proteins
A new machine learning process enables faster analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance data than conventional methods, with comparable accuracy.
From ACM TechNews
Robot-Prepped Pizza at 800 Degrees
Autonomous pizza machine developer 800 Degrees Pizza has partnered with an international pizza brand to offer a fully automated pizza-making experience.
From ACM TechNews
Unique Amplifier Could Change Optical Communication
A new amplifier promises to revolutionize space and fiber communications.
From ACM News
2021 has Broken the Record for Zero-Day Hacking Attacks
The reasons why are complicated—and not all bad news.
From ACM News
Dialing the Trust Level Down to Zero
With cybersecurity under increasing attacks, experts say we should move to the Zero Trust Architecture.
From ACM TechNews
A Way to Solve the 'Hardest of the Hard' Computer Problems
Scientists have vastly accelerated the speed and efficiency of reservoir computing to tackle some of the most difficult information processing challenges.
From ACM News